Bowling day fundraiser

FASD fundraiser with Nic Naitanui

Fundraiser for "My Home" project

"My Home" houses for homeless people

Yayasan Soleman Bali event at Central Park

Packed container for Cambodia

Beds in use in Cambodia hospital

Cambodia Award Presentation

Christmas in July 2018

FASD Launch 14 June 2017

Bohemia Rhapsody fundraiser

Colin Moore Community Resource Centre

Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world? Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back.

Having a Bowl

The bowling day held at the Yokine Bowling Club on Sunday 21 March was a great success, with lots of fun and laughter had by all and over $3,500 raised for our Homeless Housing projects.

The youngest participant was 1 year old, although his participation lacked focus!

Hospital Equipment to South Sudan

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park has supplied used but fully functional equipment to Mary Help Maternal and Child Friendly Hospital in Wau, South Sudan. South Sudan is one of the poorest countries in the world. It was originally part of Egypt, has the famous river Nile running through it and has many ethnic groups with as many as 50 different languages amongst its population.

In a country where 90 percent of the population earn less than one dollar per day, every fifth child dies before its fifth birthday. The appalling conditions under which sick people were treated, on the floor, in a bench or with up to three people in a bed, led Sister Gracy Adichirayil to instigate construction of the Catholic hospital. Construction of the first stage of the hospital was completed in 2016 and second stage in 2018.

Rotary Commends Devoted Staff

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park has presented a Pride of Workmanship Award to two loyal employees to recognize and praise them for their work effort and commitment. The Rotary Pride of Workmanship Program, who's motto is "Do it once - do it well", is a part of the Rotary Vocational Services. The award enables managers in our society to help employees achieve the goal of job satisfaction, and to be publicly recognized for their efforts.

The Vocational Objectives of Rotary are to

encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Because of these ideals the Rotary Club of Osborne Park encouraged two of their partnership organizations Bunnings Innaloo and Kaillis Brothers (Leederville) to nominate an employee for a Pride of Workmanship award.

The objectives of the Programme are to;

Encourage Pride of Workmanship in the workplace.
Recognise and reward individuals who have gone above and beyond in their vocations.
Provide Osborne Park Rotarians with an opportunity to recognise local employees who display qualities worthy of this award.
Encourage favourable workplace relationships.
Instill a sense of pride in individual achievement.

Pride of Workmanship is not a competition; it is a recognition by Osborne Park Rotarians of an individual’s achievement, commitment and ability to inspire his/her fellow employees or customers, especially under our current circumstances and the challenging year we have had.

This week the Rotary Club of Osborne Park presented an award to Damien Jasper of Bunnings Innaloo. His manager Ash Hoveyberg nominated Damien for the commitment and leadership that he shows in his work. We also awarded Kiara Hayes, duty manager at Kallis Brothers for the excellent customer service that she applies to her work and to the Rotarians who meet there for breakfast.

“Donations-in-Kind” to the Leonora Community

Rotary Osborne Park in collaboration with a number of other Rotary clubs has been delivering a program of education, clinical assessment and treatment programs for children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (Make FASD History Project). Our lead Rotarian Bruce Dufty travels to Leonora every 6-8 weeks to advise, support and generally facilitates the change process.

His trips to Lenora are complimented by transporting a range of “Donations-in-Kind” goods from other Rotary clubs and other community groups. From January 2019 to December 2020 he has passed on the following goods:

school uniforms (donated by Rotary Club of Belmont in collaboration with Osborne Park),
new and second-hand clothing (donated by Rotary Clubs, individual Rotarians and Perth Community members),
used spectacles where 67% can be recycled in the community (donated by Rotary Club of Osborne Park in collaboration with OPSM, other companies and Rotary Clubs),
new first aid kits (donated by Rotary Club of Heirisson) that the St John’s Ambulance Services and the Community Health Centre can hand to Aboriginal people on completion of their certificate training in First Aide,
heavy duty new blankets (donated by Rotary Clubs of Pinjarra and Heirisson)
second-hand change-of-season blankets (donated by the Rotary Clubs of Pinjarra in collaboration with Qantas),
new knitted beanies (donated by Rotary Club of Osborne Park ).

Rotary Supporting "My Home"

On any given night in Western Australia, around 9,000 people are considered to be homeless. Rotary in Western Australia are keen to assist in resolving this issue, have been active in the homelessness area for several years and are supporting several projects towards ending homelessness. These include;

Rotary Supporting “My Home”

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park have committed to support “My Home” Australasia Limited to provide low cost housing for people experiencing homelessness in Western Australia. “My Homes” Australasia Limited, a charity set up by a local architect is about to construct over 50 low cost single person houses in North Fremantle, Victoria Park and other areas. This project is targeted at older women and others who are capable of independent living.

The “My Home” project is based on the Housing First principle that has been shown to be World’s Best Practice with an 80% success rate, i.e. people do not regress back to homelessness. The project aims to construct low cost sustainable houses, in small clusters within landscaped grounds integrated into the local community. The housing will be constructed on land provided at negligible cost by the state. Funding from the private corporate sector is being provided for construction of the houses. Once constructed, the houses will be managed by a Community Housing Provider (CHP) engaged and experienced in this work.

Rotary has committed to furnish and equip the houses to make them into homes, and is raising funds and seeking equipment donations to do this. Additional information on this project is available at the My Home project website. Tax deductible donations to the Rotary Supporting “My Home” project can be made through the contribute / help Rotary link here.

Club Supports Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre

Several members of the Rotary Club of Osborne Park have been raising funds for the Type I Diabetes Family Centre by volunteering at the Telethon Community Cinemas. During the 2019/20 summer season, 7 Members volunteered which resulted in the centre receiving a $4500 donation from Telethon. Covid-19 caused an early shut down, which resulted in a reduced total raised. For the current summer season, 5 members have signed up which should result in a further payment of $5000.

The Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre provides support for children with type 1 diabetes and their families. Since opening its doors in 2015, the Family Centre has built a thriving community in Western Australia, supporting people to face the challenges of type 1 diabetes with confidence. The Family Centre is a non-profit organisation that does not receive any government funding and relies on community and corporate support to fund their work.