1. New Horizons
The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909
District 9450
ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 1, Issue 4 9th - 15th February 2009
District and Message from the The Rotary Foundation Making Dreams Real Club Fundraising Contact Us
International Club President Thought of the Week Ken Collins discusses A review of this week’s Updated contact
Appointments This weeks letter from This week is about how project needs are fundraising activities. details for the Rotary
Members of the Club the Club President. District Simplified identified, by looking at Page 4 Club of Freshwater
take on roles at District Page 2 Grants. a project in India. Bay.
and International level. Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
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take along a picnic and enjoy a
Members of the Rosters for Sommerville great social/fundraising evening.
Rotary Club of Attendance Theatre at UWA Board Meeting
Freshwater Bay Officers etc. Members are supportive of the
idea put forward by Jan Stewart This month’s Board Meeting will
that she provide tickets for a
with District and Peter Symons has kindly agreed Sunday evening viewing of a film be held at the Collins' residence
on Wednesday, 25th Feb at
to assist with organising Rosters at Sommerville, which we
International for various jobs to be done in purchase at a discounted price,
5:30pm
the Club each week.
Appointments The main one being that of
Bill Hassell has taken over as 'Attendance Officers', which is
Chairman of the D. 9450 Rotary the members who man the desk
Foundation Alumni Committee each week checking of names
and Daniel Forsdyke will be and taking money for both the
working with Bill on this raffle and our drinks / nibbles.
Committee to help update the It is vital the people rostered for
Data base. this job be the first at the venue
Claire Forsdyke has joined the on the day they are rostered.
District Rotary Foundation
Group
Committee.
Study Exchange
Raffle
President Di continues her roles The raffle last week brought in
as Secretary of both the District $185.00. It was won by Bryant
Rotary Foundation Group Stokes with a second prize
Study Exchange and going to Clive Boddy. The
Scholarships Committee. winner is responsible for taking
PRID Ken Collins is the along a suitable prize for the
Chairman of the Rotary following week.
Foundation District Committee
Tickets are $5.00 each or three
and Internationally is a Zone
for $10.00. It is purely
Coordinator for the Gates Polio
voluntary as to participation in
Challenge, is a member of the
the raffle, however, it is a great
Rotary International
little source of extra funds for
Membership Committee and the Charity Account.
next year will take over as Vice
Chairman of this Committee.
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2. N E W H O R I Z O N S
District wisely said when discussing the
MESSAGE FROM THE situation with him “It will be a great
ARH - Health Research by
CLUB PRESIDENT night as it’s people who make the night”. Australians – for Australians
Please support us and bring along friends
Dear Fellow Rotarians, and family to help the Club celebrate. – in Australia!
What a great night of fun and fellowship Simone will be looking after the next two Since its establishment 28 years ago, the
thirty two of us enjoyed at our Induction meetings as Ken and I will be in Fund has committed more than $18m to
Night last Thursday evening. For those of Queensland for ten days. We know as health research in Australia. This is an
you unable to join us, you were missed many of you will be there each week to Australian Rotary Program supported by
and we look forward to your Inductions support her. Rotarians throughout the country.
over the coming weeks. Consider making a contribution to this
Yours in Rotary Service,
national institution while Mark is in
DG Sue Rowell and her partner John
town. Take the opportunity to create
Livingstone, along with PDG Sylvia Di Collins
awareness of Australian Rotary Health
Byers, the Regional Rotary International Charter President
within your community.
Membership Coordinator, PDG Bill
Benbow, who is the District Extension For further information, visit
Officer and the maker of the lectern, Cure Cancer www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au or
gavel and base for our bell which will all contact District 9500/9520 Regional
be presented to the Club at our Charter Challenge Coordinator Dick Wilson on 0412 003 110
Night, plus Sue Boyd and PP David o r e m a i l
Goldstone all joined us for our Mark Gibbens, 45, a registered nurse dickandlizwilson@internode.on.net or
Inductions. To members who helped out from Adelaide, is undertaking an Terry Carson on 0417 831 283
and contributed to the success of the endurance walk from Perth to Sydney to
night - Peter and Mandy on the desk, raise money for cancer research.
Daniel with his camera, Mara and Marija
with wines and Roh with another great
The 5300km trek will take him through
many towns where there are Rotary
The Rotary
meal, I sincerely thank you. Clubs present and any assistance that you Foundation
Four of our new members are second can offer Mark will be greatly
appreciated. Week 32: This week’s Rotary Foundation
generation Rotarians – Sue Hassell,
This is a great opportunity for your club Thought is about District Simplified
Judith Dowson, Jan Stewart and Simone
Carot Collins. Without a doubt, their & RHF to obtain publicity. The detailed Grants (DSG).
fathers who have given Rotary Service route ( Perth - Adelaide -Melbourne In Australia, Rotarians received District
before them, will be extremely proud to - Sydney) is available on his web site: Simplified Grants both small and large to
see their daughters carry on in their www.curecancerchallenge.org benefit local communities and
footsteps, Bill Hassell, Claire and Daniel Mark will be spending many a night communities abroad.
Forsdyke are all Rotary Foundation camping along the way so a meal, a One club used DSG funds to provide
Alumni, two, Simone and Marcos Carot shower and a soft bed would be most jackets displaying the Rotary Wheel to a
Collins are former Rotaractors and all appreciated if he is coming to your town! team of Blind Bowlers which they wore
these are what we label ‘the family of Mark is doing the walk solo with no proudly to the national Championships.
Rotary’. Along with a handful of former back-up vehicle and he is paying all his Other DSGs were used to establish a
Rotarians plus the valued members who own expenses.
library for foster children, repair a broken
are new to Rotary, Ken and I feel
Mark will appreciate a courtesy call from fence around a Scout Hall and provide 30
honoured to serve along side each of you
your club prior to reaching your town sets of Junior Encyclopedias to schools in
in the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay.
Mobile no: 0429 474 559 Thailand.
With such outstanding members we have
His walk commences from Princess Through the creativity and passion of
the power to Make Dreams Real as the
Margaret Hospital (Perth) at 10am numerous Rotarians, one district
Future of Rotary is in our Hands. These
Sunday 22nd February. It would be improved the lives of countless people
are the Themes of both the current and
tremendous for a good crowd to see him both within Australia and abroad.
next President of Rotary International
which we can fulfill. on his way Every Rotarian, Every Year – Hope begins
Although Mark has nominated a with us.
Due to the double booking at the RPGC,
last week Ken and I were forced to make particular Cancer Research organisation
alternative arrangements for the Club’s in each State, he will accept donations to
Charter Night. We are a little Australian Rotary Health (ARH) and the
disappointed that due to availability of money will go towards a Funding Grant
suitable venues and a budget already in for prostate cancer research. Donations
place, we have had to step down a notch can also be made direct to ARH to
on the type of venue planned for the support his walk, through the ARH
occasion. When one is given a lemon the website by placing a note in the message
only choice is to make it into lemonade so area: www.australianrotaryhealth.org.au
this we will do with the help of Marija Donations are tax deductible and
and Mara who will convert the ‘barn’ into contributions given by your Club will be
a more upscale venue. The positives are credited by the Fund in your name.
the magnificent view on the banks of our
lovely river, central location and ease of
parking and as another Rotarian in the
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3. N E W H O R I Z O N S
DG Sue Rowell with members of RC Freshwater Bay that have sponsored new Rotarians. Toni, Mara and Marija were also Inducted on the same night.
requires equipment for a Senior Citizens
Club Emails Making Dreams Real Centre and as usual they have not asked for
As part of the club website Simone has set more than they themselves are prepared to
up emails for positions within the club, as Through Matching put in.
well as for each member. To me this is true Rotary as we fulfill the
The position email addresses are:
Grants fourth part of the Object of Rotary “The
advancement of international
president@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au In December 1997 Di and I made the first of understanding, goodwill and peace through
presidentelect@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au our many trips to India and on about the a worldwide fellowship of business and
vicepresident@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au fourth day met a wonderful young Rotarian professional people united in the ideal of
(Mayur Vyas) who was in charge of the service.”
secretary@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
treasurer@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au club’s feeding program. They lived in Anand PRID Ken Collins
a village of 100,000 inhabitants where the
clubadmin@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
average family income was $3 per week.
projects@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Children were malnourished, going blind Rotary's Birthday
foundation@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
from Vitamin A deficiency or dying from
membership@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au starvation. The nearby Amul Dairy Rotary will be 104 years old on 23rd
publicrelations@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au produced a special food that looked like February 'World Understanding and Peace
finance@ rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au cheezels, 50 grams of which provided a child Day' in the Rotary Calendar.
with his/her daily protein and vitamin
All members can now also be contacted via: requirement.
firstname.lastname@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org
Realizing that feeding the children was not
Rotary International
.au with 2 exceptions. These are Brother
James and Bill & Sue Hassell
enough the club established 26 feeding
centres in which the children received three Convention 2009
All members can now email the whole club hours of schooling before they were given
by sending an email to: their special food. The 2009 Rotary International Convention is
wholeclub@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au being held in Birmingham, England between
On questioning this young Rotarian on how
21st and 24th June.
If anyone has not received an email the project, which was costing the club
notification about their new email address or $525.00 per week, was funded he replied: “A “By participating in an RI Convention, you’ll
about the club email list, please contact few of us chip in”. Further questioning gain a broader appreciation of Rotary’s
Simone. revealed that he in fact was giving half of his global impact and strengthen your
income every week to his Rotary Club. commitment to service. And seeing a
A very strong bond developed between us convention may move your invited guests to
RC Freshwater Bay of and since then we have worked together on become Rotarians too.”
several projects, where each of our clubs (or
Facebook individual Rotarians) has made
contribution which was “matched” by The
a
The club now has a presence on the social Rotary Foundation.
networking site Facebook. If you would like Every time I have been careful to ensure that
to take part in this online presence you can I responded to a need identified by the local
join the Facebook group at: http:// Rotarians, not to try to thrust upon them
w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / g r o u p . p h p ? something I felt they should have.
gid=47737002646
Last Christmas we received a letter full of
If you are not of Facebook yet, it is free to love and Christmas greetings from this
join at www.facebook.com lovely Hindu family and with it came
another request for help. A nearby club
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4. N e w H o r i z o n s
New Rotarian Bryant Stokes with Rotarian Sylvia Byers New Rotarian Mara Bosanovic with Rotarian Bill Hassell
Birthday’s & Anniversaries Program for February
Date Details Date Details
11th February Alan Stewart birthday 12th February Mara Basanovic and Marija Jelavic
Note: 6:00pm for 6:15pm start
13th February Ken & Di Collins anniversary
19th February Committee Meetings
17th February Marcos & Simone Carot Collins
anniversary 26th February Club Assembly (Committee Reports)
Club Fundraising Board Club Details
from Induction Night Rotary Year 2008-09 Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
PO Box 168,
Di Collins — President
Thank’s to Roh's kind generosity of Nedlands,
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
donating back $20 from each meal an the Western Australia, 6909
Induction Night, and the donation of wines Ken Collins — Vice President /
by Mara and Marija, the Club has added a Membership Director Meetings
further $580 to the Charity account. vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Thursday 6:00pm to 7:00pm
membership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
This week’s raffle, won by Bryant Stokes (1st Simone Carot Collins — President Elect Queenslea Drive
Prize) and Clive Boddy (2nd Prize), also presidentelect@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Claremont
brought in another $185 for the Charity clubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
account. Email
Rajah Senitharajah — Treasurer
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Phone
Daniel Forsdyke — Secretary
Bulletin Contributions secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
08 93850471
Fax
Bryant Stokes — Projects Director 08 93850472
Contributions for the weekly bulletin are
sought from members of the club. projects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Claire Forsdyke — International Director Website
Why not use the bulletin to update the club www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
foundation@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
on the projects your committee is working
on or promote the clubs next fundraising Glenn Darlington — President Nominee / Facebook
event. Public Relations Director http://www.facebook.com/group.php?
publicrelations@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au gid=47737002646
Please forward articles and photos to
Peter Symons — Finance Director
daniel.forsdyke@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Chartered 19 December 2008
finance@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
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