It is with
great delight that I formally announce.
the
appointment of Veronica Lawrance
as our
District Governor Nominee.
Veronica
will be District Governor
of Rotary Western Australia for 2025-26.
As you will
see from her profile below,
Veronica has a wealth of experience and
knowledge.
that will put her in good stead to lead our
clubs.
and members
into the future.
Veronica is
currently the President of the Mill Point Club
and can be reached at
president@millpointrotaryclub.org.au
but
will soon have the email address of
I am sure
you will join me in making Veronica welcome.
to this new
part of her Rotary adventure in service.
DGN VERONICA LAWRANCE:
Veronica is
an undergraduate and postgraduate of Curtin University.
She holds a
Bachelor of Commerce (Public Relations)
and has a Master of Philosophy (Public
Relations) action research degree.
Her Master’s research focused on
Culture, change and
professionalisation in the non-profit sector.
Veronica is currently completing a PhD.
on Examining
Diversity on WA not-for-profit Boards.
Veronica’s
passion is in communications and has extensive experience.
in PR/Communications in the non-profit
, private,
corporate and government sectors.
She has worked for such organisations as
HBF (Western Australia’s largest private health
insurer),
WA Football Commission, the local community
(Perth Ramble)
and Presbyterian Ladies’ College.
Veronica has
previously been a sessional academic at Curtin.
in the School of Management (Communication in
Business)
and the
School of Marketing (PR Foundations
and PR Techniques).
She has also
been Acting Unit Coordinator for
PR Campaign Planning and
Evaluation, Cross Cultural Communications,
PR
Techniques, Discovering PR, PR Internship and PR Transmedia Storytelling,
and has
taught PR subjects at Curtin Singapore and Notre Dame Sydney.
Veronica is
a Justice of the Peace, and Chairperson of Southcare Inc
(a leading non-profit providing quality aged care,
home care and community services
that support
independent living in own home and community).
Rotary roles
include President (2022-2024) and PR Officer (2019-current),
Director
of Youth Services (2019-2021) and Club Services (2021-2022)
at the Rotary Club of Mill Point (South
Perth).
She was also a member of the RC of
Melville in the early ‘90s.
An ex-local government councillor for the City
of South Perth (2010 – 2015)
, she has a
good knowledge of local government, constitutions, governance.
and
stakeholder engagement.
She has also served as a board
member/Chairperson on CoMHWA and AdvoCare.
Veronica is a member of the
Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD);
the Public
Relations Institute of Western Australia (PRIA);
the
Chartered Institute of Public Relations (UK) (CIPR)
and Women on Boards.
Ineke Oliver
District Governor 2023-24
District 9423
Last night at the joint visit in
Wanneroo,
we were delighted to induct two
new members.
and heard about the awesome work being done.
by four of our northern suburbs’
clubs,
making a real impact in the community.
Thank you for your service, everyone, just
awesome!
Adam Hort City of Gosnells Deputy Mayor
This week I became an Honorary
Rotarian!
Thank you to the members of Rotary Southern Districts
for the honour and for writing the lovely bio.
I was fortunate to be a part of
the
Rotary Young Leader Awards
(RYLA) in 2007
and helped to run the
Rotary Young Person Enrichment Program (RYPEN)
for a number of years after.
I am so grateful to Rotary
who sponsored me for RYLA.
Rotary Southern Districts meets
at the Gosnells Golf Club
every Tuesday night
and the members work so hard to serve our
community.
. Serena Williamson - City of Gosnells Councillor
was also in attendance.
Last night’s meeting was held in
honour of Bernie Rochester,
celebrating 50 years of service to our
community
as a member of the
. It takes a special quality to
dedicate such a large portion.
of one’s life to serving others above self
Headlines
The Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
on Poliomyelitis eradication in Afghanistan and
Pakistan
held their
15th meeting in Doha, Qatar this June.
The aim of the meeting was to evaluate
the progress
of polio eradication efforts.
in
Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past six months.
The meeting provided a critical opportunity
to review
progress towards interruption.
of endemic
poliovirus transmission and preparedness for responding
to any polio
outbreak in each country, cross-border coordination,
supplementary immunization activities schedule
for the second half of 2023
, as well as forthcoming plans and strategies.
The report
of the meeting is available here.
SAVE THE DATE –
ROTARY PARK GRAND OPENING
As you may have noticed...
the fences are down, and Rotary Park is
finally open!
This has been a huge project and
to celebrate it's completion.
as well as a thank you to our community for
your patience.
we will be hosting a Grand
Opening
on Friday October 6th from 1PM - 4PM!
We will have games and
entertainment, delicious food.
and fun for the whole family.
Stay tuned for more information on what we
have planned!
Hope to see you there!
Despite the fact that infants and toddlers can
suffer from
serious
mental health disorders,
they receive
the least amount of treatment.
Research is
needed to support such treatments!
Australian Rotary Health
supports mental health research.
You can donate and show you support for mental
health research.
This morning’s breakfast meeting
was inspiring 5 clubs.
were represented with one of
them.
having installed 12 Peace Poles
in schools
and institutions, such a great initiative.
We heard about so much wonderful
Rotary work making an impact.
Three of the 5 clubs also had a Rotary Youth
Exchange student,
so good to see this program up and running
again.
Rotary Club of Cambridge, Western Australia
Applecross Rotary club
member: Mike,
has been busy representing
Applecross Rotary in Kenya
speaking of
the power of Rotary International collaboration,
with our international project:
The Special Needs Unit with Mama Respond
which
officially opens on the 8th of September.
Presenting
to clubs Rotary Club of Stoni Athi,
and Rotary Club of Nairobi Karengata
in the
space of 1 and a half weeks.
Exchanging
ideas and building relationships.
We look forward to hearing all about this
experience.
when Mike
is back in Australia 
A fabulous night hearing our year
6 kids speak.
on subjects passionate to them
at the Rotary 4 Way Speech
Final.
Family & Teachers would be
so proud.
Us Rotarians were simply WOW.
Congratulationx to Lake Monger
Primary School
as Sarah achieves Runner-up
in the State Year 6 4WTSC Final.
Well done Sarah . well done LMPS.
Lake Monger Primary School P&C Community
Rosalie from Frederick Irwin Anglican School
has been given the opportunity.
to speak to members & guests
of the E Rotary Club on 11th September.
Well done, Rosalie.
Breaking Barriers in Healthcare!
Our local hospital now boasts.
a cutting-edge bkSpecto ultrasound machine
donated by the Rotary Club of Esperance.
This game-changer means
Esperance residents, especially men,
can access critical medical procedures right
here in our community,
sparing them the long journey to
Perth.
Urologist Dr. Jennifer Kong
demonstrated its remarkable capabilities,
from prostate biopsies to cancer
surveys and more.
She said it was about reducing
the logistical and financial burdens.
and ensuring swift access to essential
healthcare.
Together, we're making a
significant difference. 
:
Prathamesh Deshpande/Esperance Weekender
Daffodil Day was held by the Cancer
Council of WA
on Friday and Saturday
to raise funds for cancer research.
Well done to our Club volunteers
who helped out at Claremont
Bunnings,
they did such a great job they sold out.
of daffodils early each day
. Thank you to David Miller
for arranging the opportunity
for the Club.
Earlier this month, Freshwater
Bay Rotarian Sheila Cheng
visited the monthly meeting of
the
Rotary Club of Singapore East - District 3310.
Sheila spoke briefly about our club and
projects.
She also offered to bake for a Rotary event,
and presented the club.
with some of her wonderful homemade cookies.
In return, Sheila was presented with.
Singapore East's bannerette.
Yesterday Dennis and George went.
to the official presentation.
of the Buddy
Benches at Court Grammar
with members of the
Rotary Club
of Byford and Districts
and we were
honoured to be a part of.
Please like and share our club,
thank you, Laurie, for taking
Murilo and Hannah
to Kalbarri National Park. Walk
trail.
Our hardworking Rotary-Interact
members served up.
185 bacon & egg rolls at the
Buying breakfast at our stall
raises money.
for activities in our local community.
Today, we are helping raise
funds for
projects managed by students at
We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at
Pertica Cafe
Unit 54, 11 Tanunda Drive Rivervale.
Tui was also awarded a "Pride in Workmanship" award.
Great food and great people.
Thanks to Bryan and Gail for
organising it
The gorgeous Tricia doing her
bit helping
on the foreshore cooking
sausages for
our street present people.
Anyone else want to help?
This is happening each.
Wednesday night from 5pm.
Members, partners, and friends
enjoyed a game of golf croquet.
this afternoon at Gosnells Croquet Club.
We were all novices, learning how to play.
and even how to be mean to opponents!
It was a lot of fun, even though
rain stopped play for a while,
so we made the most of it by having afternoon
tea
as we waited for the sun to
reappear.
A big thank you to the members
of the Croquet Club
who gave up their time to coach
each of the teams.
Rotarians can have fun as well as get
involved.
in great community projects.
Nice to get a note of appreciation.
in the winter edition of the
PortCare News.
Our Donation to them of tinned
goods and other food items
was part of our can collection
project across the Fremantle area
(GADGAC - Give a Dam, Give a Can).
PortCare used these to create food hampers to
give away.
Really happy to be involved with PortCare.
, they are such a great
organisation that does amazing work.
2023
BulldustNBack Trial
14 – 17 September 2023
Perth-Kojonup-Mt Barker-Pemberton-Collie-Perth
www.bulldustnback.com.au
RYLA & RYPEN - Western Australia
Applications for the WA Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards
program for 2024 are open now!
RYLA is for young people aged 18
to 28 who want to:
develop their
leadership and self-awareness skills.
become the
best version of themselves.
get out of
their comfort zone and grow.
meet new,
like-minded people.
have a
blast!
We promise, we'll deliver all of
that.
and more in our January 2024 program.
Applications close 30 November
2023... apply now:
https://forms.office.com/r/UPaaHcB9Fp
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