You can support Hat Day too on World Mental Health Day (October 10)
or anytime during Mental Health Month in October:
With the ongoing COVID situation we are still working from home.
. . . however, the following is still
happening:
AID DELIVERY
Bhutan - The monsoons and a rise in infection rates
has slowed installation progress
but we are still anticipating completion of the
120 schools by mid 2021.
Bangladesh, Dhaka - A grant to the Rotary Club Dhaka Royal combined
with support from Disaster Aid UK and Ireland
has resulted in a Bubble CPAP machine being delivered
to the Bangladesh Children’s Hospital for COVID affected
babies.
DAA’s grant also supported 91 food parcels
being delivered to deserving families.
Bangladesh Agrabad - A grant to the Rotary Club of Agrabad
has been used for a food program for the Masajidda, Shitakunda school
which takes in orphans and children from poor families
who are unable to support all their children with the COVID
pandemic.
Beirut Explosion - We are working with Disaster Aid Europe
to have a SkyHydrant installed at a major hospital
and contribute to the repairs.
CELEBRATING
THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
We have posted on our website about DAA’s 10th birthday in May 2020
(The delay was
due to the fact we got a bit distracted due to COVID).
We also posted on the Disaster Aid International website
about the anniversary of DAI which is
in October.
For more information on any of the above items,
and to keep up to date don’t forget to:
· Regularly check our website;
https://www.disasteraidaustralia.org.au/
·
Like our facebook page ; https://www.facebook.com/disasteraidaustralia
Official statistics for the month ended 30
September 2020 are out!
Our worldwide membership is 1,192,927.
This
represents growth of 18,037 above the 1 July start figure.
Zone 8 membership is at 33,044.
This represents growth of 262 above the 1 July start figure.
We have 1,310 clubs, with two clubs chartered since 1 July:
RC of Botany Downs in D9920 (NZ)
and RC of Burnie
West D9830 (Tasmania).
Top three on the Zone leader board are:
* D9640 +48
* D9550 +41
* D9830 +27
See how your district is doing:
Being awarded a Paul Harris Fellow is the highest
token
of recognition that can be given in Rotary
. A few weeks ago, our club had
the extraordinary honour of presenting FOUR 
for their service to Geraldton and the Rotary Club of Batavia Coast.
(As a club we made 4 donations to the Rotary Foundation in their names,
so they could each receive a
Paul Harris Fellow!)
The Bell’s and the Ireland’s have been working
thanklessly (until now!)
behind the scenes on one of our club’s biggest community projects ever:
donating their time, resources and skills to refurbish
Geraldton’s Yellow Submarine 
And it was only fitting that these Paul Harris Fellows be awarded their medals
“at sea”... well
at least on a boat 
Unable to attend our gala evening last week,
Stuart was honoured this evening with a Paul Harris Fellow (sapphire pin)
for his contribution last year to the
all-weather undercroft project at the
Riding for the
Disabled Assoc of Western Australia - Carine Group Inc.
It is not the first time Stuart’s vocational skills have been used
on a Rotary Club of Karrinyup Project -
with him having a long history of drawing plans for various projects
over the last thirty years, including for the
David Fisher, past president of the RCWE received a Paul Harris Fellow medal
on Tuesday, 15 October, 2020.
David is recognized for his 15 years of service to the club
and dedication to community service.
He was the club admin director from 2009-2010
and President
of the club during 2016-2017.
Join us for a community walk, sausage sizzle and kite flying on Sunday 18th October!
It's free to come along and we are
collecting donations for
. RSVP here
: https://events.humanitix.com/lift-the-lid-on-mental...
All are welcome!
A collaboration between the Perth and Crawley Rotary Clubs
to hi-light the personal stories of polio survivors
and why it is important to continue to raise funds and eradicate polio from the world.
Rotary International first committed to the fight against Polio in 1979
with a project
to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines.
On Thursday 22 October 2020 at 6:00 PM
Have you got your New Year Eve plans organised?
Why not support the community while having fun?!
Tickets are now on sale to the general public and selling fast!
Net proceeds to support Rotary’s community
projects.
General ticket sales are officially open!
This New Year's Eve Australian Soprano Rachelle Durkin
will be returning from New York
to join Musical Director Mark Coughlan and the Vienna Pops Orchestra
to fill the Perth Concert Hall with glorious and uplifting music
as we count down to 2021.
Choose from the Vienna Pops afternoon Matinee Concert
or the evening Champagne Gala Concert
and create memories this New Year’s Eve by treating your family
with the gift of a family pass
to celebrate
the new year together
For information and ticketing, visit
perthconcerthall.com.au.
What a wonderful night we have tonight raising money
for Australian Rotary Health with our Lift The Lid
on Mental Health fundraiser night.
Well done, Ross Johnson and all Busselton Geographe Bay Rotarians
for the Presidential Citation.
Here's the official photo from last week's meeting,
showing the district governor's rep
Ron Mildenhall making
the official presentation to Ross.
Congratulations Ascot Rotary Club.
This morning, Past District Governor Wayne Milnes
provided our club with a Rotary Citation for 2019-20
for the work we did during his year
as District DG.
Assistant Governor Craig Hicks presented a Platinum 2019-2020 Rotary Citation
to Hannans-Kalgoorlie Rotary.
Congratulations to Immediate Past President Greg and his board for 2019-2020
on receiving a Rotary Citation from
Past Rotary
International President, Mark Moloney.
Dear 2019-20 Club President,
For several years and with the help of
Karrinyup, we have been supporting
's spectacle recycling programs.
Last night Arthur Blaquiere visited to explain what happens
once we hand over the spectacles.
The Club works with Acacia Prison, where a group of prisoners refurbish
and grade the spectacles ready for donating -
learning and practising a valuable
skill in the process.
Around 5000 have then gone to the See-long project in Sri Lanka (See-long in
Ceylon),
whilst others are forwarded to the
for their Helping Hands project and still others are distributed by local charities
to the homeless and other community
members in need.
Over the past few years we have enjoyed fabulous
support from
SpecsaversKarrinyup
who have not only collected glasses for us but have also passed on funds
as part of their Community program.
At our gala evening last week store manager Angela was presented with
a certificate of
appreciation as a small thankyou.
Although Angela was unable to attend this week’s meeting,
where we heard from Arthur Blaquiere
, from West Perth Rotary about their spectacle recycling programs,
she did send along two large boxes of spectacles as well as a Vertometer
that can also be used in the program.
Helen Tuckey was speaker at the RCFB on Wednesday, 7th October,
telling us about her life as a viola player, for the past 34 years with WASO
as well as with numerous other orchestras, etc.
Helen has worked locally, nationally and internationally.
She has given support back to organisations and the community over many years.
Helen's husband Rob, daughter Catherine and son Andy were in
attendance
Club Prez Don Burnside and Duck Derby Chairman Justin Walker were on hand
to hand over the big prize to the lucky
winner of this years
which was proudly sponsored by
Media Junction
Interact Digital
.
Now more than ever we need to give back to community
and our expert digital marketers
helped increase online ticket sales by 100% over last years figures
and raise tens of thousands of dollars for various beneficiaries.
Great work team and a big congratulations to Gordon Hudson,
a very well deserving winner
who has been instrumental in another charity
Couldn't have gone to a nicer guy!
We first partnered with Street Doctor back in 2016 where we donated 100 care packs
for those doing it tough on the streets
. In 2017 we went on to donate 350 packs and in 2018 we donated 500.
Last year we doubled that goal donating 1000 care packs
and this year we plan to achieve
that goal again!
To reach our goal, we need your help.
Please help make a difference this Christmas by making a donation
or spreading the word
with friends, family and on social media
The IT team Luc, Georgia, Mitch and Hamish were kept busy answering
all our Tech questions and showing us how to use our devices...
..Sak can now get the Thai news on his computer...
A different view of the Como Rotary Car Show..
..some of the volunteers, visitors and car owners
We wanted to say a huge thanks for your support in
our first
We're still working on making your local markets even better
and hope to see you down at the Landgate/ City of Swan carparks
this Sunday.
Here's a couple of lovely snaps courtesy of
Cr Rashelle
Predovnik - Midland Guildford Ward
Great guest speaker today who enlightened us on the
brilliant work they do!
Right in our doorstep too!
for inviting us to share Hannah's House with guests
at the
this morning.
It was fantastic to be able to create awareness of the children in WA with life-limiting conditions
and complex needs and their families
. It was a nice opportunity to share with our ‘neighbours’ the work we do and the journey
we share in supporting our families from diagnosis to recovery
or sadly, bereavement and beyond.
President Patricia surprised us with a very generous donation from the Club for $1,000.
Many thanks to everyone for making
us feel so welcome and for embracing us so warmly.
More than a dozen Mill Point Rotarians and friends banded together
on Sunday morning 4 October
to plant over 1000 seedlings of sedges and shrubs along shores
of Lake Douglas on the South Perth foreshore.
These plantings help regenerate and restore these
important wetlands.
The planting team enjoyed hot food and morning tea kindly organised
by Rotarian Marg Evans and her team.
Many developing countries have hospitals who often lack proper medical equipment.
The Rotary Club of West Perth's MERC (Medical Equipment Recycling Committee) team
are committed to collecting medical equipment, devices
and supplies to be shipped to these facilities.
Donations of medical equipment and devices can be made by contacting our club
and one of our members will arrange for collection of the items.
These
donations save lives.
We are always happy to speak with medical facilities, hospitals and other
organisations
about how we can work together to reduce waste and re purpose
these items they no longer have use for
It was our pleasure today to deliver 176 items to
Starting Over Support (SOS) in Bayswater.
These household items were purchased through KMart Wanneroo.
Since July 2020 SOS has distributed over household items to over 100 needy families.
SOS are wanting household items so if you have some please contact
them direct on 0403367767.
Some photos taken at KMart (thank you Gabby)
and Colin Dawkins for transporting the items.
We love it when we can give away Lego Play Tubs.
Today we provided 2 tubs to Guildford Grammar to support their Lego Club.
Fiona
Fraser was at our meeting this morning to accept the Lego on their behalf.
In charge of parking today at Rockingham State BMX
Championships
Today’s Bike Riding Crew-
looks like summer is nearly here and holiday makers have returned.
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