The Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay bulletin provides updates on club activities and events for the week of 25th-31st May 2009. Key information includes: - Funds were raised for PolioPlus through a water purifier auction and concert ticket sales. - Two new members, Jane Armstrong and Anne McAnearney, joined the club. - At the Club Assembly, options for establishing a Club Foundation were discussed. - The GSE team shared their experiences visiting various organizations in Texas.

1. New Horizons
The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 ! District 9450! ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 1, Issue 19" 25th - 31st May 2009
Funds for PolioPlus Letter from the Club Club Foundation Club Assembly GSE Adventures Rotary Foundation
Details on recent and President Presentation by PP Review of the Club The latest adventures of Thought of the Week
upcoming events. Update on club Kerry McAuliffe. Assembly held on 23rd the team in Texas. This week’s thought is
Page 2 activities from the Club Page 2 May. Page 3 about the Permanent
President. Page 3 Fund.
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and neighbouring
Presidential countries, the
certificates were
Citations presented by PRID
Ken Collins.
Sixteen of the twenty eight
Presidents in the District, along
with three Rotaract Presidents Right: Collins President
were presented with Di Collins receiving the
Presidential Citations at the Presidential Citation
Rotary Club of Perth’s meeting from PRID Ken Collins
on Friday, 22nd May, 2009.
President DK Lee was Below: D9450 Presidents
scheduled to present these receiving their
certificates himself, however, Presidential Citations
due to a back problem which from DG Sue Rowell and
prevented him from carrying PRID Ken Collins
out his planned travel to Perth
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2. N E W H O R I Z O N S
family of four children who club on our return home in wonderful venue of the
Letter from the lost their father last year and July. Government House Ballroom.
whose mother has lupus.
Club President They are in need of school
Due to the resignation of
Glenn Darlington, Secretary
Bill James, Toni’s husband,
has organised for a large sheet
uniforms and some canteen
Dear Rotarians, Daniel called for nominations of canvas to be donated to the
vouchers which the club has
for a PE for 2009-10. With no club on which he will paint
This week committee agreed to fund and Bryant
other nomination than the PolioPlus logo which the
meetings have been held. will work with the Principal
Simone Carot Collins, she has club will seek permission to
The International Service/ to help this family in these
been duly elected to that take to schools and shopping
Rotary Foundation small ways. Setting up a
position. Simone comes to centres. # Some 25 years ago
Committee is active, well Rotaract club in one of the
this position with a vast PRID Ken had shoppers
organised and has presented UWA Colleges will also be
amount of Rotary experience contribute silver coins to
a budget for the coming investigated.
to lead the club in its early cover the blue lines on the
Rotary year. Claire has
A letter has been received years. globe of the world and gold
cheques to be sent off for the
from the Coordinator of coins to fill in the two polio
Annual Programs Fund for Yours in Rotary Service,
Charitable Collections to say drops and the face of the
US$1,000 and US$500 for Di Collins
that our application for a infant. # This also raised the
PolioPlus. A Group Study
Charitable Licence will be Charter Club President awareness of the
Exchange Team application
considered at their next immunisation of children that
has been passed on to the
meeting on 9th June. At the Rotary is doing and it will
District for Andrea Williams
who is an outstanding
Club Assembly almost 1" Club Elections also alert the local community
hours was spent discussing a for the need to protect our
candidate and well known Annually, around the end of
Club Foundation. PE Kerry own children by having them
to several of us for her November or early
McAuliffe presented a immunised. # The club is
excellent work at State and December, the members of
number of options for grateful to Bill and Toni for
National level with St John the Club will elect a Board for
consideration and will now their efforts in this area.
Ambulance First Aid the following year. #
put together something that
Volunteers. I will be signing Peter will keep the club
as a Club we can look more As the Rotary Year is from
the Peace Fellow Application informed as to the details of
closely at and come to the July to June, the Board
for Rohallah Haidari on the production of West Side
best possible decision for Members elected at the end
Monday, prior to our Story that Richard is
what will be beneficial to the of 2009 will have the
departure for the UK on performing in in August.#
club long term in this area. opportunity to undertake
Tuesday and Bill Hassell will Once again, PolioPlus will
Kerry will liaise with Rajah training in the first half of
work with Rohallah to have benefit from the sale of
Senathirajah and Jan Stewart 2010, before taking office for
this into the Rotary tickets, so please put the date
in the coming weeks. We are the 2010-11 Rotary Year.
Foundation in a timely in your diary and bring along
indebted to Kerry for the
manner, well prior to the friends.# Watch this space for
time and expertise he is
deadline.
putting into assisting the RC Funds for the date of the musical!
The Projects committee has of Freshwater Bay with the
funded two students, Emma establishment of an PolioPlus Club
Court and Jessica Blades, appropriate Club
from MLC, to the RYPEN
(Rotary’s Youth Program of
Foundation. A huge thank you must go to
Peter Symons who arranged
Foundation
Toni James will chair the
Enrichment) Camp this for a donated water purifier Kerry McAuliffe, from the
meetings in my absence for
weekend at a cost of $350 for to be auctioned at a Wellness Rotary Club of Perth,
the next seven weeks. Toni,
the two. A student has been seminar at his home on attended the Club Assembly
who is our PR and Marketing
identified by Christ Church Saturday.# The water purifier on Saturday 23rd May to
Director has been in contact
Grammar for the club to put brought in $395. discuss the establishment of a
with the Post Community
forward to the District Club Foundation.
News and has a journalist Peter also organised for $8.00
Committee for the National
prepared to assist the club from the sale of tickets to Several models of how this
Youth Science Forum.
with PR in the local Rotarians, from a concert by could be done were
Manna Industries may have
community. Toni also has the Giovanni Consort on presented. These included a
to be handled by the
many exciting ideas for Friday 22nd May to also go to ‘Company Incorporated by
International Committee, the
fundraising activities. July PolioPlus. # Many thanks to Limited Guarantee’, and
proposed garden at
will be the first of these with the Rotarians who supported ‘Incorporated Association’
Graylands Hospital is still
a Christmas in July, which this either by attending the and a ‘Trust Deed’.
being investigated. Bryant
she would like each of us to concert or by donating $8.00
Stokes is working with Ken Kerry then asked the
try and organise a table of to the cause.#
Wyatt on the exciting work members what they wanted
guests to attend.
they envisage with The money from these two the Foundation to achieve -
indigenous communities. We’re delighted to have two activities will go towards such as providing donors
Five bags of knitted items new members agreed to join replenishing the funds (US with tax deductibility on their
(jumpers, blankets, scarves us. They are Jane Armstrong $500) the club has just donations to the Club.
and hats) were handed over from Graylands Hospital a contributed to PolioPlus. #
to Alan Stewart on Saturday nurse specialist and Anne Peter’s son, Richard, is a With the information
morning for the aboriginals McAnearney, a primary member of the Giovani obtained during the Club
in Wiluna. The Principal at school teacher and Elizabeth Consort and those of us who Assembly Kerry is going to
Mt Claremont Primary Bain’s sister. Both will be attended this concert enjoyed put together a proposal for
school has identified a needy officially inducted into the the beautiful music in the the Club, and present the
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3. N E W H O R I Z O N S
proposal at the next Club Friday 8th May
Assembly in July. The team all had individual
#
vocational days today. Gracie
Club Assembly and Renee visited the WJ
Ranch, Nina took some time
Thank you to Jan Stewart for at the Wellness / Fitness
making Lotterywest available Centre in town and Grace
to members for the club visited the local College.
assembly on Saturday In the afternoon I (Renee)
morning and thank you to went to LifeNet which is the
those members who braved local ambulance service in
the wintery conditions to Texarkana. I started the tour
attend the Assembly .# meeting with the HR and
Bryant Stokes has kindly Payroll managers learning all
offered to look into acquiring there was to know. I then had
a projector and screen for the the privilege of going on a
club so that it has its own flight in their helicopter. The
when speakers wish to use view was amazing. I then
PowerPoint presentations.# headed out with the shift
Currently the club borrows supervisor and got to witness
these items from wherever the EMT's and Paramedics in
they can be sourced so action. It was awesome to see
sincere thanks go to Bryant them in action (although on
for his initiative and nothing serious) I was
generosity in this area. extremely jealous of the
# hydraulic stretchers. Thanks
As previously mentions the to David for organising such
establishment of a Club an amazing day.
Foundation was extensively Saturday 9th May
discussed, with a proposal to Grassy Lake Tour
be tabled at the next Club Thank you to William for his
Assembly. wonderful hospitality and
The Club’s budget for delicous food when we
2009-10 was also discussed, visited his cabin at Grassy Above: Alan Stewart with Baby Jumpers to take to Wiluna
with some minor changes Lake. It is a natural area used
made to the International mostly for duck hunting and
Committee’s budget. It was William treated us to his
noted that the Project speciality - wild duck gumbo.
Committee’s budget will We also had fresh salmon
need to tabled shortly. steaks on the BBQ (grill), corn
bread and a fabulous
The next Club Assembly is crawfish et tu fe.
scheduled for Saturday 25th
July. The team travelled out to a
picnic area in the middle of
the lake where William
Traveling cranked up the BBQ for all
the goodies. As we chatted
Rotarians and shared a few quiet wines
we noticed the sky getting
Welcome home from darker and the wind picking
Argentina to Simone and up (again eeek!!). Another
Marcos Carot Collins and to boat arrived and announced
Judith Dowson from Sydney.# we had a tornedo warning
Jes Senathirajah is back in for the area (EEEEEKKKKK!!)
Above: Renee Wirth on the LifeNet helicopter is Texarkana, Texas, USA
Malaysia, Roh Siriwardena is so we shut all the windows
in Sri Lanka and Ken and Di and hunkered down until the Farewells are never easy and host families and trundled off
Collins are leaving for the UK worst of it passed. Needless leaving Texarkana was no to eat lunch and settle in to
on Tuesday, attending the RI to say the girls all babbled different. Today saw us move our new abodes before
Convention in Birmingham, like a bunch of excited on to the final stop on our setting out on yet another
and will be away until# 10th chooks once the fear had trip - Clarksville. We were adventure.
July. passed. Lots of laughs and picked up by our old Rotary
talk of a fatalistic end to our Friends PDG Bill Rains and
young lives were entertained Tammy Taylor from the
GSE on the wet trip back to shore. Rotary Club of Clarksville.
Tuesday 12th May The trip to Clarksville was
Adventures Look out Clarksville - here short and we were met at the
we come! Presbyterian Church by our
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4. N E W H O R I Z O N S
Bowelscan Kits The Rotary
“Rotarians of today are leaving
a legacy to the children of the
that Rotarians of today not
only make it a habit of making
We have had a number of Foundation world when we, Rotary, join
our world partners in the
an annual contribution each
and every year, but leave a
queries in regard to an article celebration of the certification percentage of their estate or a
in the West Australian on the Week 47: This week’s Rotary of the eradication of polio from one-time significant gift to The
11th of May, the article related Foundation Thought is about the world. More importantly, Rotary Foundation’s
to the Federal Government the Permanent Fund. and I do mean more Permanent Fund? This should
Screening Program. # The When reflecting on our importantly, is the fact that the be the dream, goal and reality
Bowelscan kit is not affected personal estates and the legacy Rotarians of today and of all Rotarians. We need just
and any result is correct as at we want to leave, have we t o m o r ro w have the look and see and feel and touch
the time the sample was taken.# thought about how much we opportunity to leave their own the wonderful programs and
Any queries in regard to the can afford to give away? legacy of ‘doing good in the projects we are continually
Government S c re e n i n g world’ for future educational completing that help the world
Program should be addressed Trustee Louis Piconi shares and humanitarian service know a more humane society
to 1800 118 868. these inspiring remarks: programs. Do we dare dream and a more peaceful world.”
Jeff Cairns
Guest Speaker Support
Program for May/ June
Date Details
Date Details
28th May Michael Reeves - Shelter Box
Margaret Stuart to Introduce 28th May Michael Reeves - Shelter Box
Mary Anne Wright to give Vote of
4th June Steve Weychan - Climb for a Smile
Thanks
11th June Jeffrey Williams - The 2006 Tsunami
4th June Steve Weychan - Climb for a Smile
Judith Dowson to Introduce 18th June Committee Meetings
Andrea Hayward to give Vote of
Thanks
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Date Name Rotary Year 2008-09 Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168,
Di Collins — President
28th May Andrea Hayward Nedlands,
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Western Australia, 6909
4th June Rajah Senathirajah Ken Collins — Vice President /
Membership Director Meetings
11th June Marcos Carot Collins vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Thursday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
membership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
18th June Elizabeth Bain Queenslea Drive
Rajah Senitharajah — Treasurer Claremont
25th June Simone Carot Collins treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Email
Daniel Forsdyke — Secretary president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Phone!
08 9385 0471
Bulletin Contributions Bryant Stokes — Projects Director
projects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Fax
08 9385 0472
Contributions for the weekly bulletin are Claire Forsdyke — International Director Website
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event.
Please forward articles and photos to Peter Symons — Club Administration Chartered 19 December 2008
daniel.forsdyke@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Director
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