Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay – Page 4 – District 9423

A fresh, young club

Our members are women and men aged in their 20s to 70s from a diverse background of nationalities.

Microscopes in Schools

Our signature project has seen more than 190,000 students discover the microscopic world with some 17,500 microscopes in 600 schools sponsored by over 100 Rotary Clubs.

Buddy benches

No child needs to feel lonely, with the buddy benches we make and donate to schools.

Supporting tomorrow's leaders

Our many youth projects include sponsoring applicants to attend a variety of Rotary-run camps and seminars, presenting awards to primary schools and much more.

Eye screening

We provide free eye screening checks for 5 and 6 year olds at primary schools throughout the Perth metropolitan areas.

Launched in 2008, we are a modern, active club of community-minded women and men aged in their 20s to 70s with a vision of world peace and the drive to make it happen.

Our Rotary Club meets weekly on a Wednesday evening for 1 hour in the metropolitan Perth suburb of Mount Claremont to plan and execute meaningful projects here in Western Australia and overseas. All our club meetings are live streamed on Facebook, to help you stay connected even if you can't physically attend.

What sets Rotary Clubs apart from other non profit organizations is our fundamental code of ethics (known as the "Four Way Test") and the fact that every cent raised for a cause goes directly to that project.

If you would like to make a difference, locally or globally, why not join us?

Microscopes in Schools

We are coordinating the distribution of magnifying microscopes to primary schools throughout Australia to help stimulate an interest in the world around us.

Dementia is a focus of our club. We have assisted the Forget-Me-Not memory cafe, launched the "Dancing With Memories" book, and support music therapy research.

We are assisting Bethesda Hospital with fundraising to purchase their first "cuddle bed" for their palliative care ward.

We collect non-perishable foodstuff, toys, knitted blankets, fans and more to donate to Moort Care to help the disadvantaged people in Perth.

Every October we present Pride of Workmanship Awards to local businesses or employees who give exceptional service.

Tax deductible donations can be made to Rotary projects which assist disadvantaged communities and humanitarian aid projects overseas.

We have received an update from Rotarian John Bosco Agaba in Uganda this week regarding the fencing we have funded for Divine Mercy School: All wooden poles have been put in the ground. Just waiting a little to have them firm and a barbed wire fixed. The school management committee…

Sheila visits Singapore East

Freshwater Bay Rotarian Sheila Cheng visited the monthly meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore East, District 3310m on 2nd August 2023 – their first meeting of the new Rotary year. Sheila spoke briefly about our club and projects. She also offered to bake for a Rotary event, and presented the…

Stage Piano for The Buevskies

Earlier this calendar year, we provided funding for a stage piano for The Buevskies, a group of Ukrainian and Australian performers, performing a blend of traditional and modern songs, sung in Ukrainian. The group was formed by husband and wife team, Irina Buevska-Cowell and Rob Cowell. Irina is a Ukrainian-born…

Microscopes in Brazil

In April 2023, we received an email from Gilson dos Santos Croscato, a Rotarian in the Rotary Club of Goioerê, District 4630, Brazil, who learned about our Microscopes in Schools project via an article in the March 2023 edition of Rotary Brasil. In April 2023, we received an email from…

Cuddle Bed Article

The 15th July 2023 edition of the Post Newspaper included an article on the new cuddle bed we helped fundraise for Bethesda palliative care.

Nominate for Dr Ken Collins Award

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 15th November 2023. The deadline has been extended as the notice hasn’t been published in the district newsletter in the lead…

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…

A fresh, young club

Microscopes in Schools

Buddy benches

Supporting tomorrow's leaders

Eye screening

Launched in 2008, we are a modern, active club of community-minded women and men aged in their 20s to 70s with a vision of world peace and the drive to make it happen.

Microscopes in Schools

Dementia

Palliative Care Cuddle Bed

Donation Drives

Pride of Workmanship

Overseas Aid Projects

Uganda School Fencing

Sheila visits Singapore East

Stage Piano for The Buevskies

Microscopes in Brazil

Cuddle Bed Article

Nominate for Dr Ken Collins Award

Cuddle Bed Unveiled

Meeting 28th June: Cosmos Alliance