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2024 Rotary Wheatbelt Swim for Reading

Tenth Annual Rotary Wheatbelt Swim for Reading

Bruce Rock Aquatic Centre

Saturday 17 February 2024

Commencing at 12:30pm

This annual event enables the community to fundraise for reading programs at Bruce Rock and Narembeen District High Schools. Importantly, young participants will earn places on Rotary youth programs through their participation in the swim.

We have vacancies for volunteers in a number of categories on the day and will welcome assistance from community members.

Register for the swim and to volunteer
https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-wheatbelt-swim-for-reading-2024

The Swim is a fun event that brings our Rotary team, schools and the community together, promoting a love of reading and fundraising for reading programs, as we enable future leaders to earn Rotary youth program places. Both adults and children are encouraged to swim, and the focus is participation and fun.

Donate to support reading programs at Bruce Rock or Narembeen School

This year we have again partnered with Rotary Australia World Community Service so that we can offer tax-deductible receipts.

Donate via https://donations.rawcs.com.au/49-2020-21

Donors who enter their details in the form can choose to pay by credit card, bank transfer or cheque. All the instructions are in the form. In the Request(s) to Project Manager box, please name the school and swimmer the donation is supporting. The online form is also great for encouraging family and friends living outside the region to support local kids.

Questions? Email us at swim@rotaryeclubwa.org.au

Rotary Treemission Planting with SERCUL

Join your Rotary friends for a productive morning in the fresh air helping to make our waterways healthier through planting native seedlings.

This volunteer planting is a Bannister Creek Catchment Group project funded by the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program. This year, Rotary E-Club of Western Australia also made a contribution to purchase of seedlings for the program, through a Rotary Foundation grant, in partnership with Treemission.

Date: Friday 11th of August

Time: 8:30am Safety Briefing and Planting Demonstration
9am Planting Start
10:30am (approx) morning tea break
Aim to finish by 12pm – Goal 3000 plants

Maximum of 30 Volunteers to protect ecosystem –  Please Register 

Location: Bannister Creek, Brampton Way, Lynwood. There is a lawn area on the blue highlighted section of the map, with a nature playground for the kids. That would be a good location to set up gazebos/food. SERCUL will contact the City of Canning and organise a portaloo. There is a small carpark located off Iveston Rd (only 6 car bays) for some parking. The rest of the planters will need to park along Brampton Way or Bywood way in the areas highlighted.

Map of planting area. The bushland is between Brampton Way, Iveston Road and Bywood Way. The morning tea set up will be on the Brampton Way side behind a group of houses.

Planting: The planting will be along the creek edge and will be a mixture of sedges and shrubs. SERCUL will ensure all plants, and planting equipment are at site beforehand. SERCUL is also planning to auger holes prior to the event. The goal is to plant 3000 plants.

What To Bring: Participants will need to bring enclosed shoes, gardening gloves (although SERCUL will bring some spares), clothes that can get dirty, a water bottle, a hat and wet weather gear.

Rotary Summer of Reading 2021-22 in Bruce Rock

poster promoting the Rotary Summer of Reading in Bruce Rock

Calling all Bruce Rock DHS students! You could win a $10 book voucher!

Rotary Summer of Reading 2021-22 in Bruce Rock

The Rotary Summer of Reading 2021-22 in Bruce Rock is underway!  The program rewards eligible students who utilise the Shire of Bruce Rock library and read this summer.
The Rotary Summer of Reading celebrates the anniversary of our first Rotary reading support program at Bruce Rock Shire Library.  We value the partnership between the Shire and our club.
We want to tap into the potential of the Shire library, so that we can encourage young people to love reading. Reading provides a pathway to better opportunities in life.

Who is Eligible?

The program is open to Bruce Rock DHS students who attended in 2021 or will attend by the end February 2022.

How You Qualify for the Book Voucher

The Rotary Summer of Reading will provide a $10 book voucher to eligible students who satisfy all the following conditions:
1. Borrow and read (or have read to them) a book from the Bruce Rock Shire library between 1 December 2021 and 28 February 2022.
2. Participate (by swimming or volunteering) in the Rotary Wheatbelt Swim for Reading on 5 February 2022 and fundraise for reading programs at Bruce Rock District High School.

There is a limit of one voucher per participating student.

2021 Rotary Wheatbelt Swim for Reading

Exciting news! The 2021 Rotary Wheatbelt Swim for Reading is on again!

Saturday 20th February, Bruce Rock Aquatic Centre, Registration from 12:30pm

We are partnering with Bruce Rock and Narembeen schools and local shires to support early childhood education programs. Our goal is to inspire a love of reading.

It’s our 7th year of fun in the pool!

Poster image of the Rotary Wheatbelt Swim for Reading details with a kid who is cool in the pool!

Be cool and join us in the pool

This year, we have a new way to accept donations so we can offer tax deductible receipt AND matched funding! This means, thanks to Rotary Australia World Community Service, every dollar we donate will become two.
Please contribute and share!
To sponsor a particular school and/or swimmer, please leave a note in the ‘Request to Project Manager’ box.
We would also love to hear from anyone keen to volunteer on the day.
Email us at swim(at)rotaryeclubwa.org.au
See you at the pool!

Our Website is Back!

Our website crashed earlier this week, due to a corrupted file.  Service has now been restored.

Any inconvenience caused is regretted.

Thank you for your patience.

Kero O’Shea
President – EWA Rotary

Situation Vacant: Public Relations Director (Voluntary)

Are you looking for a stimulating volunteer role in which you can make a real difference for our community? Do you want to hone your new & traditional media skills whilst promoting the message of Rotary?

The Provisional Rotary E-Club of Western Australia (E-WA Rotary) has a vacancy for a Public Relations Director. We are a 6 month old provisional Rotary club which is developing a business-based mode of operation, in order to ensure that we serve our community effectively, whilst providing an environment in which our members can learn and grow.

The Public Relations Director will lead our PR campaign while working with our media team to help build the profile of E-WA Rotary, through the innovative use of media tools.

Our club uses a combination of face-face, web-based and video meetings to socialise and conduct business. We are a group of professionals who value our family, business and other commitments in life and recognize that these will take priority over Rotary commitments from time to time. We want to help each other succeed.

To take up this role, the successful candidate will become a member of the Provisional Rotary E-Club of Western Australia.

For more information, please contact Kero O’Shea on 0408802490.