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 9" 16th - 22nd March 2009
Rotaract Letter from the Club Rotary and Literacy Rotar y Foundation Movie Fundraiser Four Way Test
Summary of the President Focus on Literacy Thought of the Week Summary of the recent Of the things we think,
Rotaract presentation at President Di talks Month. Arch C. Klumph, Well- movie fundraiser. do and say - expanded.
last week’s metings. about Literacy Month. Page 2 rounded Citizen. Page 2 Page 4
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The ‘Kids for Kids’ project sees kids in Simone Carot Collins, a former Rotaractor,
Rotaract schools making cards which the Club sells. and now member of our club, also spoke
They also buy teddy bears for foster children, briefly about another Rotaract Project.
and have given 400 bears over the past 18
months. The Panama Self-Sustainable farms project,
which was a funded through a matching
The Club members go out and knock on grant between the Rotaract Clubs of Panama
doors for the Red Shield Appeal and man the and South Perth and Rotary District 9450.
phones in the Telethon phone room. They
have also been raising money that is going to The project was worth a total of around US
the start-up of a Micro Credit Trust Bank, $34,000, and was completed in 2006: http://
with the focus being on East Timor. w w w. s o u t h p e r t h . r o t a r a c t 9 4 7 0 . o r g /
activities/panama.php
For more information on the Rotaract Club of
Subiaco please see their website: Simone’s Powerpoint presentation and
Ian Ball, from the Rotaract Club of South www.subirotaract.com speech transcript is available online at
Perth, and Lauren Basanovic, from the http://www.slideshare.net/scollins77/
Rotaract Club of Subiaco, attended the Ian is the President of the Rotaract Club of introduction-to-rotaract if you are interested
last meeting to discuss Rotaract. The South Perth, which has 5 active members and in taking a look.
presentation was scheduled to coincide meets fortnightly.
with the 41st Anniversary of the world’s You may also be interested in the latest issue
first Rotaract Club. The South Perth club’s projects include, Dial- of the Rotary International "Interactive"
a-Santa, Relay for Life, Hyde Park Fair and a online newsletter, which features a story
Rotaract has a significant history in Car Rally. about some other amazing Rotaract projects -
Australia, with both the 4th and 7th the link is: http://www.rotary.org/en/
Rotaract Clubs being formed in Australia. The Dial-A-Santa project, is possibly the MediaAndNews/Newsletters/Interactive/
There are currently 49 clubs in Australia, longest running Rotaract project worldwide, Pages/200903/Feature.aspx
of which 6 are in Western Australia. There as it has been running annually in WA since
are currently no Rotaract Clubs in the 1981. The club takes Santa bookings from the
Northern Territory or South Australia. community and organises for Rotarians to act
as Santas, which has raised around $250,000.
Lauren is the Vice President of the Details on the project can be found at:
Rotaract Club of Subiaco, which has 15 www.dialaanta.com
members and meets every second week
on a Thursday. The club assists the Rotary Club of North
Perth at the Hyde Park Fair, as well as
Their current projects include, ‘Kids for entering a team in the Relay for Life.
Kids’, Red Shield Appeal, Telethon and
Micro Credit Trust Banks. For more information on the Rotaract Club of
South Perth please see their website:
www.southperth.rotaract9470.org
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2. N E W H O R I Z O N S
Last year in Nigeria we were impressed
Letter from the Club with a literacy project where several clubs
in the Lagos area are paying ‘beggars’ what
President their children might earn on the streets
‘begging’, so that they can attend school
Dear Rotarians, each afternoon. These children are
Along with March celebrating World provided with a uniform, sandals, a meal
Rotaract Week, in the Rotary Calendar plus education, in an effort to break the
March is also Literacy month. poverty cycle (unemployment in Nigeria is
around 70%) by educating them.
For many years Rotary clubs and districts
around the world have made education There is not a single doubt that we do have
and literacy one of their major emphasis. the ability to Make Dreams Real!
Back in about 1984-85 a wonderfully Yours in Rotary Service,
dedicated Australian educator, Dr Richard
Di Collins
Walker, from Queensland, devised an
Charter President
accelerated learning program, which he
named the Rotary Lighthouse for Literacy
project. Dick took this project to four Rotary and Literacy
northern provinces in Thailand for trialing.
It was so successful the Thai Government In 1985, Rotary declared basic literacy to be
picked it up and it swept through Thailand a pre-condition to the development of
with magnificent results as far as Literacy peace. Through this organizational RC of Falamo Literacy project in Lagos.
was concerned. emphasis, more than half the world’s 'Beggars' children where they are given food
nearly 33,000 Rotary clubs address the full each day - rice, eggs and a sauce
This project has traversed the globe, with range of literacy and mathematical
major Health Hunger and Humanity challenges for primary, vocational, and
Grants going to many countries to train adult learners as well as teacher training.
teachers and implement this Concentrated
Learning Encounter (CLE) Lighthouse for Many Rotary club members promote what
The Rotary
Literacy Project. Dick, a District Governor is called "lighthouse" literacy projects –
those that can be replicated easily, thereby
Foundation
of Rotary back in 1979-80 is now in his 80s
increasing the scope of their impact. Week 37: This week’s Rotary Foundation
and is another proud Australian who,
through his vision, dedication and untiring Lighthouse literacy projects have been Thought: Arch C. Klumph, Well-rounded
work has impacted the world through his created for formal schooling, older children Citizen.
vocation and membership in Rotary. I refer who are not in school, functionally illiterate
This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is
you to the Health Hunger and Humanity adults (particularly women), special
about Living a Full and Well-rounded Life,
book by Sir Clem Renouf which Ken and I groups, and teacher’s training.
as illustrated by the founder of our
gave to all present at the Charter Night last The purpose of these projects is to inspire, Foundation, Arch C. Klumph.
week. Clem gives a historic account of the guide and support national authorities
From our archives: Arch had a great love of
Literacy program, Dick and Rotary’s work toward alleviating mass illiteracy in
music. At age 18 he began to study the
in this area from P.97. I ask each of you to developing countries. In Thailand, for
flute, and three years later he received a
read this, as it will give you an insight into example, the “lighthouse” literacy effort
chair in the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
just one aspect of our wonderful has been so successful that the government
He played with the orchestra for 14 years
organisation. adopted it as a national program. Similar
and was a lifelong sponsor of it. "My heart
literacy initiatives have been sponsored by
is in music and my head is in business," he
Rotary International Presidents have made Rotary clubs in Australia, Bangladesh, and
said.
Literacy one of their emphases year after South Africa.
year. Arch balanced his love of music and theater
One President had a special committee for with his professional business and dreamed
‘Education of the Girl Child’, and currently huge dreams beyond Cleveland to the
there is another literacy project in operation theater of the world, with spectacular
which is to do with mentoring and success. One of those dreams was The
computers which PDG Sylvia Byers is Rotary Foundation.
involved with and which she encourages Your contribution to The Rotary Foundation
our Club to pick up. We could have Sylvia keeps Arch Klumph’s dream alive and
talk to us or the Projects committee fulfills the dreams of many people around
sometime. Movie Fundraiser the world who need our help.
The club recently held a movie fundraiser
As Ken and I have travelled, particularly in
at the Somerville Theatre. The event was
developing countries we have seen
made possible by Jan Stewart who
amazing projects happening in the literacy
provided the tickets, Mara Basanovic and
field. One Rotarian in India is not only
Marija Jelavic sold the tickets, set up and
taking children from the slums, paying
organised the event."
teachers to stay back to allow these children
to do their homework, but bringing in the They did an excellent job and the Club
mothers to educate them one afternoon a thanks each of them for their initiative and
week after school and every now and then valued contribution. " The estimated
slips in a lesson on such things as nutrition. amount raised was around $500.
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3. N E W H O R I Z O N S
Four Way Test
Is it the TRUTH?
There is a timelessness in truth which is unchangeable. Truth
cannot exist without justice.
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
The substitution of fairness for the harsh principles of doing
business at arm's length has improved rather than urt business
relationships.
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Man is by nature a cooperative animal and it is his natural instinct
to express love.
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
This question eliminates the dog-eat-dog and substitutes the idea
of constructive and creative competition.
Slum area in Lagos
Program for March / April
Date Details
19th March Committee Meetings
25th March Board Meeting @ Ken & Di’s House
26th March Vietnam - Lyn Packer
2nd April Mission of Hope - India - Br. James
9th April Dreamfit - Darren Lomman
‘Beggars Children’ in Lagos
16th April Committee Meetings
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
Date Name Rotary Year 2008-09 PO Box 168,
Nedlands,
Di Collins — President
Western Australia, 6909
19th March Mary-Ann Wright president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Ken Collins — Vice President / Meetings
26th March Margaret Stuart Membership Director Thursday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
membership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
2nd April Roger Marston Queenslea Drive
Rajah Senitharajah — Treasurer Claremont
treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Daniel Forsdyke — Secretary Email
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Bulletin Contributions Bryant Stokes — Projects Director
Phone!
08 9385 0471
projects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Fax
Contributions for the weekly bulletin are Claire Forsdyke — International Director 08 9385 0472
sought from members of the club. foundation@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Website
Why not use the bulletin to update the club Glenn Darlington — President Nominee /
on the projects your committee is working Public Relations Director
www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
on or promote the clubs next fundraising publicrelations@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Facebook
event. Peter Symons — Finance Director http://www.facebook.com/group.php?
finance@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au gid=47737002646
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daniel.forsdyke@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Chartered 19 December 2008
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