Our board for the 2019-20 Rotary year are: President: Jeremy Foster Vice President: PP Di Collins Secretary & Bulletin Editor: PP Di Collins Treasurer: PRID Ken Collins Club Administration Director: PRID Ken Collins (acting) Vocational & Community Service Director: Fiona Tremlett International Service Director: PP Rajah Senithirajah Youth Service Director:…
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…
Interplast is a Rotary project which sends teams of volunteer plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals to provide life-changing surgery and medical training in countries across the Asia Pacific region. A pioneer of plastic and reconstructive surgery in Australia, Sir Benjamin Rank was instrumental in the establishment…
A huge congratulations to our charter President Diane Collins on receiving this year’s Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award at the Women in Rotary function at the Rotary International Convention in Hamburg. This award was established in 2017 and was first presented at a Women in Rotary event at the Atlanta Convention.…
A number of our members and family ran a sausage sizzle at the Annual Cadet Parade and Flag Raising Ceremony at Government House, organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society, on 1st June 2019. Our sincere thanks go to the Royal Commonwealth Society for their support of raising funds for our…
A very successful Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Changeover dinner to mark the change of President from Di Collins to Jeremy Foster was enjoyed by all those in attendance on Saturday, 25th May. It was held earlier than usual this year as President Di and PRID Ken Collins are heading…
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…