3/2009

Welcome to Rotary out West
Districts 9450, 9460 9470



RI President, DK Lee will be visiting Perth on the 22nd May!
The President of Rotary International is coming to Perth with his wife Young Ja,
to meet Rotarians and to present Presidential Citations to many of our successful Rotary Clubs.
A warm welcome and Citation presentation function will be held.
Time and date:5.30pm for 6.00pm Friday, 22 May 2009
Venue – Burswood on Swan
Tickets – $38.00 per head
Refreshments will be provided and a cashbar will be available
Meet The President of Rotary International
On rare occasions we have an opportunity to meet the President of Rotary International
so it is with pleasure that our three District Governors in Western Australia
invite all Rotarians, partners, their families and friends to join us for this exciting celebration.
President DK Lee and Young Ja arrive in Perth early on Friday morning,
directly from their visit to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
and will travel on to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea that evening.
During their few hours stay in our city,
they will visit the Wheelchairs for Kids Inc factory at Wangara
and Foodbank WA in Welshpool .
These highly visible and acclaimed projects are supported by Rotarians
locally and nationally and help to Make Dreams Real
for many young people both locally and overseas.
We call on you to support your Club President in receiving this Club Presidential Citation
and invite you to join your District Governor in giving a warm welcome
to RI President, DK Lee and Young Ja - important and distinguished visitors to our city.
DG Sue Rowell (District 9450)
DG Zaki Dorkham (District 9460)
DG Pushpa Pushpalingam (District 9470)
Our Rotary International President
Contact your District Secretary to make a booking

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We can do all this and more

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Here are links to the District Governors latest newsleters
District 9450
http://www.rotaryd9450.wa.inaust.org/html/Public/Newsletter/Newsletter.php

District 9460
http://www.rotary9460.org.au/_content/documents/Newsletters/09/DG%27s%20Newsletter%20Mar%2009

District 9470
http://www.rotary9470.org.au/PTD_april.pdf


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Rotary Youth Exchange hits St Georges Terrace in Perth
Thanks to 36 banners erected by the
Rotary Club of Perth

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Club Banners from around the Rotary World

Send your banner to philco@iinet.net.au

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I have a dream

2/2009

Rotary out West


Four Way Test

The Tri District State finals of the 4 way Speking contest
takes place on Friday May 1st at the Gulidford Grammar School
Commencing at 6.30pm at a cost of $30 per person
District contacts for further information
D9450 Eric Atkins ericatkins@dodo.com.au
D9460 Phil Bailey pba12622@bigpond.net.au
D9470 Laurie Money ljmoney@hotmail.com

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Club Banners

Send in a picture of your club banner and it will appear on this blog
Banners from anywhere in the Rotary World
Send to philco@iinet.net.au
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This one is from the Rotary Club of Oakdale California


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Humanity in Motion


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Rotary Friendship Exchange

As reported in the first edition 9 Rotarians and partners from D5050
Have now arrived in Western Australia.
They are being hosted by D9470
In the picture below they areat Smiths Beach near Yallingup



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Welcome to Rotary Out West







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News from District...........[9450, 9460, 9470]

District 9450

Recycling hospital beds from Perth to Apia
Tim Dawe Rotary Club of West Perth,

West Perth Rotary began a new international aid project with a shipment of hospital beds to Apia in Samoa.

The Medical Equipment Recycling Committee (MERC) aims to collect unused or unwanted medical equipment for shipment to developing countries.
West Perth Rotarian and nurse, Jill Smith, is the inspiration and driving force behind her club’s MERC project. She also chairs Western RAWCS’ Donations in Kind committee.

Ms Smith heads the Haemophilia Centre of WA at Royal Perth Hospital and is a tireless worker committed to improving the plight of haemophilia sufferers in southern Africa.

Each year she visits Lesotho – at her own expense – to train nurses and provide medical supplies.
“It appals me to see poorly equipped clinics in less developed countries when our hospitals in Australia throw out mountains of unused or very serviceable equipment,” she said.

“With the willing support of West Perth Rotary we are able to expand our horizons and really make a difference.”

Ms Smith, an enthusiastic member of the recycling team at RPH, challenged senior management to identify and release unwanted medical equipment for overseas donations.

The result was a ‘‘discovery’’ at RPH of a trove of more than 100 Joyce Austral hospital beds stacked in a former hospital ward due for demolition.

The redundant, manually operated beds in excellent working order had been unused and unwanted for five years since electrically operated beds were introduced.

Where to send the beds was quickly resolved with a proposal by Heirisson Club Rotarians, Di and Colin Gilbert, who were alerted to the need for beds when they visited their niece, Fiona, a resident of Apia, Samoa.
“Not only is there a severe shortage of beds in the Apia hospital but in some hospitals and clinics in outlying islands, patients are sleeping on the floor,” Mrs Gilbert said.

With all the connections made and the Apia Rotary club signed up to receive and distribute the beds, things swiftly came to a conclusion.

A working party of Rotarians and friends painstakingly manoeuvred the beds via corridors and lifts to waiting trucks on their circuitous journey to warehouse, seatainer and wharf.

Rotarians and friends provided their voluntary labour while all services, including shipping, were donated by generous corporate supporters.

One of the volunteers, RPH mechanical fitter Rade Grozdanovski, who maintains the beds for the hospital, said with a chuckle: “I’m just pleased to see them go. But even more pleased that they are going for such a good cause.”

West Perth Rotary President Guy Mattioli, in thanking Ms Smith and all involved, said how proud he was of the project and its exciting future. He announced an ambitious plan to expand MERC to become the principal collection and distribution agent in Western Australia for medical equipment donations (DIK) to developing countries.

“Rotary is well known for service at a national, international and, in the case of eradicating polio, at a global level,” he said
“But what we have done in this project is all about facilitation – linking people and resources – and getting things done; that is what Rotary does best.”

Picture: Jill Smith with helpers, Bill Young, left, Brad Baker and Christine Gray, all of the Rotary Club of West Perth, and Rade Grozdanovski, of Royal Perth Hospital.

borrowed from Rotary Down Under

District 9470


A Rotary Friendship Team from D5050 arrives in Perth on April 17th for a 14 day visit. While in Western Australia they will visit Margaret River and the Kalgoorlie Goldfields and spend time in the Perth Metro area as well. The reciprocal visit to Canada/USA departs late June 2009







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Rotary Youth Exchange in Australia



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