Waitangi Day Celebrations

Bowls Day 2022

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

Waitangi Day Haka

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

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Club Celebrates Waitangi Day

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park celebrated Waitangi Day 2022 at a function held on Friday 4 February. Waitangi Day (Māori: Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing, on 6 February 1840, of the Treaty of Waitangi, which is regarded as the founding document of the nation. The function was held at the Colin Moore Community Centre, which is managed by the Club, was attended by about 80 guests and a tremendous success.

The event was organized by our own Sue Roberts, a proud Maori woman, with assistance from other club members. Sue who is of the Te Arawa and Tainui tribe is from the east coast of New Zealand.

Let's Build a Hospital Wing

Kampong Speu Referral Hospital - Chris Keenan Surgical Complex

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park in conjunction with the Hawthorn Rotary Club in Melbourne are assisting a group of retired Orthopaedic Surgeons and an incumbent Orthopaedic Surgeon in Phnom Penh to build a new surgical wing to the Kampong Speu Referral Hospital. The hospital is located some 45 minutes from Phnom Penh, in Cambodia. This project intends to build a two Operating Theatre Annex and provide operating equipment, surgical supplies, and patient hospital beds to enable orthopaedic surgeons to provide their services to the poor in the local community. Dr Sok Meng, Dr Tim Keenan, Dr Peter Lugg and other visiting surgeons will volunteer their time at the hospital to perform surgeries and train local staff. Many residents would receive surgery that they could not otherwise afford.

Around the World with Cahoots

In these COVID times we can’t do the travelling we would like to, so we had a virtual world tour during a quiz night to fund raise for Cahoots.

Cahoots are a not-for-profit community organisation who provide inclusive opportunities for young people with a disability to develop skills, friendship, and confidence. They achieve this through providing inclusive camps and programs for these young people to develop skills and to challenge themselves by participating in activities that are safe. The programs are supported by experienced facilitators who can offer an environment Centre that provides for holistic learning.

The quiz night was held at our Colin Moore Community Centre on a wet and windy evening at the end of May. Although we had prepared for the weather with tarps to keep the rain out and heaters to keep us warm; the wind got the better of us and the rain flooding one corner. Some quick rearrangements were undertaken to keep everyone dry.

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.