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The Rotary Club of Perth has members from many of WA's leading businesses, government, academic and not for profit organisations. We all share a passion for making a positive difference for local, national and international communities.

Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world?

Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back. Of course it is also about fun and there are plenty of opportunities for social and business networking at club meetings and events.

Back to Basics

Posted by Wesley Sim on Feb 26, 2019

ROTARY OF PERTH PRESIDENT UPDATE - 26TH FEBRUARY 2019
Back to Basics

A couple of weeks ago, I listened with interest, on ABC Radio, to a discussion on how a rural town is bucking the trend of declining population, an issue that has been troubling roughly 70% of Australia’s rural communities for many decades. What were they doing different? Apparently, it was as simple as going back to the basics of being what a country town is supposed to be. Is there a lesson there for us as Rotarians?

Wesley's Blog - 12th February

Posted by Wesley Sim on Feb 12, 2019

ROTARY OF PERTH PRESIDENT UPDATE - 12TH FEBRUARY 2019

Our first 2 events of the year have set us up for a great start to the year, close to 100 attending at each. Evident from my last couple of emails to all members, January can hardly be called a quiet month despite us not meeting for lunch each week.
If you chanced upon a post in Facebook in the past week that made you think I have taken up ballet, don’t be too concerned. Quite clearly I failed the auditions. So the show will be spectacular without me at the Rotary Path of Hope Gala Ball on May 18th 2019.

Wesley's Blog - 8th February

Posted by Wesley Sim on Feb 08, 2019

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Translated: Congratulations and Wishing you prosperity)

Often used as a greeting (amongst other phrases) by Chinese in the Lunar New Year, this probably doesn't mean much to most, but I thought I should get the meaning (and correct phonetic spelling) straight into the title for future reference. This is the Mandarin version.

Wesley's Blog - 10th December

Posted on Dec 11, 2018

ROTARY OF PERTH PRESIDENT'S UPDATE - 11TH DECEMBER 2018

I was amazed by how eloquently our Rotary Exchange Student, Chiara, presented the vote of thanks to our guest speaker, Italian Consul David Balloni. One of the aims of the Rotary Youth Exchange program is the promotion of peace through cultural understanding between future leaders of nations around the world. Chiara intends to pursue a career in international diplomacy when she gets home. With such eloquence and pleasant personality I can see that she is off to a great start! Our world is a better place with people like Chiara.

Wesley's Blog - Australia Day

Posted by Wesley Sim on Jan 26, 2019

Happy Australia Day!

I shall be representing Rotary at the Citizenship Ceremony in the City of Perth. But in case you think I'm the only Rotarian who's doing anything this week, I thought I should update you all on all the other things that our members have been getting up to in the quiet month of January. There's actually so much being done by so many that I just can't keep up... and my last email was getting too long.

Wesley's Blog - 13th November

ROTARY OF PERTH PRESIDENT'S UPDATE - 13TH NOVEMBER 2018
In her usual unassuming way, Emma told the crowd present on Thursday evening the reasons for her motivation to help the people in rural Cambodia. It was great to see how she had managed to assemble a group of energetic Rotarians, family, friends and colleagues around the project and made the evening both fun yet mission focused. I enjoyed a very pleasant evening of fellowship with friends old and new. I’m glad to report that the efforts of everyone involved that night resulted in $50,000 raised towards Cambodia Family Support. Thanks must go also to Emma’s employer, Macquarie, for their generous matching donation.

Following up on the ripple effect that an evening like this might create, our next guest speaker on Friday, Jane' Alam Sheikh, is a good example of how a child sharing 1 tap and 2 toilets in a forgotten community of 10,000 people had his life changed for the better by strangers who cared.

Wesley's Blog - 30th October

ROTARY OF PERTH PRESIDENT UPDATE - 30TH OCTOBER 2018
It has been a very busy week. We started the week off in a crowded room of about 300 to publicly recognise an exemplary Rotarian, Stan Perron, for his contribution to the community. That same evening, our club was represented by several members supporting our student from Mercedes College, Ellen van Beek, in the 4-Way Speaking Competition. On Thursday evening, we were privileged to hear an update from Katie Liew on The Image may contain: 1 person, indoor

Underground Collaborative and join with Rotary of Crawley to present her the $10,000 grant to continue in her project to help break the cycle of homelessness. On Friday evening, several Rotarians celebrated with our corporate member HHG at their fund-raiser which handed over $23,000 for Fresh Start to continue in their efforts to help people break free from their addictions. Ironically, this is the first event I’ve attended that addresses the issue of addition (including alcohol abuse) that did not provide free alcohol! I believe everyone responsible for that evening at HHG should get a pat on their backs for showing congruence in their intentions and actions.