Rotary Club of Western Endeavour Newsletter

The Rotary Club of Western Endeavour

What are our plans for 2021?

1. Fund two international projects - one in Kenya and one in Cambodia.

2. Raise funds from the Motorplex to support cancer research and its sufferers through the Harry Perkins Research Institute.

3. Raise funds for and managed a project to provide caps, laundry and shoe bags to nurses during the COVID 19 pandemic.

4. Support the Aboriginal Reference Group with emphasis on a FASD (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders) program in Leonora.

5. Sponsor students from the Balga Senior High School to be awarded a Stan Peron Medal and $500 award.

6. The annual Western Endeavour Award with $250 prize to be awarded to year 8 student at Bob Hawke College who excels in community service.

7. Continued to sponsor an early act club at Rosalie Primary School

8. Plant trees at Quairading on National Tree Day to rehabilitate salt affected land.

9. Invite excellent speakers to our club meetings.

10. Continue to socialise and have fun.

Sorting towels to reduce Trachoma in vulnerable families

Rotary club members and family helped sort towels into bundles of five colours to help Rotary's National End Trachoma project. Towels come in five colours so that invidual family members can have their own colour to prevent cross infection through multiple use.

For enquiries about developing friendships, helping people in need, looking after the environment, and business networking, call President Elect Peter Batskos on 0418491431 for a chat.

Tony Parker, our club representative and Don Mazzucchelli from the Rotary Club of Perth commenced the R100 Baton run at the joint WA Rotary district conference 5-7 March, 2021. The relay course included baton changes over the Matagarup Bridge around Optus stadium and into the conference. The relay celebrated 100 years of Rotary in Australia.

Want to join us for an evening of lawn bowls?

Our Rotary club will have a social game of bowls on 27 April, 2021 commencing at 6.30pm. Great fun and an excellent dinner for $25. Contact Peter on 0418491431 for more details

Counting the contributions from our collection at the Motorplex

Our Rotary Club collected $1696.71 from the Motorplex on Saturday night, 09 January 2021 and $1427.35 on 27 March 2021.

This brings the amount collected since November 1990 (more than thirty years) to a total of $217,067. All collected funds go directly to fund melanoma research or support the Scott Kirkbride Melanoma Advisory Service. In 2020, the club donated $3000 support melanoma research and $4000 to the KMAS.

Lucky winner, Jessica Nesbitt opens her bottle of 1994 vintage Penfolds Grange.

The winner of the Rotary Club of Western Endeavour Penfolds 2020 annual Grange raffle shared her bottle with family and friends in February, 2021. Jessica agreed that the 1994 vintage lived up to its reputation of being a "very powerful wine concentrated with blackberry/dark chocolate/mocha flavours and rich granular tannins"

Jessica said she will definitely buy tickets in the 2021 raffle due to go on sale in August of this year.

This raffle raised $4,100 which went towards supporting a much needed water and sanitation project in Cambodia and the Aboriginal Reference Group.

The bottle of Grange was donated by a club member.

Special Days

Wed, 21 Apr - Bruce Fielding's Birthday

Thu, 22 Apr - Geoff Ross will have served our Rotary club for 19 years

Thu, 22 Apr - Laurie Dender will have served our Rotary club for 19 years

Meeting Rosters
Date	Host	Thanks & Cleanup	3 minute bio	Setup	Writer
20 Apr, 21	Harry Nesbitt		Laurie Dender	Curt McDonald	Judy Dinnison
27 Apr, 21	Harry Nesbitt	Laurie Dender		Marcus Harris	Peter Batskos
04 May, 21	Jane O'Leary	John Boxall	John Boxall	Michael Lee	Tony Parker
11 May, 21	Geoff Ross	John Boxall	John Boxall	Michael Lee	Laurie Dender
18 May, 21	Tony Parker	Laurie Dender		Rohan Nagappa	Geoff Ross

Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Western Endeavour - Issue No.: 959 Issue Date: 18 Apr, 2021

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