2022-23 Rotary Citation
DG Ineke Oliver visited our club meeting on 16th August 2023 to present President Fiona with a 2022-23 Rotary Citation.
Microscopes for St Columba’s
The Rotary Club of Mount Lawley donated a set of 30 Magnifying Microscopes to St Columba’s School in Bayswater in the first term of 2023. The school has forwarded photos of the microscopes being used by students. The science teachers reported that the students have been busy exploring the microscopic…
2024 RYLA Applications Open
Applications for the WA Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program for 2024 are open now! RYLA is for young people aged 18 to 28 who want to: We promise, we’ll deliver all of that and more in our January 2024 program. Applications close 30 November 2023. Please contact us if…
Tee Box Social Afternoon
Our first social event for 2023/24 required a change of venue at short notice. We ended up meeting at the Tee Box Cafe for a casual afternoon tea. It was a gloriously sunny day to relax outside. Present were President Fiona, PP Simone, Ronniet, Wes, Loren (plus wife Sherrell), and…
Uganda School Fencing
We have received an update from Rotarian John Bosco Agaba in Uganda this week regarding the fencing we have funded for Divine Mercy School: All wooden poles have been put in the ground. Just waiting a little to have them firm and a barbed wire fixed. The school management committee…
Sheila visits Singapore East
Freshwater Bay Rotarian Sheila Cheng visited the monthly meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore East, District 3310m on 2nd August 2023 – their first meeting of the new Rotary year. Sheila spoke briefly about our club and projects. She also offered to bake for a Rotary event, and presented the…
Stage Piano for The Buevskies
Earlier this calendar year, we provided funding for a stage piano for The Buevskies, a group of Ukrainian and Australian performers, performing a blend of traditional and modern songs, sung in Ukrainian. The group was formed by husband and wife team, Irina Buevska-Cowell and Rob Cowell. Irina is a Ukrainian-born…
Microscopes in Brazil
In April 2023, we received an email from Gilson dos Santos Croscato, a Rotarian in the Rotary Club of Goioerê, District 4630, Brazil, who learned about our Microscopes in Schools project via an article in the March 2023 edition of Rotary Brasil. In April 2023, we received an email from…
Cuddle Bed Article
The 15th July 2023 edition of the Post Newspaper included an article on the new cuddle bed we helped fundraise for Bethesda palliative care.
Nominate for Dr Ken Collins Award
Nominations are now open for the 2023 PRID Dr Ken Collins AO CStJ CitWA Award for Excellence in Rotary Service. Please complete the online nomination form by 16th October 15th November 2023. The deadline has been extended as the notice hasn’t been published in the district newsletter in the lead…