Past Rotary International Director Dr Ken Collins has been heavily involved with Rotary’s polio eradication effort since the 1980s. This short presentation by Dr Collins, available on Facebook, gives an overview of the effects of polio, and why it is important for Rotary to see the polio eradication effort through…
At our meeting on Wednesday 5th May 2021, our speakers were the ConocoPhillips Science Experience students from Newman College who had been sponsored by the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay. The students were accompanied by their Science Master Krystal Skelin and their parents. Emily Costley attended Edith Cowan University from…
To celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia, the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay planted a tree at Sir Charles Court Reserve, Nedlands, on Wednesday, 21st April, in conjunction with the City of Nedlands. The tree was planted by Rotary Club President Di Collins and Deputy Mayor Leo McManus. In…
Dancing with Memories is a book for 5-8 year olds which has been written by Sally Yule, in conjunction with Professor Ralph Martins and Maggie Beer, to introduce young people to family and people living with dementia. We have taken on distributing this book to primary schools as a club…
At our weekly meeting on 7th April, 2021 we heard from two students who we have sponsored to attend the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF). Olivia Lucano was sponsored to attend the 2021 National Youth Science Forum Dylan O’Donoghue attended the 2020 NYSF at Queensland University and returned as a…
Are you a family member of, or do you care for, someone living with Dementia? The Forget Me Not Memory Cafe have partnered with sponsors including the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay to provide free lapel pins to help identify a person who may be a little lost or wandering…
WA is again experiencing bushfire damage with a current loss of over 71 homes. The result of this will be long-term hardship for many and we seek your help in collecting funds so that we can provide the necessary support. An appeal fund, managed by Rotary Australia World Community Service…
Speakers at our first regular meeting for the year on Wednesday 20th January 2021 were our RYLA attendees Beth Redwood and Olivia Ferguson. They were full of enthusiasm about the week they spent at the camp. Yads Ellegala returned to tell yet again of his experiences from his perspective as…
Every 1-2 week we drop off drink containers for recycling, which in addition to contributing to being more sustainable earns us some funds towards our projects. We have members both north of the river and south of the river who are acting as drop off points / willing to collect…
We are so proud of our youth who represented the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp last week. Beth Redwood and Liv Ferguson were sponsored to the camp by Freshwater Bay and acted as MCs at the wrap up function Saturday 9th January.…