The much needed clinic for Val Orr-Smith’s work with burns victims in the Phillipines is underway and she is over the moon to know that the Goodeve Foundation through Honorary Member Tony Munday, has donated A$10,000 plus a member of her Church in Queensland has recently donated a further $10,000.…
Our Club is sponsoring 5 students to attend the ConocoPhillips Science Experience this summer – 4 from Newman College and one from Perth Modern. Attending the 3 day program at UWA from 14-16 January 2020 are: Joshua Downes Jacob Innantuon Jackson Kallawk Zack Loong Elissa Campbell will be attending the…
District interviews for the 2020 National Youth Science Forum were held on Saturday, 3rd August 2019, during which 52 hopeful students vying for spots at the 3 sessions in Canberra and Brisbane. Our club endorsed 5 students, of which 3 were selected. Congratulations to: Lorian Marshall, John XXIII College (Session A,…
We have received a Rotary Foundation District Grant for $3,000 to purchase items for the Ma Sevana residential care facility for teen mothers and babies in Sri Lanka. The girls residing at Ma Sevana, who are as young as 12 years of age, are victims of sexual abuse and have…
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.
The Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay is proud to sponsor 3 of the prizes for the 2019 Western Australia Music Teachers’ Association (WAMTA) Recital & Concerto Competition. The competition will be held nearby at Zenith Music in Claremont in September. Encouraging the younger generation to be the best they can…
Our club sponsored two young ladies – Shayani Galhenage and Rotary Exchange Student from Brazil, Giovana Luperico Leal – to attend this year’s Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) camp held on 17-19 May 2019. We are looking forward to hearing from them at an upcoming meeting. RYPEN was truly…
Our member Lahiru Mudunkotuwa visited his home country of Sri Lanka on 6-12th May on a Rotary Foundation District Grant to conduct a feasibility study to ascertain whether a Vocational Training Team of people trained in first aid and rescue in disasters would benefit the country. His presentation, as can…
This week the Science Master from Newman College, Krystal Skelin, accompanied the three students that our Rotary Club had sponsored to attend the 3 day ConocoPhillips Science Experience at UWA to tell us about their experiences.
After a number of years of organisation, a desperately needed bus for the orphans at Sunshine House in Cambodia has finally become a reality.