Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Western Endeavour - Issue No.: 1067 Issue Date: 14 May, 2023

June Wade, the Shelter Box area representative in Western Australia made a presentation to the club on the use of Shelter Box facilities in places of disaster. This project is supported by 46,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. 

Shelterbox is currently most active in Turkey, Syria and Ukraine. Below is a link to a video on aid being provided to Syria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkOBY0DecE.      

Also in attendance at the meeting were Isabelle Hams, co-president of Earlyact at Rosalie Primary School and Megan Kingdon, winner of the 2023 RCWE Grange raffle.

Isabelle Hams and Megan Kingdon

RCWE  helps park cars at Wanneroo Raceway

RCWE members and friends volunteered to help park more than 4,000 vehicles at the Wanneroo Raceway on the weekend of 28 April and 30 April 2023. Led by Jane O'Leary and David Fisher!

$4,500 proceeds of the event will go towards community projects.

CLUB VISITS MY HOME PROJECT 

Our Club supports the My Home dwellings in Congdon Street North Fremantle on 6 May 2023. To 

Rotary has undertaken to “make these houses into homes” by providing furniture and household items to the houses being constructed by “My Home” in a number of ways by;

• Direct fund raising by Rotary Clubs to purchase furniture and household items for the houses.  A RAWCS account is set up to assist with this.   https://directory.rawcs.com.au/7-2020-21
• Seek funds through grants to supplement the funds raised by Rotary Clubs.
• Use the Rotary network to seek equipment donations or funds from companies or private individuals.
• Use the Rotary network to have volunteers provide plants and assist in landscaping and reticulating the properties, and in other areas where practical.
• Provide support services of a professional or trade nature where appropriate
• Further avenues of assistance as they are identified