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New Horizons
The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 ! District 9455! ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 3, Issue 35 28th March - 3rd April 2011
From the President Last Week’s Meeting This Week’s Meeting Fundraising Ideas of Interact Club Quote of the Month
From the Club Did you miss last Find out what is the Fermented Variety Where to from here for A piece of Rotary
President. week’s meeting? happening this week. Tasty fundraising ideas our new Interact Club. history is highlighted -
Page 1 Find out what Page 2 from around the globe! Page 2 Is it still applicable
happened Page 2 today?
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members of the district to
Letter from the share what works. Aside
from that, I think our local
President district conferences are
definitely improving in terms
Marcos and I were the only of the value of the Rotary
members from our club to information presented.
attend the recent joint
Districts 9455 & 9465 The 2012 district conference
Conference. In my opinion, it will be held in Geraldton,
was one of the better district and I sincerely urge you all to
conferences I have attended consider making the trip up
locally in some time, with to Geraldton for it. It will
keynote speakers certainly broaden your
interspersed between experience of Rotary.
presentations about Rotary
programs and projects, which Yours in Rotary,
removed the usual issue of Simone
people attending for the non-
Rotary speakers on Saturday
and not showing up for the Award Winners
Rotary content on Sunday.
– Again!
Past Rotary International
President Bill Boyd from For the 2nd year in a row, the
New Zealand was in Rotary Club of Freshwater
attendance as the RI Bay has won the Best
President's representative, Metropolitan Club Bulletin
and I think it is a shame that award, presented at the
we didn't have more District Conference!
members present to hear
Bill's speeches. I felt he did a The Rotary Club of Geraldton
wonderful job of putting the was selected as the Best
Photo: District 9455 Best Metropolitan Bulletin for 2010 - 11
importance of the work we Regional Club Bulletin, and
do as Rotarians into context, the Rotary Club of Corrigin Forsdyke, Simone Carot
particularly on an were recognised for Best Collins and Di Collins, who Last Week's
international scale. Attendance at the District each dedicate several hours
Conference. each week to pulling the Meeting
The one thing our district bulletin together.
conferences and assemblies Since this is the first year as
Jim Gould was officially
lack that I have found useful District 9455, all new More awards will be welcomed back into Rotary,
in Rotaract conferences and perpetual trophies were presented at the District as the newest member of the
international meetings is created. Changeover at the end of this Rotary Club of Freshwater
workshops which allow more Rotary Year. Bay. As a Past President with
interactivity and more Congratulations to Daniel
some 20+ years of Rotary
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2. Photo: District 9455 Best Metropolitan Bulletin for 2010 - 11
N E W H O R I Z O N S
lobbied to financially
support the final Fermented
push to eradicate
Polio as well. Variety
By Kathy Holiday
The Rotarian
This April 2011
Week's Since the grape was first
fermented, wine has been
Meeting part of social gatherings. In
ancient Athens, historians
To finish Literacy say, the typical home boasted
month, we will be more vessels for drinking
hearing from Marie wine than all other dishes
Kormandy, the combined.
District 9455 Literacy
Coordinator, who These days, Rotary clubs are
will be speaking finding many creative ways
about the local to appeal to wine lovers and
Computer-Assisted raise funds for their projects.
Literacy Solution
Photo (L-R): Jim Gould and Ken Collins (CALS) project. 1. Cheers to art
The Rotary Club of Paarl,
experience, Jim will be an CALS is: South Africa, auctions off
extremely valuable mentor, Three of the four polio • A computer-based wine, art, and jewelry each
and we thank him profusely endemic countries - Nigeria, program that September at an area
for the help he has offered in Pakistan and India - are all teaches foundation vineyard; club members in
that regard. Commonwealth countries, skills for reading top hat and tails assist with
thus it is hoped that the and /or math. the bidding. In the Bahamas,
Our speaker, Michael Governments will support • A method to give the Rotary Club of South-
Sheldrick, addressed a very Rotary’s efforts to complete individualised help East Nassau presents its
small group of members the job with Polio to children or adults Evening of Jazz, Art, and
about his involvement with eradication. The who do not read Wine every fall, and in May,
the Global Poverty Project, a Commonwealth Heads of well. the Rotary Club of Mariposa,
lobby group on global issues Government Meeting • A self-paced California, USA, serves up its
who work with organisations (CHOGM) coming up in teaching program Fine Art and Wine
such as Rotary who have Perth in October coincides that will teach, Festival on the lawn of the
global projects, such as our with World Polio Day, and assess and motivate Mariposa County
PolioPlus program. the Global Poverty Project the student. Courthouse.
plans to • A program that was
promote field-tested before 2. Vintage fests
PolioPlus for being adopted by Some fundraisers get better
100 days the Rotary every year. November
leading up to International marked the 21st Fraser Valley
CHOGM. Literacy Resource Wine Tasting Festival,
Group. organized by the Rotary Club
Polio-related of Langley Central, British
activities Columbia, Canada. Over the
p l a n n e d Interact years, the event has raised
d u r i n g more than C$700,000 for
C H O G M The next meeting of our charity. The Rotary Club of
include a prospective Interact Club is Abbotsford-Matsqui, British
m a j o r this Thursday, 7pm, at Columbia, will hold its 17th
fundraising Christchurch Grammar annual wine tasting and
dinner on School. We intend to hold silent auction in May. And
Monday 24th elections to create the club's for 21 years, the Rotary Club
October, a board, so we can then of Fortuna, California, has
concert in completed the paperwork to paired wine with art, music,
Fremantle on charter them as an official and local specialties for Art
Friday 28th club! and Wine in the Park.
October, and
a statewide 3. Brews too
Paint Your Five Some clubs like their wine
Pinky day. fest with a beer chaser. The
T h e Fundraising Rotary Club of Bonsall,
Australian California, holds its Wine,
Government Ideas of the Brews, and Blues
will be Festival every May. The
Photo: Michael Sheldrick from Global Poverty Project
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families evacuated from the (Illinois, USA) was in Tokyo
Rotarians disaster areas. District 2840 when the earthquake struck
(Gunma) shortened its on 11 March. Japanese
Respond to Japan presidents-elect training Rotarians “provided our
seminars from two days to team with unbelievable
Earthquake, half a day and donated the kindness and generosity”
remaining funds earmarked throughout the exchange,
Tsunami for the seminars to relief says team leader Bob
By Ryan Hyland and Dan Nixon efforts. And District 2680 Blackburn. He adds that they
Rotary International News (Hyogo) set up a contribution “cared for our well-being
25 March 2011 box during its district during and after the
conference, raising about earthquake,” including
Rotarians have been finding a $7,500 for recovery efforts. ensuring that the team didn’t
number of ways to help victims miss its flight home to
of the devastating earthquake 2 The Rotaract Club of Tokyo Chicago. “My wife and I
Rotary clubs of Gillette and and tsunami in Japan that killed launched the Cheer Tohoku offered the Westmont Rotary
Gillette-Energy, Wyoming, get thousands and left hundreds of project to rally the support of club [Illinois] an opportunity
into the spirit every March thousands more homeless. Rotaractors around the to match our $500
with their Wine and world, asking them to use contribution to District 2750
Microbrew Festival. In response to the disasters, The Twitter to send messages of [part of Tokyo and Pacific
Rotary Foundation established support to survivors in Islands] for disaster relief
4. Ideal pairings the Rotary Japan Disaster northeast Japan. The club is efforts, and they responded
The Rotary Club of Hood Recovery Fund , which will also using Twitter to post with an additional $4,500.
River, Oregon., USA, has support long-term recovery photos of Rotaractors holding Plus, our GSE team members
decided that wine pairs best projects in the affected areas. up short messages they’ve have pledged an additional
with pears. Next month it will More than US$500,000 has been written. "We thought we $425, for a total of $5,425.
hold its first Columbia Gorge donated since the fund opened could make use of the Rotarians always come to the
Wine and Pear Fest to on 11 March. worldwide Rotaract network aid of others in an
celebrate the bounty of local to show people in the emergency. Please help our
produce. The Rotary Club of “It is encouraging to know that stricken area that we care," friends in Japan any way that
Eugene Southtowne, Oregon, our overseas Rotary friends care says club president Ai you can.”
lets you drink like a fish at its about us,” says Yuzaburo Mogi, Takahashi.
Wine and Salmon Festival, president of the Rotary Club of 3 Former GSE team members
while the Rotary Club of Tokyo. “I am confident that the 3 The Rotary Club of Akashi, and others in District 5450
Riverbank, California, pulls people of Japan will overcome Hyogo, sent a private (Colorado, USA) are also
together a classic combo with this great disaster, and we are airplane carrying a load of mobilizing support. “We
its Riverbank Cheese and Wine hopeful that we can get over the medical supplies to the were involved with the
Exposition, featuring vintages various difficulties soon.” Rotary Club of Sukagawa, outbound and inbound teams
from more than two dozen Fukushima, which delivered to Japan’s Sendai area last
wineries as well as cheese- District governors in Japan are them to a hospital near year and have been
tasting sessions. The Steveston running a fundraising campaign Fukushima Airport. The heartbroken to learn about
Seafood and Wine Festival, to send money to the governors governor of District 2640 the tragedies experienced by
held by the Rotary club in in affected areas. Mogi says that (Wakayama and parts of their friends,” says Past
Steveston, British Columbia, Rotarians who wish to help Osaka) and six Rotarians also District Governor Mike
offers fresh oysters alongside Japan should contribute to the brought 1,000 blankets to Oldham.
specialties prepared by local Foundation's recovery fund. Rotarians in the Fukushima
restaurants. (Rotarians and non-Rotarians region. 4 Miho Fukuhara, a former
can donate online) Rotary Peace Fellow from
5. Top chefs Rotary Foundation alumni Japan, is temporarily leaving
For 12 years, the Rotary Club The first Matching Grant project respond her post as a United Nations
of Paso Robles, California, has to receive support from the fund and intergovernmental affairs
invited vintners to showcase was approved a week after the Alumni of Rotary Foundation officer at UNICEF
their culinary skills along with disaster. Clubs in districts 3350 programs are also supporting headquarters in New York
their wines at its Winemakers’ (Cambodia and Thailand) and Japan’s recovery efforts: City to join the Japan
Cookoff, raising more than US 2820 (Japan) are using a total of 1 Rotarians and friends of Committee for UNICEF for
$230,000 for scholarships in $65,650 to help provide food and Rotary in District 3330 five weeks. “I never thought
the process. The Rotary Club drinking water for 15,000 people (Thailand), an area of myself being sent to Japan
of Picton, Ontario, Canada, at an evacuation center in extensively damaged by the for emergency response
brings in top local chefs to Ibaraki. 2004 tsunami, are among work,” says Fukuhara, who
create a five-course feast for its those who have felt managed and coordinated
Wine Festival Dinner. Other responses have included: especially moved to respond. reconstruction programs in
1 Three Rotary districts in The district’s Rotary Iraq for Peace Winds Japan
Does your club hold a creative Japan are using district funds Foundation alumni earlier in her career. “It is
wine fundraiser? Share it in to help. District 2610 association worked with local really sad to see the situation,
the comments section below. (Ishikawa and Toyama) has Rotary clubs to raise $15,000 but I will do my best.”
developed an emergency in contributions.
Adapted from the April relief project to provide
edition of The Rotarian . public housing for up to 500 2 A Group Study Exchange
(GSE) team from District 6450
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Host - Introduction & Thank You Program for March/April
Date Name Date Details
30th March Wilma McBain 30th March Marie Kormandy - Computer
Assisted Literacy
6th April TBA
6th April Calum Foulner - RYLA and The
13th April Simone Carot Collins Communities Moving Forward
project
20th April Simone Carot Collins
13th April Ideas Forum 1
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Date Name Rotary Year 2010-11
Simone Carot Collins — President Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au PO Box 168,
30th March Rob Pearce
Nedlands,
Di Collins — Secretary / Vice President Western Australia, 6909
6th April Max Hipkins
secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Meetings
13th April Paddy Ramanathan vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
20th April Jenny Gill TBA — Club Administration Director Queenslea Drive
clubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Claremont
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9455 Email
Bulletin Award for 2010/11 Toni James — Treasurer
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Phone
08 9385 0471
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9450 TBA — President Elect / Projects Fax
Bulletin Award for 2009/10 Director 08 9385 0472
projects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
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