In collaboration with the Rotary Club Freshwater Bay, APSN Chaoyang School in Singapore along with their CEO Mr Stanley Tang, officially launched the Buddy Bench project on 23rd February 2023, on Rotary International’s 118th Anniversary. Affectionately named ‘’Let’s be friends’’ by the students, the Buddy Bench hopes to provide a…
At their meeting this week, the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Board approved the International Service Committee’s decision to contribute $1,000 towards a ShelterBox for the Turkiye/Syria earthquake. If anyone would like to donate to ShelterBox Australia to provide emergency shelter for families affected by the earthquakes, you can do…
On 25th January 2023, Freshwater Bay Rotarian Sheila Cheng conducted a three hour practical session on Mooncake Making during her visit to Perth. This year, the Mid Autumn Festival falls on 29th September but as Sheila will be Singapore then, she took the opportunity to do a hands on session…
The speaker at our meeting on Wednesday 8th February 2023 was Kelsey Sewell, who spoke about her experiences at the recent Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camp. She went in knowing little about what to expect, and despite initial skepticism, was pleasantly surprised by the experience. Kelsey is pictured with Rotarian Stephanie…
In January 2023, another team of 6 medical student volunteers from Perth travelled to India for a 3 week stint at the Institute for Indian Mother & Child (IIMC). They took over suitcases of medical supplies such as blood pressure cuffs and glucose monitors, plus women’s sanitary gift packs. On a daily basis,…
Our first guest speakers for 2023, at our meeting on January 18th, were Alex Armanios and Vaish Radhakrishnan. They spoke about our Rotary Australia World Community Service Project, the Institute for Indian Mother and Child (IIMC). This is an incredible project initiated and run by Dr. Sujit Brahmochary who worked with Mother Teresa.…
The combined Districts 9455 & 9465 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp was held last week. Our Rotary club sponsored Kelsey Sewell to attend; Kelsey is one of Rtn Stephanie Rainey-Smith’s PhD students. Rtn Ronniet Orlando attended the RYLA Dinner, and took the opportunity to have a photo taken with Kelsey. We…
The rules around DGR endorsement changed last year, and from 14th December 2022 all NGOs had to be registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) to remain eligible for DGR status. Our Club Foundation, the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Charity Fund (Inc), has DGR…
Our Singaporean members, Sheila Cheng and Lau En Seng, keep busy with local projects on behalf of our club. One of their projects has been working with Chaoyang School, where a buddy bench will be installed in February. The school has recently celebrated their 40th Anniversary. Sheila baked and donated 300 pieces…
In December, UWA medical students volunteered at the Institute for Indian Mother & Child. They are pictured here with other volunteers at an induction meeting.