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.
Another Peace Pole was inaugurated during Harmony Week in 2023, this time at Freshwater Bay Primary School.
Our 8th Peace Pole Ceremony was conducted on World Harmony Day – 21st March 2023 – Harmony at Swanbourne Primary School. Pictured with the Peace Pole are Year 6 students with Charter President Di Collins.
School dropout in Uganda is alarmingly high, especially due to lack of lunch for school children and the inability of parents to provide scholastic materials and uniform despite free education provided by government. Nearly 1 in 20 school age children have never enrolled in school, and 60% of those who…
Our Rotary Club is featured in the “Rotary projects around the globe” of the March 2023 issue of the Rotary magazine.
On Friday 3rd March 2023, the Peace Pole at Quintilian School in Mt Claremont was inaugurated. Rotarians Wes Rigg and Stephanie Rainey-Smith, both members of our Youth Committee, attended on behalf of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay.