Nominations are now open for the 2023 PRID Dr Ken Collins AO CStJ CitWA Award for Excellence in Rotary Service.
Please complete the online nomination form by 16th October 2023.
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Cuddle Bed Unveiled
Bethesda Health Care’s first Cuddle Bed, made possible thanks to generous donations in memory of PRID Ken Collins AO, was officially unveiled on Monday 3rd July 2023. The bed cost $32,000 including GST. Freshwater Bay Rotarians Di Collins and Ronniet Orlando attended the unveiling (unfortunately Simone Collins had come down…
Meeting 28th June: Cosmos Alliance
On 28th June 2023, Jason James from the Cosmos Alliance gave a wonderful presentation on the work he and his team are undertaking in countries such as Zimbabwe, Uganda and Papua New Guinea, particularly with providing training to community health workers. A health professional himself here in Perth, the work Jason…
Singapore Dumpling Festival
22nd June was the Dumpling Festival in Singapore. Our Freshwater Bay Rotarian in Singapore, Sheila Cheng, again volunteered at the Anglican Care Centre Simei, running another hands-on workshop, this time on wrapping glutinous rice into dumplings. Sheila showed a short video so that they had a visual understanding of the…
Meeting 21 Jun: Alzheimer’s Research
On 21st June 2023, Freshwater Bay Rotarian Prof Hamid Sohrabi gave a fascinating update on his Alzherimer’s research. Prof Hamid R. Sohrabi is the Director of the Centre for Healthy Ageing and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the School of Psychology, Murdoch University. He has two Honorary affiliations as Associate Professor…
District 9455 Celebration
On Saturday 17th June 2023, a dinner was held at the University Club to celebrate not just the end of the Rotary year but the end of Rotary District 9455. Four members of our club were in attendance: PP Di Collins, PP Simone Collins, President Fiona Tremlett, and Rtn Ralph…
Meeting 14th Jun: Don’t Meth With Us
On 14th June we had a surprise international guest speaker! Mario diGesu from the Rotary Club of Truth or Consequences in District 5520, New Mexico, has been travelling after attending the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne, and contacted us to attend our meeting while he was in town. With no other…
Divine Mercy School Fencing
PP John Bosco Agaba of the Rotary Club of Kabale, Uganda has sent an update on the status of this project that we have provided funding for. We have been experiencing destructive torrential rains in our area for the whole month if May. This led us to halt the fencing…