FASD fundraiser with Nic Naitanui

Beds in use in Cambodia hospital

Yayasan Soleman Bali event at Central Park

Packed container for Cambodia

FASD Launch 14 June 2017

Christmas in July 2018

Bohemia Rhapsody fundraiser 2019

Cambodia Award Presentation

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.

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.

Hotel Engineers support Homeless Housing Project

A total of almost $3,500 was raised for the Rotary Supporting My Home project at a recent Australian Institute of Hotel Engineering Golf Day fundraiser, increasing the total amount raised for this project to almost $30,000. The funds will be used to furnish 18 new small sustainable homes that will be built by My Home in North Fremantle to accommodate homeless people.

For the last three years, The Australian Institute of Hotel Engineering have offered our Club the opportunity to fundraise for a charity of our choice through a Hole in One competition run during their annual Golf Day. The Hole in One competition is sponsored by HFM Asset Management, who put up a $20,000 prize for anyone who succeeds in getting a hole in one on the 7^th hole. This year’s event was held at the Vines Resort and a total of 181 people participated.

Food for Christmas

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park have long been supporters of the Salvation Army and of Foodbank. This year we have had 2 projects to fundraise and supply them with non-perishable goods for food hampers.

Our first Fundraising program was a very successful Italian Night, held at the Colin Moore Community Centre, which is operated by RCOP, with support from City of Stirling. About 50 people attended the night and enjoyed a wonderful array of Italian food; Lasagne, Ravioli and Gnocchi.

This was matched with some delightful Italian wines, Australian grown grapes of course. The evening was supported by 2 of our members providing home-made limoncello (very potent) with a blind tasting competition to determine the winner. The makers were of Italian and British ancestry, the POMS won! The fund raising was supported by an auction of various items that were donated by members. Over $2,500 was raised and donated to Foodbank which can supply over 5,000 meals.

Nomination for WACOS Award

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park has nominated Bruce Dufty for the WA Council of Social Services (WACOS) Community Service Excellence Award.

Bruce is a dynamic Chairperson of the Rotary Aboriginal Reference Group and a key member of the Rotary Making Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) History’ Group and key Community Liaison person in the group’s work in the remote town of Leonora.

Indigenous Service Award 2020

The Rotary Club of Osborne Park has been selected to receive the Indigenous Service Award for 2020. At a short ceremony held in the District Governor’s office on Friday 19^th June, the Club was presented with the Indigenous Service Award for 2020 by DG Graham Peden and DG Elect Jon Bilson.

The award was received by President Peter Stewart, Dawn Brodie, Louise and Brian Hancock. The Club was selected to receive the award for its sustained support of the Make FASD History project, which Graham noted would have a major beneficial impact on the future lives of hundreds of young people who will be saved from the damage done by FASD. Louise noted that the project has been particularly beneficial in changing the behaviour of pregnant women as a result of the involvement of the indigenous community who have worked closely with the group

Cambodia 2020 tour

A group 13 including 9 Rotarians and partners travelled to Cambodia in February 2020 to view the hospitals we have been supplying with medical equipment and make contact with the hospital senior staff. We also of course set out to have fun, which we certainly did. The trip was a great success, provided considerable inspiration and cemented contacts that should benefit the project.

The primary purpose of the tour was to visit the hospitals. We visited five hospitals in total, the Siem Reap Referral Hospital, and then the Russian (formally known as the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital), Kossamak (formally known as the Cambodia-China Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital), Kampong Speu and Centre of Hope Sihanouk Hospitals in Phnom Penh, and were welcomed warmly by the hospital managers.

We were all amazed to learn of the considerable contribution we have made to the hospitals there. We had been previously told by Dr. Tim Keenan that our contribution was substantial, and this became very evident on visiting the hospitals. In some of the new wards, almost all of the equipment was supplied by Rotary, predominantly by the Osborne Park Club.

In Pip’s words, “Seeing nine years of effort of collecting and sending hospital and medical equipment to Cambodian hospitals and witnessing the assistance we are providing public patients, has been very gratifying. It ratified our Rotary motto, Service Above Self.