A heart-felt congratulations goes out to our member Dr Stephanie Rainey-Smith, who has been named the “2019 WA Young Tall Poppy”. This award recognises the achievements of Australia’s outstanding young scientific researchers and communicators.
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,…
At our weekly meeting of 25th September 2019, our member Dr. Elayne Ooi’s presented on her ‘Life and Times’, commencing as a child of the 70s in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Elayne went on to obtain a Government scholarship to study medicine in Adelaide. She eventually found her love to be…
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…
At our meeting of 17th September 2019, our member Past Rotary International Director (PRID) Ken Collins spoke briefly about his work as a medical doctor and Rotary Volunteer in the Refugee Camps of Hong Kong (1983) and Papua New Guinea (1986). A Rotarian for 52 years, PRID Ken has had…
Our Club is delighted to welcome Loren Pratt as a new member. Loren is a Minister of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and was a member of the Rotary Club of Tullamarine in Victoria for 7 years. He has been a friend of John and Bev Lowe of Moort Care (formerly…
Please join us for a special advanced screening of “Ride Like a Girl”, to raise funds for Rotary’s polio eradication program.
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.