Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
We usually meet at The Woodvale Tavern on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month and various other venues on other Mondays. Please email the Club if you would like to join us for a meeting.
The Woodvale Tavern
The Woodvale Tavern
143 Trappers Drive
Woodvale, WA 6026
Australia
Woodvale, WA 6026
Australia
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The Wanneroo Rotary Club was founded 48 years ago in 1971, its first meeting was on 23 June that year.
Doyens of the Wanneroo area joined the Club over the years, think Backshall; Cockman; Conti; Cousins; Crisafulli; Duffy; Hamilton; Jeffrey; Johnson; Lullfitz; Marinovich; Marwick; Nanovich; Tarbox; Villanova, to name but a few.
Since its inception, the Wanneroo Club has punched above its weight in terms of fundraising, it continues to do so. Rotary Park and the Heritage Wall in the Wanneroo Townsite; the Dolphin Wishing Well at Hillarys Marina are two very visible reminders of this Club’s efforts. Many schools in the Wanneroo region have and continue to receive funding from this, small in number but huge in fundraising and generosity, club.
In addition to funding local and State projects, Wanneroo Rotary has funded many projects in our near international region. In January 2019, 240 children’s wheelchairs plus, plus, plus were shipped to the Thai/Burma border, ensuring a better life for those youngsters who cannot walk.
Wanneroo Rotary Park located in Scenic Drive, Wanneroo, has a plaque, set in a lime stone boulder that says "Rotary Park, opened by Charles Searson JP., President Wanneroo Shire. This Park was developed by the Rotary Club of Wanneroo in co-operation with the Shire of Wanneroo. 10th November 1979. In September 2001 the Rotary Heritage Wall at the park was officially dedicated. The story of the wall appears in a link to the right of the front page of this website
We work with the Burma Children's Foundation to bring Wheel Chairs to Kids.
Community Service Projects Planned for 2019/20 - Director Peter Miskelly
International Service Projects - Projects for 2019/20 - Debbie Singh Director
An Outline of Projects Planned for 2019/20 by the Youth & Community Services Committee - Jim Benson - Director
Debbie Singh, International Director of Wanneroo Rotary Club records that, bright and early on 7 August, Wheelchairs For Kids and Rotary Club Of Wanneroo loaded yet another container heading to Thailand. We are blessed by an amazing partnership with Burma Childrens Medical Fund and Mike Ellis’s Allied Pickford’s Team in Bangkok.The 166 Wheelchairs loaded will change children’s lives forever allowing them to attend school and be more independent.
Grateful thanks to Brother Ollie, Don and all the selfless volunteers at Wheelchairs for Kids. Thanks also go to Rotary Club of Wanneroo President Terry Ambler and Peter Miskelly who put their shoulders to the wheel to help load the container.
