Sunday, July 30, 2023



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Click here to go direct to the new

Rotary Western Australia website.

We are still tweaking a few things, so bear with us.

If you find something we've missed, let us know here

 

Club Secretaries/WebmastersASAP

check your current meeting location, date and time,

and club contact details

 (PO Box, email, phone, website, social media links etc)

and logos etc, are accurate and up to date.

Members, please check your personal details.

 (current email, phone, address etc) are also correct

. (Your login should be the same as for your prior district login).

























Karolina is warmly welcomed by club members.

and host families.










Cecilia from Brazil arrived in Perth Western Australia tonight.

 for her adventure in Mandurah for the next 12 months
Her first host family the Worthington’s and Phil & Merice mentor

 with Steve placement officer

for the district all greeted Cecilia at the airport
Welcome Cecilia

 






RYE Student Betty receives her club badge, club shirt and club cap.

. Welcome to the club Betty!

 






 Headlines

“While the challenges before us are formidable and complex,

 I remain cautiously optimistic about.

 the goal of interrupting transmission.

 of poliovirus in Pakistan by the end of this year.

 This will require solidarity and collective action at all levels.

 to enable rigorous implementation of the strategy,

 that must be fully supported.

 by communities and the political,

 administrative and security leadership,”

– WHO Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari. 

 

Health teams in Sudan are going to

extraordinary levels of coordination.

 to detect polio amidst the conflict.

 Part of this work includes sending stool samples.

 of children presenting.

with acute flaccid paralysis, a symptom of polio,

across states for testing to

 the Argeen point of entry with Egypt

Approximately 700 million doses of nOPV2

have been administered.

 across 31 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

. . 

 








































2023 BulldustNBack Trial
14 – 17 September 2023
Perth-Kojonup-Mt Barker-Pemberton-Collie-Perth

www.bulldustnback.com.au











The RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment)

 camp in September is fast approaching!

If you know someone who is 14-17 years of age who is

Wanting an opportunity to develop and challenge themselves’.

Looking to develop their self-esteem and confidence’.

Interested in developing skills including leadership, teamwork,

 communication, goal setting and problem solving.

Wanting to build a network of young people and to make new friends.

Excited for a weekend of fun

Then we'd love to have them attend the RYPEN camp from 

15th - 17th September 2023.

 

RYPEN depends on Rotary Clubs to sponsor participants,

 and the more participants we get the better the camp will be.

 We would love to welcome your applicant to the camp.

 

RYPEN is at its best when we have a balance of genders, ages,

 country and city participants,

 so please do consider who in your community.

can benefit from a RYPEN experience.

  If your club sponsors an Interact club,

 this can be a great source of participants.

 

We've got an exciting and challenging program lined up.

for the weekend, so if you know of someone who would like to attend.

please get your applications as soon as possible.

 

An application form is attached to this email.

  Please send applications to rypen@rotarywa.au

The camp costs $340 per attendee and your club

will be invoiced later for the camp.

 

Applications close 23rd August 2023.

  All applications MUST be received by the closing date.

 There are a maximum of 45 places available on RYPEN,

 and they are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

 

If you have any questions or would like further information,

please don't hesitate to let us know. 

 You can email program chair Roy Philbin at

 rypen@rotarywa.au or call 0418 948 847.

 

 

Click here for the application form.















Karrinyup Rotary Club invites you to enter

 our inaugural photography competition.

 

Proceeds raised are used to support families

 impacted by childhood cancer and to

help fund ongoing research.

 

Beginning 1st July 2023

and runs to the end of September.

 

To read more about the competition:

 

Link to the website

 

Link to the FB page

 








Australian Rotary Health, Australia’s leading 
non-government funder of mental health research, 
is looking for vehicles and teams to fundraise 
for pre-teen mental health research.

 

Contact Jerry Pilcher or Warwick Smith:

E: ARHWAteam@gmail.com 

F: @RotaryWAhealth

 





Nominations are now open for Rotarians.

 in Western Australia who have provided

 a significant amount of service to the

community, locally and/or internationally,

 across at least 3 avenues of service and

 have served Rotary in a leadership capacity.

 

For more details including

 the online nomination form, please visit.

 https://rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au/events/dr-collins-award/

 






























Basil Zempilas was elected Lord Mayor

 of the City of Perth in October 2020.

 He became the 18th Lord Mayor,

joining Local Government

 after a successful and ongoing broadcasting career

 in television and radio

. Basil is also a regular columnist in The West Australian,

 which is Australia’s second oldest newspaper.

 

As the Lord Mayor, Basil works with his Council.

 to provide direction to the City of Perth.

 He is committed to connecting.

 International and National Corporations

 with the community to achieve the liveable,

 sustainable and prosperous pillars of the City’s strategic vision.

 

Apart from hosting Telethon for the last 13 years

 Basil has many roles.

 He is the chair of the Lord Mayor’s Distress Relief fund

which under his stewardship,

has raised almost $35 million in a 2-year period for

 communities impacted by natural disasters and until January 2023

 he was chair of the Australian Council of Capital City Lord Mayors.

 Basil is on the City of Perth Committee,

 the WALGA State Council and the Capital City Planning Committee.

 

Not one to shy from speaking his mind.

, you can be assured of an entertaining breakfast with Basil. Tickets at:

https://www.cityrotaryperth.org.au/calendar/























edition 384
October 9   2016

Rotary Club of Cambridge
 













pictures from Club Changeover















Tuesday Night, Kalamunda Rotary

 was treated to a wonderful chat.

with local MP Tania Lawrence about her time as a

 Rotary Exchange Student back in her teens.

 Tania was very fortunate to go to Japan.

and provided us with some great  tales.

 of how this helped shape her to the person she is today.

 Have you ever thought about being an exchange student?

If so, please contact Rotary today!

In this image L to R:

 MP Tania Lawrence, Outgoing Exchange Student Ariana O'Neill,

 Inbound Exchange Student Lisa Brauer (From Germany)

 and our President Jonathan Weir.

#cityofkalamunda 

#rotaryexchange

 #rotaryexchangeprogram

 #rotaryexchangestudent

 #rotaryexchangestudents

 #tanialawrence #lesmurdieclub

 #kalamunda

 #rotarylife

 #rotaryclub #Rotary

 #kalamundarotaryclub

 #kalamundarotary

— at The Lesmurdie Club

 








Pictures from last nights ‘

“What Is Rotary’ event”



This evening in Safety Bay at an excellent, combined.  

clubs' membership event organised.

 by the Rotary Club of Rockingham (Western Australia),

 Baldivis Rotary, Rotary Club of Palm Beach WA Inc,

 Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc and PEEL Rotary Community Volunteers.

An audience of 120+ listened in as club reps and community champions .

spoke about the bright future of the region,

 how Rotary serves the community, the benefits of volunteering

 through Rotary and the multiple avenues available for participation.

DGE Pat Schraven spoke from the heart about the global impacts.

 of Rotary projects and how our efforts have saved millions

 of kids from the horrors of polio.





















Our Rotary club is very passionate about supporting.

 the youth and the 4 Way Test

 public speaking competition at Perth Modern is always a highlight.

 Such professional presentations and very interesting topics.

 We all had a jaw dropping evening at the maturity and quality.

of the 6 participant’s speeches.

Congratulations

to the winner who will now compete in the state semifinals.

Thanks to our adjudicators who graciously gave up their time.

and provided exceptional feedback and thanks to

Perth Modern School for allowing us to run this event.

@interact club of Subiaco

St George Toastmasters Club

AKANNA Entertainment



























40th ANNIVERSARY GOSNELLS

VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE

The night was well represented by Rotary Club of Gosnells

with two of the invited guests being Ken Clark 

an original member of the Fire Brigade,

accompanied by wife Mavis.

and Paul Jones Rotary President accompanied by wife Christine.

 Serving the drinks at the bar were our

 Rotary members Ken Panici-Allen, Neil Hewer, Brian and Daryll Vale.

 The tables were decorated beautifully and the centrepieces, the Hooker Banksia,

the floral emblem of Gosnells Club

















images giving you some insight into our

 stage 1 project at the Ballajura Community Garden

culminating in the laying of our first section of path (8.5 Cubic meters.)

 and getting our mulch down

. We've got a few meters of mulch to move.

and hope to get this completed over the weekend.

Stay Well Stay Safe

 















Cooking dinner for parents and children

 at Perth Children's Hospital.

 L to R Margaret Walton, Lyn Metcalf, 

Brian Johnson, Lorrie Gray,Siew Johnson,

 Peter Stevens, Margaret Metcalf, Melva Stevens,

 Kim Payne, Ross Smith.

 Ross has been organising this for the last 10 years.

 and we are thrilled to serve and be part of PCH and the parents.

 #RotaryRocks!





Our fund-raising trot night

 was held last Friday at Gloucester Park.

 President Paul had the honour of presenting.

the trophy to the winner of the main race.

 Thanks to Myaree Ceramics, Quayside Transport 

and Cash Converters

for sponsoring races as well as 35 horse sponsors

.#myareeceramics

 #quaysidetransport

#cashconverters

 #gloucesterpark 

#infreo#fremantle

 



It’s Kununurra Campdraft and Rodeo time again

and we are looking for VOLUNTEERS!

If you’re interested in what Rotary does,

volunteering with the team at these events are a great opportunity.

to have a chat with our Rotarians and play your part.

in making the world-famous Rotary Burgers!

Send us a message if you’re interested in knowing.

 more about Rotary Kununurra or how you can register.

 to volunteer or come to one of our meetings!

 






Another great day tree planting

 with the Rotary Club of Quairading

. Members from Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

joined members from Quairading, Subiaco, Scarborough,

and Applecross.

It was pretty damp in the morning however dried out

and the sun shone in the afternoon.

 









































































































































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Lake Campion  Nungarin



















































 

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