The Rotary International Convention is currently underway in Melbourne. Charter President Di Collins, Sheila Cheng and LAU Eng Seng are there representing our club, and feedback on Facebook from around the world is very positive. The 2024 Convention is also nearby, in Singapore, from 25 – 29 May. A special…
On May 24th 2023, Freshwater Bay Rotarian Bev Lowe, accompanied by her husband John, gave us an update on the various initiatives she has through Moort Care to help the physical and mental health of anyone in need in Western Australia. Bev told us more about the cold storage facility being…
The National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Year 12 Program is designed to give students a broader understanding of the diverse study and career options available in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and to encourage continued studies in these fields. The NYSF Year 12 Program runs two summer sessions :…
Our Singaporean members LAU Eng Seng and Sheila Cheng have generously purchased a set of 30 microscopes for the APSN Chaoyang School in Singapore. This is the same school where the Buddy Bench was installed. Sheila’s friend Carol Lim from Singapore and her nephew collected the 30 units for LAU and…
Loren Pratt’s “Midland Meals” homeless feeding service are in the beginning stages of getting a cool room put in to house all their fruit and veg. The funding to make this a reality has come from our club. The team have been busy all week levelling the ground and prepping the foundation.…
Our Singaporean member Sheila Cheng has been making roses with different materials for many years during her volunteering sessions. At this time of the year, red roses are the most popular craft item. Sheila has made some red ribbon roses (with LAU Eng Seng providing the materials) as samples for…
On 3rd May 2023, Charter President Di Collins was honoured to accept an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) from His Excellency the Governor Chris Dawson on behalf of her late husband PRID Dr. Kenneth Ernest Collins AO for “distinguished service to international humanitarian projects and to the community…
An article about our Magnifying Microscopes project appeared in the March 2023 edition (issue 1209) of the Rotary Brasil magazine. We learned about this when a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Goioerê, District 4630, Brazil, contacted CP Di Collins to ask if we could donate a set of microscopes…
At our meeting on 26th April 2023, we had presentations from two students we sponsored to attend the Santos Science Experience at Murdoch University from 13-15th December 2022. Sean Bolton and James Wrona, from Shenton College, came to our meeting along with their Science Master, Fiona Hassell, plus their mothers. Sean had attended the…
We took the opportunity to catch up socially on the public holiday on 25th April 2023, having a leisurely lunch and chance to chat at Freshwaters Cafe in Peppermint Grove.