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Volume 16 Issue 11 13 - 19 Sep 2023
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Inside this issue:
- What's on this week
- Weekly club meeting: PDG Jerry Pilcher
- Birthday & Anniversary Celebrations
- Report from last week
- Project Updates
- PRID Dr Ken Collins AO Award for Excellence in Rotary Service
- Ongoing Fundraisers
- Containers for Change
- Rotary Raffle
- Upcoming Events
- Government House Open Day 28th & 29th October
- This Rotary Month: Basic Education & Literacy
- 2023-24 Club Board
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What's On This Week
This week we will be meeting at Moerlina School. Our Assistant Governor, PDG Jerry Pilcher, will be visiting and will be our speaker. We hope you can join us in person! We will stream the meeting on Facebook as well.
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Happy Birthday to Paul O'Callaghan on September 13th and
Stephanie Rainey-Smith on September 15th!
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Last Week: Music for Dementia Mini Update
Our meeting on 6th September 2023 was held over Zoom. We've been averaging 7 members attending the Zoom meetings - we'd love to see those outside of Perth joining us as well!
Hamid Sohrabi gave us a brief update about the music for dementia study with 20 patients from Elderbloom nursing home plus one in Dalkeith. There has been a profound impact so far, and they are looking for funding for a 2nd research assistant.
15 of the headphones have been given out in the nursing home, and they have also been provided with a manual on how to provide personalised music.
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PRID Dr Ken Collins AO Award for Excellence in Rotary Service
Nominations are currently open for the PRID Dr Ken Collins AO Award for Excellence in Rotary Service.
Rotarians in Western Australia who have provided a significant amount of Rotary service to the community, locally and/or internationally, across at least 3 avenues of service, and have served Rotary in a leadership capacity, are encouraged to nominate.
Full details and the nomination form are available online.
Nominations close on 16th October 2023.
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Do you have news to include in the bulletin? Details of upcoming speakers, more background about new projects, photos of events and other information of interest to members and friends of the club? Please email them before Sunday to bulletin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au - verbal updates and updates via other social avenues may not be remembered / seen by the time the bulletin is prepared!
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Containers for Change Update
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As one of our main sources of income for our projects, your assistance in sourcing, collecting, and/or returning containers is greatly appreciated!
Project Coordinator PP Simone Collins can provide information / support:
- providing bags for you to fill at home (let your neighbours know you are collecting - they may be willing to help you!)
- assisting with working with the Scouts if you know a workplace / business that is willing to help
- coordinating a roster to collect from the Tee Box Cafe - if you cannot pick up on a night you had agreed to help, please let us know so someone else can collect the containers instead
So far in 2023/24, we've raised $529.30 from recycling containers.
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Enter a raffle to win a resort holiday in tropical Fiji
Win a holiday for two on the beautiful Fijian island of Taveuni, valid for 18 months after the draw, along with USD$1,000 spending money.
As well as 5 nights at Paradise Taveuni, the prize includes a bonus two nights at a 5 star hotel at Denarau Island.
Tickets are $11 each, with the next prize drawn on 17 November 2023.
The prize is fully donated and the funds raised are split:
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This is an initiative of the Rotary Club of Corrimal; we are grateful for their gift of funds from ticket sales! Thank you to all those who buy tickets. We have raised $299.32 from ticket sales so far since we started promoting it.
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Upcoming Events
Meetings are held 6:00 pm to 7:00pm
1st & 3rd Wed: Via Zoom
2nd & 4th Wed: Moerlina School - Carnaby Community Room
16 Brockway Road, Mt Claremont
If you can't join us in person, watch our meetings Live on Facebook
SEPTEMBER 2023
- Wed 13th Sep - Club Meeting at Moerlina
- Mon 18th Sep - Board Meeting
- Wed 20th Sep - Club Meeting via Zoom
- Thu 21 Sep - Canning Vale Primary Peace Pole Ceremony
- Wed 27th Sep - Club Meeting at Moerlina
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Government House Open Day - October 28th & 29th
The next Government House Open Day will be the weekend of October 28 & 29. Our club has been asked to put on a Devonshire Tea instead of a sausage sizzle, which will be indoors in the undercroft.
This will be an important fundraising activity, especially with our reduced income from recycling containers. Please keep as much of this weekend as free as you can to help. We will also need family and friends to assist!
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Did you know that 776 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate? That’s 17 percent of the world’s population! As we celebrate International Literacy Day (8 September), let’s take a look at the powerful efforts Rotary and Rotaract clubs are making to promote education and literacy, how the Rotary Action Group on Basic Education & Literacy (BELRAG) supports them in their efforts to sustainably improve literacy in communities around the world, and how you can be a part of this transformative mission.
What Rotary does to promote literacy
Globally, Rotary and Rotaract clubs and districts are engaged in a wide range of impactful projects that help students thrive around the world. They range from teacher training, development of educational materials in a collaborative model with local schools and education authorities, ensuring that preschoolers have access to books in their homes, and showing parents how to engage children in literary discussions as they read with their children. Projects focusing on literacy, technology, math, and play-based learning in early years classrooms have been developed to support our youngest learners.
Many programs focus on girls’ education, preparing them to be able to contribute financially to their families’ income, and empowering them to be leaders in their families and communities. Innovative community projects that are based on significant community needs have also been planned.
Rotarians and Rotaractors have developed projects that provide access to quality education with the goal of improving the lives of students. In turn, these projects increase the growth and stability of families and communities.
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Club Board Rotary Year 2023-24
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