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November is Rotary Foundation Month

Shelterbox in the Philippines

Please help us provide Shelter, Warmth & Dignity to those affected in The Philippines

click on this link to donate

https://sna.etapestry.com/fundraiser/ShelterBoxAustralia/TyphoonHaiyanEmergencyAppeal/

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Egypt Fights Back Against Syria Polio Outbreak

Published November 18, 2013

Egypt this week joins other countries in the Middle East

in ramping up vaccinations against polio.

The move comes after an outbreak of the disease in Syria.

Engage Rotary at the Rotary International Convention in Sydney, 1-4 June 2014

Why attend?

Because you are interested in helping others in fellowship

with Rotarians around the world.

Attending the annual convention is a perfect way

to experience Rotary’s internationality,

meet Rotarians from around the world,

exchange ideas, plan projects, learn new skills, and be inspired,

all in a setting considered to be one of the most beautiful in the world.

What else can I expect?

A first-class venue (Sydney Olympic Park) with nature walks,
bike rental and trails, classes, sports facilities,
and other family-friendly activities.
Read more.
Plenary speakers chosen to inspire and a mix of Australian
and international entertainment.
Breakout sessions where you'll learn new skills and information.
Luncheons where you'll join incoming
and current club and district leaders.
Host events such as an Aussie football match,
a concert at the Sydney Opera House,
a sausage sizzle with local Rotarians,
and much more.
A beautiful host city featuring spectacular evening lightshows,
restaurants, and nightlife in Sydney Harbour.

What travel discounts and opportunities are available?

The New South Wales Government is offering

registered delegates free public transport on trains, ferries, buses,

and light rail valid from Thursday, 29 May,

through Thursday, 5 June 2014.

Pick up your delegate badge at the registration hall

in Sydney Olympic Park to receive the free travel.

This pass will take you to the Blue Mountains,

Hunter Valley, Kiama Beach.

Through an historic agreement between two carriers,

Emirates Airlines and Qantas Airways,

you will be eligible to receive a discount on your travel

to Sydney upon registering for the convention

, and also a discount (through Qantas)

for domestic travel within Australia

Learn more.

Read more about travel offered through the

Host Organization’s official tour operator

and the early booking discounts.

How can I save money on registration and housing?

and book your hotel through Experient.

You will need a visa to travel to Australia,

so plan early.

How else can I participate?

Contribute to the book drive (more information to come),

volunteer as a sergeant-at-arms during the registration process,

request a booth for your project,

or organize an Unofficial Affiliate Event.

How do I find out more?

Visit www.RIconvention.org

where you can sign up for the RI Convention Update e-newsletter

and download the convention brochure!

G'day from Sydney!

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Now here is a great idea

I received this information and video

from a Rotarian Friend in D 4815 Argentina

FESTIVAL OF CHALLENGED MUSICIANS

Annual event organized by Rotary La Cañada (District 4815)

since 2001.

Purpose: To give musicians with disabilities the opportunity to show their work,

and to share the stage with other well known artists.

The proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund for

the study of dance and music of people with disabilities.

The 13th edition took place on October 2 and 3

in Córdoba, Argentina.

The project originates when we realized that these musicians

did not have a space to exhibit?

Show? their work and the community was unaware of their existence and efforts.

so we thought it was possible to offer artists

with special needs a chance to integrate

into the community through their art.

This Festival has been organized annually since 2001

and all editions attracted considerable participation

of previously selected disabled artists from around the country

who joined special guest artists and established artists in our society.

There have been artists from other countries,

Brazil and Colombia.

The success was reflected in the massive crowd that filled Libertador

Theatre facilities, in the widespread media coverage

(print, radio and television) of the festival,

in the important projection that several of the artists had

and the good proceeds that constitute a fund for scholarships

especially for disabled artists.

Previous editions of our festival, since 2001,

have been successively declared of Cultural, Legislative

and Provincial Interest by the Superior Government

of the Province of Córdoba .

For more information about this important program,

you can write to rotarylacanada@hotmail.com.

THE HISTORY OF DISTRICT 4815.

Covering the areas of Cordoba, La Rioja and Catamarca,

ARGENTINA

During the 2006-2007 Rotary year, Rotary clubs in District 4870

covered the the provinces of Córdoba (Alcira Gigena, Bell Ville,

Bell Ville Ideas United, Coronel Moldes, Cruz Alta,

Hernando, Laboulaye, Marcos Juarez, Rio Cuarto ,

General Paz, Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto West, Rio Cuarto South,

Rio Cuarto Villa Concepción, Río Tercero, Villa Maria, Villa Maria East,

Villa Maria Vila New Generations and New Vila).

Rotary International resolution E-2-K of the Board gave effect

to Article 15 010 of the IRR that authorised the changes in the district boundaries

and, as of July 1 2008, the clubs of District 4810 at the time,

and Rotary clubs in the area of Córdoba province

which had been located within the boundaries of District 4870

, then all were then encompassed within the newly formed District 4815.

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

The Rotary Club of Karrinyup has just inducted Scott Elsley

as a member of our club.

Welcome Scott!

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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

President Esther, Stephen Harper and PP Ross Collins

Stephen was inducted on 7 October 2013

President Esther, Gloria Moyle, PP Lloyd Morley and PP Sue Morley

Gloria was inducted on 11 November 2013

President Esther, Lin MacQueen-Henderson, Cherie Wallace

and Angelo Sbizzirri

Lin was inducted on 18 November 2013

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Rotary Club of Perth

Welcome to the club Vangelis! A valued member already!

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Youth Exchange students on Tour

Our touring Inbounds really enjoyed the Vocational Visit

to the newly refurbished Esperance Primary School

yesterday as part of their time with the

Rotary Club of Esperance Bay

Fourteen of our Inbound students had a fantastic time tonight

at the Rotary Club of Quairading meeting,

Host Club of Manon, from France.

The club members have looked after us fabulously since Sunday afternoon,

with more adventures on the agenda tomorrow,

before we head off to Corrigin

on the next leg of our annual Goldfields Tour.

At last night's Rotary Club of Esperance Baymeeting,

four of our Traveling Inbounds agreed to shave their heads

in order to raise funds for Shelterbox.

. this is them before their 'haircuts'...

This is the boys 'after' their shave for charity last night

. Between them they raised $525 towards a Shelterbox

for the sacrifice of their locks.

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Scarborough Rotary's inbound exchange student Adele Chretien

with her guest Akin from Turkey.

Akin Kilic is being hosted by the Rotary Club of Wanneroo

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Perth

President George and The Minister at the start of The Santos Great Bike Ride

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Rotary Club of Applecross

Pres Murray of Rotary Club of Applecross (left)

was a happy host today as the club celebrated another

Rotary Jacaranda Festival success.

Pres Rene of Rotary Club of Mill Point enjoyed the festival

in on a near perfect day and Applecross Rotary facebook page

manager Chris had a busy, but enjoyable day.

PP Amy Spencer of Rotaract Club of Rossmoyne

had some great news to share today.

Rossmoyne Rotaract have a date for their charter!

And the Rotary Club of Rossmoyne was there

It was a tough day at the Rotary Club of Rossmoyne bookstall.

PP Phil Hince had to cope with listening to the cricket,

while PDG Graham kept things under control.

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

The Rotary Club of Hillarys had a wonderful cultural evening

with the Consul General and staff of the Vietnamese Consulate

to raise funds for the Swim Vietnam Project

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Rotary Club of Geraldton

HMAS Sydney Memorial Service Geraldton 19 November 2013.

PP Rotarian Don Rolston

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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

visited St John’s at Bunbury Regional Health Campus

and were given a most comprehensive tour of the cancer

and coronary facilities.

Rotary Club of Scarborough

Anne Graydon from Foodbank WA

gave a great presentation to Scarborough Rotarians at their regular Thursday breakfast meeting.

Director of Community Service, Mike Sultanowsky

then presented Anne with a donation of $3000.

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

In today's meeting we had quite a few announcements

plus cheque presentations from our Friends of Rotary committee.

Rotarian Ray explaining to the club the Shelter Boxes

our club is purchasing to send to the Phillippines Disaster Relief.

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Rotary Club of Karatha

Salt Bagging

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Joint Meeting

Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Rotary Club of Booragoon

Terrific club night tonight with our friends from the

Rotary Club of Booragoon.

PP Mike Raspa organised a terrific presentation

to three amazing students from Hillside Farm.

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

At Bunnings Bibra Lake

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Rotary Club of Mundaring

Rotary Club of Batavia Coast

Rotary Club of East Perth

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Club Promotions

November

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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Union is Strength

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I enjoy a glass of wine each night for its health benefits.

The other glasses are for my witty comebacks and flawless dance moves.

Something to think about

The driver of a huge tractor trailer lost control of his rig,

he plowed into an empty tollbooth and smashed it to pieces.

He climbed down from his truck and looked at the wreckage,

not quite sure what to do.

Within a matter of minutes, another truck pulled up

and unloaded a crew of workers.

The men picked up each broken piece of the former tollbooth

and spread some kind of creamy substance on it.

Then they began fitting the pieces together.

In less than a half hour,

they had the entire tollbooth reconstructed

and good as new.

"Astonishing!" the truck driver said to the crew chief.

"What was that white stuff you used to get all of the pieces together?"

The crew chief said,

"Oh, that was tollgate booth paste."

Western Australia

Stirling Ranges

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The latest Shelter box video

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An amazing story about the health workers courageously fighting polio in Afghanistan

open the link to read the whole story with pictures.

The photos are breathtaking

: http://b-gat.es/19MiSDZ

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Polio eradication in Egypt with the
D 2451

Successful Rotary Contributions to Keep Polio Out of Egypt

Dr. Ahmes Ghabriel, Rotary’s National PolioPlus Chair for Egypt,
asked the District 2451 Disaster Relief Team
to help out with the coordination of participation for Rotary Clubs of Egypt.
The team was so enthusiastic to work to keep Egypt free of Polio.
Understanding the threats, the team prepared
and printed Polio awareness fliers, posters
and banners for different clubs who showed interest in participation.

On the National Immunization day campaign (November 17-20, 2013)

, Rotarians from different clubs were assigned different health units

were vaccination of children was taking place.

Rotarians posted Rotary banners with a message to inform people of the Campaign

and distributed fliers containing awareness on the Poliomyelitis virus

and the importance of immunizing children under 5 years of age.

The fliers also showed the world-wide role of Rotary

in eradicating Polio as a strategic partner with CDC, WHO and UNICEF

Rotarians helped with the vaccination of children,

encouraging the vaccination team.

Some Rotarians offered meals to the nursing team

who were vaccinating children and some brought them light snacks

and/or water bottles.

Rotarians also brought candy and sweets to offer to children

after taking the polio vaccine.

The presence of Rotarians was much appreciated by medical zone directors

and health units supervisors

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Link for convention Blog

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Xmas Messages

Have your Xmas message placed here

Everybody welcome

send to philco@iinet.net.au

your message will go here........

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Rotary Club of Booragoon

Meet our newest member Danne Reynolds.

Classification Social Work. Danne found out about Rotary

through the John Curtin Leadership Academy

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Around the Districts

On Thursday November 28th a farewell dinner for 2013 Indigenous students

was held at the Rydges Hotel in the city

Cheryl Deguara Program Co-ordinator [left] and Board Director Phil Cordery [right]

with the 2013 students and Woodside corporate sponsors

President Dave Taylor Rotary Club of Scarborough

ARH D9465 Representative Diane Wright

and Jackie Ormsby President of the Rotary Club of Melville

with Phil Cordery

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

President Jan Mason with some of the recipients

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Past Rotary International Director Ken Collins

with Richard Symons

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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

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Rotary Club of Midland

Rotary Club of Belmont

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Rotary Club of Mount Barker

Thanks to all you beautiful people who came to buy an ice cream,

at the rotary van.and said hello.

We had a great day,

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Rotary Club of South Perth Burswood

Some of the South Perth-Burswood Rotary ladies selling Christmas cakes

and puddings at the Vic Park Christmas St Mall

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Carer's Day

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Rotary Club of Mill Point

Putting them in the spotlight and keen to acknowledge their

presence, the three stooges Owen Ferguson, Reg Willis

and Vic Stoyanoff,

resplendent in the Fullness of their Mature Masculinity,

were given a special a FMM for

"Functional Misdemeanours by Members".award –

their own personal physical activity planner

donated by the Heart

Foundation.

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Rotary Club of Perth

The three Amigo's !!!!

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Steven Dutt, Geoff Wiltshire, Llyod Dungey and John Simpson.with Kerry O'Shea

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

Sausage sizzle at Bunnings today Jo, Di and Jos

doing their bit to raise some awareness

and some funds to put back into the community.

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

Club planning day at Wellington forest cottages.

Thanks to Wendy for her awesome mediating.

Some great ideas about member engagement -

it's up to us as members now! Looking forward to 2014

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Rotary Club of East Perth

Our guest speaker this morning was Lee Tate,

the Communications Manager for Arafmi,

the peak body which represents carer's for people with mental illness.

Lee left a number of pamphlets for members.

The pamphlet lists services provided by Arafmi

to carer's, including; advocacy, counselling, respite and a many more.

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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

The Rossmoyne Interact Club

held a

"Rossmoyne's got Talent" night

at the local performing Arts Centre

with 150 people attending

All went to schedule and plan,

the only small glitch was

that Mike Nahan was unable to make it

(due toParliamentary commitments)

A little ceremony was

arranged at Rossmoyne Senior High School

with Mikeon the following Friday, the new Principal Paul Leech

and Kuda (Interact President) along with the winner

Hannah Razak were present

I have no idea what talent this pair have??

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Rotary Club of Midland

Hay stacking with awesome Rotarians and friends.

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Exchange Students in the Goldfields and Esperance

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Club Promotions

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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Police stop my car

There are two French Legionnaires in the desert,

and they’ve been separated from their unit and are lost.

They’ve been wandering for several days without food and water,

and are nearly resigned to the fact that they will soon die from dehydration,

when as they reach the top of a sand dune,

they see a big, bustling market laid out before them.

Naturally, they can’t believe their eyes and think it’s a mirage,

but as they draw closer, they can hear the stallholders’ cries,

and they eventually reach the market and realise that it’s really there.

So the legionnaires rush up to the first stall they can and cry to the stallholder

, “Stallholder, we have been travelling in the desert for many days,

and have had no food or water.

We shall surely die soon unless you have some you can sell us.

Tell us, do you have any sustenance for us?”

The stallholder shook his head and replied,

“I’m sorry, French legionnaire type people,

but all I have to sell is a load of bowls full of jelly, topped with custard

and cream, and lovingly sprinkled with hundreds

and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.”

The legionnaires look at each other, mildly surprised,

and move on to the next stall, where they ask the stallholder,

“Mr purveyor of fine foodstuffs and the like,

we have been travelling through the desert for days,

deprived of the necessary beverages and foodstuffs

which are required for survival.

We shall surely die soon, unless you can sell us some skins of water.”

The stallholder looked at them embaressed, and confessed

“Gentlemen, tragic as I admit it is,

I have none of the ingredients necessary to life for which you ask me.

All I have to sell is this large bowl of jelly topped with custard

and cream and sprinkled with hundreds

and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake,

with a little cocktail cherry in the middle at the top, there,”

he said, pointing out the glace cherry

. “I cannot help you.”

The legionnaires look at each other in desperation,

and run on to the next stall, where they demand of the stallholder,

“Look, mate, we need water or we’ll die.

We’ve been travelling without water for days and need some now.

Do you have any you can sell us?”

The stallholder looked at his curl-ended shoes in shame as he confessed,

“Sorry, fellas, all I have to sell you is a bowl of jelly, with custard, cream

and hundreds and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.

I can’t help you.

I’ll have to condemn you to a long and lingering death through dehydration.”

The legionnaires were really worried by this point,

and they went through the market, stall by stall, asking each stallholder

whether they had any water they could sell them,

and thus save their lives, but each stallholder gave the same reply,

all they had to sell was a bowl of jelly with cream, custard

and hundreds and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.

Dejected and resigned to their grim fate,

the legionnaires left the desert market and walked off into the setting sun.

As they did so, one turned to the other and said,

“That was really odd, a big market in the middle of nowhere,

and all they sold was bowls of jelly with custard, cream

and hundreds and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.”

The other turned to face his companion and replied,

“Yes, it was a trifle bazaar

Voice of China ....amazing singers

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Western Australia

On the banks of the Pentacost River

with the Cockburn Ranges in the background

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District Conference 9465

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Rotary Club of Perth

Newest Member - Beverley Wortham!

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

President Dave Taylor welcomes new member Rod McCagh

Rotary Club of Karrinyup

The Rotary Club of Karrinyup has just inducted Scott Elsley as a member of our club.

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Rotary Club of Perth

At this meeting we experienced a wonderful presentation.

Our visiting DG Hank de Smitannounced that long serving, esteemed member Bryan Mickle

had arranged a bequest in favour of the Rotary Foundation.

Bryan was presented with a double diamond pin and a superb commemorative symbol

in recognition of his generous gesture.

It will mean that Bryan will leave a lasting legacy to the Foundation

that will no doubt continue to change lives.

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Rotary Club of Canning Bridge

On Thursday, Erwin presented Canning Bridge Rotary member

PP Eric Rous with recognition for achieving 31 years service to Rotary

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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Rotary Children's Xmas Song

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Belmont

Our MC for Legends Night last week, PP Peter Anderson did a great job.

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

President Dawn presents St Vincent de Paul with a cheque to assist them through their busy Christmas period.

President Dawn presents the Salvation Army with a cheque to help them through the Christmas period

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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts

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Rotary Club of Esperance Bay

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

Mark McIntyre with Kris Haliday the coordinator of Doorways Perth

community program for The Salvation Army.

Kris spoke on the current situation with respect

to support for the homeless in Perth's CBD.
Kris was also there to collect the clubs Christmas Appeal in support of the Salvation Army
— with Mark McIntyre

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

and friends helped pack 1,500 food hampers to be supplied

to those in need prior to Christmas.

Now we need your support by purchasing a hamper.

https://www.helpfeed1000.com.au/

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Rotary Club of Mosman Park

District 9455

Had the final Briefing for our 2014 Outbounds today.

Great to have our Rotary District 9455 District Governor Hank

there to wish them well and Local Minister Tony Simpson MLA

to present them with their Ambassadorial packs

on behalf of the Premier Colin Bartlett.

Twenty one very excited young West Australians set for the adventure of a lifetime!

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Great to have the District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchangestudents,

past, present and future helping out!—

with Vienna Schnell, Camila Anderlini, Adèle Chrétien, Lorenzo Piattoli

and Jacob Skjøth Clausen.

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

French Exchange Student Adèle Chrétien with her counsellor Josie Kopsen at todays Scarborough Rotary breakfast

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

Rotary Club of Geraldton-Greenough and District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange

student Rikki volunteering in France for the local Foodbank appeal!

Great work Rikki!

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Our Club is gearing up for it's Annual Christmas party on Sunday,

and as part of our celebrations each year many of our members

compete in an Annual Golf Challenge.

Our two District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange Exchange Students,

Jacob and Lorenzo, will be competing this year

and were lucky enough to have Marc and Scott,

and our newest member, take them out for a practice run today

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Rotary Club of Mundaring

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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

Carla Lopez from Mexico (in traditional Mexican attire)

made a wonderful presentation on her home and family

. Carla also presented the Club with gifts

and a Rotary banner from her father’s Club.

President Ian presented Carla with a club shirt

and local tee shirt with cap to send to her father.

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D9465 Short Term Exchange

District Governor Erwin Biemel and STEP Co ordinator Phil Cordery

with some of the students at the briefing

Kate McKinnon Rotary Club Busselton Geographe Bay [Italy]

Anastazja Corecki Rotary Club Rossmoyne [France]

Rose Matthews Rotary Club Margaret River [Italy]

The students with Parents and District Governor Erwin Biemel

and Barry Berger Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

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Rotaract Club of Subiaco

With Orla Hill, Danielle Rose Hay, Amanda Hinrichs

and Shiva Senathirajah, Sally Knight, Amy Sleight, Clare van Drunen,

Clare James, Adriana Poropat, Choy Lin Lee, Ashish Butani, Nihar Hirani, JaYa Wijono, Zhen Xu

and Melissa Pilkington.

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Club Promotions

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“Hospitality Area for Rotary and Probus Members is next to the Manjimup Visitors Centre”

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Giggle with Goats

Two archeologists, exploring a remote mountain in Tibet,

came across a huge granite statue

which resembled a sitting man.

It stood almost 400 foot tall,

and its bodily details were accurate down

to the fingernails and teeth.

“It looks real enough to talk,” says one.

“Lets try,” says the other.

Turning to the statue, he asks it its name.

No answer.

"How old are you?"

No answer.

Finally, one shouts out,

“What is the square root of 64?”

Suddenly, the mountain shakes as the giant statue rises

onto its feet and puts it's hand on its chin.

Then after about ten seconds,

the statue answers in a roaring voice,

“EIGHT!”

Of course," says the first scientist,

"It only stands to reason."

Santa Fails

Western Australia

Lightning over Lilly Creek [East Kimberleys]

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from the Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie newsletter

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Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie

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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

In 1996, routine polio immunizations in Nigeria

and other African countries were anything but routine

. Competing health priorities and lack of funding hampered many governments

from putting polio eradication high on their agenda.

The drive for a polio-free Africa needed a playmaker.

Enter Nelson Mandela.

Herb Brown, Rotary's president in 1995-96,

recalls seeking the South African leader's support.

"President Mandela was so gracious and listened

as we described the problem," Brown says.

"I told him only he had the influence to persuade

the countries to resume immunization."

Mandela agreed to help.

"I'm well aware of Rotary and all the work you've done,

and all the work you did while I was in jail," he told Brown.

At a press conference, with Brown at his side,

Mandela asked all the heads of state in Africa to open

their doors to polio National Immunization Days.

Mandela helped launch the Kick Polio Out of Africa campaign

later that year with 1996-97 Rotary President Luis Giay

and Rotary Foundation Chair Rajendra Saboo.

Almost immediately, Africa's polio eradication effort was back on track.

Using soccer matches and celebrity endorsements,

the campaign raised public awareness of polio

and helped spur more than 30 African countries

to hold their first National Immunization Days.

In recognition of his vital work,

Rotary presented the Rotary Award for World Understanding to Mandela in 1997,

then Rotary's highest honor.

"We chose President Mandela because of his significant contributions to world peace,

human rights, and freedom," said Giay,

adding that Rotary members especially appreciated

"his strong support of the eradication of polio throughout Africa."

Mandela called the award "a tribute to the people of South Africa's rainbow nation."

Rotary's work toward eradicating polio

"has shown the power of a global network of people

who are ready to roll up their sleeves and put their heart

and soul into saving children from disability."

Mandela donated the award's $100,000 prize to the

Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

Following his death,

Rotary members in South Africa lauded Mandela as

"one of the 20th century's iconic symbols of freedom and equality,"

"the father of the nation,"

and "a leader of service."

"Mandela was a man who overcame unimaginable hardships

to emerge as one of the greatest leaders of our time

— and one of our greatest humanitarians . .

. . [His] legacy of courage, determination, and commitment

will forever inspire us to move forward in our effort to achieve a better,

more peaceful world,"

said Rotary President Ron Burton.

Click this link to vote

You can vote every day

http://10millioncharitymiles.com/charity/26

Please make Rotary a winner of Airmiles http://10millioncharitymiles.com/

Last year we won over 2.5 million miles.

How they were used is explained

in the letter below.

Rotarian Action Group for Peace -

Communications CommitteeTop Contributor

All miles earned in this program benefit humanitarian programs

and are never used by senior leaders

or to offset regular business travel expenditures.

I personally oversee this program and only two RI Staff members

including myself have access to the account.

Each year a staff committee representing the areas of focus

is given the responsibility to manage the use of these miles

to maximize their impact and enhance the image of Rotary.

Uses during this last year include free airline tickets

for youth exchange students whose family could not afford them

which had previously blocked their participation in the program.

A peace theme postcard contest furnished free tickets for high school students

and one parent to attend President Sakuji's peace conferences.

Numerous teams of doctors and surgical nurses were transported

to perform life saving heart surgeries while teaching techniques to local doctors.

Numerous children and their parents were transported for lifesaving treatments.

Teams of journalists were provided with tickets to report on NIDs.

Rotary volunteers were sent to perform NIDs.

Tickets were also issued to support water projects

and activities in support of the areas of focus.

Several web stories were written during the year

to report on the program

and should still be available on the RI website.

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From Pakistan

President Syed Basit Gillani

Sectary Raja Sha Nawaz

RC Jhang Saddar

cc: DG Haji Iftikhar Ahmed

DGE Dr. Mansoor ul Haq

DGN Sajid Bhatti

Dear Fellow Rotarians

A body of International Rotarians have set up an event,

as a part of our celebrations for our Rotary Birthday on 23rd Feb 2014,

to raise funds for End Polio Now

and I would very much like to have our Club involved in it

as well as any other Club from the Dist 3272 on the whole.

Even our Interacts and Rotaracts will be motivated for this

and I am very sure that our Youth here will perform wonders.

Please take part in this very simple event leading up to our Birthday.

The purpose of this is to set up "

The World's Greatest Meal to Help Polio"

. during the week commencing 23rd February

which is Rotary Week

we are asking Rotarians, friends of Rotarians their neighbors,

work colleagues in fact anyone to hold a meal

and at the same time raise funds for End Polio Now.

23rd Feb is the Birthday for Rotary.

It may be a frugal meal with the spend going to the cause,

it could be a Club meal where donations could be made

in fact just a meal where people meet and raise money
or give money for End Polio Now.

At the end of the day we want everyone across the world
who take part to have fun and enjoy themselves
and at the same time help children not get polio.

Remember that for every Rupee or any equivalent currency the
@ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will "TRIPLE IT".

So please put this into your diary & lets make
this Rotary birthday celebration special
- we can all take part !

Please share with all your friends .

Thanks to our many International friends we have been able

to pull this event together & I am sure it will be a success
& brings a focus to our project of Polio Fund Raising,
Which Rotarians have been enraged with.

Being Rotarians, we are bound to our promise to the children

of the world to eliminate Polio.

Yours in Rotary

Khalid Haider

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Shelter box video

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'Aiza Rellin is a 2nd year student at the University in Baybay

where she's working towards her BA in Agriculture.

She comes from a family in a remote village

and is working hard to do her family proud and help support them

. With a mother working in Manila and siblings that have moved away,

there's a lot of pressure on her to succeed at school.

'She's not letting anyone down.

The 18 year old's on a full scholarship to the university

but had her school year cut short because of the typhoon.

Coming back after the typhoon hit,

her family needed her most.

'She recalled sadly that until being given a ShelterBox tent,

when it rained, her family could do nothing

'but sit in the rain and wait for it to pass.'

With the seasons getting wetter and wetter

the sheer look of relief on their faces

when given a tent was indescribable.

'Some of her family were up in Tacloban

when Haiyan hit,

and you could see the emotion welling in her story

as she recalls that they still have not been able to get in contac

with a sister that was working and living up there

' Richard Loat, Response Team member.

Thank you for your support!

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Some of the Presidents of D3830 in the Philipines

who are co- ordinating relief supplies

Distrubution centre in Palawan Philippines

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Our ‘Hat-trick of Hat Days’ was a sombrero of success

on Friday October 11 as organisations and individuals around the nation

showed their support for mental health research in Australia!

There were morning teas, raffles, dinners, trivia nights, spot prizes,

bake sales and more!

We enjoyed seeing photos of people in all sorts of funny hats,

and hearing stories of how much fun people had at their events!

So far, approximately $100,000 has been raised for mental health research,

which we think is TOPS!

A reminder to those who are yet to donate their funds,

please do so via the Hat Day website.

Thank YOU for shining a light on mental illness by hosting a Hat Day event,

donning funky headgear and donating to mental health research through

Australian Rotary Health.

100% of your donation will be used to fund vital mental health research

aimed at finding preventions, treatments

and cures for mental illnesses.

See examples of how your donation will be used

to create a mentally healthier Australiaby reading some of our

Current Mental Health Research Projects.

TheAustralian Rotary Health 2012-2013 Annual Report

also highlights a range of health projects we fund,

of which mental health research is our main focus.

Thank you for your participation and support for Hat Day 2013.

We hope you will be involved in Hat Day again next year –

Friday October 10, 2014.

In the meantime, if you have any questions

or feedback about Hat Day,

please contact us on 02 8837 1900

or email info@hatday.com.au

Steff Fenton

Hat Day Coordinator & Mental Health Research Enthusiast

Australian Rotary Health

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Tuesday 10th at 8.30 the forty first Police Officer of the Year

Breakfast was held at Crown Perth,in the Botanical Rooms.

There were over one hundred people including East Perth Rotarians and guests,

WA Police and guests and sponsors Police and Nurses Bank,

Crown Perth and 6PR and their respective guests.

Crown supplied the room and breakfast,

Police and Nurses Bank, prizes for winner ($5,000) two runners up ($1,000 each)

and 6PR free promotion of Police Officer of the Year Award.

East Perth Rotary supplied Crown vouchers

to the two runners-up and flower and hamper baskets to the wives of the 3 finalists

The Police Commissioner also celebrated his forty years

with The WA Police service on the 10th,

commencing as a seventeen year old recruit.

Steve Mills, a presenter at 6PR, was Master of Ceremonies

did a good job at trying to keep to the run sheet

This was made up for with numerous photos with the winner Cameron Clifford,

runners up Peter Price and Bob Scott,

the Commissioner and sponsors

All in all it was a well -run event showcasing Rotary's contribution

to vocational excellence.

Colin McClughan

Past District Governor Phil Cordery with Past President Robyn Penny

of the East Perth Rotary Club

with this years winner Cam Clifford and his partner

Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

welcome the two newest members, with Pres. Mike

is Ros and Pat Curbishley.

Pat is a PP of the RC of Lincoln in the UK

and has been a member of the RC of Perth.

Ros has been involved with Inner Wheel in the UK

and is Leader of the Flower Guild at St George's Cathedral.

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Rotary Club of Bentley Curtin

District Governor Erwin Biemel with President Peter Snell

induct Joao Nascimento.. Margaret Weeks and Greg Johnstone

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Seen at the recent Rotary Institute in Canberra

Past District Governor Phillip Skelton and Leonie

Past District Governor Bob Cooper and Wendy

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Ride to the other side

In only 150 days Ride to the Other Side

will depart Adelaide, South Australia on the third stage

and one of the biggest legs to date

2500 Km to Sydney, Australia

and 2014 Rotary International Convention Sydney

Rotary Club of Armadale

Great night on Tuesday had three of the Ride to the Other Side team

receive a Bronze Friend of the Fund pin from Australian Rotary Health

Thank you to the team for the support—

with Shane Rothnie, Craig Alford, Ben Simpson, Jack Collier, Michael van der Zanden,

Andrew Fox and Gary Smith

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of West Perth

40 years of support for West Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute (WANRI)

. They do a great job!

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

Pictured handing over a cheque at the

Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation Awards night,

is Fremantle Rotary President Bob Coventry on left,

with Rod Rate from the Attadale Club,

plus the awardee Uli Steinwandle in middle.

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Scarborough Rotarian Mike Sultanowsky

gave a rapturous presentation today on flying model aircraft.

The aircraft are between one third & half real size

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

PRID Ken and Di Collins at Eaton PS in Bunbury

where teacher Teresa Collins and students

were presented with a set of 30 microscopes

on Friday, 6th December.

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Rotary Club of Pinjarra

Looking for the perfect present?

Fancy riding your very own Harley Davidson?

For $50 you could be the proud owner
of a Harley 1200 Sportster worth $18000,
and at the same time be supporting 3 great causes
- the Cancer Council of WA, Community Palliative Care
and the Rotary Club of Pinjarra.
So get in quick and contact us if you would like a ticket.

We had a great meeting tonight, with our Guest Speaker,

Heidi Bucktin from The Department of Parks and Wildlife,

telling us all about the restoration of Lake Mealup.

Congratulations to Heidi, all the volunteers from the Lake Mealup Preservation Society,

and the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council

for the wonderful job they have done.

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Rotary Club of Belmont

Please make the effort to come along and hear the amazing difference

that Rachel Sheffield is making to the lives of the people in Laos

- at our last meeting of the year next Thursday Lunch time

Today at Pac Xing we achieved our three aims.

We opened the new centre with the support of the Yang Style Integrated Tai Chi Association

andMill point Rotary Club and we tested the eye sight of 42 local children .

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Rotary Club of Ballajura Malaga

Presentation of the Segway to Jack Day by the Rotary Club of Ballajura Malaga

— at Ballajura Community College

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Rotary Club of Armadale

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Xmas Function

The day started with the Annual 'Golf Challenge'

and President Peter presents PDG Phil with the winners shield

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Rotary Club of Albany Port

Members gather for a Xmas photo

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Rotary District 9465

A surprise visitor joined the Training Team

during the Vision Facilitation session with Rotary Club of Mill Point.

L to R.

PDG John Simmons, DGN Melodie Kevan,

DGE Brian Eddy, PDG Liz Westoby, PDG Bob Cooper, DGN Jerry Pilcher

In front, President Renae Poot and the welcome visitor.

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Rotary Club of Applecross

Capital Community Radio performs at the Rotary Jacaranda Festival.

President of the Rotary Club of Applecross Murray McKay

presents John Dubber, Chairman of Capital Community Radio

with a cheque for $1,000 as Festival Director,

Past President Dean Lawrence looks on

Clubs Xmas Dinner

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Here are some photos from the Wheelchairs for Kids

morning tea this morning.

Morning teas have been provided by our WFK volunteers

as a Christmas gesture, for our volunteers, sponsors, supporters and donors.

Morning teas have been organised for Monday, Tuesday

and today (Wednesday) with the last one to be conducted this coming Friday.

All have been well attended.

Photos provided with thanks to Nicole Cutler (a WFK Volunteer).

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Rotary Club of Kenwick

Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Scholar Luke Davies was guest speaker

Pictured here with President Steve Weychan

and Australian Rotary Health Board Dirctor Phil Cordery

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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

At Hammond Park

Rotaract Club of Perth

Enjoying Volunteering Day well done

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District 9465

Our current inbounds enjoying Peel Week.

Thank you to the Mandurah Districts and nearby clubs for hosting and entertaining them.

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Out going RYE student Sophie HOLT at todays Scarborough Rotary meeting.

Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Eden spoke to us before about her forthcoming exchange

student trip to Germany,

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Club Promotions

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Claire Koch Signs Christmas Carol For Her Deaf Parents During School Pageant

Try this

Short Term Memory Test .

You'll be shown 12 photos in the first part,

You'll be shown another 12 photos in the second part,

You'll be shown 48 photos in the third part
and asked if you saw them in the first part,
the second part -
or never saw them at all.

When you have finished the third part,
your results will be given to you.

Click here to begin.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/tmt/instructions_1.shtml

Thanks Mike B

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Blue Xmas

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Western Australia

Augusta

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When Julia Yank and a team of Rotary members

and health workers entered Kaduna, Nigeria,

to immunize children against polio they expected

to encounter some tough situations.

They found one in a mother of three who stubbornly refused

to have her children vaccinated.

"She argued with us for over 15 minutes," says Yank,

a member of the Rotary Club of St. Clair County Sunset in O'Fallon, Illinois, USA.

After the team explained to her the importance

of what they were doing,

she finally agreed to allow her children to be immunized.

"We were told later that she only consented because

of the presence of the Rotarians.

That moment, I realized the impact we can make," says Yank.

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A YEAR WIthOUT TYPE 3 POLIO

The last case of type 3 wild poliovirus (WPV3)

occurred in Nigeria on 10 November 2012

. Rotary and its GPEI partners have helped reduce transmission

of WPV3 to its lowest levels ever

. "Although it is too soon to say that WPV3 has been eradicated . .

. the world has a unique opportunity to get rid of the second strain

of wild poliovirus" (after WPV2), reports the GPEI.

$500,000 EMERGENCY GRANT FOR SYRIA

Confirmation of cases in previously polio-free Syria "

serve as a stark reminder that as long as polio still exists,

unimmunized children everywhere remain at risk,"

says Rotary's International PolioPlus Committee Chair Robert S. Scott.

In response to the outbreak, Rotary and its GPEI partners,

along with local health authorities, are conducting large-scale campaigns

to immunize children in the region as quickly as possible.

Rotary is the first donor to announce funding for the GPEI's

new Middle East strategic plan, a $500,000 emergency grant for Syria.

JOINT COMMITMENT WITH BRAZIL

On 12 November Rotary, Brazil's government,

and the Pan American Health Organization signed

a Declaration of Commitment and Collaboration toward

the Goal of a Polio-Free World.

The event took place at a symposium in São Paulo where strategies

for eradicating the disease were discussed.

"The document highlights the importance of technical support

and the exchange of experiences to support countries

that are still fighting against the disease,

and the need for continued financial and political commitment

by the global community until the world is certified polio free,"

says PolioPlus Director Carol Pandak, who spoke at the event.

Rotary members in District 4420 in Brazil also announced

their commitment to donate 40 percent of their District Designated Funds

to PolioPlus. Through the End Polio Now: Make History Today

fundraising campaign and World Fund match,

these funds will be matched 2 for 1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

and generate $250,000 for polio eradication.

ETHIOPIAN LEADER HONORED

FOR POLIO-FREE ACHIEVEMENT

As president of Ethiopia, Girma Wolde-Girogis

played a pivotal role in helping his country be polio-free

during his last five years in office.

In recognition of his work, Girma received

the Rotary International Polio Eradication Champion Award in November.

Ethiopian native Ezra Teshome, governor of District 5030

in Washington, USA, presented the honor to Girma.

Teshome was in Ethiopia leading a team of North American Rotary members

to participate in the country's National Immunization Days.

Although the polio outbreak in the Horn of Africa

has affected Ethiopia, a strong response has slowed

the pace of transmission in the region.

The polio endgame strategic plan, if fully funded,

is equipped to stop such outbreaks.

"We will keep coming back until the disease is gone," says Teshome.

"We are determined to get the job done.

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FAMILY HEALTH DAYS HELP 250,000 IN AFRICA

video

In 1994, Marion Bunch lost her son to AIDS.

It was early on in the U.S. AIDS epidemic
, and the stigma surrounding the disease kept her from talking
about her son’s illness with anyone but family members.

“I never thought I’d do anything about it until one day,
three years after his death, I felt a tap on the shoulder,
and a voice in my ear said, ‘Mom, get up and get going; you haven’t done anything,
and it’s been three years,’” she recalls.

Within a year, Bunch, a member of the Rotary Club of Dunwoody, Georgia, USA,
proposed an idea to her club, and through Rotary
began connecting community and professional leaders
who shared a passion for disease prevention.
This was the start of Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention (RFHA),
a Rotarian Action Group.

In May, the group held its third annual Family Health Days in Africa.
Rotarians from 365 clubs fanned out across Uganda, Nigeria,
and South Africa to help medical professionals
and government workers provide free health services to 250,000 people.
The event included polio and measles immunizations, dental and eye clinics,
and family counseling and screening for HIV, diabetes,
hypertension, breast cancer, and cervical cancer.

“The reach of this is so phenomenal because of the presence of Rotarians
all across these countries who felt emotionally connected
by working together as one force on one project,” Bunch says.

In South Africa, 225 Rotary clubs participated at 160 sites;
in Uganda, 65 clubs supported 120 sites;
and across Lagos and Ogun states in southern Nigeria,
62 clubs supported 70 sites.
Two Rotary Foundation Global Grants provided funding
to send vocational training teams to Uganda
and to pay for bed nets that will help prevent malaria in Nigeria.

“The heartbeat of the health care system must be prevention of disease
and the promotion of health rather than [trying] to cure disease,
to fix it after,” says Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi,
South Africa’s minister of health.

Chris Pretorius, a member of the Rotary Club of Pretoria Sunrise, South Africa
, was amazed by the turnout for the event.
“One of the members of the health department said
they had never been able to get so many children here on a day like this,” he says.
“That in itself is success.”

The campaign illustrates how Rotary teams up with other organizations
to expand its impact.
Since 2011, RFHA has partnered with the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation,
which contributed $450,000 for this year’s three-country event.
Other partners were South Africa’s Department of Health,
he South African Broadcasting Corporation,
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
USAID, Delta Airlines, and Nampak.

“We are proud to have partnered with RFHA
and the Department of Health in promoting access to health screening services,”
says Therese Gearhart, president of Coca-Cola South Africa.
“At Coca-Cola, we invest in these initiatives because,
together with our partners, we have a common vision of a South Africa
that comprises healthy, strong, and thriving communities.”

Leaders of the Rotarian Action Group hope to reach
more African countries through the event each year.

“Rotary is the catalyst organization in this event because of the power
and [political] neutrality of our brand
and the respect we receive worldwide for our ability
to mobilize communities into action,” Bunch says.
“This event represents the power of public/private partnerships
. No one organization can do a massive event like this alone.
Each partner has a defined role and set of responsibilities
and that’s why it works.”

· Learn more about the
Rotarians for Family Health and AIDS Prevention

· Read an article about Marion Bunch in Spryliving.com

By Arnold R. Grahl

Adapted from a story in the October 2013
issue of The Rotarian

2-DEC-2013

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If your into swimming ....on February 23rd
you can join the Rotary Club of Ipoh South

for this inaugural event in Malaysia

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Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines

contains some heart breaking images

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Rotary Club of Esperance Bay

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Rotary Club of FreshWater Bay

Induction of Dr Roger Warne.

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Rotary Club of Perth

Our newest Paul Harris Fellow recipients - Steven Inouye

Jason Skinner

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

RI Service Above Self Award presented to Di Collins by Pres. Mike O'Hara.

Di is the 17th Rotarian and first female in WA to receive the Award.

PRID Ken Collins presented PDG Ron & Glenys Geary with a Certificate of Appreciation

for their support of the Microscopes in Schools project.

Their support has enabled the project to continue

and to become self funding.

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Rotary Club of Wanneroo

Don Slater was presented with our clubs Honorary Life Membership Certificate at our Xmas Dinner

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

Jill Binning presenting the inaugural Max Binning Award,

for Civics and Citizenship, to Lewis Martin at Richmond Primary School,

pictured with President Bob from Fremantle Rotary

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During the past week many Rotary Clubs held Xmas Functions

Rotary Club of Scarborough

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

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Rotary Club of South Bunbury

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Rotary Club of Fresh Water Bay

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Rotary Club of Mount Barker

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Community Services Director, Fred Hasson,

has delivered our hamper donation to the Salvation Army at Morley,

along with a selection of gifts for teenage boys and girls.

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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

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Rotary Club of Bun bury Leschenault

Merry Christmas from us all at the

Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault.

Have a safe and happy festive season,

and see you all in the new year

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Rotary Club of Northam

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Rotary Club of Wanneroo

Debbie Singh from the Rotary Club of Wanneroo

made up these gift baskets that we donated to St Anthony's church Wanneroo.

St Vincent de Paul within the church distribute to local needy in the community

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Rotary Club of Ascot

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Around the Clubs

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Rotary Club of Perth

Convicts for a Cause raised over $80k for charity.

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Rotary Club of West Perth

At our last Breakfast meeting members were asked to bring along

the spoils from a raid on their pantries for FOODBANK.

Rotarian Alan Briggs delivered these after the meeting.

Becoming a tradition of the club...

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

President Peter and Community Services Committee-member John

presented a cheque recently from the Rotary Club of Karrinyup

to Penny of the West Coast Care Group.

The money will be used to help transport students

from the Marmion Primary School to the Coast

so that can participate in the rehabilitation.

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

The new computer lab at the school in Cambodia

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

On a very hot day the Fremantle Rotary Sausage Sizzle Machine

rolled into Bunnings Car Park.

Pictured hard at work are Vanessa, Lorraine, Bob and Don

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Rotary Club of Manjimup

Indonesian language teacher Rohama Baroka

gave an informative and passionate presentation of the past year

she has spent in WA as an Indonesian Language teacher at Safety Bay,

Manjimup and Bridgetown.

She returns home to South Salowesa on 23 December 2013.

She also provided a presentation on her life in Indonesia,

its people, food, school system and her family life.

A great snapshot of an interesting life that Rahama has.

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Rotary Club of Cannington

The Rotary Club of Cannington, President Sandra Horne

and Treasurer PP John Gray,

are seen here handing a cheque for $5,000

to the local State Emergency Service Manager, Andrew Bray

to purchase a much needed Portable 2.5KVA Power Plant.

Andrew thanked the Club for the generous presentation

and spoke of how it will be utilised not only

by the SES but by others such as the Police Department,

who require such equipment when they set up a mobile police station.’

Rotary Club of Perth

Martha Forrest being presented with her Youth Exchange Blazer

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

with Host Families

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Our Outbound District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange Student,

Ben, making the most of his last few weeks in Brazil

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

Our special guest speaker for our final meeting of 2013

Scarlett MacKay who is heading off to Belgium in January

on the Rotary Youth Exchange program

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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

Jan asked Emily to introduce herself:

She is a shortterm exchange student going to Franklin in Tennessee

for some 6 weeks.

A student of Rossmoyne SHS she was introduced

to the program by Dr David Henderson.

Next, our long term outbound student,

Sophie Harwood, introduced herself.

She lives a few streets away, has just finished Year 12

at Perth College (whichher mother attended).

She will be returning to the club on the 8th of January

to give a 'mock-up' presentation

about Perth and WA.

She is on her way to Hungary.

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Rotary Club of Wanneroo

Amber Kirkup is our clubs Outbound Exchange Student

going to Denmark next year.

She was presented with her Green Blazer that will come back

with many pins attached.

She will be a great Ambassador for our club and Rotary.

A Thousand Years Of Experience

My hair has gone, I can hardly see

So someone said “Join Rotary”

We brushed ourselves up as best we could

Before the committee for approval we stood

We hoped they wouldn’t bring up any past deeds

At a Sunday School picnic – I once underachieved

I jay walked too & got a fine

Give me the paperwork quick – where do I sign

I heard it was an exclusive group

Maybe we will have to jump through a hoop

I shook a few hands & had an ale

Some of these members must be out on bail

Then I sat down for food & cheer

It struck me then – they’ll take anyone here

I looked around at wise old heads

A thousand years of experience

We paid our respects to country & queen

It had been a few years since that toast I’d seen

Everyone talked so they rang the bell

It was just like school – no silence fell

The talk was how they could do more

They were there to help with values core

Its because of the markets that makes it work

Its all hands on deck, no-one to shirk

It all starts early when the town is dark

There is much to do & cars to park

“I think the tent goes here, where’s the bloody map”

“I’m doing the sausages not the chicken wrap”

Ten hours later the old legs are tired

If we were getting paid, we’d all be fired

But its been a good day, we are glad we are here

Now I feel I deserve a beer

It would be nice if the group was bigger

“Don’t forget the sausage for Digger”

If a few more heads were at the meeting

I wouldn’t mind arranging the seating

Its all good fun on Wednesday nights

With hearing aids off we find have less fights

Lets all try & bring a guest

Thank Goodness for the 4 way test

Bill Milburn

Rotary Club of Mundaring

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Credit to the hospital staff for putting this together

and to the Rams Team for agreeing to participate.

These types of videos pop up every holiday season

, but they always mange to be uplifting.

A Russian couple was walking down the street in Moscow one night,

when the man felt a drop hit his nose.

"I think it's raining," he said to his wife.

"No, that felt more like snow to me," she replied.

"No, I'm sure it was just rain," he said.

Well, as these things go,

they were about to have a major argument about

whether it was raining or snowing.

Just then they saw a Communist Party official

walking toward them.

"Let's not fight about it," the man said,

"Let's ask Comrad Rudolph whether

it's officially raining or snowing."

As the official approached, the man said

"Tell us, Comrade Rudolph,

is it officially raining or snowing?"

"It's raining, of course,"

he replied, and walked on.

But the woman insisted:

"I know that felt like snow!"

To which the man quietly replied,

"Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear."

Christmas Lights "Can Can"

Music teacher Tom BetGeorge put up 70,000 lights on his home

and programmed it to "The Christmas Can Can,"

sung by the a cappella group Straight No Chaser

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Few people with an interest in aviation will not have heard

of the island of St Maarten,

famous for its spectacular airport, Princess Juliana,

where aircraft pass over Maho beach at head-height.

The airport of the Greek island of Skiathos offers identical approaches

and can be described as

"The Second St Maarten"!

Enjoy the thrill of watching masses of metal passing right over your head,

and literally get "blown away" by the insane jetblasts,

while the pilots increase the throttles to full thrust!

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Western Australia

Mount Augustus

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The History of Rotary

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This past year was one of exciting achievements

and forward momentum for Rotary, as highlighted in the

2012-13 Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation Annual Report.

We launched a bold new chapter in our partnership

with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

that makes your contributions to the vital polio eradication end game

work three times as hard.

We also finished preparing for the global launch

of our new grant model, boosting our ability to help more communities

secure and sustain a better quality of life.

And we carried out our first projects with Mercy Ships,

while building on our work with Aga Khan University,

UNESCO-IHE, the Rotary Peace Centers,

and other partners.

In addition, The Rotary Foundation earned top marks

from several independent charity evaluators,

including the American Institiute of Philanthropy,

Charity Navigator, and the Wise Giving Alliance.

I encourage you to review our annual report carefully,

and to share it with others who may be interested in joining

, partnering with, or donating to Rotary.

You can order print copies of the report at shop.rotary.org.

For those who want a more detailed look at Rotary finances,

the audited financial statements are

available for download.

Thank you for the important role you play in Rotary's work

to help meet critical human needs,

strengthening the groundwork for a more peaceful world.

Sincerely,

John Hewko

General Secretary

Twitter: @johnhewko

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Rotary is a worldwide organisation of some 1.2 million men and women

in virtually every country in the world.

It works in truly miraculous ways sometimes.

Some events are well planned by the experienced dedicated people

working at Rotary Head Office in the USA.

Some other events just seem to happen.

These wondrous happenings spring from the fertile minds

of people driven by desire, passion

and a burning need to help those less privileged.

This is such a story.

It was “cooked up”, just a month ago by two Rotarians

on opposite sides of the globe,

Past District Governor Mukesh Malhotra in District 1140 London UK

, and District Polio Challenge ChairSusanne Rea in District 9550 Cairns Australia.

Mukesh and Susanne are asking as many people as possible to

"The World's Greatest Meal to Help Polio"

As many as one million people will be sitting down to a meal during

the week starting February 23^rd 2014 with the aim is to raise $300,000

to help rid the world of the scourge of poliomyelitis.

Polio eradication has been Rotary’s major goal for some 25 years now.

The numbers of cases are down from more than 150,000 a year

, to around 250 a year.

Unfortunately, due to poor hygiene, low income levels and warring factions,

the last cases are proving hard to eliminate.

Nevertheless Rotarians are committed to a polio free world.

The dinners throughout the world may be a frugal meal

with the spend going to the cause,

they could be a weekly Rotary Club meal where donations could be made,

or they could be just a meal where people meet

and raise money or give money to End Polio Now.

Susanne Rea has taken this to Facebook

and with the help of Social Media the idea has gone mad.

In few weeks she had commitments from all 5 continents

and over 50 Rotary Clubs.

As of writing, the Facebook page has over 2,700 members

. Have a look, the Facebook page is

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1462743010619416/

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Shelter Box Thank You

2013 was a momentous year for Shelterbox.

We responded to to 25 disasters in 20 countries and brought shelter

, warmth and dignity to over 13,000 families.

Here in Australia, the response from Rotary

and the public has been fantastic.

We raised over $1 million for our Typhoon Haiyan

and Syria Refugee appeals and our SRT members

were involved in deployments around the world.

At present we have SRT member, Greg Moran

recently returned from the Philippines

and newly deployed SRT members, Peter Pearce

and SRT Anthony Keating, continuing our relief work

in the typhoon-stricken country.

ShelterBox has committed to help nearly 8,000 families

in the Philippines and none of this would be possible

without our fantastic donors.

As our focus shifts back to the plight of the Syrian people,

I'd like to thank you all for your support

and wish you all the best for the coming year.

This month's quote comes from Dr Seuss

and I think sums up ShelterBox beautifully,

“Sometimes the questions are complicated

and the answers are simple."

Cheers

Mike

Mike Greenslade

General Manager

ShelterBox Australia

0459 959 501

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District Conferences

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International Item

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Rotary Nepal

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Welcomes Tom Tolchard

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

Michelle Webster receiving a Paul Harris Fellow in recognition

for the outstanding job she has done as Manager of The Rotary Residential College

over the past three years.

Michelle has now moved to Tasmania to take up a new life there

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of West Perth

BBQ in Kings Park to start 2014

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Rotary Club of Geraldton

Xmas Function

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

"Rotary Sail Into Life "gives people with disabilities

the opportunity to enjoy sailing on the pristine waters

of Koombana Bay in Bunbury, Western Australia

Rotary Sail Into Life gives people with disabilities

the opportunity to enjoy sailing on the pristine waters

of Koombana Bay in Bunbury, Western Australia

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Rotary Club of Applecross

A FINE FAREWELL FOR LYNNE FROM SAILABILITY

Sailability came to a great close for the end of the pre Christmas period

at the South of Perth Yacht club and at the same time

spelt a fond farewell for Lynne Newton,

who has stepped down to attend to personal matters.

The weather was clear and the breeze was definitely in,

with the boats in full swing taking sailors with a disability

out on to the water in their droves.

With Lynne at the helm, organizing the sailors as they arrived

and then putting them onto the boats with their skippers

to take them out onto the river, all was doing well.

The fleet now numbers 8 boats with a Redwitch

and “Captain Pugwash” (a Court 550) capable of taking two sailors

and their carers at once.

All the others are two person boats that scoot around the water

each Wednesday when the weather is suitable.

Many thanks to Past Commodore Gerry Drysdale

who stepped up to the barbecue plate

and cooked a fine sausage sizzle lunch

for the volunteers on day.

He also gave a brief note of thanks to Lynne

and all the volunteers and welcomed our new co-ordinator on board.

We have found a new co-ordinator in Rear Commodore Bob Benton

who has stepped up to take over the role so well run by Lynne

. Bob recently retired and found himself

with a loose Wednesday morning

or two and he volunteered to take up where Lynne has had to let go.

He is well known amongst the sailors

and will bring a new outlook into the role.

Sailability looks forward to more volunteers (always)

and would be delighted to welcome you aboard.

There are several roles that can be filled,

from helping load the disabled people onto boats,

to skippering a boat, to acting in support roles in the safety boats

and preparing and de-rigging the boats each day.

All of these roles are important and go together to make

sailability at South of Perth such a viable prospect.

We know it works. It’s the smiles on the sailors’ faces

as we take them out onto the water and bring them back in again.

They come back time and again.

We look forward to the start of the other half of the season

for Sailability after Christmas.

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Xmas Function

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Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

Preparing Meals for the Homeless with Manna Inc.

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Rotary Club of Bunbury

Bring in the New Year

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Rotaract Club of Subiaco

Helping out at Ronald McDonald Hose

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Rotary Club of Geraldton

Our guest speaker for our meeting on Wednesday night

was none other but outbound exchange student Marlee Sice

who is off to Italy in 8 days!!!

Marlee has already been in touch with her first host family

and shared with us the excitement that lays ahead for her.

Marlee will be living it up in Lecco, Northern Italy

for the next 12 months which is close to the Switzerland border.

We're glad you've packed your thermals!

Here's a pic of Marlee being presented

with her jacket by President Colin Wise

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

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Rotary Club of Ascot

President Julia Temby with D9465 Short Term Chair Phil Cordery

with Anna Corecki who is off to Austria for four weeks

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Club and Districts Flyers

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

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Rotary Club of Mundaring

January 7 [1971]

Rotary Club of Matilda Bay

January 11 [1979]

Rotary Club of Cunderdin

January 22 [1965]

Rotary Club of Balcatta

January 25 [1980]

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Hey Jude

Because of an ear infection, my young son, Casey,

had to go to the pediatrician.

I was impressed with the way the doctor directed

his comments and questions to my son.

When he asked Casey, “Is there anything you are allergic to?”

Casey nodded and whispered in his ear.

Smiling, the pediatrician wrote out a prescription

and handed it to me.

Without looking at it, I tucked it into my purse.

Later, the pharmacist filled the order,

remarking on the unusual food-drug interaction my son must have.

When he saw my puzzled expression,

he showed me the label on the bottle

. As per the doctor’s instructions, it read:

“Do not take with broccoli.”

My Beautiful Thing

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BREAKING NEWS:

HM Queen Elizabeth II prepares to welcome home England's Ashes Team.

“No cricket Knighthoods this year Your Majesty?”

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Western Australia

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Rotary Theme for 2014/2015

Introducing the the theme at the 2014 International Assembly

2014-15 Rotary Presidential Theme Announcement from Rotary International on Vimeo.

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Susanne Rea

Is your Club the Missing Link?

You can contact me via Facebook or:

https://www.facebook.com/susanne.rea.5?viewer_id=704111938

1) Once you have decided to hold an event,

please email the details including individual or Club name,

district number, and date of proposed event details to Susanne Rea: poliochair@d9550rotary.org.au

2) When the Meal has been completed

and the money sent into The Rotary Foundation,

please email the total amount contributed

and the number of participants, plus a photo ....
again to Susanne Rea.
You are also welcome to post your results
including photos onto our Group Facebook Page.

3) For those wanting to contribute directly to TRF,

the link is:https://www.rotary.org/en/give

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Whats happening in Western Australia???

Apart from The Goldfields

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District Conferences

D9455

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D9465

2014 Rotary District Conference

Friday to Sunday 21 to 23 March

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre

- Ormsby Tce Mandurah

Friday Night Reception

– Finger Foods, Refreshments and Entertainment

Saturday and Sunday

- Conference Sessions

(includes Morning & Afternoon Teas and Lunch both days)

Saturday Night

- Gala Dinner and Entertainment

Saturday Afternoon

- Optional Partners Cruise

(if preferred to Saturday Afternoon conference sessions)

Partners encourage and welcome to also attend

Costs Per Person

Full Registration

- Includes everything above and optional cruise $285

Conference Sessions

- Includes all sessions Morning & Afternoon Teas,

Lunch Both days $185

Friday Night Reception

- Finger Foods, Refreshments and Entertainment $ 65

Saturday Night Gala Dinner

- Gala Dinner and Entertainment $125

Go to all or select in part.

In past where partners do not want to attend they may wish

to register for Friday night reception

and or Gala Dinner

Registration forms are being emailed out under separate cover.

They should be completed and forwarded direct

to conference Registration coordinator by Post/Fax or email.

Details of addresses are on form.

For further information Contact Lew Thomas 0402 912 240

or District conference Chair Rob Webster 0417 900 008

Thanks & Kindest Regards

Lew

Lewis Thomas

6A/ 73 Mill Point Road

South Perth WA 6151

Phone 040 291 2240

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from 2013

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Contacts...........

D9455

Online payment for this event can be completed here

-http://district9455.worldsecuresystems.com/pre-release-movie-night.

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D9465

sneak preview

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Mundaring

D9465 Handicamp 2014

seen there.....

Rotary Club of Armadale

Aarrh, me hearties, pirate chef Gary Smith (The Manse Restaurant)

captured wench Alison Lockwood at the Sloan Handicamp Dinner

last night with a rebel bunch of campers, buddies,

Rotarians and other shipmates.

'Twas an evening of frivolity and mayhem graced

with the presence of the pirate king, DG Irwin Biemel

who handed out certificates to the motley crew

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Rotary Club of Ascot

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Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

Community Project- Repairing the Tyre Mound(

The Rotary team helping out local primary school, Rosalie,

repair and rebuild the tyre mound in the playground

Rotary Club of Southern Districts

at the Maddington Metro Markets

Rotary Club of Fremantle

The Fremantle Rotary Club will be meeting

next Wednesday 22nd Jan at 5.45 at the Azalia Ley

historical homestead at Manning Park.

The Club congratulates the Historical Society of Cockburn

in winning the 2013 Western Australian Heritage Award...

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Its the time of the Rotary year

where lots of Outbound and Rebound Students

are coming and going

Here are a few of them

D9455

Rotary Club of West Perth

Chris, our Outbound to Taiwan student, received his jacket from Pres Steve

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Scarborough Rotary RYE student Sam Scaife

returned from a year on exchange in Argentina.

..pictured with his family.—

with Sam Scaife and Jeanne Scaife.

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First of the 2014 Outbounds headed off tonight.

Scarlett, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Heirisson

and Felicity (Mundaring) are headed to Belgium

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Rotary Club of Geraldton

Marlee, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Geraldton,

is headed for a RYE 2041/2in Lecco, Italy,

where she willbe hosted by the family

of Rotary Club of Karrinyup inbound, Lorenzo.

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

At this week's meeting we welcomed Paul Daly,

twice awarded policeman of the year,

who spoke about his Rotary Youth Exchange experience

and how this opportunity had informed his life's journey.

It was a great RYE night where we also welcomed home Ben from Brazil

and took the opportunity to present Vienna,

our club's outbound student to Finland, with her blazer.

Joining in on the occasion were District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange

inbound and outbound students:

Jacob (Rotary Club of Karrinyup),

Campbell (Outbound to Brazil - Matilda Bay)

, Sophie (Inbound from Denmark, hosted by Broome)

and Aine (Inbound Rotary Club of Matilda Bay

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Rotary Club of Kunnurra

Cameron, sponsored by Rotary Club of Kununurra Inc.is off to Switzerland

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Rotary club of Subiaco

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Rotary Clubs of Geraldton

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

D9465

last one to say goodbye for the weekend was Madelyn Murdock as she headed off to Russia

Goodbye and good luck to Kaitlyn O'connor

now waiting for her flight to Brazil."pela sua viagem"

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our first outbound ready to jet off to he foreign shores of Venezuela,

travel safe Miranda McKennay.

Farewell Sophie Harwood who has said her goodbyes for jetting off to Hungary

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Liam Reeves turn to arrive home safely from Taiwan!

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Club Flyers

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Perth Bone and Tissue Bank is analogous to the

WA Rotary Cord Blood Bank except that the former,

while supported by some Rotary Clubs is not a Rotary project

and has been running successfully "under the radar"

for 20 years and has provided graft to over 8000 patients.

The lease on its current site at the rear of Hollywood Hospital

has not been renewed and so it must relocate.

Hence the need for greater publicity and fund raising.

See www.pluslife.org.au for more info.

The attached flier advertises the Golf Day

and sponsorship opportunities.

Please contact Kate Williams on (08) 9386 9300

or email kate.williams@pluslife.org.au

with any questions regarding the event or sponsorship.

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thanks Robyn Penny

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Bear Surprise

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Kiss for Peace

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Smitty was a heating and cooling technician.

His assistant was a small chimpanzee

he had trained to do all the duct work.

The chimp had no fear of heights or confined spaces,

and besides, he didn’t have to be paid.

One day, Smitty got a call from a customer

who said his air conditioner had broken down.

Smitty went over and discovered some defective ducting.

The customer asked if it would be hard to fix.

“No problem,” replied Smitty,

“I have a little duct ape that will take care of it!”

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Western Australia

Tree Top Walk.... Walpole

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Online payment for this event can be completed here

-http://district9455.worldsecuresystems.com/pre-release-movie-night.

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1) Once you have decided to hold an event,

please email the details including individual or Club name,

district number, and date of proposed event details to

Susanne Rea: poliochair@d9550rotary.org.au

2) When the Meal has been completed and the money

sent into The Rotary Foundation,

please email the total amount contributed and the number of participants,

plus a photo ....again to Susanne Rea.

You are also welcome to post your results including photos

onto our Group Facebook Page.

3) For those wanting to contribute directly to TRF,

the link is: https://www.rotary.org/en/give

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

PP Noel Allen presented a Paul Harris Fellow to Pres Chris Harris.

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

We are so pleased to announce that the Stirling Farmers Market
has won the Premier's Australia Day Active Citizenship Award
for the City of Stirling.
Thank you to all our supporters over the past two years -
this award is dedicated to our volunteers, stall holders and customers

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Today the Club has been recognized with the Premier's Australia Day Award

for Active Citizenship for our project, the Old Perth Road Markets.

The award was presented at the Australia Day ceremonies

at the Town of Bassendean Council Chambers

by His Honour Mayor John Gangell

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

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Rotary Club of Kununurra

Breakfast on the day

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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

on the banks of the Canning River

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Rotary Club of Applecross

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Bridgetown

In January and February each year Bridgetown Rotary meetings

take the form of informal BBQs at members' houses.

Last night's was at President John and Sue Awcock's house.

Noel Alan , Past President Peta Townsing and John

Past President Noel Holdsworth , President John Awcock, Past President Peta Townsing ,

Ted Egan and Past Preident Alan Wilson

John Pritchard and Ted Egan

Past President and Club Secretary Alan Wilson

with Past President and Club Treasurer Noel Holdsworth

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Rotary Club of West Perth

Ketut and Made with Peter Blockley (project mgr for Les Village) and Pres Steve.

Anthony Spinella (Rotarian) with family and Pres Steve

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

PP John Simpson gave the vocational talk tonight

at the Rotary Club and despite warnings from his daughter

Cheralyn Simpson, spoke extensively about chicken stocking density.

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

Thanks to Bunbury mayor Gary Brennan

for dropping into lunch today to give us an update

on progress since the local election.

A very informative and positive report

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D9465 Handicamp

Rotary Club of Como

our pirates

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

Due to Bunnings shifting from South Perth to East Victoria Park,

all the shelving from the South Perth store

they have kindly donated to the Men’s Shed.

Here we are taking delivery of approximately 500 sheets of shelving

which no doubt will be put to good use.

A big thank you goes to Bunnings for donating the chipboard

and their staff who assisted with the unloading.

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Rotary Club of Bunbury

Another wonderful Guest Speaker tonight. Dr Christine Storer

of C Y O'Connor Institute (Muresk) in Northam.

Here's a picture with our very own "farmers".

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

President Bob and temporary secretary Max having a

exotic shirt competition at the Azalia Ley museum visit

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Rotary Club of Rockingham

Robbie Burns function

PP Peter gets in the spirit of Robbie Burns

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Rotary Club of Applecross

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

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Rotary Club of Cunderdin

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

Rotary Club of West Perth

Rotary Club of Scarborough

Scarborough Rotary Outbound exchange student to Finland,

Sophie HOLT is pictured at the airport with her family...

Father Ross and mum Julie

. Sophie is flanked by her two brothers who have also been

on District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange.

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange inbound Marc from Switzerland,

fellow inbound Vitor from Brazil (hosted by the Rotary Club of Mosman Park)

and our returning outbound Rikki, who spent 2013 in France

Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Ben is back!

So proud of our 2013 Outbound Rotary Youth Exchange Student, Ben,

who has just returned from a fabulous year in Brazil

This week our guest speaker was Imogen,

who shared with club members details of her

Rotary Youth Exchange experience to Switzerland.

Imogen is pictured below with President Peter,

club members Carolyn and Trish,

her Mum, Helen, and current inbound, Jacob.

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Club Promotions

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Rotary Club of Karatha

February 2 [1979]

Rotary Club of Gosnells

February 8 [1962]

Rotary Club of Margaret River

February 17 [1960]

Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

February 19 [1985]

Rotary Club of Manjimup

February 12 [1952]

Rotary Club of Ascot

February 21 [1969]

Rotary Club of Rockingham

February 28 [1967]

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Funny Cane Toad advert

National Anthem

both verses

those clubs that sing the natinal anthem should learn the second verse

is far better than the first

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

226

February

It’s now easier than ever to strengthen Rotary’s image in your community

with the materials and resources available in the Rotary Brand Center.

Launched earlier this month, the Brand Center offers a simple

and intuitive way to customize your club logo, create a marketing brochure,

or give your newsletter a fresh look.

You’ll also find guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions

as well as information about why telling our story is important.

“The Brand Center enables everybody to play an active role

in promoting Rotary to the world,” says Alan Buddendeck,

general manager and chief communication officer for Rotary International.

“What’s exciting is that the site has been designed

in cooperation with Rotary members worldwide,

which is critically important to the user experience,” Buddendeck says

Here are five reasons you should use the Brand Center:

1. You can create your own club and district logos

featuring Rotary’s masterbrand signature

and see your edits in real time.

2. You can develop professional-looking PowerPoint presentations,

press releases, and newsletters that

incorporate Rotary’s visual identity.

Templates can be customized as much -

- or as little -- as you want.

3. You can find guidelines for using Rotary’s logos and answers

to frequently asked questions about our new visual identity.

For instance, did you know that your member pin remains unchanged?

Or that free fonts are available along

with the commercially licensed options?

4. You can upload and store the materials and logos

you create for future use by creating a basket

. Use the Quick Share function to email your basket

and share your new materials with members.

5. You can download broadcast-quality public service announcements,

videos, and images to help tell Rotary’s story.

Choose from a variety of topics to illustrate including

Join Leaders, Exchange Ideas, and Take Action

-- our three organizing principles.

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Rotary: World's Greatest Meal to Help End Polio

How wonderfully elegant Event 115 will be......

The sign up address in brochure is wrong....

This is correct

poliochair@d9550rotary.org.au

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Movie Night

D9455

Online payment for this event can be completed here

-http://district9455.worldsecuresystems.com/pre-release-movie-night.

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D9465

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the latest Shelter box video from the Philippines

Published on Jan 27, 2014

ShelterBox Response Team volunteer Kara Lapso

recently returned from working in the Philippines.

Here are her photos and stories.

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Australia Day 2014

Rotary Club of Kwinana

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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

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Rotary Clubs of

Hannans

Boulder

Kalgoorlie

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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

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Rotary Club of Mill Point

Australia Day Car Parking Marshals

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This is a project that Mill Point and Belmont Rotary Clubs

are supporting.

It is a RAWCS Project working in Laos

and this year the charity has been working with

Sister Catherine’s Deaf Mute Centre

in Luang Prabang fitting hearing aids

Rachel

Dr. Rachel Sheffield

Chairperson Global Hand Charity

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Around the Clubs

D9455

Camp Opportunity

Robyn Penny.. Rotary Club of East Perth

on the river with a couple of "buddies"

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Rotary Club of Perth

Celebrate the Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year!

A full house at the Old Cathay restaurant

Rotary Club of Southern Districts

In 2011 the club contributed towards the construction

of Cyrenian House's Saranna Early Childhood Learning & Care Centre.

Today the building was officially opened

by the Hon Helen Morton MLC, Minister for Child Protection

in time for the commencement of the 2014 school year.

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

First meeting of the year

English as a Second Language books were presented

to three Primary Schools by our member Laura

who initiated the project and Dir. Stephanie.

Receiving books on behalf f West Beechboro is Gayle Higgins

. Other schools provided with ESL books on Wednesday

were South Ballajura and Koondoola.

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Rotary Club of Geraldton

Dutchy & Ross at the Radio Auction 2013

Bob received the Geraldton Citizen of the Year Award.

Ian's wife Barb headed the Relay for Life Committee

and received the community group award, jointly with Men's Shed

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Rotary Club of Mundaring

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Rotary Club of Booragoon

Looks like managerial material, or "stress-free Swapmart supervision"

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Rotary Club of Armadale

at the D9465 RYLA Dinner

RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership Award

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Rotary Club of Ballajura Malaga

Christmas Function

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Rotary Club of Mill Point

Rotary Club of Scarborough

With Diana Godson, Sam Scaife and Dave Taylor.

Rotary Club of Subiaco

A wonderful presentation tonight from our recently returned exchange student, Eily Shultz!

As you recall, Eily has spent the past year in a small rural village in Japan

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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

Club Promotions

"Selfies"

Craig Alford

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International

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New to Canada

By night, three violinists played in the symphony orchestra.

During the day, to make a little money on the side,

they used their musical talents by roving the city streets

and having impromptu concerts wherever they

thought they could make some money from the passersby.

They called their group,

"A RANDOM ACT OF VIOLINS"

Thai Military Parade

Did you hear about the thoughtful Scotsman

who was heading out to the pub?

He turned to his wee wife before leaving and said,

"Maggie - put your hat and coat on, lassie."

She replied, "Awe Jock that's nice

- are you taking me tae the pub with you?"

"Nay," Jock replied.

"I'm switching the heat off while I'm out."

Western Australia

James Price Point

227

February is

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Discover Rotary

Postby Rotary Scholarship Program - Unesco-Ihe.

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President Barack Obama signed an omnibus appropriations bill

in January that provides $205 million to support polio eradication in 2014,

through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

and U. S. Agency for International Development.

The largest government donor to polio eradication,

the U.S. has contributed more than $2.3 billion since the mid-1980s,

when 125 countries were polio endemic

and the disease afflicted 350,000 people annually.

Today, only Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria are endemic,

and in 2013, the combined incidence of polio in those countries

fell to a record-low 157 cases.

Last month , India reached a three-year milestone without polio,

paving the way for the entire Southeast Asia region

to be certified free of the disease.

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Sri Lankan Named Rotary International’s 105th President

· Jan 02, 2014

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Movie Nights

D9455

D9465

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Swimarathon anyone? DG Erwin is at Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Proud Winners of the Premier’s Australia Day Active Citizenship Award!!

Huge & massive thanks to everyone who is a part of making

the the Old Perth Road Market such an incredible success

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Rotary Club of Kununurra

Australia Day

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Rotary Club of Cunderdin

Australia Day

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Rotary Club of Kenwick

The $70,000 raised from Climb for a Smile

has been spread over a number of charities and projects.

Tonight the Kenwick Rotary Club presented

Shelterbox District rep Rod Styles with a cheque

for another Shelterbox from the money raised -

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Rotary Club of Wanneroo

Rotary Wanneroo helping out at Big Als car rally today in Vic Park.

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Rotary Club of West Perth

An excellent night out at the Yoshiya Japanese Rest BBQ style

with the clubs new Banner

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

Our Barefoot Bowling a Blast
A lovely warm evening at the bowls club
and once again East Fremantle members joined us
and tried to coach us into playing Bowls.

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Rotary Club of Batavia Coast

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Rotary Club of Kwinana

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

The Marmion Primary School acknowledge the help

of several of our Rotarians with their 'Jack the Wagtail' fundraiser,

which raised money towards the Fiona Wood Foundation's Burns Unit.

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Rotary Club of Albany Port

Starting the year off on a positive note we had member Andrew Burton

talking to us about his journey and managing Albany Toyota.

We also had John Flynn scholar Emily visit from Melbourne

and Benedict, who we sponsored to RYLA

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

At the Sunday Markets

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

The Rotary Tower, Marlston Hill

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Rotary Club of Willetton

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

...Guess who got tickets to the BBL03 Final...WE DID!

— with Jacob Skjøth Clausen, Lorenzo Piattoli and Alexia Winandy at The Furnace.

Our Inbound District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange Student from Italy

presented a banner from his Sponsor Club

the Rotary Club of Lecco Manzione

So very proud of our Inbound Italian, Lorenzo,
who got up very early this morning to help with the heavy lifting
and set-up at our Stirling Farmers Market,
and then spent the morning charming all our customers
and selling Raffle Tickets,
before once again helping with pack-up

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Rotary Club of Albany Port

Last week

we were pleased to welcome Trish from the Rotary Club of Karrinyup

with her husband Darrell.

She also brought along two exchange students.

Alexia Einandy from Belgium hosted by the RC of West Perth

and Jacob Clausen from Denmark hosted by RC of Karrinyup.

Alexia and Jacob both gave us a short talk

about their country and Australian experience.

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Rotary Club of Manjimup

Rotaract Club of City of Gosnells

Presenting a cheque for the funds raised from the Community Sleep-out
to Mark, the CEO from St. Vincent De Paul

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Rotaract Club of Subiaco

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International

Club Banners from Israel

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Club Promotions

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Rotary Club of Gosnells
February 8th [1961]

Rotary Club of Kojunup
February 19th [1966]

Rotary Club of Western Endeavour
February 19th [1986]

Rotary Club of Ascot
February 21st [1969]

Rotary Club of Rockingham
February 28th [1967]

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This Lindy Hop Dance routine performed by dancers

Jessica Lennartsson and Remy Kouakou Kouame

is entertaining and fun to watch.

They performed this dance at the 2013 International Lindy Hop Championships

which were held in Washington D.C. in August.

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The Super Bowl Ad for Coke that upset a few Americans

A bird breeder, who dealt with only species that are normally wild,

not parrots, canaries, or parakeets,

had a difficult life, getting up early to feed all his charges,

never taking a vacation, working hard,

and yet he enjoyed his life.

When the local newspaper interviewed him for a feature story,

they asked him if he was sorry about the life

he'd chosen for himself.

His reply? "I have no egrets."

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Western Australia
Prymaid Hill in the Pilbara

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Last night the club welcomed out latest member Leesa Barnard

. Leesa is a qualified hypnotherapist

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Rotary Club of Applecross

Mridula Maharaj was inducted into the Rotary Club of Applecross

this week.

DGN Melodie Kevan performed the Induction

and welcome and President Murray McKay

presented her with her certificate

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

At our meeting on Tuesday 11^th Feb

we inducted three new members into our club.

Anne Petch, Annette Pitts and Allan Lantzke.

They have already proved to be a great asset to our club

and their induction signals a new period of growth.

The three new members have an unusaul common link

in that they have worked or are working for the Town of Victoria Park.

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

L-R Tony Dunema Teal Dunema Linda Sweeney

and Hather Gale with President Dawn Trudigian

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Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie

The Horsley Family

President Geraldine Ennis presenting PHF’s to the Horsley Family.

Geoff PHF 2 Sapphires,

Lorraine PHF 1 Sapphire

and PHF’s to Christian, Matthew and Hannah.

Rotary Club of Hannans-Kalgoorlie yesterday Friday 14th February.

Geoff is pictured with his wife Lorraine and his 3 youngest children,

Christian 17, Matthew 15 and Hannah 9.

Since being inducted into Rotary at David Horsleys Conference in Kalgoorlie in 1993

, Geoff has held most positions in the Club including President twice

and Assistant Governor

. Lorraine has also held many portfolio's in the Club including President

and they have always shared Rotary with their children -

even taking the children when they were babies to the Rotary meetings.

The kids have always been involved in the various projects

and fund raising activities of the Hannans-Kalgoorlie Rotary Club

Linda and Greg McLerie receiving a PHF 1 Sapphire from President Geraldine Ennis

Samantha,Duddy, Velicia La Tang and Donnie Martin with President Geraldine Ennis all were awarded PHF’s.

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Around the Clubs

Rotaract Club of South Perth

Quiz Night

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Rotary Club of Como

and the

Rotary Club of Bali Taman

The members were very welcoming to Como Member Marielle

and her daughter Clementine from the Rotaract Club of South Perth

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Rotary Club of Kununurra

Australia Day BBQ team

and Official Club photo

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Rotary Club of Belmont

President Michelle Alexander receiving a certificate

of level of contribution per member from

Australian Rotary Health Board Director Phil Cordery

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

On Saturday 8th February our club

helped Big Al park cars on his Poker Run.

The photo is of Big Al presenting a cheque

to our club for our services on the day

Kelly Hogan, our guest speaker, being presented

with her RYLA Award by Wilfred Hendriks

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Rotary Club of FreshWater Bay

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Rotary Club of Manjimup

Also at the Wine Show was District Governor Erwin Biemel and Carol

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Rotary Club of Bunbury

David Honeychurch reminded us of this years district conference

. Mandurah Entertainment Centre on the 21 -23 March.

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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

Ready to showcase Rotary in the Goldfields

. Get on down to St Barb's Square!!

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Rotary Club of South Perth Burswood

Australian Rotary Health Director Phil Cordery

at South Perth Burswood meeting on February 12th

where a certificate of level of Contribution per member

was presented to acting President David Pankhurst

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Our Outgoing Exchange Sudent Sphie Holt being welcomed to Finland

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Rotary Club of Northam

RC Northam Joanne Bowen, RYE rebound Hannan Bowen,

RC Northam President Velu Ramasamy and Hannah's dad, Guy Bowen,

sharing a moment after Hannah had given her presentation

to the Club of her exchange in Switzerland last year.

Hannah commences university in the next couple of weeks to study science.

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Check out Margaret River Rotary's latest Fundraiser -

The Main Street Shuffle

. Tickets from Stocker Preston, Margaret River

or contact the club info@rotarymargaretriver.org.au

to secure your ticket - $80 (cash only).

All proceeds go to the End Polio Nowcampaign.

Why not visit and join the fun.Hope to see you there!

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Come along and support an International Rotary fundraising event

by the Rotary Club of Matilda Bay in association with the Matilda Bay Restaurant,

Hackett Drive, Crawley on 18 March, from 6pm to 8pm.

The Club plans to provide international assistance to the impoverished villagers

of Eraulo in the Ermera District of Timor Leste by restoring their freshwater supply.

The Project

- We plan to replace 1.5 km of corroded pipeline with irrigation poly pipe

and replace the collapsed concrete storage facility with a corrugated iron tank.

We plan to raise the necessary funds,

provide and co-ordinate the volunteer labour to assist the villagers

to re-establish their essential water supply.

100% of funds raised will be spent on the materials

for the project with the club financing any shortfall.

The club's volunteers will provide their own travel costs from Australia to Timor Leste.

The villagers will assist with the project on a volunteer basis

and will provide undercover camping accommodation.

The villagers will regain their fresh water supply essential

for their good health and wellbeing.

The club's volunteers will gain firsthand experience working in a developing country.

To book for this event please pay on line via Try Booking

please go to http://www.trybooking.com/EFEP

or further information please contact Ros King.

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The Rotary Team Challenge offers you the opportunity

to participate in an exciting team event that takes you

through the picturesque West Australian countryside

along a heritage trail that follows the path of the Eastern Railway

that formerly linked Fremantle to York in the late 1880s.

The event will be run over one day,

those choosing to walk can opt for a shorter course.

The main event involves a 75km run or bike ride

for teams of 2 to 4 people over 18 years of age.

The course will take the teams from Bernard Park in the centre of Northam

along the edge of the Avon River until the footpath meets the Kep Track.

Teams will then follow the Kep Track through Clackline,

Bakers Hill, Wundowie and Chidlow to Mt Helena

before switching on to the Railway Heritage Trail

through Parkerville and the John Forrest National Park

to finish at the location of the old Swan View Railway Station.

http://www.mswaevents.org.au/Rotary-Team-Challenge/register/

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Take a chance on me

Tom Hanks

I took my nephew out for his first beer yesterday.

Got him a Budweiser.....he didn't like it -- so I had it.

Then I got him a pint of draft, he didn't like that, either, so I had it.

Then I ordered him a Kokanee, and again he didn't like it so I drank it.

I ended up buying him a Blue, a Canadian, a Moosehead,

a Pilsner, Molson Ice and a Coors, but he didn't like any of them

and I had to drink them.

Well, by the time we got to the rum and the tequila,

I could hardly push his stroller home!!!!

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Postcard From Perth 1954

thanks Ken P

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Aerial view of Rottnest Island

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February 23rd

The first four Rotarians (from left):

Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey,

and Paul P. Harris, circa 1905

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Attendees from Australia and New Zealand at the 1924

convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The first club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in April 1921.

The Rotary clubs of Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand,

became the first clubs chartered in New Zealand in May 1921.

English delegates to the 1928 Rotary convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

The Rotary Club of London became the first club chartered

in England in August 1912

Rotary members and spouses from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

at a Baltic conference in 1939.

In August 1930, the Rotary Club of Tallinn, Estonia,

became the first club chartered in these three countries

Attendees from Czechoslovakia at the 1930 convention in Chicago.

James, Lillian, and Marjory Davidson with members

of the Rotary Club of Calcutta [Kolkata], India. Circa 1929.

It 1920 it became the first club chartered in India.

Pictures Courtesy of Rotary International

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Friends in Rotary,

With great sadness it is my melancholy duty

to inform you of the passing of Royce Abbey AO.DCM,

Past President Rotary International.

Our friend, our Rotary Leader and Mentor to all who knew him,

Royce will be sadly missed by all of us.

Royce has passed away following a short illness.

In 2013 it was the 25^th anniversary of Royce Abbey’s

induction as Rotary International World President.

Royce joined the Rotary Club of Essendon in 1954,

was Club President in 1963-64

and served as District Governor in 1969-70.

He held Rotary’s highest office in 1988-89.

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Rotary Leads Australia in Mental Health Prevention

Mental disorders have become the main source of disability burden in Australia.

In response, funding from the Australian Government

has supported an increase in treatment services.

However, as the percentage of people seeking treatment has risen from 37% to 46%,

the prevalence of mental disorders in Australia appears to be unchanged.

So the question remains: how do we reduce

the impact of mental health on the Australian community?

Australian Rotary Health (ARH) has become one of the first research organisations

to commit funding into finding preventions for mental disorders.

At an ARH Symposium held last year, which brought together 25

of Australia’s top experts in Mental Health prevention,

evidence showed that prevention is particularly promising

for common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.

In conjunction with Rotary Clubs, they will also run health forums

around Australia bringing information to the community

of how they can prevent the development mental disorders in their own lives.

Finally, a third program to put them ahead of the pack

is the launch of an electronic newsletter spotlighting the latest research findings

of mental health prevention across the lifespan.

Five new research projects will be funded this year

in the area of mental health prevention:

· A Multi-tiered approach to suicide prevention in young Australians

- Tonelle Handley, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, NSW.

· The prevention of mental health difficulties in adolescents

using an emotion-focussed parenting program-

S Sophieighurst, University of Melbourne, Vic

· Effective suicide prevention campaign material for young people:

A randomised controlled trial -

Jane Pirkis, University of Melbourne, Vic

· Phase II study of an online population-based intervention

to improve the mental health of young people who are unemployed

- Vanessa Rose, University of New South Wales,

· Helping young Australians to "Look for Good":

A school-based trial of positive attention training to increase

children's emotional well-being and prevent anxiety and depression

- Allison Waters, Griffith University, Vic.

For more information about these programs,

or to sign up to receive the prevention email newsletter,

please contact Australian Rotary Health on (02) 8837 1900

or email admin@australianrotaryhealth.org.au.

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

Welcome aboard our newest member Daniel Blewett

who was inducted into the Club this week

. Daniel’s classification is Real Estate

Last Wednesday we welcomed Rosemary & Greg Paten

who have transferred from the Broome club

and presented them with their new Club Badges.

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

President Bob said farewell on behalf of the Club

to Past President Jan Mason who is moving back to England

and then surprised her with the award of a Paul Harris Fellowship.

This was awarded for her work in the club

and tireless work in the community.

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of South Bunbury

Last weekends Children's Fair

Also there helping out

Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Rotary Club of Karrinyup made a donation to

Australian Rotary Health at their meeting tonight.

.pictured here with President Peter Durrant [L] and John Burt

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Rotary Club of Willetton

Visit to the Aviation Musuem in Bull Creek

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts

Rotary Club of Byford and Districts at the Byford Tavern

and presenting President Lindsay Irwin with the

Australian Rotary Health certificate of contribution

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Rotary Club of Kwinana

Rotary Club of Kwinana

Rotary Club of Armadale

Meeting at the Rotary Club of Armadale

with the presentation of Australian Rotary Health certificate..

.pictured with President Graham Sampson and Craig Alford.

Craig Alford is a tremendous supporter of Australian Rotary Health

with Ride to the Other Side

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Rotary Club of Esperance Bay

Assistant Governor Jim Gray makes the presentation

of Australian Rotary Health Certifcate to President David Callow

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Rotary in the Goldfields

Rotary Clubs of..

Boulder

Hannans Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie

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Rotary Club of Bunbury

Board meeting Bunbury style

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Rotary Club of Melville

Presentation of Australian Rotary Health certificate

to President Jackie Ormsby at the Rotary Club of Melville

at their lunchtime meeting at the South Perth Yacht Club

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Rotary Club of Perth

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Was wonderful tonight to have our recently returned Outbound,

Ben (centre and pictured with Inbounds Jacob and Lorenzo)

along to tell us about his wonderfully successful year

as an Exchange Student in Brazil!

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

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Rotary Club of Narrogin

Secretary Thomas Popp, Dalton McWha, President Stewart Meldrum

Michelle McWha ( former Exchange student to Brazil ),

Kristina Kapustina ( current inbound from Vladivostok, Russia ),

Dalton McWha

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Come along and support an International Rotary fundraising event

by the Rotary Club of Matilda Bay in association

with the Matilda Bay Restaurant, Hackett Drive, Crawley

on 18 March, from 6pm to 8pm.

The Club plans to provide international assistance

to the impoverished villagers of Eraulo in the Ermera District of Timor Leste

by restoring their freshwater supply.

The Project -

We plan to replace 1.5 km of corroded pipeline

with irrigation poly pipe and replace the

collapsed concrete storage facility with a corrugated iron tank.

We plan to raise the necessary funds, provide

and co-ordinate the volunteer labour to assist the villagers

to re-establish their essential water supply.

100% of funds raised will be spent on the materials

for the project with the club financing any shortfall.

The club's volunteers will provide their own travel costs from Australia to Timor Leste.

The villagers will assist with the project on a volunteer basis

and will provide undercover camping accommodation.

The villagers will regain their fresh water supply essential

for their good health and wellbeing.

The club's volunteers will gain firsthand experience working in a developing country.

To book for this event please pay on line via Try Booking

please go to http://www.trybooking.com/EFEP

or further information please contact Ros King.

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Rotary Club of Kenwick

March 9^th [1982]

Rotary Club of Pinjarra

March 10^th [1967]

Rotary Club of Mill Point

March 11^th [1987]

Rotary Club of Mosman Park

March 17^th [1972]

Rotary Club of North Perth

March 17^TH [1972]

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Anger Management

Its in German however but you can follow easy enough

From the movie "The Big Store"

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For as little as US60 cents, a child can be vaccinated against polio for life.

Your donation now works even harder.

From 2013 to 2018, every US dollar Rotary commits

to polio eradication will become three dollars,

thanks to a 2-to-1 match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

http://www.endpolio.org/donate

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Both there links [below] will take you to the first floor of

Rotary International Headquarters in Evanston Chicago

and Room 711

http://blog.rotary.org/2014/02/24/room711/

Explore Room 711, the room where Rotary began

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Rotary Club of West Perth

Tony Delich undertook the formal procedures

while Siri introduced

Fraser Watson as our newest member.

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Five Rotary Clubs in the Melville area,

Applecross, Attadale, Booragoon, Cockburn and Melville,

are presenting a COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FORUM

on 14 April 2014.

For other details contact PDG John Kevan

Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Tonight's meeting was our Ron Sloan Endeavour Scholarships Awards night.

Rotary Club of Karrinyup

What a fantastic night we had last night

as host of the semi finals of Rotary District 9455's

Four Way Test Speaking Competition.

We heard from six wonderful young speakers -

all supported by their sponsoring club and a team of supporters.

Thanks to DG Hank de Smit, PDG Fred Marsh,

our Rostrum adjudicators

and our own RCK team for making the night a great success.

Recently club members Peter Polain, Peter Durrant and Robyn Cleaver

had the pleasure of meeting John Crowe,

President of Gallipoli and Dardanelles International.

John was visiting from the UK

Rotary Club of Kwinana

Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc blew the lights out with an enormously successful

Rotary in WA Swimarathon!

Swimmer numbers were up more than 60%,

seven clubs took part and swims took place at 4 different locations.

Rotary Club of West Perth

Two great student presenters this morning.

Both with the support of our West Perth Rotary Club.

Nathan Blockley spoke of his experiences at the

Youth Science Forum in Canberra

and RYE Alexia Winandi from Belgium spoke

of her time in Western Australia.

Rotary Club of Armadale

On Friday 21 Feb, PP Peter Warren was warmly welcomed
as International Guest Speaker at the Rotary Club of Daund,
in District Pune, Maharashtra, India,
celebrating Rotary International's theme for February:
"World Understanding & Peace".

Rotary Club of Applecross

Tuesday's meeting is at Heathcote (east side)

where your breakfast eating money will be matched

by many $'s to "End Polio Now". The "Worlds Greatest Meal"

will be your own breakfast

but Steve will bring along Mr Mocha

with tea or very nice coffee to start your morning in a grand fashion.

Will be interesting to hear Rotarians tell tales

of their own brushes with going hungry

Our special meeting this morning was made extra special

with a visit from Rotarian PP Anthony Katongo

from the Rotary Club of Ndola Mukuba in Zambia

and his son Mutale who has just graduated

from Curtin Uni in Actuartial Science.

Anthony told us about his long association

with the Rotary Family and the projects

to improve the health of the people

Rotary Club of Heirisson

Have you got your ticket in the 2014 Duck Derby,

your duck could be one of these.

Adopt your duck here

https://donatemate.mainmenu.com.au/donation/5c470e888c07127b12d2

Rotary Club of Geraldton

Rotary's 109th Birthday - Human Rotary Wheel

Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate Rotary's birthday this morning!

We had approx 100 people form the "Human Rotary Wheel"

Rotary Club of Batavia Coast

At last weeks meeting, Natalie Nelmes and Michael Patrick

were our guest speakers.

Natelia spoke about the Geraldton University, Hollumby Foundation

and Scholarship.

She gave us a brief overview of what yearly scholarships

are active now and in the future,

stating that there are currently 11 individual scholarships

amongst 200 students.

Michael Patrick was our clubs RYLA entrant

and spoke about his 5 day experience in January 2014

at the Bickly Hills Camp School.

Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

What else would we be doing at 7.30am?

Having a board meeting of course with this amazing team!

— with Doug Green, Anne Oades, Ian Pigott,

Neville Eastman, Fiona Hinds, Shaun Brodison

and Ian Telfer atBunbury

Rotary Club of Boulder

Rotary Club of Rockingham

Rotary Club of Scarborough

Scarborough Rotary RYE student Adele Chretian

watched the beginning of the annual Rottnest Channel swim.

Rotary Club of Armadale

Club Promotions

March

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

Anyone up for a challenge and willing to work

for a really good cause, join us for a walk, run or cycle

along the Kep Track and the Railway Heritage Trail

on 12th April and raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society ofWA

.http://rotaryteamchallenge.org.au/

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Five Rotary Clubs in the Melville area,

Applecross, Attadale, Booragoon, Cockburn and Melville,

are presenting a COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FORUM

on 14 April 2014.

For other details contact PDG John Kevan

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May

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Rotary Club of Kenwick

March 9^th [1982]

Rotary Club of Pinjarra

March 10^th [1967]

Rotary Club of Mill Point

March 11^th [1987]

Rotary Club of Mosman Park

March 17^th [1972]

Rotary Club of North Perth

March 17^TH [1972]

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Food for Thought !!

Facebook just bought WhatsApp for $19 billion.

Here is something that would cost you less to buy.

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Ski lift fail

A local drug rehab center had fallen into disrepair

and the grounds were in shambles.

The newly hired director assumed the task of upgrading the facility.

The improvements became the pride of the downtown section

of the city with newly planted bushes and a lush, thick lawn,

and accent art scattered everywhere.

The director of the center was known for his humorous approach

to even the most traumatic of circumstance

. Considering the service he was providing to the community,

his constant, upbeat personality was the envy

of all who came to know him.

He was also into landscaping with a passion

and the new lawn and bushes and new,

young trees were a source of great pride for him.

And so it was not a surprise when he chose a motto

for the drug rehabilitation center that matched

his desires for the preservation of the center's good appearance

Keep Off The Grass.

Would you ride on this bus???

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Western Australia

Australia Day in the Kimberley's

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ShelterBox: International Women's Day

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Rotary Club of Booragoon

Last meeting we welcomed another member.

Ahmed El Magrabhy was previously a Rotarian in Egypt!

Being welcomed by President Maggie Duggan

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Geraldton

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

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Rotary Swimarathon 2014

On Sunday 23 February 2014 the amazing leaders

of Rotary District 9465 joined others in participating

in the Rotary Global Swimarathon to help raise funds for End Polio Now.

DGN Melodie Kevan cheered from the sidelines,

whilst DGE Brian Eddy, DG Erwin Biemel and PDG Bob Cooper

donned their bathers and swam a number of lengths of the pool.

If folks would consider supporting the efforts of these people,

they can do so by visiting

http://www.mycause.com.au/page/rotaryswimarathon.

PDG Erwin Biemel’s name is listed under team members,

as is PDG John Iriks.

Any contribution, however small, would be greatly appreciated.

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Rotary Club of South Bunbury

Beautiful morning in the Bunbury Leschenault for the Rotary Sail Into Life on display.

Rotary Club of South Bunbury Children's Fair 2014

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

Presentation of the Club's Strategic Planning by Liz Patterson and Ken Mullin

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Rotary Club of Boulder

President Esther Roadnight of the Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

presenting the Australian Rotary Health level of contribution certificate

to Past President John Chatterton Rotary Club of Boulder

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Simon Polsen of Grill'd Scarborough presents President Dave Taylor

with a cheque for $100 for Life Education.

Many thanks to Grill'd for their community service initiative "Local Matters"

and their Business manager Tristan Farmer

Adele Chretein and Hannah Medin. Hannah was an exchange student in 1999/2000 from Sweden

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

Welcome to Mark Zanetic from Shacks Holden

who presented a cheque for $2170

– the result of the sausage sizzle held

at Shacks Holden on Saturday.

This was great fun –

getting to meet some Dockers and meeting the Shacks Crew.

The proceeds will be donated to the Hills Bushfire Appeal

through the Rotary Benevolent Fund

Once again our club shows its inimitable sense of dress

. Our bright shirts and skirts night a blinding success

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Rotary Club of West Perth

Sarah David of Living Child Inc spoke of her role in assisting

New Guinea women in learning

and teaching about child birth and contraception.

Sarah is a truly amazing leader.

A well attended West Perth Rotary Club breakfast group

were held enthralled as Sarah outlined

the work she has been doing.

Hosted by Sonia,

Sarah is photographed with friend Jill and Pres Steve.

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Interact Club of Freshwater Bay

Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings Cottesloe for the Interact Club of Freshwater Bay.

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Instead of the usual weekly meeting,

it is planned to replace the meeting of 2nd April with a Moroccan Dinner

Last Moroccan Dinner – Adam & Nabila with Pres. Mike & Rtn Ralph Martins

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Interact Club of Rossmoyne

Clean Up Australia

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

Hospital equipment for Cambodia

Our second container load of Hospital equipment

for this year being loaded ready for shipping

to Phnom Phen Cambodia.

Thankyou to the 10 volunteers who helped
and thank you to the hospitals that donated the equipment.

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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts

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Rotary Clubs of Hillary's and Wanneroo

The Dolphins received some tender loving care on Saturday

with members of the Rotary Club of Wanneroo

and the Rotary Club of Hillarys

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Rotary Club of Batavia Coast

DeadRed's Wake TEN

Wow, can these nights get any better…!!

What brilliant weather we had, overlooking the Marina,

sipping French Champagne and indulging

in freshly shucked Oysters at Skeeta's.

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Club Promotions

March

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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May

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Complete vs. Finished

No dictionary has ever been able to define

the difference between “complete” and “finished”.

However, in a linguistic conference, held in London, England,

and attended by some of the best linguistics in the world,

Samsundar Balgobin,

a Guyanese was the clever winner.

His final challenge was this:

Some say there is no difference between “complete” and “finished”.

Please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand.

His response was:

When you marry the right woman,

you are “complete”.

If you marry the wrong woman

you are “finished”.

And, when the right one catches you

with the wrong one, you are “completely finished”.

His answer received a five minute standing ovation

Super Bowl 2014:

Seattle Seahawks' Derrick Coleman

Makes Fans' Dream Come True

There are reports of a new problem here in Australia.

Some of the Kangaroos have developed a thirst for revenge

against the traffic that keeps knocking them down.

Drivers have reported that they'll pass a mobs of roo's

that are hopping along peacefully,

but as soon as they've passed them

, the roo's suddenly change direction and veer towards the vehicle.

The driver then has to drive as quickly as possible

to escape the rampaging marsupials

. Drivers are being urged to keep an eye on their

veer-roo mirror at all times

Western Australia

Augusta

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had fallen in their community,

they used a Rotary Foundation District Grant to take action.

March is Rotary Literacy Month.

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Rotary Club of Perth

The world's newest Rotarian, Shona Mittra, receiving the Four Way Test at her induction

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Rotary Club of Mindarie

A big congratulations to Margaret and Nicole

who were inducted into our club at last nights meeting

we are honored to have you both join our team

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Rotary Club of Canning Bridge

Congratulations Dr Helen Fairnie!

Helen was recognized today as Paul Harris Fellow

- our first PHF recognition as a club since the move from York

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Congratulations to our latest Paul Harris Fellow Colin Hughes

who not only has contributed to many projects

as an active member in Rotary but as a passionate supporter

of Indigenous health has done many stints in remote WA

and the NT helping improve health standards.

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Rotary Club of Corrigin

Rotary Member Fraser Job cutting the cake at his recent 80th birthday

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The photo shows l-r

Pam Lyons, Maureen Graham, newest member Heather Long,

Club President Rona Hurley, Brigitte Koehler, Jan Duffy

INNER WHEEL CLUB OF KALAMUNDA

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS

At the latest meeting of the club we were privileged

to have Inner Wheel members, Brigitte Koehler from Trier in Germany

and Maureen Graham from Worthing Steyne UK with us.

They both told us a little about their respective Clubs

and how much the International friendship meant to them.

Also present were District Chairman, Jan Duffy

and District Secretary, Pam Lyons.

For information on Inner Wheel please contact

Maureen Betts 9453 6973

iiw.au.a40extension@gmail.com

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1. Joining Instagram

2. Following @rotaryinternational

3. Liking a nominated Rotarian pic on @rotary9465

or you can post your own #rotaryhero pic!

Linda McLerie and Robyn Jones

PDG Allan Lewins, driving force behind the very successful

Sustainable Cambodia Australia project

. ‪#‎rotaryhero‪#‎rotary9465‪#‎sustainablecambodia

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Rotary Club of Esperance

Australian Rotary Health presentation to Rotary Club of Esperance

President Chris Roberts

pictured here with Assistant Governor Jim Gray

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Rotary Club of West Perth

It was on to say the least.

Selecting 3,000 golf balls from 5,000 contenders,

and having to wash most of them.

But it was done thanks to Russell and Carol

and the members who attended.

Youth is a priority focus for Rotary and for our club.

Thursday's guest speaker David Reed OAM spoke on Passages,

a program that provides care and shelter for homeless youth.

What a brilliant concept and now has places

in Northbridge and Mandurah.Check the website: https://www.passagesresourcecentre.com/about.php

Acting Pres Bernie stepped in to welcome David
and Alexia Winandi RYE student represented youth.

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Rotary Club of Albany Port

Our meeting night was changed to Thursday this week

in order to welcome the visiting Danish Group Study Team

. We were joined by Rotarians and their partners

from Katanning, Mt Barker and Albany City

as well as Suzannah Lyons who was part

of a group study exchange to Denmark last year.

Rotary Club of FreshWater Bay

A set of microscopes were presented to Balga Primary School

Friday morning 14th March.

At least 50% of student are indigenous / from other cultures,

with Asian and African the dominant cultures represented.

Principal Laura O'Hara is a valued member

Rtn John Duff, Principal Clive Kelly, PRID Ken Collins,

teacher Wendy Carruthers, Tim Boyes

(agVivo and future scientists at Glen Forrest Primary School

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

East Hamersley Primary School Head Boy Lachlan,

Head Girl Breanna and Principal Lyn

were delighted with the gift of a class set of 30 microscopes

from the Rotary Club of Karrinyup presented at the school assembly

by President Elect Carolyn.

The microscopes will enhance studies and

pportunities in science for East Hamersley students.

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

President Wilf was one of 81 swimmers

who participated in the Swimarathon at the Kwinana Aquatic Centre

to raise money to eradicate polio on 23rd Feb.

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Rotary Club of Northbridge

Monday night’s visitors to the Rotary Club of Northbridge

were Tony and Carol Stafford of the

Rotary Club of Fingal, Dublin in Ireland.

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Rotary Club of Armadale

Rotarians were thrown to the Lions last night

at Armadale Bowling Club -

but we retained the annual trophy with 29 points to 22.

It was a great fun night and excellent fellowship

with our friends from Armadale Lions Club.

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Rotary Club of Perth

Fascinating insight on Heart and Lung transplant in WA

from leading surgeon Robert Larbalestier.

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Rotary Clubs of Boulder and Kalgoorlie

President Adam White and Kalgoorlie’s President Esther Roadnight

cut the Birthday Cake for Rotary’s 109^thbirthday

at the joint meeting to raise funds for Polio Plus

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Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie

Come and buy a book or two. — at Boulder Markets.

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Rotary Club of Wanneroo

Fabulous presentations last night at the Rotary Club of Wanneroo

from Inbounds Akin (Turkey) and Anson (Taiwan);

as well as from Tristan, who recently returned

from a Rotary Youth Exchange year in Denmark.

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Rotary Club of Mindarie

1st Swap Mart Ocean Keys

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CLUB PROMOTIONS

March

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April

A Rotary Club of Geraldton-Greenough community project.

4 weeks to go till we fire up the hill!

Saturday April 5!
Shannon Noll & band, Mark Wilkinson and local lads C4
with all profits going to those in need through the
Rotary Club of Geraldton - Greenough.
Remember the Redhill Concert is family day

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May

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Rotary Club of Mosman Park

March 17^th [1972]

Rotary Club of Bridgetown

April 10th [1954]

Rotary Club of Hillarys

April 11^th [1986]

Rotary Club of Mandurah Districts

April 11^th [1986]

Rotary Club of Attadale

April 12^th b [1982]

Rotary Club of Perth

April 15^th [1927]

Rotary Club of Collie

April 15^th [1954]

Rotary Club of Mount Barker

April 15^th [1955]

Rotary Club of Carnarvon

April 15^th [1963]

Rotary Club of Northbridge

April 17^th [1994]

Rotary Club of North Perth

April 17^th [1972]

Rotary Club of Mandurah City

April 19^th [1993]

Rotary Club of Kwinana

April 22^nd [1971]

Rotary Club of Dalkeith

April 24^th [1984]

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Norton Commando Transformer by Steve Twist

A duck was walking along a stream in Australia

when he happened upon a platypus standing on the bank.

The platypus was t holding a sign that read:

"Homeless. Out of work. Please help."

The duck offered to help the platypus

but not through a simple grant by donation.

He said he would help the platypus find employment.

But in the interim he would also loan him the money

necessary to get on with his life.

They shook hands to seal the deal

and each went their separate ways.

Speaking in his simple language,

he told his wife that evening of what he had done.

"Duck help out platypus today," he said.

"Duck feel good.

Economy get better. Everyone happy."

His wife looked at him somewhat askance

as she continued to prepare food for the evening's meal.

"What's the matter?" The duck asked

She turned to face him.

"And what do you plan to do when

the platypus fails to pay you back?"

"It pretty simple," he replied.

"Duck bill platypus."

A girl and her dog take a look backward at the life

they’ve shared growing up together.

You may want to get a hankie before you watch.

The ad for Chevy was directed by Lloyd Lee Choi.

Yes, believe it or not, it’s a car ad.

It should send you right out to buy a car

or adopt a dog from the local shelter

A teenage boy is getting ready to take his girlfriend to the prom.

Firtst he goes to rent a tux

, but there's a long tux line at the shop and it takes forever.

Next he has to get some flowers,

so he heads over to the florist and there's a huge line there.

He waits forever but eventually gets the flowers

. Then he heads out to rent a limo.

Unfortunately, there's a large line at the rental office,

but he's patient and gets the job done.

Finally, the day of the prom comes.

There two are dancing happily

and his girlfriend is having a great time

. When the song is over, she asks him to get her some punch,

so he heads over to the punch table

and there's no punchline

Western Australia

Head to Ningaloo and paddle out to the world’s largest fringing coral reef.

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Clubs accept new members by invitation,

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Rotary Club of Perth

Welcome to our newest member, Hugh Stowell!

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Rotary Club of Boulder

Past President George Wasiun reading the induction charge

to new member Darrin Youd

while Sergeant Jeff Moyle looks on.

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Some pictures from this weekends D9465 Conference in Mandurah

Around the clubs

Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

This week our guest speaker was Mandy Jolley,

founder of the SHINE program.

SHINE is a one of a kind education program

established in Geraldton, Western Australia.

The program is a values based training model targeting indigenous

and ‘at risk’ girls aged between 13 and 15.

The program works with girls at risk of disengaging

from the education system and society;

negativity impacting their employment

and life opportunities into the future.

President Clark then presented Mandy

with part proceeds of our recent Quiz Night

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Pictured is Pres John being presented

with a certificate of appreciation from

the Rotoract Club of Gosnells by their current

Treasurer Ngyrie Mortimer

The presentation was much appreciated by the club
and we also found out about all the wonderful things
that Gosnells Rotoract have been doing
and some events that are planned.

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Rotaract Club of City of Gosnells

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Rotary Club of Boome

Two Broome Rotarians helping out with a Royal Flying Doctor Service fundraiser .

Great work Chris and Peter!

A couple of weeks ago our 2013 exchange student

Eva Mitchell was a guest speaker at our Wednesday morning meeting.

Eva spent a year in Germany staying with two host families

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

A pair of pirates who came to our progressive diinner.

With our eager crew we boarded three ships on the night

and were served delicious food instead of ships biscuits.

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Rotary Club of Applecross

Pres. Murray presents Mickey with her certificate for participation in the RYLA program.

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Rotary Club of Perth

Vocational visit to Dream Lift

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Rotary Club of Manjimup

Regular Meeting

At the Donnelly River

Club BBQ

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Rotary Club of Batavia Coast

Last weeks vocational meeting was held

at the St Francis Xaavier Cathedral.

It was a partners night, with everyone enjoying the night.

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

President Dave Taylor presents Bob Miller

from the RC of Woden, with a Scarborough Rotary banner

to commemorate the start of his bicycle ride

from the West Coast to Bondi

to raise money for a children's home in Thailand

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Rotary Club of Como

Pride of Workmanship Awards

Como Club presented awards to 3 local businesses this week.

All were given in recognition of their excellent service to their customers.

Pictured accepting their awards are Jay Chung from Johnny's Quality Fish Bar,

Pat Chellingworth from Quatttro Motors

accepting awards for herself and her husband Brian

and last but not least, David Alexander from the Dux Cafe.

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Another successful 'Paint Your Pinkie' for Polio

at Mosman Park Primary School.

Feedback from teaches was extremely positive on the brief speech

on Rotary's role in eradicating Polio made by

PRID Ken at the school assembly which preceded the Paint Your Pinkie

Presentation of a set of microscopes to Beehive Montessori School today (20th March).

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

We aenjoyed a fantastic presentation tonight by

our two 2014 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) participants,

Ellin and Rhiannon.

They spoke about the January Camp,

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Rotary Clubs of Fremantle and Attadale

Good grief, gorillas on the golf course.
Seen at our highly successful Golf Day
run in conjunction with Attadale Rotary Club.
We raised $37,000 for Motor Neuron Research

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Club Promotions

March

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June

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Tong Son the Amazing Harmonica Man

Internet Baby - Born For The Internet

Western Australia
snorkelling on Ningaloo Reef

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Canning Bridge

PastPresident Eric Rous has been appointed as President

for the remainder of the 2013-14 Rotary year.

Eric replaces Owen Hutchinson who stood down recently

due to personal and business commitments.

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Rotary Club of West Perth

President Steve was pleased to flag swap with Elaine Mead

(almost club member (visitor from Aukland NZ))

Prof David Bouchier spoke to the Rotary Club of West Perth

at our breakfast meeting on our relationship with Indonesia

and gave an interesting insight into our nearest neighbour

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Rotary Clubs of Kalgoorlie

Hannans Kalgoorlie

Boulder

District 1450 Group Study Exchange Team from Denmark in the Goldfields

District 1450 Group Study Exchange Team members at morning tea with the Mayor,

Councillors and Directors city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Together with rotary club of Kalgoorlie members

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

at the Duck Derby

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

at D9465 Conference

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Rotary Club of Bunbury

Last Mondays meeting had a moving speech from visiting Rotarian Brian Allen.

All about Cambodia and his passion to train teachers in the Country

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Rotary Club of Perth

President George making a special announcement on successful funding

of the Path of Hope learning centre at Rotary District 9455

Annual Rotary District 9455 Annual Conference

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Rotary Club of Karrinyup

Rotary Club of Karrinyup (District 9455) volunteers for the RWADE event,

including our two Rotary Youth Exchange

Inbounds Jacob (from Denmark) and Lorenzo (Italy),

and our 2011 Outbound student Jacqueline

Our Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange students, Jacob and Lorenzo,

suited up for the District Conference Dinner!

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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

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Rotary Club of Mill Point

Unsung Heroes Award Ceremony

The Unsung Hero today was Evelyn Read.

Evelyn has been a volunteer at the Perth Zoo since 1982

when the volunteer organisation was first established.

Her primary role as a guide

or as she is officially known as a Docent

is to talk to the visitors but there are many

other areas Evelyn has taken responsibility

for these last 32 years.

They range from looking after the animals mental

and physical health, to collecting Termites as

animal food, to fund raising,

to maintaining the Zoo archives,

to keeping all the other 30 odd guides happy

and content with their roles.

The Mill Point Rotary Selection Committee

was unanimous in their decision to award the

2014 Unsung Hero Award to Evelyn Read

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

at the Swap Meet

Helen demonstrating to a customer the cost of entry or the closing time or ?!?!?!?—

Brian Newall.

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Rotary Club of Applecross

Sundowner at Kadidjiny Park was a great success.

The ladies, Lesley and Lorri role reversed on the BBQ

and cooked delicious hamburgers to go with the plentiful salad

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

preparing for Red Hill Concert

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Rotary Club of South Bunbury

seen at D9465 Conference in Mandurah

some of our members raising funds for Children's charity

through the 2014 Variety Creative Car Cruise.

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

The Progressive Dinner was a very enjoyable evening and a lot of food,

wine and merriment was had by all.

We watched the sun go down from Max and Margie’s deck

while enjoying appetisers and bubbly.

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Club Promotions

April

National Autism Awareness Day , to be held next Wednesday , 2^nd April ,

at ASCOT RACECOURSE , 70 GRANDSTAND ROAD , ASCOT

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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Spot the odd one out!!

Lets go for a ride!!

An American astronaut has an emergency during his re-entry

into earth's atmosphere and his space craft

crash-lands in the Australian bush,

way out in the middle of nowhere.

After what seems like an eternity,

he wakes up in a bush clinic, very rustic, dirty,

with foul smells and he is bandaged from head to foot.

He sees a very large, somewhat gruff looking nurse

approaching him as he lies in his cot.

"Did I come here to die?" he says

with a deep sense of resignation and fear.

"No," the Aussie nurse replies,

"You came here yesterday."

Very Clever Ad

A planeload of Pepsi flying over Africa had a malfunction and went down.

A few weeks later, the Pepsi Company sent a rescue plane.

They searched the area and found a tribe of cannibals.

They walked up to the Chief of the tribe

and asked him if he knew anything about the crash.

The Chief said, "You betcha!"

When asked where the crew was, the Chief replied,

"We ate the crew, and we drank the Pepsi."
The Rescue crew were shocked.
One man asked, "Did you eat their legs?"
The chief replied,
"We ate their legs, and we drank the Pepsi."
Another rescuer asked,
"Did you eat their arms?"
The Chief replied,
"We ate their arms, and we drank the Pepsi."
After looking totally perplexed for a minute, a third asked,
"Did you... you know... eat, their... their 'things?'"
The Chief says, "No."
"No?" asked the rescuer.
"No," replied the Chief.
"THINGS go better with Coke."

Western Australia

Titheridge it is between Kununurra and Wyndham"The Grotto"

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For Rotary Magazine Month, take a look at The Rotarian Magazin

or a few of our regional magazines --

such as Rotary Down Under at www.rotarydownunder.com.au.

More than half of Rotarians worldwide receive a regional magazine

instead of The Rotarian.

These publications are produced independently by Rotarians,

distributed in more than 130 countries, and published in 24 languages.

They have a combined circulation of 872,000.

Each magazine has a regional point of view but also includes articles

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In addition, Rotary International publishes Rotary Canada,

a quarterly supplement to The Rotarian with a circulation of 28,000.

For more information about the Rotary World Magazine Press

or to request sample copies,

send an email torwmp@rotary.org.

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Rotary International Meetings and Events [impromo@rotary.org]

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough has just inducted

Nathan Lowder as a member of our club

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Rotary Club of Perth

Welcome back Larry! Our newest member!

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Rotary Club of Cockburn

Shogo Williams-Matsuoka is Cockburn's newest Rotarian

after he was inducted on Thursday morning.

Welcome Shogo!

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Around the Clubs

District 9455 Conference

What a fantastic night we had last night as host of the semi finals

of Rotary District 9455's Four Way Test Speaking Competition.

We heard from six wonderful young speakers

all supported by their sponsoring club and a team of supporters.

Thanks to DG Hank de Smit, PDG Fred Marsh, our Rostrum adjudicators

Our District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchange students ready to party at our

Rotary District 9455 Annual Conference dinner!

With Sarah Knott, Adèle Chrétien, Alexia Winandy, Manon Auray, Heidi Saukkonen,

Eva Rüegg, Camila Anderlini, Hono Mori, Aina Abrahamsen, Célia Nadin,

Cayenne Westholmand Jude Lebski.

With Doug Worthington, Antoine Brunin, Akın Kılıç, Til Flender

Anne Thompson, Vitor Bovo, Marc Reusser, Anson Pai, Lorenzo Piattoli

, Norm de Grussa and Jacob Skjøth Clausen

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Don Brooks with visiting Rotarian Debbie Cash from the Bayview Claremont club.

Pres Dave Taylor presenting a cheque for Scarborough Life Saving Club to Bob Phelps

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Rotary Club of Applecross

Katelyn presents President MurrayMcKay with her NYSF certificate.

With her family

Leonie Kelly, Gerry Faulkner (honorary member),Sukhwant Singh(past member)

and David Shannon(past member and visiting Rotarian) to the meeting

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Rotary Club of Heirisson

more from the Duck Derby

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Rotary Club of Manjimup

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Rotary Club of Mundaring

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Rotary Club of North Perth

The Rotary Club of North Perth held a ShelterBox

Dinner with SRT Member and General Manager, Mike Greenslade as guest speaker.

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Rotary Club of Boulder

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

Science News

On Monday the 24th of March the Hillary's Rotary Club

will presented AshdalePrimary School with a class set of microscopes.

We are thrilled to have this wonderful resource to assist our students

with their observation and investigation skills in Science.

The Rotary Club of Hillarys provided a cheque for $500

to Marianne to assist the Stirling Women’s Refuge

in this essential Community nitiative.

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Moroccan Dinner – Ken, Malcolm, Kay, Nancy, Roger, Vince, Anne-Sophie, Dale and Carol

Moroccan Dinner - Jen, Kristen, Jason, Rajah, Jes, Liz and Kate

James, Max, Merran, Mike, Laura & Adam

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Rotary Club of Bridgetown

We are going to open our meetings (after grace) with the attached "Light up Rotary"

invocation and light the candle for the duration of each meeting

President John Awcock and PP Mike Fletcher and Rotarian Marie Perrier.

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Rotary Club of Batavia Coast

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City of Gosnells Rotaract Club

Having a blast at our 5th Sunday Social

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Rotary Club of Mosman Park

Donated Defibrillator

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

Look what Past President Wendy Perdon been up to in the Ferguson Valley!

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Rotary Club of Northam

Working hard at the markets. Bernard Park, Northam

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Rotary Club of Booragoon

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

This is the way we roll at Southern Districts. 5.30am and the crowds are here.

Bring n Buy Market at Maddington centro.

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Club Promotions

APRIL

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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Rotary Club of Mosman Park

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Deserving Waitress

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was a King

. In the King's court was a Jester.

The Jester had a real talent for puns and shared them

with the King at every opportunity.

The King, however, hated puns more than anything.

In fact, puns so annoyed the King that he issued

a proclamation banning puns from his kingdom.

Anyone caught creating or distributing puns

was to be hung immediately.

When the Jester heard his King's proclamation,

he immediately re-quested an audience.

Appearing before the King,

he begged to have the new rule revoked.

The King refused.

The following dialog ensued:

King: “Why can't you tell normal jokes like other Jesters?”

Jester: “OK, I'll try.

Name a subject.”

King: “How about the King?”

Jester: “But the King is not a subject.”

This blatant pun angered the King greatly.

He demanded that the Jester try again,

and this time be serious.

The Jester agreed, and thought long and hard before speaking.

“You know,” he said, “our Queen may be a wonder,

but Queen Mary was a Tu-dor.”

This was too much for the King and he ordered that the Jester be hung.

However, when he saw his old Jester up on the gallows

he was filled with sympathy.

“Listen,” said the King, “I'll give you one last chance.

If you can go for one more week without telling me any puns,

I'll let you live.”

The Jester agreed and was escorted down from the gallows.

When he reached the ground,

he looked back up at the swinging rope and said to the King,

“You know it’s true what they say.”

"What's that?” asked the King.

“No noose is good noose.”

The Jester was promptly hung

Firestone Pickup Truck

Having a pickup truck with Firestone tires on it is perfect

when you need to make that quick pick up and get away

. An entertaining ad from Firestone and Ad Agency Leo Burnett

about the benefit of Firestone Tires.

I love the look on the father’s face when he realizes that not only

has daughter left home but she has taken the dog with her.

Western Australia

Horizontal Waterfalls, Talbot Bay

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Polio milestone attracts media attention

The certification of the World Health Organization's Southeast Asia

region as polio-free has led to many stories in the media

highlighting Rotary's instrumental role in achieving this important milestone.

General Secretary John Hewko joined Rotary member Devin Thorpe

last week in a live Forbes.com interview to discuss how we will eradicate polio

in the three countries where it still exists:

Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan

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Promo Video

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Rotary Club of Perth

Welcome Ioan! Our newest member.

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Rotary Club of Kenwick

Congratulations to DrJames Savundra,

named as Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) for his services to Interplast.

Even Prime Minster Tony Abbott has been recognised

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Around the Clubs

Pictures from D9455 Conference

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Rotary Club of West Perth

Lisa Scaffidi, Lord Mayor of Perth City,

is now an Honorary Member of the West Perth Rotary Club.

President Steve performed the induction ceremony at our club breakfast.

Hon Member Lisa aka Lord Mayor,

also presented an amazing outline for the future of Perth City.

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Rotary Club of Fresh Water Bay

90 year old Rosemary Schaber (with PRID Ken) who attended the club walk with her daughter.
Rosemary was the very first female Rotarian admitted to Rotary membership
after the USA court ruling that females were to be admitted to Rotary.
Rosemary was a member of the RC of Lewiston, Idaho, BC

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

A bustling Bunbury Leschenault Rotary suitcase rummage at the Bunbury Show!

Nice work if you can get it Anna! Great fun at the Bunbury Show ...

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Rotary Club of East Perth

Banners exchanged with Ted A.Gaebler from RC Rancho Cordova

who visited our club on Wednesday 9^th April.

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Rotary Club of Ascot

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Rotary Club of Fresh Water Bay

Pres. Mike, PRID Ken, PP Di and Stephanie at the

Nedlands Monumental Walk which commenced and finished

at the Peace Memorial Rose Garden in Nedlands

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

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Rotary Club of Corrigin

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Rotary Club of Wanneroo

This container of Wheel Chairs was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Wanneroo.

Background

Past President Debbie Singh has been working with the Burma Children Medical Fund

and has raised funds to assist the
refurbishment of a house to support outpatients in Mae Sot Thailand .
The Rotary Club of Wanneroo donated $3000.00

to the Building fund to help this project.

Through an introduction by our Past President Graeme Smith ,

Wheel Chair for Kids received a private donation

from Beth Leece of $3000.00
to pay for the cost of the container and freight to Bangkok .

Beth also made a donation of $2000.00 to the Burma Medical Fund .
The Rotary Club of Wanneroo through Past President Debbie

has approach the Rotary Club of Bangkok South

for assist to organise
getting the container of Wheelchairs to Mae Sot.

Their member Mike Ellis Managing Director

ALLIED PICKFORDS (THAILAND),
has agreed to donate the freight to Mae Sot .

He will also arrange to get the goods cleared off the Wharf at Bangkok.
Rotary Club of Wanneroo has agreed to pay $US1600.00

for the cost of the demurrage and "folding" money

to get the goods released .
This is not what we like doing

, however on past experience goods can be held up for months

if the necessary steps aren't taken.

Father Olly Pickett and Don Kitson from Wheel Chairs

have been great support

PP Debbie Singh,Jacqui Whelan (Burma Medical Fund )
and Clive Bain attended the loading of the container.

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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts

Rotary Club of Mundaring

The Rotary Club of Mundaring held a very successful social bowls

night at the Mundaring Sporting Club on 9 April

for no other reason than ‘why not?

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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

Lawrie Walter and wife Lyn spoke about their trip

through the Northern Territory, Kimberly region

and back to home in 2013

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

In a first for our district, Rotary Club of Southern Districts & E-WA

have formally negotiated satellite club status for E-WA.

This consolidates the relationship between the two clubs

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Rotary Club of Armadale

District Chair of Interact, Ron Mildenhall of Kenwick Rotary Club,

gave an impassioned and informative talk to our club last night.

Excellent food for thought as we consider assisting

in the commencement of an Interact Club at a local high school.

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Rotary Club of Victoria Park

Annette and Arun at our Sausage sizzle raising funds

for the PCYC Time 4Kids fundraiser on Sun 6th April

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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

not sure what's happening here!!!

Club Promotions

April

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Rotary Club of Mosman Park

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May

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Down under Aussie Selfie

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Drop Bears

the Prank is on Gordon

A witch doctor kept the members of his tribe in subjugation

by means of his powerful magic

. Whenever one of the tribe’s people tried to revolt against the tyrant,

he uttered a magic incantation

and turned the person into an apple.

One night, a group of the witch doctor’s subjects sneaked into his hut,

opened his book of magic and learned the apple incantation.

When the doctor awoke

, the people recited the magic phrases

and turned him into an apple.

But the magic book warned that if the apple ever dried out

and changed significantly in weight,

it would change back to the person under the spell.

Not wishing for the doctor’s revenge,

every day the tribe’s people would place the apple

on a scale to make sure its weight remained the same.

Moral: A weigh a day keeps the doctor an apple

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The first issue was published in January 1911

as The National Rotarian.

The named changed in September 1912 after clubs

were chartered in Canada and England.

born 146 years ago

In Tamil Nadu, India, two doctors, both members of the Rotary Club of Srirangam,

discovered an alarming trend in the remote city outskirts of Trichy,

women dying of breast cancer.

Drs. K. Govindaraj and K.N. Srinivasan knew that much of the

death and suffering could be avoided,

and both were motivated by their personal experiences with the disease.

Govindaraj watched his mother die of breast cancer a decade earlier,

and helped found the Dr. K. Shantha Breast Cancer Foundation in her memory.

Srinivasan, an oncologist, witnessed unprecedented growth

in the number of younger patients coming to his clinic

with advanced stages of the disease.

According to the National Cancer Registry of India,

20 to 40 women per 100,000 are suffering from breast cancer.

And because many women lack the resources to travel to the city,

or the$50 fee for proper screening , the doctors needed a unique approach.

During a trip to South Korea, Govindaraj saw a large van outfitted

with X-ray equipment parked outside a mall,

and thought a moving doctor’s office and lab -- or “mammobus”

-- could overcome the challenges they faced.

Through a Rotary global grant, the men were able to buy

and outfit their own bus. Since April 2012 t

he Shantha Foundation’s mammobus,

supported by local Rotarians

and the Rotary Club of Rockville, Maryland, USA,

has administered 2,500 free breast cancer screenings.

Early stage cancer has been detected and treated in six women,

and thousands have been taught how to conduct regular self-exams,

an important means of early detection.

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

President John Rechichi with Sharon Hill

Sharon has transferred from a club in New South Wales

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Around the Clubs

Rotary Club of Bunbury

Our club proudly gave over $40,000 to the following recipients:

Red Cross and Crisis relief for Syria and Cyprus presented to Maria Fitzgerald.

Lisa Blakeney for assistance in a life preserving operation presented to Alan Blakeney.

Sail into Life presented to Sharon Kavanagh.

Leschenault Men's Shed presented to Laurie Seaton.

Val Lishman Health Research Foundation presented to Lal Lishman.

This is what Rotary is all about: to give to those in need.

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Rotary Club of Hillarys

Pictures from the recent

Carine Community Fair

The Rotary Club of Hillarys thank IGA Australia Carine

for their support of the Carine Community Fair

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Joint Meeting

Rotary Clubs of Heirisson Morley and Perth

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Community Health Forum

April 14th

Sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of

Applecross, Attadale

Melville and Booragoon

Past District Governor John Kevan

District Governor Elect Melodie Kevan

with Past District Governor Phil Cordery

President Murray Mckay [Rotary Club of Applecross]

Chris Richardson and others

With the Speakers

Past District Governors

Ed McKinnon Phil Cordery and John Kevan

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Rotary Club of West Perth

Food Rescue Manager Julie Broad with Rotarian Alan Briggs

after having a tour of the operations centre

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Rotary Club of Geraldton

CONGRATULATIONS to our winning Rotarians !!

2014 Australian Small Business Champion Winners
HOT Cleaning Services was named the winner in the Services category
during the Australian Small Business Champion Awards for 2014
, held on Saturday 5th April at The Westin Sydney.

Club Bowls night April 15th

The winners

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Presidents Cocktail Party

President Elect Robert De Prato and President John Rechichi

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Rotaract Club of Subiaco

Hard at work at the Rotary Team Challenge for MS on Saturday.— with Melissa Pilkington.

Carine craft fair BBQ— with Jarrad Powell.

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District 9455 Youth Exchange Students

at Rottnest Island

with Rob Thompson, Bob Phelps and other exchange students on Bob’s boat.

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Rotary Club of Scarborough

Sue Duggan, Guest Speaker Jegasothy Gnanaletchumy and Pres Dave Taylor

Des Cousins and Dave Taggart attacking a defenceless Woody!

Hugh Frost and Rod McCagh

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Ride to other Side

Ride to the Other Side

ARH Bronze pins in recognition for their great work.

Ian Furey Craig Alford and Ian Jones

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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

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Combined Rotary & Rotaract Clubs
of Mandurah & Districts

Saturday the 19th the combined Rotary & Rotaract Clubs of Mandurah & Districts

collaborated in yet another very successful Duck Race.

Serving their community.

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Club Promotions

April

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May

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June

Rotary Club of Kwinana

April 22 [1971]

Rotary Club of Dalkeith

April 24^th [1984]

Rotary Club of Karrinyup

May 1^st [1974]

Rotary Club of Belmont

May 13^th [1960]

Rotary Club of South Perth /Burswood

May 17^th [1962]

Rotary Club of Corrigin

May 18^th [1964]

Rotary Club of Osborne Park

May 26^th [1978]

Rotary Club of Hannans Kalgoorlie

May 28^th [1994]

Rotary Club of Albany Port

May 29^th [1979]

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Nico Calabria, born with one leg, has defied expectations

on the pitch and exemplifies what it means to power through

An elderly man had a massive stroke

and the family drove him to the emergency room.

After a while the ER doctor appeared wearing a long face.

“I’m afraid Grandpa is brain-dead,

but his heart is still beating.”

“Oh, Dear God,” cried his wife,

“We’ve never had a liberal Party Member in the family before!”

Spectacular Salsa - Paddy & Nico

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Something to think about

Western Australia

crossing the Pentecost River

in the El Questro Wilderness Park

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