Welcome to our newest Byford & Districts Rotarian and NRG Member Chris Round
. His induction was celebrated with Greg & Robyn Walkington
and Craig and Eileen Alford as well as Club and NRG members.
Congratulations.
Scarborough Rotary welcomed Mark Irwin
as an
Honorary Rotarian of the Scarborough Club.
Rotarians around the world know what it means
to receive a Paul Harris Fellowship award.
Well so does Kerry-Anne Andrew now.
She is seen here receiving her PHF from
President Michael
Welcome to our East Perth 2021 Australia Day Breakfast
in Victoria Gardens at Claisebrook Cove.
For $5 get a great cooked breakast, with fruit.
All donations go to St Barts. (Coffee van on site.)
The Busselton Rotary Club is looking for a couple of helpers
to assist our Australia Day breakfast on Tuesday January 26
. Covid-19 restrictions require us to better manage people,
clean down tables and chairs
and otherwise maintain safe distancing requirements.
If you'd like to assist, please contact Club president
Chris White on 0450 152
068.
Broadway Fair Shopping Centre, Nedlands as we open again
after the Christmas and New Year break.
Do you know any medical centres, hospitals or other healthcare providers
who have outdated equipment taking up space?
Maybe you're
a practice manager or work in one of these locations?
MERC (Medical Equipment Recycling Committee)
that collects and transports superseded medical equipment
in good working order for use in developing countries,
diverting
these away from landfill.
They help supply health clinics and hospitals predominantly
based in Asia/Pacific and Africa which provide health care
to
some of the poorest people in world.
If you have equipment you'd like to donate,
please reach out to our club and one of our members
will organise the collection of the equipment
and keep you updated on where it's going.
There are not many tickets left in this amazing raffle.
To ensure you don't miss out contact us via messenger or
you can pop into City News in Hannan Street
or Goldfields Revitalise on Boulder Road.
Only 300 tickets. $50 a ticket.
Drawn on 14 February at Swap Meet in Centennial Park
District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange
@D9455 Rotary Youth Exchange · Youth
organisation
Want to help
prevent mental illness in young people and make a difference?
Donate to mental health research today:
At the RCFB Christmas function 19th December,
President of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Terry Spiro
presented PRID Ken Collins with a Certificate of Appreciation
for his significant contribution to youth and the community
and for being an outstanding role model to their young
members.
Congratulations to the Belmont Rotaract team
who raised all the funds for the sports equipment for 27 schools
in this isolated Province in northern Laos.
The staff were sent from all the schools to the District Centre
to receive the sports equipment.
The equipment includes skipping ropes, balls, footballs and nets
and other items to encourage children to play and exercise.
Very poor children received bags and all children who
came into the Centre were given socks.
It is very cold in Northern Laos at
present.
A great catch up with Ron Cole, our last Foundation member, this morning
to present him with an award in recognition of his 42 years of dedicated service
to the Rotary Club of Osborne Park.
People spotted having a great time at Vienna Pops!
We're back for 2021 and ready to get things done!
New projects, new ideas, new members and lots of ways
to meet people and give back to your local or global community.
So we have kicked of the new year with a friendly
BBQ in the
, it was great to catch up with all the members and partners.
His Worship the Mayor of the City came along to give his
and the communities thanks for our service during the festive season
for the Dunstan st lights.
Here’s to another successful year.
Fantastic start to 2021 with our Club's visit to
We were so
impressed with their highly professional operational set up
AND the incredible
community they nurture within their volunteers 
Worth checking out if you are interested in a new volunteer opportunity for 2021
(no experience
required and there are a variety of different ways to be involved) 
Welcome to 2021 for another year of service
for the Rotary Club of Palm Beach WA Inc.
Thanks to JR and Leonie for their wonderful hospitality
and a delicious Sunday breakfast.
19th December was the actual 12th Birthday of the RC Freshwater Bay.
A tradition has developed of the Past, future and current President
cutting a cake to mark this significant occasion.
Those who joined in the cutting of the cake were
PP Simone Collins, PRID Ken Collins, CP and current Pres. Di Collins,
PP Jeremy Foster, PP Rajah Senathirajah and PE Max Hipkins.
A number of those pictured have served in the position on more than one
occasion.
Members, partners & guests attended the 2020 Rotary Club of Katanning
Christmas BBQ,
at the Katanning Country Club, Sunday 13 December.
At our Christmas Party on 16 Dec we also inducted our two new members,
Jillian and Wayne Dawkins.
As President Neil stated ‘it takes a lot of planning
to hold a great Christmas party to round off the calendar year.
A very big thank you first of all to Kerry and Abby Parsons
for holding it at their incredible home,
along with Vanda, Mal, George, Mick, and Erol, Joliene
and Angelica from the Parsons Philippine family
who all helped with the planning and during the night’.
A special thank you to Michael from ‘All Seasons Catering’
for providing a superbly delicious meal on the night
Final meeting for 2020 featuring a visit from Father Xmas
and our usual fun trying to end up with Lorri's famous home baked
Christmas cake playing 'spiteful Santa'.
A HUGE thanks to Andrew and his staff at the Deep Water Point DOME
for providing us with a special breakfast and for
their excellent cheerful service.
A $200 hamper to thank the local police for their service throughout this difficult year
was received with surprise and
gratitude.
The Rotary Club of Rockingham Board carried a motion to donate a $200 hamper
to be shared by the staff who are working at the Rockingham COVID Clinic.
We decided that these dedicated health workers deserved to be acknowledged
and thanked and they were delighted to accept our
gift.
Former Community Service Director Peter Polain was
on hand to welcome Premier
Karrinyup Community
Men's Shed
last week. The Shed, which was Peter's dream, is set to receive a government funding boost.
The visit was initiated by Balcatta
MLA David Michael.
Club historian Stuart welcomed local author and historian
Chris Holyday to our meeting this week.
Chris spoke about his recent book “Between Beach and Bush
. Remember Old North Beach, Trigg and Watermans Bay”
. The club’s close affiliation and long history of service projects
within
this area ensured a most interested audience
for sponsoring
The Regional Weekender was a regional getaway
providing environmental volunteering opportunities
and building relations between and within the
Rotary Club of Elizabeth Quay (REQ) and Margaret River Rotary Club.
REQ provided 18 volunteers who stayed at the RAC Campervan Park
and experienced the Margaret River region.
The event consisted of gardening maintenance at the rowing club,
weed eradication and finished with REQ volunteers assisting
the mental health walk around Rotary Park
and a BBQ
provided by the Margaret River Rotary Club.
A big thank you to Rotary of Margaret River for their fellowship and hospitality,
a special shoutout to Marilyn, Ley, Maxine, Fran, Julien and Brian.
Not to mention Minh and Kate for organising the event
as well as the members and participants
Well done you our mentees and mentors who all took part in the
Rotary Global Citizens program this year .
We hope all 5 students
continue with our club.
The Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie is very proud to be a part of this great initiative
that will give comfort to children who undergo a procedure
in theatre at Kalgoorlie Health Campus.
Back at the Stirling markets today.
Come and say hi and grab your gourmet bacon and egg burger
with Hollandaise sauce and fresh
spinach. Yummy!
The results of the display
art project at City Beach Primary School are on display in the art room
. The three art class assistants were there to view
We were down at the new Bunnings Midland cooking up
a storm
A big THANK YOU to the generous mystery customer who donated $25
to pay it forward for the next 10 customers
at our sausage sizzle last week!
The chain reaction of generosity continued,
with many of the following customers opting to pay it forward again
or donate their money to our club.
Generosity is contagious!
We were able to raise $580 for our club,
thanks to all of our members and their friends who volunteered
on the day.
Great work Phil
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