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.

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.

Electric Vehicles - The implications of owning one.

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? See the attached article for details (Electric Vehicles...)

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...

Special Days

Thu, 20 May - Veronica Devereux's Birthday

Meeting Rosters
Date	Host	Thanks & Cleanup	3 minute bio	Setup	Writer
18 May, 21	Harry Nesbitt				Marcus Harris
25 May, 21	Geoff Ross	Judy Dinnison		Barrie Heald	Geoff Ross
08 Jun, 21	Harry Nesbitt	John Boxall		Marcus Harris	Barrie Heald
15 Jun, 21	Tony Parker	Laurie Dender		Rohan Nagappa	Tony Parker
26 Jun, 21	Geoff Ross		Laurie Dender		Marcus Harris

Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Western Endeavour - Issue No.: 963 Issue Date: 16 May, 2021

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