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February 23rd was Rotary Internationals 108th Birthday
Members of the Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta End Polio Now
cycling team deliver a letter at 10 Downing Street in London
. Photo courtesy of Richard Joy.
Rotaractors and Rotarians in Egypt make the This Close gesture
during a fundraiser for polio eradication 23 February.
Photo courtesy of Paul Wilson
Rotarians and local officials gather at the lighting
of the Cathedral of Lleida, La Seu Vella, Spain.
Photo courtesy of Guillem Saez.
The Rotary E-Club of Bangalore, Karnataka, India, illuminates the iconic Town Hall
with laser lights during their 23 February celebration.
Photo courtesy of Venkat Holla.
Family members of Rotarians in England sell purple fabric crocuses
to celebrate the anniversary and raise money for polio eradication.
Photo courtesy District 1120.
Rotarians in Laguna, Santa Catarina, Brazil, hold a banner aloft
during a celebration of Rotary’s anniversary
Participants in the Rotary Club of East London’s swimming fundraiser
display the This Close gesture.
Photo courtesy of Paul Wilson.
Rotarians in District 3630 (Korea) held a fundraiser for Rotary’s anniversary.
The district raised US$18,000 for polio eradication.
Photo by Eun Ok Lee.
In 2012, the effort to end polio made historic progress.
The year ended with the fewest wild polio cases,
in the fewest places ever in history.
Fewer than 250 cases were reported
compared to 350,000 cases in 1985
when Rotary first started this mission.
The polio vaccine is reaching children in some
of the most remote regions on earth
. Nearly 430 million children were vaccinated against polio last year.
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
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Australian Rotary Health Ambassador
Lifetime Reward from Rotary:
Fred March of Trigg has received this award for
raising more than $1 million for various Health Projects
taken from the Rotary Club of Wanneroo Face Book page
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Rotary Club of Fremantle Port
Howard and Betty Shepherd with the Life Membership Certificate
for Woodman Point Recreation Camp
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Shelterbox-appoints-new-Chief-Executive.
The Board of ShelterBox is pleased to announce that Alison Wallace,
will take over as its new Chief Executive from 15 April 2013.
Alison is a New Zealander, a law & commerce graduate,
and joins ShelterBox from Amnesty International.
Alison has over fifteen years’ experience in the UK
Ride for a Reason
The Ride to the Other Side team have been feted by Rotary clubs along the way,
with Port Augusta Rotary and Port Pirie Rotary entertaining the team
and donating to the Ride causes.
They're 120k north of Adelaide on the Port Wakefield Road.
Not perfect weather, but otherwise all else is going really well.
late news ........ arrived Adelaide February 28th
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Around the Clubs
Rotary Club of Geraldton
This video of our Tanzanian group was taken by one of the young ladies
who joined us on our hot air balloon in Africa
on Jan 26, 2013 Australia Day!!
Champagne awaited us at the completion of the journey.
We were then driven to this amazing location in the bush
and served a full English Champagne breakfast on the Serengeti
(awesome).
The young lady was so taken by our Aussie Oy Oy Oy !!!
that she video’d us singing the Oz Anthem and promised to put it on U tube!!
Enjoy this as short as it may be!!!
She kept her promise and we thank her for the memories!!
Australia Day 2013 in Africa!!!!
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Rotary Club of Ascot Birthday
Visiting Rotarian
Geoff Smith from Nottingham pre-sented our club
with a banner from his Club: Church Wilne—
which meets at the Royal Oak in Ockbrook, Derbyshire.
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Rotary Club of Wanneroo
Debbie Singh the first female President of the Wanneroo Rotary Club
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Rotary Club of Applecross
A very happy and sociable Sundowner
was held at Deborah Barker's home.
The Virginia Group Study Exchange team
were able to meet and enjoy Fellowship
with Rotary Club of Applecross members and their partners.
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Rotary Club of Kenwick
Rotary Club of Rossmoyne
Joint Meeting
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Rotary Club of Canning Bridge
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Rotary Club of Northam
Another 4 schools benefit from the Microscopes to Schools program in the Wheatbelt.
Rotary Club of Northam has now provided 9 schools
Rotary Club of Northam has now provided 9 schools
with these apparatus to benefit science in schools
Gave microscopes to West Northam, Avondale, Northam
and St Joseph’s Catholic Primary Schools.
Monday night Toodyay District High, Baker’s Hill, Goomalling
and Wundowie Primary Schools enthusiastically received their sets of units.
PP Di, PRID Ken and new Rtn John Duff from the Rotary Club of Freshwatr Bay
attended a special presentation night in Northam
where the Club presented sets of Microscopes
President Lois, Shire President Steve Pollard
and Bakers Hill School Principal David Addams
School Principals and Club Members
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Rotary Club of Matilda Bay
Visit to Parliament House
The Hon. Barry House, host for the event and Honorary Rotarian, Margaret River
— at WA Parliament House.
Ken Michael, Rotarian and former State Governor.— at WA Parliament House.
Alan Briggs (RC WP Pres), Russell Whitelaw (RYE Host) Lina (RYE)
and Leonie and Phillip Skelton (DG) on steps in Parliament House
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Rotary Club of West Perth
Ethnic Night
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Picture of the Week
Past District Governor Hugh Langridge
Rotary Club of Geraldton
Cameron Christie, with his parents just prior to his presentation
to the club on his year away in Switzerland, on Rotary Youth Exchange.
Cameron talked about his year away,
and what he had gained from it,
gave an insight as to the difference in the two cultures
(Chocolate, Cheese, and Rail Networks where big in him mind).
Cameron’s parents, Mark and Karin where there to see him deliver the presentation.
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Rotary Club of Perth
Great to hear from our Exchange Students at lunch today.
Interesting to have a perspective on the experience
from both inbound and outbound.
Good job Gaelle and Phoebe,
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Rotary Club of West Perth
West Perth RYE Lina with hosts Leslie and Russell in theme
for the club's first infomral meeting of the year.
Great fun, great RYE ambassador Lina
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Rotary Club of Matilda Bay
Ken Michael introducing Rebound student Soraya Al Rashid
who spent 2012 with the Yukuhashi Rotary Club in Japan
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- The District 9455 Rotary Youth Exchangees for this year
This video was produced by the Rio Tempe Macaw club in Arizona USA
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Club Flyers
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No matter how bad you think your life was,
wake up each day and be thankful for what you have;
Because someone, somewhere is fighting just to survive...
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Mothers
A little boy wants his toy, so he walks up to his mother and says
"Mom, give me my toy."
His mother responds by saying,
"What are the magic words?"
So the little boy says the magic words
and his mom gives him his toy.
The next day, the little boy starts kindergarten.
At snack time, the little boy wants some juice,
so he walks up to his teacher and asks for a juice box.
The teacher says
"What are the magic words?"
So the little boy says the magic words.
But the teacher gets upset,
and calls the little boy's mother and asks her to come in.
When the three of them are sitting in the room together,
the teacher asks the mother;
"Have you been teaching your son sarcasm?"
"No," the mother says, "Why, what did he do?"
"Well, he asked for a juicebox," said the teacher,
"and I asked him to say the magic words,
and instead of saying please, he said
'you're thin and you're beautiful.'"
Stress Test
