The Rotary Club of Western Endeavour (RCWE) donated $3000 to the WA Melanoma Advisory Service at the Harry Perkins Institute in June, 2020. | All funds for this donation were collected at the Perth Motorplex by Rotary Club of Western Endeavour members and friends. | Three of our collectors can be seen in the photograph above. The total amount collected by the RCWE and, before it, the Rotary Club of Claremont-Cottesloe now amounts to $210,067. |
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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. | |
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. |
Alyssa Whalen - A Year In Denmark After a year in Denmark (the one in Europe, not here) Alyssa Whalen returned from her Rotary Exchange experience and provided us with an informative and entertaining presentation on 13th April. See full article on Alyssa Whalen... |
Electric Vehicles - The implications of owning an EV in Part 1 of his talk and some interesting facts and developments in Part 2 Laurie Dender presented some interesting facts on the implications of owning an electric vehicle at a recent club meeting. For example, do you know how long it takes to charge a vehicle if your house has single phase or three phase wiring? Article Part 1 for details (Part 1 - Electric Vehicles...) Article Part 2 for details (Part 2 - Electric Vehicles...) |
Special Days
Thu, 20 May - Veronica Devereux's Birthday
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