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Gordon R. McInally, of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry,

 Lothian, Scotland, has been selected to become

#Rotary International president for 2023-24. 

Meet the president-nominee:

on.rotary.org/pn2324

Arun Kumar was inducted as our newest member of  Rotary

Welcome to Sebastian, the world’s newest Rotarian!

Sebastian being welcomed by Jason and President Linda.

Tonight we welcomed three new members to our club.

 Let us introduce you to John White and Jodie and Jon Snow 

 

We  inducted Davina Reid into the club 

President 2020-21, Laurie Scidone and Fiona Scidone 

were both presented with Paul Harris Fellow pins and certificates

 in recognition of outstanding service

Samantha Fewster  Rotaract  Australia IP chair presents Eeshwar

with a PHF sapphire

A special token of appreciation to a deserving recipient

Past President (Assistant Governor) Graham Sampson

was honoured with the Savage/Marsh Trophy as Rotarian of the Year

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Past President 2012-13, Peter Warren, was installed as President for 2021-22,

 and also, to his great surprise, presented with the prestigious

 Royce Abbey Award for “Enthusiasm and Commitment to Rotary

Thank you to all our members and supporters. 

We had a lovely changeover dinner tonight with great food, raffles, and fun.

 Unfortunately several of our members were unable to make it,

 but we still had a great night.

 Thank you Bruno Fic for being a part of it again this year. 

You and Tracy are always welcome.

 

District Governor Pat Shraven District Governor Pat gave us 

a very informative and inspiring speech with

 various moments of laughter.

 She thanks us for the work we are doing and introduced her team

 on a slide presentation. 

This included our very own Graeme who she described

 as ‘reliable and competent’. Well done Graeme. 

She reminded us that distance is not a barrier and 

that we have many skills in the Rotary membership scattered

 throughout the District. She asked that we develop 3-4 key focus areas.

The District focus is in 4 areas:

- Increase membership and enhance participation

- Expand our reach through access and inclusion

- Build connections to the community

- Overcome our resistance to change

and others tree planting in Quairading last weekend

Students at Churchlands SHS are engaged in community services projects.

 Recently the school donated to our community service team's SOS

 for items of winter clothing.

 Most of the collection was distributed to the needy in the City of Stirling.

Among donations received from the students and the school

 were beautiful, knitted teddies and blankets.

 International Director Sandra delivered these to the delighted volunteers,

 who organise the toys and blankets to go with each

 wheelchair donated from

 RC Scarborough's Wheelchairs For Kids.

Wheelchairs for Kids is a volunteer-based not-for-profit organisation

 providing the gift of mobility to children in impoverished and 

under resourced communities both in Australia and around the globe.

 Along with a new wheelchair, each child receives a toy and knee rug. 

RC Karrinyup has long been an ongoing supporter of this wonderful project.

The volunteers were delighted with the gifts from the school

 and commented on how beautiful and well made the teddies 

were and how excited the kids receiving them would be.

Students and staff were invited to visit the workshop to see the

 wonderful work performed by all the volunteers at Wangara Wheelchairs for Kids.

 

In place of of the regular weekly meeting, members of the RCFB enjoyed

 a social evening at the Bentley Pines Training restaurant.

 

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