Rotary out West: April 2023

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Events in Melbourne, House of Friendship and more...

Melbourne is known for its big events,

and our city is enthusiastically welcoming.

the Rotary International Convention, 27-31 May.

We’re excited to meet you,

and we’re creating unique experiences that you won’t want to miss.

— from when you arrive until when you leave!

First, if you’re hoping to find economical, frequent,

and reliable transportation from

Melbourne Airport to the city centre,

you can get a 10% discount on SkyBus

(one-way or return) valid for up to seven days after the convention.

When you purchase your tickets, use the code ROTARY10.

Find more information at

SkyBus - Express airport transfers.

Of course, taxis and ride-hailing services

are also readily available at the airport.

Melbourne has beautiful parks, gardens, and walking trails —

so join us Friday, 26 May,

for a leisurely 2.5-kilometer (1.5-mile)

End Polio Now Walk.

We’ll go from Federation Square

in the city centre along the magnificent St Kilda Road

and past many of the city’s finest landmarks

to the Rotary Melbourne Peace Park

in the beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.

At the park, take time to find plaques commemorating Rotary leaders.

over the years, including Paul Harris.

On Saturday afternoon,

join locals and discover the exhilaration that.

comes from attending a match of our own.

Aussie rules football, or as we call it, footy.

On Saturday night, experience a different kind of excitement.

with our welcome reception at the Melbourne Museum,

showcasing Victoria’s finest food and beverages

as well as an insight into Australia’s history.

Learn about Indigenous culture, the origin.

and evolution of our life in Victoria,

and sporting treasures like the mighty racehorse Phar Lap.

For a very different food and beverage experience,

enjoy a sample of our culinary diversity.

through the Streets of Melbourne events.

On Monday and Tuesday nights at South Wharf,

you can sample the best we have to offer —

and you never know what other surprises we have planned for you!

Monday night also offers you a choice from an assortment.

of club-hosted hospitality events, each one unique.

Our final special event on Tuesday night

will take you on an exclusive

Rotary express train to Flemington,

home of the renowned Melbourne Cup horse race,

for a night like no other.

This is your chance to wear your fanciest fashions,

as if you were attending the race.

You can dine on Victoria’s superior cuisine and wines.

while enjoying a three-course meal and have your picture taken

with a past winning racehorse and the mighty Melbourne Cup itself.

If you’re interested in service while you’re in Melbourne,

you can join a project in the House of Friendship to assist us.

in achieving our goal of packing 100,000 emergency meals.

Registering in advance will help us plan the day.

and maximize your contribution.

Melbourne has so much to offer —

make sure you take this once-in-a lifetime opportunity!

Visit the host committee website

to book these events.

Explore Melbourne and Australia
To encourage you to get the most out of your visit,

we’ve also organized a range of spectacular tours to help you explore.

Australia beyond the convention.

Whether it’s a part-day walking tour of Melbourne or an exploration

of the Great Barrier Reef and nearby rainforests,

you’ll find something to meet everyone’s tastes.

Explore the tours and book yours today.

To learn even more about Melbourne, visit

melbournecb.com.au/welcome-to-melbourne/.

A special House of Friendship offer
Do you know someone that wants to join us in Melbourne.

but is unable to register for the full convention?

Non-registrants can enjoy a free three-day pass.

to the House of Friendship,

where they’ll connect with thousands

of fellow Rotary members from around the world

and enjoy hundreds of Rotary project booths,

vendors, foods, and entertainment options.

The pass is valid Monday-Wednesday, 29-31 May,

and offers an excellent opportunity to invite your friends.

and family to experience the world of Rotary.

This offer only applies to those not registered for the full convention.

House of Friendship access is already included.

in your convention registration.

Learn more and register.

RAWCS and RAM are grateful for the support from the

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the Global Malaria Congress 2023.

globalmalariacongress2023.org

PICTURED:

Some of the Rotary Club of Mandurah Districts’ proud new Rotarians:

Michelle Wong, left, Dan Solak, Sue Daley, Chris Depiazzi and Joe Maiolo.

Rotary Down Under

Despite the headwinds of gaining members,

the Rotary Club of Mandurah Districts, WA,

has achieved a membership magic milestone.

So far this Rotary year, under the guidance of President Deb Atkins,

Membership Director Martin Sadle and an enthusiastic board,

16 new members have been welcomed into the club.

From 24 members in July 2022, less two members who resigned,

and Ivan Spalding, a charter member who passed away in September,

there has been a 71 per cent net increase.

This includes three members inducted in March 2023.

There are also 10 associate members.

How has this happened?

The club’s board undertook to connect with members of the

local business community to find people who had the time,

resources, and a willingness to give back to the wider community.

A networking meeting with members of the Peel Chamber of Commerce

in August 2022 initiated contact with business leaders

in Mandurah and the Peel Region.

These are professional, working men and women.

who wanted to do something in helping the community,

and were convinced that Rotary had the integrity.

, a spread of local humanitarian projects and, importantly,

that members have fun.

Headlines:

WHO would like to thank the Government of the United Kingdom (UK),

through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO),

for its latest contribution of £15 million.

This generous support is part of the UK’s multi-year commitment.

to the global polio eradication effort.

The Polio Transition Global Vision Stakeholder Forum

took place this week,

bringing together a wide range of stakeholders to discuss.

the post-2023 direction of polio transition.

During the forum, participants reflected on lessons learned and discussed.

the way forward, drawing on the findings of the

mid-term evaluation of the Strategic Action Plan (2018 – 2023).

The outcomes from the forum will be used to develop, by the end of 2023,

a new global vision for polio transition, alongside regional action plans

and a revised monitoring and evaluation framework.

In the latest Weekly Epidemiological Report (WER) from WHO,

it provides a summary of the progress in the response.

to the 2022 WPV1 outbreak in Southeastern Africa.

The report is available here.

nOPV2 rollout:

Approximately 595 million doses of nOPV2 have been administered.

across 28 countries under its WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to date.

An additional 14 countries have met the requirements for.

nOPV2 use in the event of an outbreak.

South Bunbury Education Support Centre

This term, our Room Six class enjoyed sailing with

Rotary Sail into Life, Bunbury.

We were lucky enough to experience some great weather,

and so many fabulous volunteers were on hand to take us.

out on the water to experience the joy of sailing.

Thank you to all involved!

May 4

It’s finally here! The “My Home”

houses are nearing completion.

and 18 older women who are currently homeless will.

start moving into their new homes at the end of May.

Rotary WA has been a dedicated supporter.

of this “My Home” project

and can proudly take credit for helping.

make these houses a reality.

Rotary WA has provided homewares, furnishings.

and garden plants

as well as bringing together other community groups such as

Zonta, Soroptimists and Catholic Women’s League

to work with us

to transform the houses into very special homes.

Rotarians are invited to an Open House

so they can inspect the houses on

Saturday May 6 between 1 and 3pm.

District Governor, Ineke Oliver,

will welcome everyone and highlight.

the work of Rotary WA at 1.30pm.

PARKING.

North Fremantle train station car park.

Limited street parking in Congdon Street.

COME BY TRAIN.

Direct access from North Fremantle train station.

PDG/DGN and ARH Director Pat Schraven,

and her friends Paula and Helen,

are walking the 130km Cape to Cape Track

in the South-West of WA.

Patricia, Paula and Helen set off on the 7-day trek.

on 21 April 2023 and will be posting updates.

Along the way they will be raising awareness of mental health

and encouraging donations for research undertaken

by one of the largest independent funders

of mental health research within Australia,

Australian Rotary Health.

To donate:

https://australian-rotary-health.giveeasy.org/cape-to-cape

All funds raised go to Australian Rotary Health.

When it comes to mental health research,

lots of little things make a big difference.

Donations come in all different sizes too.

Donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Australian Rotary Health –

Improving life for all Australians

through Mental Heath Research,

Education and Awareness.

We appreciate your support.

We are having a fabulous time building our group of volunteers.

who all have the heart to give back.

If you want to know, more come join us for a chat?

Not for profit groups reach out for extra feet.

on the ground to help at their event/project.

We do various things, depending on the Individual wishes.

This is what is so good about our group.

Not the traditional meetings, committees etc

just good old fashioned giving back.

Sound good?

#rotaryclubrockingham

#peelrotaryvolunteers

#peelvolunteerswithadifference

#rotarywithadifference

#volunteering

#givingback

#peelconnect

PEEL Rotary Community Volunteers

Tonight 5 of our members joined the homeless walk.

with the fabulous #peelconnect group.

What a great group of night carers they are!

You too can help for a couple of hours a week

Rotary International is globally recognised and admired for its

participation and passionate involvement in

community development projects around the planet.

As individual Rotarians we proudly participate,

thorough our local chapters in supporting

our local communities on a daily basis.

As a proud member of Rotary, and quite new to Rotary,

I am also a proud member of The International

Association for Community Development (IACD)

https://www.iacdglobal.org/ .

Monthly Zoom webinars are held where we discuss subjects.

such as poverty, homelessness, fund raising,

natural disaster relief (Türkiye earthquake)

and refugee aid (war in The Ukraine).

Participants attend from countries such as

Japan, Hong Kong, Canada, USA, Scotland,

Kenya, South Africa, the UK, Malaysia,

Indonesia and Australia.

A world conference is held in a different country each year,

this year the World Community Development Conference

is held from June 20-22, 2023, at the Darwin Convention Centre,

https://www.wcdc2023fromtheedge.org.au/

I will be attending this conference in Darwin this year.

as a proud member of Kwinana Rotary and Rotary WA,

I encourage other Rotarians from WA to attend.

as it is a perfect opportunity for Rotarians to network

and share ideas with other community development practitioners.

on an international stage.

Rotarian

Anthony Miller

Fleur McDonald is presenting to RC of Mundaring

on Wednesday, 26^th of July and

Fleur has asked us to reach out to other Rotary clubs.

to see if they are interested in her presenting at their clubs as well.

Fleur is visiting from Esperance so it would be perfect if she can.

visit as many Rotary clubs as possible during her time in Perth.

Some background about Fleur

- Fleur-McDonald-Biography-3.pdf (fleurmcdonald.com)

Fleur will also be mentioning her son Hayden - a pilot with autism

- who can't do a presentation for us due to other commitments.

Hayden started the Facebook page "Wings without Barriers”.

and is seeking sponsorship to travel solo around Australia in September

~ https://www.facebook.com/wingswithoutbarriers/

The club feels that Fleur and Hayden's stories are worthy of promotion.

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Our Guest Speaker for the 11th May Breakfast Meeting is Penny Lane,

International Coordinator for The John Fawcett Foundation (JFF).

JFF has been helping the needy in Indonesia since 1991,

mainly in the field of Sight Restoration and Blindness Prevention,

and over that time has restored the sight of well over

60,000 blind people with free cataract operations.

Penny, who has been with JFF since 2001,

will update Club members on JFF’s work over the last few years,

including how the COVID situation was handled, and the road ahead.

RCWP's support of JFF's Bali project has been in place since 1988,

making it one of the longest-running projects in RCWP history!

Come along and learn more about the amazing work they are doing.

and how you, as a new Rotary Member, can be a part of supporting it!

Send us a message on Facebook for further info.

A study recently published by Dr Simon Wilksch

has featured on Mirage News

His study highlights the impacts of eating disorders.

on both children and parents with findings

that suggest parents require more support.

"While extensive research reveals the devastating toll.

of eating disorders on the young person,

it has been far less common to investigate.

the burden on parents," - Dr Wilksch.

Dr Wilksch's position is supported by Australian Rotary Health Grant

funding with Dr Wilksch co-investigating eating disorder research

with ARH Scholar Professor Tracey Wade.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.23938...

August/September 2016

Congratulations to Wyalkatchem Rotarians

Chris & Tzarina Loton who recently married.

Their first child arrives in mid-August.

A future Rotarian?

We’re thrilled to have our physiotherapy education team back in Suva this week,

delivering the annual training workshop

at the Fiji National University to their final-year physiotherapy students.

We’ve not been able to deliver this course over the past few years due to COVID,

and it’s wonderful to be back.

The course involves 4 Interplast volunteer faculty

(two physios and two speech therapists),

along with local faculty, delivering a workshop focused

on hands, burns and speech therapy.

While they’re here, the Interplast team are also delivering in-service training

to local counterparts within the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva,

as well as with a number of other local organisations

including Frank Hilton Organisation.

This program was made possible thanks to funding from the

Australian Government’s Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP)

and the Rotary Club of Kenwick.

Fiji National University

Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Rotary Club of Kenwick Rotary Australia Frank Hilton Organization Fiji

ANZAC Day Gunfire Breakfast 2023·

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

we will remember them.

GUNFIRE BREAKFAST

donations from IGA Tuckerbox Kununurra, Coles Kununurra,

The Kununurra Bakery and Hoochery Distillery

Thank you also to the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley

for pulling us all together.

Lest We Forget

Lest we Forget

#rotaryclubofpalmbeach

was honoured to be able to again support the

#rockinghamrsl 2023 ANZAC Dawn Service with the Gunfire Breakfast.

We pay our respects and honour all past and present service personnel.

and their families for their sacrifice for our country.

Lest We Forget

Rotary Club of Corrigin hosted Blaze Aid volunteers

for breakfast following the Anzac Day Dawn Service.

The Rotary Club of Cockburn remembers. Robyn, Paul and Rosinda

attended the Anzac Day dawn service at Hamilton Hill.

Mayor Logan joined us for a photo.

A wonderful ANZAC Day service at the Osborne Park RSL this morning

with our Rotarians cooking the Gunfire Breakfast for around 300 people.

A beautiful start to Anzac Day at the Gunfire Breakfast

at Government House this morning.

Representing Rotary Mindarie were Lois, Andrea, and Sanaa,

promoting the Battlefield Blue badges.

Secretary Tom (and family) attended a wonderful,

early ANZAC ceremony hosted by Applecross RSL

and the City of Melville.

ANZAC day in Katanning

A group from the Rotary Club of Karrinyup

attended the North Beach Anzac Dawn Service

. On behalf of the club, President Jenni and Community Service

Committee member Ross placed a wreath on the memorial.

to honour all those who served

. Following the service, they joined the local community.

at the gunfire breakfast.

Two of the team [Kay and Mark] serving breakfast on ANZAC morning

for people at the Totally and Partially Disabled Veterans of Wa in .

Missing is Bob Phipps .

OTHER NEWS

With the donut season coming up, the club had to buy a new mixer.

Brenda got to unveil the machine, with PP Denise

and the rest of us lending a hand.

The Rotary team got together to test it out and to enjoy some fresh donuts.

Even the neighbours took home a couple of bags.

We are now all set for the SJ Food & Farm Fest

at Serpentine on the 6th of May.

. See you there for our famous rustic donuts.

At our meeting last night, we had the pleasure of our

Lynwood Senior High School Academic Scholarship students

and their parents attend our meeting.

Students were presented with their Scholarship Certificates.

Former Scholarship recipient Funmi Idris gave a presentation.

on her trip to Calcutta India where she and several fellow medical students

volunteered their services at a medical facility.

Funmi is a great example of the benefits our academic scholarship.

Meeting 26th April saw the presentations of out two sponsored students.

Sean Bolton and James Wrona, from Shenton College who attended.

the Santos Science Experience 13-15th December 2022 at Murdoch Uni

. Sean had attended the Science Experience at UWA last year,

and found attending different campus' beneficial,

assisting him to firm up his decision on where.

and what path of studies he would like to pursue.

Also welcomed to the meeting was Fiona Hassell,

Science Master

and both mothers Anne Bolton and Dianne Wrona.

Well, it looks like ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE IS BACK!

Members on duty at this morning’s Stirling Farmers Market

were pleased to meet local boy Ewan,

who was there to speak with Youth Committee members

Barbara and Trish about being a Rotary Youth Exchange
student in 2023.

Our club is happy to endorse his application.

and, while he still has some hoops to get through.

(District Interview selection and, if successful, an Exchange Student Induction)

we wish him luck on the journey and hope to be sponsoring him.

on the adventure of a lifetime come next January.

Thank you for coming and speaking on behalf of Rotary

for us at our community expo! You put it so well!

Looking forward to watering some of the seeds

you have sewn for our club within our community!

Thank you Kununurra Neighbourhood House,

Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley and Dept of Sport & Rec

for your support and running this event

What serendipitous timing for Anil
and his lovely wife to be arriving in town!

A fantastic service to the Goldfields Community

and our club is proud to have played a part in.

assisting to get it up and running.

If you are in need of the service, or would like to assist,

see the information below or get in touch with us.

Well done to all involved, especially.

The Salvation Army Kalgoorlie Boulder

Food collection by Rotary Joondalup

for the Salvos homeless food collection program.

It’s so nice to be able to appreciate.

and thank the many community groups.

that supported Rotary Mindarie to deliver.

the Wanneroo Christmas Day Lunch.

Here is Andrea from Mindarie presenting a

Certificate of Appreciation to Chloe

the Assistant Director at Goodstart Sinagra.

Thank you Goodstart Sinagra

Join Western Australia’s hiking community, outdoor activity providers.

and others at the Expo in celebrating the local hiking season.

in Beelu National Park!

Rotary Club of Mundaring

will again be providing delicious hamburgers, sausage sizzle,

chips, bacon & eggs, tea, coffee, canned soft drinks.

They are also one of our Event Partners

who have assisted in the set up of the gazebos,

traffic management and more!

You can find all of the event information at

www.wahikingexpo.com.au

#wahikingexpo #rotaryclubofmundaring #hikewest