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 2, Issue 46 17th - 23rd May 2010
Letter from the Club Manna Kids Health in Bunnings Sausage Storage at Bethesda RC Belmont’s 50th Rotary Foundation
President Eating Facility Sizzle Hospital for Club Anniversary Thought of the Week
Find out what is Come and see the Details of running a Property PRIP helps RC This week’s thought is
happening around the results of one of our sausage sizzle at Storage has been Belmont celebrate 50 about Matching
club. Matching Grant Bunnings Claremont. arranged at Bethesda. years. Grants.
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President of Rotary in ‘Show Rotary Cares’ was 32 Rotary Foundation
Letter From the 1997-98. It is seldom a club in Glen’s Theme and his Matching Grants and around
Western Australia is emphasis was to build low 800 low cost shelters to
Club President privileged to hear a Past cost shelters for people fruition to support the thrust
President address a club. who’d never had a home, of our ‘Caring’ President
Dear Fellow Rotarians, Glen is our last Australian to lived on streets, in rubbish Glen. As well as the Low
serve in this capacity and we dumps, under bridges and so Cost Shelters, Glen’s other
Members from the Rotary had to ‘coax’ him out of on. Over 4,000 were built emphasis were Poverty,
Clubs of Cambridge, Hillarys ‘retirement’ to travel to Perth worldwide in his year as Hunger, Numeracy and
and Mosman Park, together for the RC Belmont’s 50th President (they are still being Literacy.
with our own members and Anniversary, so naturally we built) and Ken, as a Rotary
guests totalled 60 to hear a couldn’t miss the opportunity Foundation Trustee, worked Those present heard a tiny
firsthand account from Past of asking him to speak at the closely with RIP Nominee amount of the personal cost
Rotary International RC Freshwater Bay. Kalyan Banerjee (from India) in time, energy and
President Glen Kinross on his and the District Governors dedication that it takes to
personal story of serving as throughout Australia to bring lead an organisation such as
Rotary. Ken and I were
privileged to closely share the
year Glen was our President
as Ken was serving as a
Rotary Foundation Trustee,
so we know only too well the
physical toll it took on him as
well as the mighty job he did,
as indeed all of our
Australian Presidents have
done, to make a significant
impact on the less fortunate
in our world. Sadly, just five
weeks after handing over as
RI President, Glen’s wife
Heather suffered a heart
attack and after surgery, a
further cardiac arrest, and
living in a coma for some
weeks, passed away in the
October, so they were never
able to look back together
and survey the journey
they’d been on and bask in
the fruits of their labour.
Thank you PRIP Glen for
gracing us with your
presence and I know
Photo: (L-R): PRIP Glen Kinross, PE Simone Carot Collins, Marcos Carot Collins
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2. N E W H O R I Z O N S
everyone gained significantly sizzle in August. We need a
from your address and those number of members to
who were not present missed express an interest before
an excellent meeting. The booking a date for this. A
world is a better place for the Saturday is the day
service you have rendered to suggested. Would
mankind. appreciate your feedback
please to PRID Ken as he
Ken and I will be leaving for will be overseas from the
overseas on 22nd May, end of the week so a date
enjoying some private travel needs to be set this Wed/
prior to attending the Rotary Thurs prior to his
International Convention in departure if we wish to
Montreal. We’ll be back just take advantage of this.
before Changeover on 1st
July.
Manna Kids
Simone will be chairing
meetings in my absence and Health in
also collecting numbers for
our Changeover Dinner. Eating Facility Photo: Charter member of RC Belmont Stan and Jean Peron with Glenys Geary
Please put the date in your
diary and invite friends and
6.00pm Wed. 19th May,
family to join with us to
welcome in our new
Maddington Primary School,
Albany Hwy, Maddington is
Knitted Toys RC Belmont’s
President and Board. the time and place for
members to take a look over
from Margaret 50th
Yours in Rotary Service, the project funded jointly by
the RC Freshwater Bay and
Brawley Anniversary
Di Collins Arden Arcade, California.
Charter President Finger food provided and Margaret has been collecting The RC Belmont received its
wine can be taken. Numbers knitted toys and is busy Charter on 13th May, 1960
making more of the beautiful and celebrated their 50th
Storage at are required so once again,
please RSVP to Ken or Di. ones she enjoys doing. Anniversary with a dinner
on Friday, 14th at Burswood.
Bethesda for A huge Thank you to
Beanies and Margaret. HE Dr Ken and Mrs Julie
Club Property Michael, PRIP Glen Kinross
scarves for Books, Books
who gave the major address,
Roh has shown us an area the Mayor of Belmont, PRID
where we are able to put a Wiluna and more
Ken and Di Collins, the DG
cabinet to house the club of D 9470 Ian and Robyn
property. A lockable storage Jones were amongst the
cabinet for the Club’s
Alan Stewart phoned to say
the children love the beanies
Books attendees.
property has been purchased, and scarves in football
with the approval of the An offer of 300 plus books One remaining Charter
colours.
Board, at a cost of $269.00 has been received, so Rajah Member, Stan Peron was
which Rob Rohrlach will pick and Jes are continuing to presented with a letter from
He has also sent a photo (a
up and take to Bethesda on collect and sort books bound RIP John Kenny
bit fuzzy) to show children in
Wednesday. Di will have all for Madurai. congratulating him on 50
the items. Alan will take
the property stored in the Well done Rajah and Jes. years Service through Rotary,
another couple of bags with
hospital before she and Ken another is to be presented to
him to Wiluna on Monday.
leave for overseas on PDG Norm Bell who is now
Sat. Again, thanks to Warren in the RC Ascot.
Rob for his valued
assistance. and PDG Ron Geary who
organised the function, being
Bunnings Rosemary a strong supporter of the
PolioPlus program also
Claremont Milner organised for the RC
Belmont to present PRIP with
a cheque for $50,000 for
Sausage Will be overseas for
several months
PolioPlus.
returning after the
Sizzle birth of a new
grandchild.
Only one member has Enjoy your travels,
indicated availability work and the new
Photo: The Children at Wiluna
to assist with a sausage little bundle of joy.
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3. N E W H O R I Z O N S
Visit to Manna Industries
‘Kids in the Kitchen’
When: Wednesday, 19th May, 2010.
Venue: Maddington Primary School, Albany
Highway, Maddington.
Time: 6:00pm
Note: This is in place of our regular meeting
RC Freshwater Bay
Changeover Dinner
The first Changeover Dinner of the Rotary Club
of Freshwater Bay.
When: Thursday, 1st July, 2010.
Venue: Nedlands Golf Club, Melvista Ave,
Nedlands 6009.
Time: 6:30pm for 7:00pm.
Cost: $45pp
Note: Please advise of any special dietary
requirements
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4. N E W H O R I Z O N S
carrying out humanitarian those living in these villages
The Rotary projects with clubs in other by helping to prevent disease
Foundation countries. and alleviate poverty.
A recent Foundation Every Rotarian, every
Week 46: This week’s Rotary Matching Grant allowed project, and every
Foundation Thought is about Rotarians in India to provide contribution makes a
Matching Grants and how 36 hand-pump wells to rural difference every year.
one project brought clean villages in Andhra Pradesh
water and hope for a better state where there is a severe
future. shortage of water.
Matching Grants assist Access to clean water will
Rotary clubs and districts in improve the quality of life for
Program for May/June
Introduction
Date Details
Date Name
19th May Vocational Visit: Manna Industries
2nd June TBA “Kids in the Kitchen’ in Maddington
26th May Club Assembly
Vote of Thanks 2nd June Colin Arthur - Treemission
Date Name
2nd June TBA
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Rotary Year 2009-10
Date Name Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
Di Collins — President
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au PO Box 168,
19th May TBA Nedlands,
Ken Collins — Vice President / Western Australia, 6909
26th May Clive Boddy Membership Director
vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Meetings
2nd June TBA membership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
Simone Carot Collins — President Elect / Queenslea Drive
Club Administration Director
Claremont
presidentelect@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
clubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Email
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9450 president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Bulletin Award for 2009/10 Rajah Senitharajah — Treasurer Phone
treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au 08 9385 0471
Fax
Daniel Forsdyke — Secretary
Bulletin Contributions secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
08 9385 0472
Website
Rob Rohrlach — Projects Director
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Toni James — PR & Marketing
event. Chartered 19 December 2008
Committee Director
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daniel.forsdyke@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
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