Club members enjoyed a tasty meal and fellowship with the Crawley club on Thursday night and what a great opportunity it was to hear Max Bird speaking about his water projects in Timor Leste.
Max spoke about his commitment to ensuring that the water being pumped into schools and orphanages was of safe, drinkable quality. Every step of the process was a collaborative effort between Rotary and the community.
“I want to have the locals involved in the work,” Max says. “They carry forward the knowledge and have ownership of their own systems.”
Max has put a lot of work into researching the best filters to use in the schools and the small filter he brought along, showed us how effective they are in turning very unpleasant looking water into a drinkable product.
Read this article in Rotary Down Under for more information about the project. Another amazing Rotarian changing the world.
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UP UP & AWAY CONFERENCE
Have to ever tried to get a group of 5 Rotarians and an exchange student together for a photograph? It was a bit of a schmozzle. We managed to get it together eventually.
What a great weekend! Those who couldn't make it missed a very enjoyable, entertaining and informative weekend.
Our Black Cockatoo Pocket Forest stand attracted a lot of attention and the coffee pod earrings and necklaces Jane made sold very well.
We'll tell you more about it next time we get together.
A reminder that this week, Peter is on roster for Bulletin Article/Photos and Barrie is student host.
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Who's registered for district training? Let's see how many members we can encourage to attend. There's always something new to learn and the fellowship is invaluable. We might learn something at District Assembly that might help invigorate the club.
Book here for the Foundation Grants Seminar (at least 1 member from the club must attend)
Darlene Sullivan will be speaking to us at our event on Tuesday 17th March.
She will discuss her journey from a shy, skinny kid from the northern suburbs to Police Officer of 37 and half years, a job considered completely out of left field for her. She will outline her police career, where she worked, tell some war stories and describe the challenges faced as a woman police officer in the late 80’s, early 90’s. Darlene will also explain the question “Are you planning on having kids?”
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LIFT THE LID WALK
Participants are being sought for a Lift the Lid Walk leaving from UWA at 9:00am on 18th April. Will we put a Western Endeavour team together?
Participants are being sought for a Lift the Lid Walk leaving from UWA at 9:00am on 18th April. Will we put a Western Endeavour team together?
