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New HorizonsThe Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Ambassadorial and World Peace Scholarships 2010 - 2011Call for applications. Page 2

Summer Blood Challenge ExtendedIn order to assist with the Victorian bush fires, the Summer Blood Challenge has been extended. Page 1

Dramatic Message on Opera House SailsEnd Polio Now.Page 3

B u s h F i r e s F u n d RaiserRequest for assistance from the Rotary Club of Fremantle.Page 2

The Rotary Foundation Thought of the WeekThis week is about District Designated Funds and PolioPlus Partners Program. Page 3

Rotary in the MediaArticle on the Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank.Page 4

Volume 1, Issue 6 23rd February - 1st March 2009

PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9450 ABN: 99 602 195 617

Summer Blood Challenge has been ExtendedAs you can imagine, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service has been inundated with offers from the public to help with donations to assist the Victorian Bushfire victims. A heartfelt thanks to all.Given the significant level of response received, many of our centres are fully booked until the end of February.   However, please note that we still do require your donations, to help those in need – which is why we have extended the challenge. This will allow for all those who contacted the ARCBS during the week to donate as part of the challenge. Burn victims can require a range of blood products over an extended period of time. So it is vital that we keep the blood supply flowing. Whilst many

appointments may be booked up right now, your donation will be just as valuable over the coming weeks and months. 

Support your team and your country by booking your group in today - don’t forget to bring your attendance form.  Due to the high number of calls to our 13 14 95 number, you may like to directly contact one of our donor c e n t r e s - s e e www.donateblood.com.au for details.The Australian Red Cross Blood Service would like to extend a special thank you to the group of Police who travelled from the CBD to Rockingham Donor Centre on Thursday, to donate in aid of the burns victims. It is people like these, who go out of their way to help those in need that makes us proud to be Australian.   If your preferred time is booked, why not consider donating at an alternative donor centre. Let's all work together to help the survivors of the Victorian bushfires.

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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

AMBASSADORIAL and WORLD PEACESCHOLARSHIPS 2010-2011

Applications are now invited for an Ambassadorial Scholarship offered by the Rotary Foundation and Western Australian Rotary District 9450 for 2010-2011 to promote world peace and understanding. The successful candidate may choose a University in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere commencing in September or February 2010 respectively.

Ambassadorial Scholarship offers a student to undertake one academic year of studies abroad at a University of their choice. Applicants must have successfully completed at least two years of study at tertiary level or at least two years employment in a recognized vocation.

World Peace Scholarships offers individuals committed to peace and cooperation the opportunity to pursue a one to two year master’s level degree in international peace and conflict resolution studies at one of six Rotary centers worldwide. Candidates should have an undergraduate degree and work experience in relevant fields and are chosen on their potential to have a positive impact on world peace and conflict resolution during their future careers.

Short Term Conflict Resolution Scholarships provide professionals from various industries with conflict resolution tools through study in a 3 month certificate course at the Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years careers in relevant fields.

Application forms and information are available on the Rotary Website www.rotary.org – http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/TheRotaryFoundation/Programs/Pages/ridefault.aspx for people who work, reside or study in Rotary District 9450, which is the area north-west of the Swan River from the southern boundary of the Town of Mosman Park on a straight line that intersects the western boundary of the City of Bassendean, then northerly on this boundary until it intersects with the Great Northern Highway and due east to the WA border and the remaining northern area of the state.

Applicants must be interviewed by a Rotary Club within the District by 1 June 2009. We can assist you in introducing you to such a Club if required. Final awards by Rotary International will be made around Oct/Nov 2009.

Contact: Dr Jaap PollChair – Rotary District 9450 Scholarships Committee Email: poll@ottoenergy.com Mob: 0419 859 472

Applications close with Rotary Clubs within District 9450 on 1 June 2009

Bush Fires FundraiserThe Fremantle City Council are organising a Bush Fires fund raiser in The Esplanade Park, Fremantle on Sunday 1st March (long weekend & 10 days away). 

Our club, Fremantle City, have been asked to provide a BBQ facility between 9am & 1pm on the day that may need to cook for 5,000 or so people expected in that area on the morning. All food for the event is being donated & managed by Dorsogna and associated businesses. 

We have advised that Rotary will be able to assist in this way – but it is a major task that will probably require 30 or so

people to run on the day, beyond our club. So this call is for: - Volunteers on the day - BBQ facilitiesThere will also be the need to manage cash/ticket sales/donations in a secure environment. There will be a Police presence & armoured car cash collection.It would be helpful if you could respond. Email: rotary@tack.net.au 

Stating:- Equipment with which you may be able to assist- No. of people available to assist on the

day- Any other assistance- Contact details of key people/

volunteers

Bush Fire Disaster ResponseA Rotary District 9450 Bushfire Disaster Response account has been set up and can be accessed by making a cheque to:

Payee:   “Rotary International 9450 District” Note on cheque: “Bushfire Disaster Response”

Please ask your Club Treasurer to collect the total amount from your club and send just one cheque to Graham Spilcker, District 9450 Treasurer, or Donate Online at: D9450 Bush Fire Disaster Response

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Dramatic Message on Opera House Sails: End Polio Now – Thanks RotaryOne of the world’s oldest and most influential humanitarian service organisations, Rotary International, will celebrate its 104th birthday next Monday, February 23, by beaming the words “END POLIO NOW – THANKS ROTARY” on the sails of Australia’s famous icon, the Sydney Opera House.

On the same night, a similar message will be beamed on other well known world buildings such as the British Houses of Parliament in London, UK, and the United Nations Building in New York, USA, to highlight the pending culmination of Rotary’s twenty year crusade to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease, Poliomyelitis .

“By illuminating these historic landmarks with our pledge to end polio, Rotary clubs are announcing to the world that we will not stop until the goal is achieved,” said Jonathan Majiyagbe, chair of The Rotary Foundation, which overseas Rotary’s polio eradication program. “We hope people everywhere will see these words – either in person or through the media – and join with us and

our partners in this historic effort to rid the world of polio once and for all.”

Since 1988, Rotary has been in partnership with the World Health Organisation, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF – along with other humanitarian organisations and national governments - to achieve this lofty goal. It will be only the second time in history that a major disease has been eradicated from the world’s population – smallpox being the first.

Dr Margaret Chan, CEO of WHO went public last June to express her admiration and support for the Rotary International organisation and its 1.2 million members who to date have raised more than US$800 million and contributed countless volunteer hours to protect more than two billion children in 122 countries from the threat of polio.

She pledged the entire resources of WHO to assist Rotary and other partners to complete the historic mission.

When Rotary launched its Polio eradication program, there were more than 350,000 severe cases of the disease worldwide each year. In the year ended June 30, 2008, there were fewer than 2,000 cases contained in just four countries.

Such has been the success of the campaign that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Microsoft fame has also thrown its considerable resources behind the program, recently awarding Rotary two challenge

grants totalling US$355 million, which Rotary has pledged to match with an additional US$200 million, with all of the resulting US$555 million earmarked for polio eradication. Rotary has also played a major role in convincing donor governments to contribute over US$4 billion to the effort.

Rotary International Public Relations General Coordinator Bob Aitken said the “light show” on the sails of the Sydney Opera House will commence at around 8.30 pm on Monday night and continue into the early hours of Tuesday morning.

He said Rotary International is very grateful for the cooperation of the CEO and staff of the Sydney Opera House for making this public awareness exercise possible.

“Similarly, the venue manager of Wharf 8 and Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal have been very helpful in making a secure venue available for the technical beaming of the message by innovative Sydney based company The Electric Canvas”, he said.

Bob Aitken urged members of the public wanting to financially support Rotary’s final eradication of Polio to contact the Rotary club in their suburb or town. For more information, visit www.rotary.org or contact Rotary International in Australia on 02 9635 3537. Australian Rotary club contacts can be found at www.rotarydownunder.com.au and click on “clubs and districts”.

The Rotary FoundationWeek 34: This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is an inspiring quote from Paul Harris that can be assimilated to the challenge to eradicate Polio worldwide: “I like to think that the pioneering days of Rotary have just begun. What’s 40 years in the life of a great Movement? There are just as many new things to be done as ever there were. Rotary must simply

continue to pioneer or be left in the rear of progress.”

Over 60 years later, Paul Harris’ words are just as meaningful. There are still so many new things to achieve and promises to keep. If every district allocates 10% of its available District Designated Funds (DDF) this year to the PolioPlus Partners Program, we can reach the $5 million goal needed to fund National Immunization Days in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria and fulfill our commitment. Remember what Paul Harris

said - we must all strive to be PIONEERS on the long road to PEACE.

Program for February/MarchDate Details

26th February Club Assembly (Committee Reports)

5th March Charter Dinner @ Burswood On Swan

Birthday’s & AnniversariesDate Details

28th February Bill & Sue Hassell anniversary

1st March Rajah Senathirajah birthday

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BoardRotary Year 2008-09

Di Collins — Presidentpresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auKen Col l ins — Vice Pres ident / Membership Directorvicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.aumembership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auSimone Carot Collins — President Electpresidentelect@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auclubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Rajah Senitharajah — Treasurertreasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auDaniel Forsdyke — Secretarysecretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auBryant Stokes — Projects Directorprojects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auClaire Forsdyke — International Directorfoundation@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auGlenn Darlington — President Nominee / Public Relations Directorpublicrelations@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auPeter Symons — Finance Directorfinance@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au

Club Details

Rotary Club of Freshwater BayPO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909

MeetingsThursday 6:00pm to 7:00pmCafe, Bethesda HospitalQueenslea DriveClaremont

Email president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.auPhone 08 93850471Fax 08 93850472

Website www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47737002646

Chartered 19 December 2008

Bulletin ContributionsContributions for the weekly bulletin are sought from members of the club.

Why not use the bulletin to update the club on the projects your committee is working on or promote the clubs next fundraising event.

Please forward articles and photos to daniel.forsdyke@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au

Date Name

26th February Brother James

5th March Simone Carot Collins & Peter Symons

12th March Judith Dowson

19th March Mary-Ann Wright

Welcoming Roster

Cord blood bank a new lifelineWA is a step closer to its first public cord blood bank, which doctors say could provide life-saving stemcells for people with leukaemia, other cancers and genetic blood diseases.  

The design stage of the Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank will be launched this week so construction can start within months on the $6 million facility at the Australian Red Cross blood transfusion service in Perth.

Chairman of the blood bank’s trust John Iriks said yesterday more than $5 million was raised from government and private donations and he was confident it would reach $6 million.

Cord blood is from the blood vessels of the placenta and the part of the umbilical cord that remains attached after birth. It has red and white blood cells, platelets and plasma and is rich in haematopoietic, or blood-forming stemcells like those in bone marrow.

This allows blood from the placenta and cord, which would otherwise be discarded, to be used in transplants instead of bone marrow, with the added advantages that it is easy and cheap to collect, more likely to be a match and can be stored frozen and ready.

Unlike private cord blood banks, which charge thousands of dollars to store blood for the exclusive use of those babies later, the Rotary bank will be free to patients who need transplants and it is expected to form part of the national registry AusCord.

Cord blood will be collected from mothers who give permission and the primary collection site will be King Edward Memorial Hospital.

Gail Lazzaro, the scientist in charge of the program, said the bank would provide extra tissue types for people needing a bone marrow transplant.

“In Australia, umbilical cord blood is stored in the public registry but there are about 1100 people still searching for a match and it tends to be people with rare tissue types and that’s where we think we’re going to be able to assist,” she said.

“We’re also watching carefully what’s happening with new cord blood therapies because the advantage of having these public registries is that some of these treatments can be applied to cord blood that is unrelated to the recipient, whereas in the private situation the cord blood can only be used by the one person.”

People can donate through www.rotarywacordblood.org.au.

Cathy O’LearyMedical Editor

Source: www.thewest.com.au19th February 2009, 9:00 WST

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