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…
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…
22nd April 2023 marked the end of the Ramadan fasting period of our Muslim friends. In support of the festive season, Sheila baked crunchy oatmeal cookies at a centre which is for the intellectually disabled, with LAU purchasing the ingredients. The cookies were baked without lard as respect to the Muslim…
With Bloomhouse Projects holding their official launch and fundraising soiree at the same time as our regular meeting, we cancelled our weekly meeting on 19th April 2023 to attend the Bloomhouse launch instead. Our club supports Bloomhouse Projects by sponsoring an award for 2 up and coming artists. Four of…
Our Singaporean member Sheila Cheng volunteered at a psychiatric rehabilitation centre on 23rd March 2023, where she taught the participants to make Hot Cross Buns. Sheila also baked 250 Easter cookies and distributed them to everyone in the centre, along with cards and other handmade gifts.