Freshwater Bay Primary Peace Pole
Another Peace Pole was inaugurated during Harmony Week in 2023, this time at Freshwater Bay Primary School.
Meeting 22nd Mar: Sam the Coffee Man
Our meeting on 22nd March 2023 was an onsite Vocational Visit from Sam the Coffee Man, which worked out perfectly as our meeting room ended up not being available to be used. Sam Bridle, a friend of President Fiona Tremlett, brought his coffee van along, and educated everyone thoroughly on…
Swanbourne Primary Peace Pole
Our 8th Peace Pole Ceremony was conducted on World Harmony Day – 21st March 2023 – Harmony at Swanbourne Primary School. Pictured with the Peace Pole are Year 6 students with Charter President Di Collins.
Meeting 15th Mar – DG Visit
After multiple reschedules throughout the year, we received a visit from District Governor Ineke Oliver at our meeting on Wed 15th March. DG Ineke spoke about various of aspects of Rotary, both within our current District this year and our new District from July 1st when the two districts in Western Australia combine…
Divine Mercy School Fencing Project
School dropout in Uganda is alarmingly high, especially due to lack of lunch for school children and the inability of parents to provide scholastic materials and uniform despite free education provided by government. Nearly 1 in 20 school age children have never enrolled in school, and 60% of those who…
Microscopes in the Press
Our Rotary Club is featured in the “Rotary projects around the globe” of the March 2023 issue of the Rotary magazine.
2023 Sylvia Whitlock Award
To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March 2023, Rotary International streamed the video below featuring past winners of the Sylvia Whitlock Leadership award – including our own Charter President, Di Collins – and announced this year’s winner of the award: Chin Mei Lu of the Rotary Club of Taipei…
Meeting 8th Mar: New Colombo Plan
The speaker at last week’s meeting was our member Professor Greg Acciaioli, whose field is Anthropology and Sociology. Greg is involved with the new Colombo Plan, which aims to lift knowledge of the Indo Pacific in Australia by supporting Australian undergraduates to study and undertake internships in the region. Greg is…