The speaker at our meeting on Wednesday 8th February 2023 was Kelsey Sewell, who spoke about her experiences at the recent Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camp. She went in knowing little about what to expect, and despite initial skepticism, was pleasantly surprised by the experience. Kelsey is pictured with Rotarian Stephanie…
In January 2023, another team of 6 medical student volunteers from Perth travelled to India for a 3 week stint at the Institute for Indian Mother & Child (IIMC). They took over suitcases of medical supplies such as blood pressure cuffs and glucose monitors, plus women’s sanitary gift packs. On a daily basis,…
Club members Sheila Cheng and LAU Eng Seng, along with their three adult children, travelled to Perth from Singapore to spend Chinese New Year with their family. They have been satellite members of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for over a year, carrying out a number of excellent projects…
PRID Dr. Ken Collins dedicated his life to making a difference to the world as an outstanding Medical Doctor who used his career and membership of Rotary International to positively touch the lives of millions of people around the world. Ken, who in 1994 was made a Member of the…
Our third annual fundraising concert was held on Australia Day at Woodbridge House. Our fabulous artists were musical director Adrian Soares, Naomi Johns, Caitlin Cassidy, Lachlan Higgins and Devon Lake. Unfortunately our MC Alessandro Pittorino was unwell on the day, however he’s keen to help out again next year. We have several active…
More PR for our Summer Gala Soiree concert that is coming up this week, this time in the Echo Newspaper on 20th January 2023. Tickets are available at https://www.trybooking.com/CDPJG
Our first guest speakers for 2023, at our meeting on January 18th, were Alex Armanios and Vaish Radhakrishnan. They spoke about our Rotary Australia World Community Service Project, the Institute for Indian Mother and Child (IIMC). This is an incredible project initiated and run by Dr. Sujit Brahmochary who worked with Mother Teresa.…
The combined Districts 9455 & 9465 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp was held last week. Our Rotary club sponsored Kelsey Sewell to attend; Kelsey is one of Rtn Stephanie Rainey-Smith’s PhD students. Rtn Ronniet Orlando attended the RYLA Dinner, and took the opportunity to have a photo taken with Kelsey. We…
Today’s issue of the Post newspaper has an article about our upcoming Summer Gala Soiree concert. Tickets are currently available at https://www.trybooking.com/CDPJG.
The rules around DGR endorsement changed last year, and from 14th December 2022 all NGOs had to be registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) to remain eligible for DGR status. Our Club Foundation, the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Charity Fund (Inc), has DGR…