RI President Mark Maloney has as his theme “Rotary Connects the World” and one of his major focuses with this is connecting families with Rotary. “We must foster a culture where Rotary does not compete with family, but compliments it. We should never expect our members to choose between the…
A heart-felt congratulations goes out to our member Dr Stephanie Rainey-Smith, who has been named the “2019 WA Young Tall Poppy”. This award recognises the achievements of Australia’s outstanding young scientific researchers and communicators.
At our weekly meeting of 25th September 2019, our member Dr. Elayne Ooi’s presented on her ‘Life and Times’, commencing as a child of the 70s in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Elayne went on to obtain a Government scholarship to study medicine in Adelaide. She eventually found her love to be…
Our Club is delighted to welcome Loren Pratt as a new member. Loren is a Minister of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and was a member of the Rotary Club of Tullamarine in Victoria for 7 years. He has been a friend of John and Bev Lowe of Moort Care (formerly…
The following article about Past Rotary International Director Ken Collins has just been published in the August 2019 edition of the Rotary Down Under magazine.
Our board for the 2019-20 Rotary year are: President: Jeremy Foster Vice President: PP Di Collins Secretary & Bulletin Editor: PP Di Collins Treasurer: PRID Ken Collins Club Administration Director: PRID Ken Collins (acting) Vocational & Community Service Director: Fiona Tremlett International Service Director: PP Rajah Senithirajah Youth Service Director:…
A huge congratulations to our charter President Diane Collins on receiving this year’s Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award at the Women in Rotary function at the Rotary International Convention in Hamburg. This award was established in 2017 and was first presented at a Women in Rotary event at the Atlanta Convention.…
At the recent District 9455 Conference, Past RI Director Dr Ken Collins was presented with the PolioPlus Pioneer Award. Dr Collins is one of just 16 Rotarians recognized worldwide in 2018-19. This award honors Rotarians who have given extraordinary service to the Polio Eradication Program between July 1985 and November…
This week our member Fiona Tremlett gave a thumbnail sketch of her life and times. We were also delighted to welcome back visiting Rotarian Helen Frankland from the Rotary Club of Sherwood Sunrise, who last visited us 6 or so years ago!
Niniek Toley Acciaioli was officially inducted as a member of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay at our weekly club meeting on 27th February 2019. She is starting out on the International Service Committee due to her connection to the Palu area of Sulawesi. Nini holds the Classification of Agronomy.