1. New Horizons
The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909
District 9450
ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 1, Issue 6 23rd February - 1st March 2009
Summer Blood Ambassadorial and Bush Fires Fund The Rotary Foundation Dramatic Message on Rotary in the Media
Challenge Extended World Peace Raiser Thought of the Week Opera House Sails Article on the Rotary
In order to assist with Scholarships 2010 - Request for assistance This week is about End Polio Now. WA Cord Blood Bank.
the Victorian bush 2011 from the Rotary Club District Designated Page 3 Page 4
fires, the Summer Call for applications. of Fremantle. Funds and PolioPlus
Blood Challenge has Page 2 Page 2 Partners Program.
been extended. Page 3
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appointments may be booked up
Summer Blood right now, your donation will be
just as valuable over the coming
Challenge has weeks and months.
Support your team and your
been Extended country by booking your group
As you can imagine, the in today - don’t forget to bring
Australian Red Cross Blood your attendance form. Due to the
Service has been inundated with high number of calls to our 13 14
offers from the public to help 95 number, you may like to
with donations to assist the directly contact one of our donor
Victorian Bushfire victims. A c e n t r e s - s e e
heartfelt thanks to all. www.donateblood.com.au for
details.
Given the significant level of
response received, many of our The Australian Red Cross Blood
centres are fully booked until the Service would like to extend a
end of February. However, special thank you to the group of
please note that we still do Police who travelled from the
require your donations, to help CBD to Rockingham Donor
those in need – which is why we Centre on Thursday, to donate in
have extended the challenge. This aid of the burns victims. It is
will allow for all those who people like these, who go out of
contacted the ARCBS during the their way to help those in need
week to donate as part of the that makes us proud to be
challenge. Australian. If your preferred
time is booked, why not consider
Burn victims can require a range
donating at an alternative donor
of blood products over an
centre. Let's all work together to
extended period of time. So it is
help the survivors of the
vital that we keep the blood
Victorian bushfires.
supply flowing. Whilst many
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2. N E W H O R I Z O N S
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
AMBASSADORIAL and WORLD PEACE
SCHOLARSHIPS 2010-2011
Applications are now invited for an Ambassadorial Scholarship offered by the Rotary Foundation and Western
Australian Rotary District 9450 for 2010-2011 to promote world peace and understanding. The successful
candidate may choose a University in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere commencing in September or
February 2010 respectively.
Ambassadorial Scholarship offers a student to undertake one academic year of studies abroad at a University of
their choice. Applicants must have successfully completed at least two years of study at tertiary level or at least
two years employment in a recognized vocation.
World Peace Scholarships offers individuals committed to peace and cooperation the opportunity to pursue a
one to two year master’s level degree in international peace and conflict resolution studies at one of six Rotary
centers worldwide. Candidates should have an undergraduate degree and work experience in relevant fields and
are chosen on their potential to have a positive impact on world peace and conflict resolution during their future
careers.
Short Term Conflict Resolution Scholarships provide professionals from various industries with conflict
resolution tools through study in a 3 month certificate course at the Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict studies
at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years careers in relevant fields.
Application forms and information are available on the Rotary Website www.rotary.org – http://www.rotary.org/en/
AboutUs/TheRotaryFoundation/Programs/Pages/ridefault.aspx for people who work, reside or study in Rotary
District 9450, which is the area north-west of the Swan River from the southern boundary of the Town of Mosman
Park on a straight line that intersects the western boundary of the City of Bassendean, then northerly on this
boundary until it intersects with the Great Northern Highway and due east to the WA border and the remaining
northern area of the state.
Applicants must be interviewed by a Rotary Club within the District by 1 June 2009. We can assist you in
introducing you to such a Club if required. Final awards by Rotary International will be made around Oct/Nov
2009.
Contact: Dr Jaap Poll
Chair – Rotary District 9450 Scholarships Committee
Email: poll@ottoenergy.com
Mob: 0419 859 472
Applications close with Rotary Clubs within District 9450 on 1 June 2009
people to run on the day, beyond our
Bush Fires club. So this call is for: Bush Fire Disaster
- Volunteers on the day
Fundraiser - BBQ facilities Response
The Fremantle City Council are There will also be the need to manage A Rotary District 9450 Bushfire Disaster
organising a Bush Fires fund raiser in cash/ticket sales/donations in a secure Response account has been set up and
The Esplanade Park, Fremantle on environment. There will be a Police can be accessed by making a cheque to:
Sunday 1st March (long weekend & 10 presence & armoured car cash collection.
days away). It would be helpful if you could respond. Payee: “Rotary International 9450
Our club, Fremantle City, have been Email: rotary@tack.net.au District”
asked to provide a BBQ facility between
Note on cheque: “Bushfire Disaster
Stating:
9am & 1pm on the day that may need to Response”
- Equipment with which you may be able
cook for 5,000 or so people expected in to assist
that area on the morning. All food for the Please ask your Club Treasurer to collect
- No. of people available to assist on the
event is being donated & managed by the total amount from your club and
day
Dorsogna and associated businesses. send just one cheque to Graham Spilcker,
- Any other assistance
District 9450 Treasurer, or Donate Online
We have advised that Rotary will be able - Contact details of key people/
at: D9450 Bush Fire Disaster Response
to assist in this way – but it is a major volunteers
task that will probably require 30 or so
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3. N E W H O R I Z O N S
Birthday’s & Anniversaries Program for February/March
Date Details Date Details
28th February Bill & Sue Hassell anniversary 26th February Club Assembly (Committee Reports)
1st March Rajah Senathirajah birthday 5th March Charter Dinner @ Burswood On
Swan
our partners in this historic effort to rid the grants totalling US$355 million, which
Dramatic Message on world of polio once and for all.” Rotary has pledged to match with an
additional US$200 million, with all of the
Opera House Sails: Since 1988, Rotary has been in partnership resulting US$555 million earmarked for polio
with the World Health Organisation, the US
End Polio Now – Centres for Disease Control and Prevention,
eradication. Rotary has also played a major
role in convincing donor governments to
Thanks Rotary and UNICEF – along with other
humanitarian organisations and national
contribute over US$4 billion to the effort.
One of the world’s oldest and most governments - to achieve this lofty goal. It Rotary International Public Relations General
influential humanitarian service will be only the second time in history that a Coordinator Bob Aitken said the “light
organisations, Rotary International, will major disease has been eradicated from the show” on the sails of the Sydney Opera
celebrate its 104th birthday next Monday, world’s population – smallpox being the first. House will commence at around 8.30 pm on
February 23, by beaming the words “END Monday night and continue into the early
POLIO NOW – THANKS ROTARY” on Dr Margaret Chan, CEO of WHO went public hours of Tuesday morning.
the sails of Australia’s famous icon, the last June to express her admiration and
Sydney Opera House. support for the Rotary International He said Rotary International is very grateful
organisation and its 1.2 million members who for the cooperation of the CEO and staff of
On the same night, a similar message will to date have raised more than US$800 million the Sydney Opera House for making this
be beamed on other well known world and contributed countless volunteer hours to public awareness exercise possible.
buildings such as the British Houses of protect more than two billion children in 122
Parliament in London, UK, and the countries from the threat of polio. “Similarly, the venue manager of Wharf 8
United Nations Building in New York, and Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal
USA, to highlight the pending She pledged the entire resources of WHO to have been very helpful in making a secure
culmination of Rotary’s twenty year assist Rotary and other partners to complete venue available for the technical beaming of
crusade to rid the world of the crippling the historic mission. the message by innovative Sydney based
childhood disease, Poliomyelitis . company The Electric Canvas”, he said.
When Rotary launched its Polio eradication
“By illuminating these historic landmarks program, there were more than 350,000 severe Bob Aitken urged members of the public
with our pledge to end polio, Rotary cases of the disease worldwide each year. In wanting to financially support Rotary’s final
clubs are announcing to the world that the year ended June 30, 2008, there were eradication of Polio to contact the Rotary
we will not stop until the goal is fewer than 2,000 cases contained in just four club in their suburb or town. For more
achieved,” said Jonathan Majiyagbe, chair countries. information, visit www.rotary.org or contact
of The Rotary Foundation, which Rotary International in Australia on 02 9635
overseas Rotary’s polio eradication Such has been the success of the campaign 3537. Australian Rotary club contacts can be
program. “We hope people everywhere that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of found at www.rotarydownunder.com.au and
will see these words – either in person or Microsoft fame has also thrown its click on “clubs and districts”.
through the media – and join with us and considerable resources behind the program,
recently awarding Rotary two challenge
continue to pioneer or be left in the rear of said - we must all strive to be PIONEERS on
The Rotary progress.” the long road to PEACE.
Foundation Over 60 years later, Paul Harris’ words are
Week 34: This week’s Rotary Foundation just as meaningful. There are still so many
Thought is an inspiring quote from Paul new things to achieve and promises to keep.
Harris that can be assimilated to the If every district allocates 10% of its available
District Designated Funds (DDF) this year to
challenge to eradicate Polio worldwide:
the PolioPlus Partners Program, we can reach
“I like to think that the pioneering days of
the $5 million goal needed to fund National
Rotary have just begun. What’s 40 years
Immunization Days in India, Pakistan,
in the life of a great Movement? There are
Afghanistan and Nigeria and fulfill our
just as many new things to be done as
commitment. Remember what Paul Harris
ever there were. Rotary must simply
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4. N e w H o r i z o n s
Rotary in the Media
This allows blood from the placenta and “In Australia, umbilical cord blood is
Cord blood bank a cord, which would otherwise be stored in the public registry but there are
discarded, to be used in transplants about 1100 people still searching for a
new lifeline instead of bone marrow, with the added match and it tends to be people with rare
advantages that it is easy and cheap to tissue types and that’s where we think
WA is a step closer to its first public cord collect, more likely to be a match and can we’re going to be able to assist,” she said.
blood bank, which doctors say could be stored frozen and ready.
provide life-saving stemcells for people “We’re also watching carefully what’s
with leukaemia, other cancers and Unlike private cord blood banks, which happening with new cord blood therapies
genetic blood diseases. charge thousands of dollars to store blood because the advantage of having these
for the exclusive use of those babies later, public registries is that some of these
The design stage of the Rotary WA Cord the Rotary bank will be free to patients treatments can be applied to cord blood
Blood Bank will be launched this week so who need transplants and it is expected that is unrelated to the recipient, whereas
construction can start within months on to form part of the national registry in the private situation the cord blood can
the $6 million facility at the Australian AusCord. only be used by the one person.”
Red Cross blood transfusion service in
Perth. Cord blood will be collected from People can donate through
mothers who give permission and the www.rotarywacordblood.org.au.
Chairman of the blood bank’s trust John primary collection site will be King
Iriks said yesterday more than $5 million Cathy O’Leary
Edward Memorial Hospital.
was raised from government and private Medical Editor
donations and he was confident it would Gail Lazzaro, the scientist in charge of the
Source: www.thewest.com.au
reach $6 million. program, said the bank would provide
19th February 2009, 9:00 WST
extra tissue types for people needing a
Cord blood is from the blood vessels of bone marrow transplant.
the placenta and the part of the umbilical
cord that remains attached after birth. It
has red and white blood cells, platelets
and plasma and is rich in haematopoietic,
or blood-forming stemcells like those in
bone marrow.
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Date Name
Rotary Year 2008-09 Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
PO Box 168,
26th February Brother James Di Collins — President
Nedlands,
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Western Australia, 6909
Ken Collins — Vice President /
5th March Simone Carot Collins
Membership Director Meetings
& Peter Symons
vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Thursday 6:00pm to 7:00pm
12th March Judith Dowson membership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
Simone Carot Collins — President Elect Queenslea Drive
presidentelect@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Claremont
19th March Mary-Ann Wright
clubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Email
Rajah Senitharajah — Treasurer president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Phone
Bulletin Contributions Daniel Forsdyke — Secretary
secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
08 93850471
Fax
Contributions for the weekly bulletin are Bryant Stokes — Projects Director 08 93850472
sought from members of the club. projects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Website
Why not use the bulletin to update the club Claire Forsdyke — International Director www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
on the projects your committee is working foundation@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
on or promote the clubs next fundraising Glenn Darlington — President Nominee / Facebook
event. Public Relations Director http://www.facebook.com/group.php?
Please forward articles and photos to publicrelations@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au gid=47737002646
daniel.forsdyke@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Peter Symons — Finance Director
Chartered 19 December 2008
finance@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
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