Science and Engineering Challenge – President Jonas said that he would like to acknowledge the phenomenal amount of work put in by three people this year to make the Challenge happen and run so smoothly in Perth. He asked the members to thank Richard Gorham, Anita Bourke and Ann Bray, who have put in hundreds of hours of work in organising the event. The Perth event has started very strongly with much enthusiasm, and that’s just the volunteers! The students are also having fun.
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of our beloved board member, Win Jones, who left us on Friday, 24th October. Win was a pillar of the John Fawcett Foundation for nearly 30 years, serving with dedication and compassion, including five years as Chairman of the JFFA Board.
Vocational service is at the core of Rotary, embedded in its history, present and future. It calls on Rotarians to foster high ethical standards in business, recognise the value of all occupations, and dignify our occupations as an opportunity to serve our communities.
Through Vocational Service, as Rotarians, we:
Serve Others by using our unique skills to address community needs.
Empower others through training and skill development.
Inspire Others to act with integrity by following Rotary’s guiding principles.
Rotary International has established the Vocational Awards programme for Clubs who wish to honour and affirm vocational excellence and service to mankind in and through one's vocation.
In 2025, the RCD will be recognising two deserving awardees, to Paul Haddad, an Excellence in Workmanship Award and to David Bean OAM, a Vocational Excellence Award.
Vocational service is at the core of Rotary, embedded in its history, present and future. It calls on Rotarians to foster high ethical standards in business, recognise the value of all occupations, and dignify our occupations as an opportunity to serve our communities.
Through Vocational Service, as Rotarians, we:
Serve Others by using our unique skills to address community needs.
Empower others through training and skill development.
Inspire Others to act with integrity by following Rotary’s guiding principles.
Rotary International has established the Vocational Awards programme for Clubs who wish to honour and affirm vocational excellence and service to mankind in and through one's vocation.
Paul Haddad was chosen as the recipient in 2025 of an Excellence in Workmanship Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution and dedication to excellence in assisting RCD to divert surplus functional medical products to areas outside of Australia that can still make of use instead of going into scrap or landfill..
Assisi Centre in Uganda – Through the hard work of Michael Bisset, a collaboration between the Club, the Club's Charitable Trust and funds from a District Grant, a new kitchen was installed at Senya Primary School in Uganda
The Rotary Club of Dalkeith Foundation supports John Fawcett Foundation’s Sight Restoration and Blindness Prevention Project to allow their team in Bali to deliver two eye programs in the north of Bali in February 2023.
FY 2023 the Club has donated $5,000 towards the Foundation.
With the kind donation from the Rotary Club of Dalkeith we have purchased 40 new life jackets in assorted sizes for juniors learning to sail at our club.
We used a portion of the donation to fabricate a life jacket storage rack. The storage rack was fabricated by the Men's Shed of Mosman Park.
Your donation has enabled Nedlands Yacht Club to provide essential, high-quality safety equipment to junior sailors participating in our sail training programs.
We conduct sail training throughout the school holidays and each Sunday morning during the spring, summer, and autumn months.
I have attached some photos of our juniors wearing the new life jackets with their sailing instructors in the background.
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We have finalised our 3rd International book drive to the Buk Bilong Pikinini Foundation in PNG. Again our local schools have contributed thousands of books which were boxed into 103 boxes. 1000kgs in weight, around 6000 books.
Over the 3 years we have now sent more than 300 boxes which has resulted in approximately 20,000 books delivered to children all over PNG.
Special thanks to Rotarians David Miller and Anita Bourke for their efforts. We also have a fantastic transport partner in Sadleirs Global Logistics who have supported us every year in moving the books to Brisbane.
And of course the books are donated from the generous school communities of the primary schools of Dalkeith, Cottesloe, Floreat Park, Christchurch and John 23rd.
This year we we successfully received a matching District grant of $4000 for further community support to the Assisi Centre in Uganda. Together with the club contribution we transferred $8000 for 3 significant water hygiene, water storage and sanitation projects at three additional Ugandan schools. The work will improve the lives of more than 2000 more students and indirectly improve health outcomes in their broader communities.
Assisi partners with schools in rural Ugandan communities to provide free meals to students, improve learning infrastructures as well as strengthen Hygiene, Water and Sanitation facilities.
Emily Nabakooza Rotary Peace Fellow Graduate has led the delivery of all 3 projects on budget and ahead of time. Emily is operating in a very challenging environment to deliver water security at Ugandan schools and improving the lives and education outcomes for so many students. Our projects have now positively impacted the lives of nearly 5000 students!
As you can see from the photos our contribution is much appreciated!!
Ken Illet provided these photos from last Sunday's (27th Feb) MetSO Gala Concert held at the Ballroom, Governor House.
The 10 volunteers consist of 8 Club members plus Bethwyn Miller and Fiona Johnson. The volunteers were on various duties from 11 am to 6 pm, tasks involved setting up the 200 chairs in the Ballroom and packing them away, checking vaccination status and ticket collection at the gate, taking care of VIPs, managing the audience, providing safety wardens and assisting MetSO as directed.
We have finalised our 2nd International book drive to Buk Bilong Pikinini Foundation in PNG. 1100kgs in weight, around 6000 books in 91 boxes is on its way thanks to support from Sadleirs Global Logistics. Generous donations from primary schools of Dalkeith, Freshwater Bay, Cottesloe, Floreat Park, Nth Cottesloe and Christchurch.
The 5 day Perth Science and Engineering Challenge organised by our club and run by the University of Newcastle involves 1300 year 10 students, more than 650 volunteer hours and seven financial sponsors. Thanks to our financial and volunteer sponsors; Newmont, South32, UWA, Lycopodium, Regis Resources, IGO and Mt Gibson Iron. Thanks also to UWA, ECU and Curtin universities who provide volunteers; as well as Resouce Capital Funds for their volunteers.
"My Home" Australasia Limited is a facilitator for housing and land developments to accommodate disadvantaged people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
Rotary Supporting My Home – Project Update
Interest in the Rotary Supporting My Home Project continues to grow with nineteen clubs supporting the project, including three in District 9465. A big thank you goes to the seven Clubs that have made commitments to fund the project, these being Applecross, Crawley, Dalkeith, Kalamunda, Karrinyup, Matilda Bay, Osborne Park, and Subiaco. We have also received a District Grant of $5,000.
At the Annual General Meeting of JFFA held in Perth on 16 April 2021, Win Jones formally stood down as Chairman, a position he has held for eight years, and passed the baton to Vice-Chairman, David Miller. We welcome David to his new role and wish him success.
Win was presented with an etched glass plaque in appreciation of his dedicated commitment to JFF over 30 years. We are pleased that Win will stay on as a Board member as his long association with JFF and the Balinese people make his contribution very valuable.
At the meeting, some important changes to the Rules of Incorporation were approved by members, making the Rules compliant with the ACFID Code of Conduct.
David and Win are members of the Rotary Club of Dalkeith.
Anita Bourke and helpers ran a stall for the John Fawcett Foundation and the Nokor Tep Hospital at the State Conference last weekend at the Optus Stadium.
A raffle was held, prizes being donated by local businesses. All donors were acknowledged.
John Lindquist, Win Jones and Anita Bourke
John Fawcett Foundation and the Nokor Tep Hospital Fund Raiser
Our club has earned the Rotary Platinum Citation, the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve, for 2019-20. During a year that was challenging for many Rotarians around the world, our club demonstrated a commitment to achieve its goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape our future.
One of only 5 in District 9455.
Details of what is required to achieve this valued award are listed in the read more section.
Welcome to the first Digital District 9455 Changeover
Click on the images to see the message.
District Governor Graham Peden
District Governor Elect Jon Bilson
With the impact COVID-19 has had on our community, the planned District Changeover scheduled for the 27th of June at the MAAC had to be cancelled to comply with RI and Public Health restrictions. To ensure our members did not miss out on this important event, an innovative Digital Changeover concept was devised. So grab some popcorn, relax and enjoy District Changeover delivered digitally.
Our new project is a book drive for primary school children in PNG with the Buk Bilong Pikinini Foundation. A sub committee will manage the project and all members or family are encouraged to assist where possible. If you have contacts in the education sector or good quality unwanted childrens books to donate then please join in.
Our club is pleased to mentor 5 International University Students as part of The Rotary Global Citizen Award. It is a unique opportunity for overseas students to help develop lasting career connections and networks in Western Australia, participate in volunteering projects to build community involvement, increase professional and personal development, and become of the Rotary Global family. Our Mentors are Kim Smith, Peter Panek, Michael Bisset, Tim Humphrey, Leon Lorenzon.
President John hosted the clubs first weekly meeting by Zoom this evening attended by more than 30 members! John Lindquist conducted the first virtual member induction of Jason Van Straalen. Vicki Rasmussen from Charlies Foundation for Research was also our first virtual guest speaker. Learn more here:
President David Ellis said before I induct John Bolto to be our next President, I wish to thank my wife Tanya for her support provided to me during this past Rotary year; and to thank all of my fellow club members for their support and wise counsel on occasions too when they have felt it was needed.
It is pleasing to note here too that our PE John is a thoroughly well prepared and highly competent President-Elect, well versed in all Club, District and RI matters and well supported by all members of our club; and even more so by the vast array of the engineering fraternity who dominate our club membership and believe that it's time for the club's engineering driven "P-Train" to get back on the rails and help drive the club forward.
John will make an excellent President for our club in the next Rotary year!
President David then recited the Club President Induction Charge and John Bolto was given his new badges and the Presidents Chain was put on his shoulder.
I’ve made my farewell speech indeed but you have no idea how hard it was for me to put in words a year that changed completely who I am and how I see the bb world with my own eyes, the challenges faced as an exchange student in Australia were tough, exhausting but sometimes even enjoyable.
Cadu with Catherine and Richard Gorham
with fellow exchange students Axel Soborg and Jaz Hernando
For me it started at the airport in Brazil, it was the first time I was flying so far and for my first flight I had a 26 hour trip and if you think it couldn’t get worse, it did when I missed my connection in Sydney and got lost at that huge city with barely any English skills and that was just the first of many challenges.
Our club is proud to organise the annual Perth Year 10 Science and Engineering Challenge, run nationally by The University of Newcastle, Australia. Each April more than 1200 Year 10 Students from 40 schools across WA compete in this event. The Challenge inspires students to choose science subjects year 11 and 12. The event is sponsored by local corporates and universities. Learn more here: https://youtu.be/dhsd0naCgY8
My parents were born in the early 1930's into middle-class Melbourne, and their parents had sufficient means to provide private school secondary education for both of them.
My father’s parents were small retail business owners with the corner store and ultimately a couple of them.
My mother’s father was a senior manager/administrator in the Church of England, and he received an MBE from the queen for services to the church. A big deal in that era we were told when we were old enough to understand who the Queen was.
This month I have done a lot of things with friends, my host family, rotary and other exchange students!
In the last school week of the term, my class had a camp to Delémont, in the French part of Switzerland with the theme of Bilingualism. We spent a lot of time in Biel/Bienne, an officially bilingual city in west Switzerland. It was really fun to spend time with my classmates and I also learnt a lot about how it is to live in a bilingual city, and the positives and negatives of bilingualism. It was also great to be able to practise my French skills.
EVANSTON, Ill. (August 15, 2018) — Rotary today announced nearly $100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralysed hundreds of thousands of children each year.
The announcement comes as Nigeria marks two years without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, following four reported cases in 2016.
“The fact that no new cases of wild poliovirus have been detected in Nigeria points to the improved surveillance and rapid response protocols Rotary and its Initiative partners have established, particularly in insecure and inaccessible areas,” said Michael K. McGovern, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee. “While this progress is promising, it’s time to redouble our efforts so we can continue to maintain the political and financial support necessary to end polio for good.”
The Rotary Club of Dalkeith was chartered on the 24th April 1984 and the charter dinner held on 8th June that year. Our “mother” club was the Rotary Club of Nedlands. Of the 31 charter members, there are still seven current members.
The founding President was David Foulkes, and his enthusiasm and dedication to the Rotary cause were inspirational to our members.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in particular to encourage and foster:
The development of an acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarians’ occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarians’ personal, business and community life;
The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world of fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Subject: The last couple of weeks in Switzerland :)
Hello everyone!
The last couple of weeks have been very busy for me here in Switzerland! This week is my first week back at school after the summer holidays, which were five weeks long.
The concept behind the visit to Bali, was for club members to travel to the island and visit several charities and see firsthand the good work that they carry out. It was suggested that each couple would donate a total of AUD$1,500 to be split amongst the charities. The John Fawcett Foundation (“JFF”) would receive $750/couple and the balance would be divided between the Bumi Sehat Birthing centre in Ubud and Solemen in Sanur.
The 8-day visit to Bali was formally accepted by 3 club members and their respective wives. Some members offered their apologies at not being able to attend, however, they advised that they would still donate to the JFF. Unfortunately, at the last minute, 1 couple had to withdraw from the trip due to medical advice. This couple still provided their in-country donation amount plus additional spending money for distribution to the visited charities.
Our Guest Speaker 6th August 2018 -Steve Plain - World Record Breaking Mountain Climb- Project 7in4 Steve Plain broke his neck in a surfing accident at Cottesloe beach in December 2014. During this difficult period, whilst recovering, he planned his project to climb the 7 major peaks on 7 continents in under 4 months and break the world record. This was a major undertaking and had its genesis in a climb he did when he was a 15 yo boy scout and he went to base camp on Mt Everest.
SENT TO ALL DISTRICT 9455 CLUB PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES
I’m delighted to advise that a partnership has been formed between Rotary Australia, Channel 9 and the National Farmers’ Federation to help our drought-stricken farmers. A fundraising appeal was launched on Channel 9’s Today show on Thursday, 2nd August.
Rotary Club of Dalkeith President David Ellis with helpers
Note: RedCross van chockablock full with the contents from 7 trolleys of donated items plus in the background a further 12 plastic pallet containers and 1 extra trolley full of further items still to be picked up later by RedCross.
Thanks, Qantas and thanks Atlas for supplying the donated items and thanks to Rotary for coordinating their distribution and thanks to RedCross and their helpers for collecting and further distributing these items to their associated charitable groups and so to their needy recipients.
Subject: The last couple of weeks in Switzerland :)
Hello!
In the last month, I’ve been lucky enough to travel and see so many places in Europe on the Rotary Switzerland Eurotour! I went to 11 different countries in 17 days, visiting places I would never imagined I would visit.
On the Eurotour we visited so many beautiful cities, including Zürich, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest, Postojna and Venice. It was such an amazing experience and in each city, we were lucky enough to have a walking tour of the history and culture of the city. It was also really interesting to see the places that I’ve learnt about in school and to be able to really explore the city each day was amazing.
PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS ARE OUT! - GET YOUR REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS
FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF DALKEITH.
As we all know there is an ever-increasing awareness of the global problem caused by plastic waste. Plastic shopping bags are being banned and we all need to start using reusable shopping bags of some description as of 1 July 2018.
You may have already heard the news via social media or via the more traditional grapevine, but if not, I'm thrilled to announce that ShelterBox has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize! It is a great honour to be nominated and that honour is shared with all our supporters and volunteers around the world; for we are all part of the same global movement, building peace one family at a time.
Listen up, lovely supporters. We need to talk about a few things.
It seems that Cambodian based charities –particularly orphanages – have been copping a lot of criticism lately. Much of it is absolutely warranted. I’d like to take this opportunity to set a few things straight.
Rotary Club of Dalkeith members were involved as volunteers in the Science and Engineering Challenge held recently in the Silver Jubilee Pavilion at the showgrounds.
The Science and Engineering Challenge is a nationwide STEM* outreach program presented by the University of Newcastle in partnership with communities, Rotary Clubs, Universities, and sponsors.
Last summer, Ian H.S. Riseley challenged every Rotarian to plant a tree by Earth Day 2018.
On these pages, we trace Rotary’s love of trees from its founder, Paul Harris, to the trees Rotarians are planting today, including the heritage apple tree that members in Germany are cultivating. You will also read about the similarities between Rotarians and trees, President Riseley’s thoughts on the primal power of trees, and the ways we honor – and fail to honor – trees.
Ian H.S. Riseley issued a challenge last year. He wanted Rotarians to plant 1.2 million trees – one for every Rotarian in the world – between 1 July 2017, when he took office as president of Rotary International, and Earth Day, 22 April 2018. Clubs around the world have embraced that challenge, and in his travels this year, Riseley himself has often been asked to pick up a shovel.
People in central Papua New Guinea remain on edge with more than 20 powerful aftershocks rattling the region since Monday 27th February, magnitude-7.5 earthquake.
Monday's earthquake struck in the Southern Highlands province in the early hours of the morning, causing damage to buildings and landslides.
There are fears already-damaged buildings in towns like Mendi, the capital of Southern Highlands province which is home to more than 50,000 people, may not survive continuing aftershocks.
The director of PNG's National Disaster Centre, Martin Mose, said communication networks were down and that was making it hard to assess the impact of the quake.
I thought I would take this opportunity to show you a recent video taken of our Community Kitchen, especially as the outcomes we achieve have such strong and positive social and economic impacts as we now use ‘rescued food’ from local farms and fresh producers (as well as manufacturers and retailers) as core ingredients in our frozen meals.
Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school.
After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school.
For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
After serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity.
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga.
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."
The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio.
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For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."