Please make sure you put Wednesday 31st August in your diary to attend our club meeting, as Dr Sujit of the Institute for Indian Mother and Child will be our guest speaker while he is visiting Perth!
You can learn more about Dr Sujit in the 4 minute video below.
The Rotary International Convention is an annual event, held in a different location each year, where the Rotary family comes together to be inspired, meet like minded people from around the world, and take fresh ideas back to your club.
The next Convention will be held in Melbourne. The last time it was held in Australia was in 2014; opportunities to attend in Australia only happen every 10 years or so.
With two of our members residing in Singapore, some of our club projects are undertaken in Singapore by Sheila Cheng and LAU Eng Seng. One of those underway is to provide Chaoyang Special School with a Buddy Bench. Sheila and LAU visited the school on July 7th and were given a…
At our club meeting on July 13th, Jessie Tan gave an excellent presentation on the opportunities to volunteer at Bethesda Hospital. Volunteers are particularly sought for the palliative care rooms, which the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay has previously provided 15 oil diffusers for. Diffusing essential oils is beneficial both…
At our first meeting for the new Rotary year, PP Simone Collins took us through what Rotary International Conventions entail, and why one would consider attending. Simone has previously attended RI Conventions in Brisbane (2003) and Chicago (2005) as a Rotaractor, and Thailand (2013) and Sydney (2014) as a Rotarian.…
From 1st July 2023 the two Rotary Districts in Western Australia will be combined into one big new District: 9423. Learn about the proposed transition and give feedback via Zoom on Sunday 24 July 2022 at 4-5.30pm The Rotary Districts in Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa,…
After a lot of last minute attendance changes with covid continuing to wreak havoc, an enjoyable evening was held on Saturday 18th June 2022 at the Holiday Inn Perth City Centre. Vice President Di Collins opened the evening, with Ronniet Orlando giving the invocation and Aaron Chinyimba leading a toast…
At our last club meeting on Wednesday 8th June, Dr Prashant Bharadwaj, a researcher with the Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, gave an informative presentation on Childhood dementia – a demographic you wouldn’t expect to find this disease affecting. Prashant is working with hospitals in the eastern states and overseas on…