Meeting 18th Oct: Pride of Workmanship

Our club meeting for Wednesday 18th October 2023 at Moerlina School featured our 2023 Pride of Workmanship Awards. Before presenting the awards, award winners Rob Cowell and Irina Bruevska provided some musical entertainment, along with Father Ihor and Sophia Holovka. Irina performed on the stage piano that we funded for…

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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…

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District 9455 Celebration

On Saturday 17th June 2023, a dinner was held at the University Club to celebrate not just the end of the Rotary year but the end of Rotary District 9455. Four members of our club were in attendance: PP Di Collins, PP Simone Collins, President Fiona Tremlett, and Rtn Ralph…

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Order of Australia Investiture

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…

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2023 Sylvia Whitlock Award

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March 2023, Rotary International streamed the video below featuring past winners of the Sylvia Whitlock Leadership award – including our own Charter President, Di Collins – and announced this year’s winner of the award: Chin Mei Lu of the Rotary Club of Taipei…

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Australia Day Honours

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…

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Excellence in Service: Gordon Hudson

The inaugural recipient of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay’s PRID Dr Ken Collins AM CStJ CitWA Award for Excellence in Rotary Service was recognised at our Christmas / Club Birthday dinner on 17th December 2022, since the event always falls within a few days of PRID Ken’s birthday on…

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