Sunday, December 18, 2022



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Kate McKenzie inducted charter member Bill Ivory

as an honorary member of our club. 







All Paul Harris Fellows, please stand.





no names available
















If you have yet to do so,

 please see our 2022 Give a Feed festive season campaign video at:

 https://youtu.be/43nt3PWZWlI

 

Give a Feed provides Foodbank WA with food hampers

 to West Australian families in need.

 To donate: www.giveafeed.com.au

 

In 2022 Give A Feed set a goal of providing 3,000 hampers

so those families can celebrate the festive season and not go hungry.

 

To reach our new 4000 target we ask for your generous support,

 please Give A Feed today and help us share this message in the festive spirit.

 

Tens of thousands of West Australian families will struggle

 to put food on the table this Christmas.

 

Hunger is a growing crisis in WA with at least half a million people struggling

 to afford enough food to eat in the past year.

 Sadly, more than 100,000 are children.

 

The 2022 Give a Feed festive season campaign now underway

 is a key Rotary service initiative

 that all WA Rotarians can actively promote with passion and vigour.

 

It's a great way to advocate corporate gifting

 right across the professional and business community,

 with family, friends, colleagues, staff, customers and suppliers etc.

 

Your kind donation of $30 will provide a Give A Feed hamper

 filled with festive food for a family of four to enjoy.

 

Our hampers are packed by volunteers and distributed by Foodbank WA

 to ensure they reach those who are most vulnerable in our community.

 

To donate, go to

www.giveafeed.com.au

and give hope to a WA family in need this Christmas.

 

Thank you and Season’s Greetings

 

www.giveafeed.com.au

 

#giveafeed #givingiscontagious

 




‘The Karrinyup Rotary Youth Service team has established a

 ‘Back to School 2023’ grant

to assist children of Ukrainian Displaced persons

 living in Western Australia.

Its purpose is to help cover the expenses of funding

 their back-to-school requirements

for 2023 (books, fees, uniforms etc).

Families can apply for a grant of $200 for local children,

 who have settled here

after fleeing the war in Ukraine.

To be eligible, they must have the 769 visa

 that applies to DP’s from Ukraine.

Applications on the attached form

 should be made to the club email

karrinyuprotary@gmail.com.

The Youth committee will assess the applications for approval.’

 

Please share so we can reach those in need through

 the Rotary network.

The article with link to the download the form is on

the front page of Latest News on the 

Karrinyup Rotary website.

https://karrinyuprotary.org.au/home




Escalating Flood Crisis

 

RAWCS is responding to the unfolding, escalating flood crisis

by maintaining our National Flood Appeal

 through the Rotary Australia Relief Fund (RARF)

 and by opening Rotary Australia Benevolent Society

 (RABS) projects specific

 to each flood affected area (these areas could grow

 as flood waters move downstream).

Funds raised to date have been directed through

 local Rotary Clubs to providing $500

 Rotary Relief Vouchers to those whose homes

 are uninhabitable and require immediate assistance. 

This is the preferred option of RAWCS 

and is the most appropriate use

of donated funds in assisting the flood affected communities.

  • RAWCS is seeking the support of Districts
  •  & local Rotary Clubs to assist in the
  •  distribution of these relief vouchers within
  •  the affected communities.
  • To provide the full benefit to these floods 
  • affected communities RAWCS is seeking financial donations
  •  from Rotary Districts, Clubs, individuals, businesses 
  • and public to support these projects using
  •  the RAWCS website project search and donate
  •  directly to the individual project
  • using the on-line donation link
  •  https://rawcs.org.au/disasters/

 

RAWCS flood projects

  • Project No: 47 2021-22 National Floods Appeal
  •  (Rotary Australia Relief Fund RARF)

To raise funding to provide financial assistance 

to all communities

in the impacted flood affected areas.

 Donations to this project are tax deductible.

Distribution of these funds is not to specific regions.

  • Project No: 32 2022-23 Central West New South Wales
  •  communities
  •  flood relief funds distribution 
  • (Rotary Australia Benevolent Society RABS)

To distribute donated funds to people affected by the floods

in Central West New South Wales communities.

 Donations to this project are tax deductible and are for distribution specifically

 to the Central West New South Wales region.

  • Project No: 31 2022-23 Victoria and Border 
  • communities flood relief
  • fund distribution (RABS)

To distribute donated funds to people affected

 by the floods in Victoria and Border communities.

 Donations to this project are tax deductible

 and are for distribution specifically

to the Victoria and border communities.

  • Project No: 54 2021-22 NSW -
  •  Queensland Flood Relief Fund Distribution  (RABS)

To distribute donated funds to people affected

 by the floods in New South Wales

and Queensland. Predominately for the 

Northern NSW flood affected regions.

 

 




2022 - a year where Interplast made its first journey

 back to the Pacific since 2019.

The three-year period since Covid-19 saw travel impacted,

 patient waiting lists grow,

 and conditions left untreated

. In November, our team of surgeons, nurses, and anaesthetists

 made their way to Labasa and Suva in Fiji

 and met with patients waiting for life-changing surgery.

In this month's news story,

we meet Moceiwei and his mum Loata from Labasa in Fiji.

 We are privileged to share our patient stories 

and the very real impact of Interplast's work.

 To read more –

 https://interplast.org.au/meet-moceiwai-and-his-mum.../

#rehabilitation #restorefunction #restorehope

 #repairbodies #rebuildlives #interplast

 





Australian #Rotary Health are funding projects that are developing #parenting

 programs to help with children's #mentalhealth 💯

*      Contribute to these sorts of projects by donating today

*      - https://buff.ly/2w9iEPc

#LiftTheLidOnMentalIllness



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Members and guests gathered

 at the Geraldton Club for an evening of fun,

 festivities and a delicious dinner provided by Casa Dolce.

Rotarians also brought gifts of toy

s to be donated to local Women’s Refuge.

On behalf of all members of RCGG

 we wish everyone a safe and merry Christmas











Our Rotary Club of Karrinyup Christmas party ,














That’s a wrap for 2022. Merry Christmas everyone.

 A fun night was had by all at the Rotary Club of Subiaco Xmas party.














Last bingo for 2022.

We had a dress up theme and you didn't disappoint.

Thank you to everyone for your support this year 🙏❤️

Merry Christmas 🎅🎄and stay safe.












It was a pleasure to have Street Doctor

 join us for our last dinner meeting of the year.

 Thank you for all you do!

We’re so glad we could play even a small part in supporting

the work you do to provide for those in need at Christmas 🎁🎄



 

What a fun festive evening shared celebrating the holiday season

with Rotarians and friends at our Take Me To…

 Australia potluck dinner 🇦🇺🎄

It was a wonderful night of friendship,

rich conversation and holiday spirit.

 We are delighted to have so many join us 🥂

Thank you to our guests who donated

what they would have paid for dinner

 that night towards Grandparents Rearing Grandchildren WA Inc..

 The difference GRGWA make to the lives

 of so many grandparents are incredible.









Let’s celebrate Christmas!









Members, partners, and family enjoyed a Christmas lunch

 at Lavoro's Rockingham last Sunday 11th December 2022











Look who’s arrived at Santa Paws Grotto!

It’s Frosty!

 Bring your pets to Your Pet's Vet Inglewood

 for a Christmas pic! $5








** Christmas Fish Night **

Rotary Club of Morley held their annual Christmas Fish Night on Monday, 12 December and it was well attended by Rotarians, their Partners, Friends of Rotary as well as Guests from 12 Buckets, Rotary Club of Como, North Perth Rotary, Perth City East Rotary, Bassendean Community Men’s Shed and Mount Lawley Cricket Club










Thanks to Shire of Esperance

for another awesome Christmas parade!

Thanks to Brett, Chad, and Jim for bringing and taking the Prince,

 and to #redhatters for being excellent passengers!

 See you again next year!











The Rotary and Rotaract clubs of Kalamunda,

Swan Rotaract and the Soroptimists

 would like to THANK !!! the wonderful and generous people

 in the Shire of Kalamunda

 because of YOUR generosity we were able

 to drop off 1.8 ton of nonperishable food

to Foodbank this morning.

This will feed 3720 people. 😲❤️💞💗







This Holiday Season the Rotary Club of Greater Geraldton

have had the pleasure of donating a defibrillator

 to The Geraldton Surf Life Saving Club

 and $5,000 to Foodbank for the families

and people doing it tough.

Pictured, Peter Newman and Sally McKenzie

from the Geraldton Surf Life Saving Club

 & Jamie O’Brien from Foodbank-

 both with President Jo & Club Administrator Geoff








Tis the season.

...our last meeting of the year was a chance

to share some Christmas cheer

 and spread some joy.

We were able to say 'thank you'

 to the great staff at Dome Belmont

who have helped make our meetings run smoothly

 in our new home and also make great coffee!

Charlie Brown, Manager of the Victoria Park Youth Accommodation,

 joined us to accept the 20 Christmas Hampers,

 with items donated by our members, to share

 with some of the families they assist.

Thanks to Charlie who so eloquently reminded us

...."Kindness is the oil that takes friction out of life."

Merry Christmas everyone!!








Annual Rotary breakfast at Manning Park

 Great to thank the community involved with Rotary.

Rotarians, former Rotarians, and friends enjoyed

a hearty breakfast.












Boronia Women's Pre-Release Centre in Bentley

are a long-term valued Community Partner of Como Rotary.

 Last week they held their annual Celebration Day,

 with many deserving Certificates of Achievement

 handed out to the resident women,

 having successfully completed many self-development learning programs

. Also, the Gala Day Award donation was made,

 which represents the proceeds of the annual Gala Day held at Boronia,

 to a pre-selected local Charity Group.

 We were advised that since the start of the Boronia Gala Days in 2008,

 a total of over $308,000 has been handed out to many local charity groups,

 which is an outstanding achievement due to the collective great work

 by many women at Boronia over the years

. As shown here, this year Dress for Success Perth

 were the selected beneficiary, with a cheque for $39,384 presented.

This is an amazing result, and wonderful support of the local community

 by Boronia over the years.

 Congratulations and well done to everyone at Boronia.

 Your long-standing community support is greatly appreciated.












Presenting All-Rounder Award at City Beach primary School.

Follows on from award presentations

at Churchlands PS and Wembley PS.







Congratulations

 to our Pride in Workmanship award winner

 Rikki-Lee Reardon.

 Rikki does a wonderful job and looks after us

so well each week.

 Thank you, Rikki.








tForest Crescent Primary School 2022 Graduating year 6 students

winner of this year's Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Book Award and Four Way Test certificate was Leo George .

.. permission from parents to publish photo





 President Peter Warren

was privileged to attend the Year Six Graduation Ceremony

 at Riva Primary School in Piara Waters

and present the Rotary sponsored Inclusion Award

. It was a pleasure to present the award to Drake Basnayake.

The award is presented to a student who displays understanding

and compassion, and strives to include and support both peers

 and staff in the school community.

 Well done, Drake!

Those are qualities that Rotary is very pleased to salute.

All the best for the high school years ahead.








The line u for our sausages at Bunnings Community Day

was more than successful with over 700 sausages cooked .

What a great team effort from our club #infreo#bunnings







Bacon and egg rolls Stirling Farmers Market












































 





















































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Amazing picture of the Horizontal Falls

















1 comment:

  1. Top job Phil, all the best for Christmas and beyond. Cheers Tom H

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