Coolamon Rotary Club
Coolamon New South Wales Australia
Welcome to the Official site for the Rotary Club of Coolamon. We live in a small town but achieve big things, from local events and fundraisers, services such as Bingo and Blue light Discos, to large International Projects such as MAPS and KILI 28/8, stick around and have some fun, thats what we do!
Pass the Baton Time
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Loading ...Coolamon Rotary Club Friday July 3rd Change Over Dinner
2009-2010
Past President John Glassford handing over the Club Charter to President Craig Corrigan.
Rotary International President John Kenny
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...President Craig Corrigan and the members of Coolamon Rotary congratulate RI President John Kenny and we welcome you as our leader in Rotary’s 105th Year.
The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands
RI President John Kenny and June Kenny
John Kenny and his wife, June, at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
RI President John Kenny his Vision
New Members by Past Rotary President Cliff Dochterman
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Paul Harris 1933 Rotary International Speech 24th Convention in Boston.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Here is Paul P Harris the founder of Rotary Inetrnational speaking at the 24th Rotary Convention. The 1933 Boston Convention is best known today for the famous Paul Harris Radio address that you can listen to below via YouTube.
We wonder what Paul Harris would have thought if he knew that today the 100th Rotary International Convention in Birmingham, England, has just ended!
In 1933 8,456 Rotarains registered at the Mechanics Hall, Boston between June 25th and 30th with no less than 57 countries represented. 107 Clubs had joined the international Rotary movement in the previous 12 months. Everyone enjoyed Tuesday’s concert featuring the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. One hour of the concert also went out on the radio waves.
Paul Harris, who was introduced by Ches Perry, spoke on Monday afternoon. Harris was probably not referring to Hitler’s January takeover of the Reichstag when he said: “The year of 1933 is one of transcendent interest: events of vast importance are taking place.”
So ends the 100th Rotary International Convention below are President Elect John Kenny form Scotland with Rotary President D.K. Lee from Korea closing the 100th Convention in Birmingham.
RI President Dong Kurn Lee (right) and RI President-elect John Kenny. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
Make Dreams Real - “Hunger” Birmingham
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Watch one of the series of videos created especially for the 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, England, to highlight RI President Dong Kurn Lee’s emphases on ending hunger.
In more than 200 countries and regions, Rotarians are fighting hunger. Listen to the stories from Rotarians working on projects in the United States, Niger, and Romania.
Goodall finds common ground with Rotary in Birmingham
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Jane Goodall, renowned scientist and humanitarian, gives the keynote address during the fourth plenary session on 24 June in Birmingham, England. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
Goodall, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation and a United Nations messenger of peace, greeted the audience “in chimpanzee,” imitating the vocalizations of the animals she studied for years in Gombe, Tanzania. She said her research revealed a common bond that humans share with animals and the environment. An awareness of this bond can lead to the development of holistic community service projects that involve the community members themselves in problem solving, she said.
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Warwick Castle dazzles Rotarians Birmingham 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...As at all Rotary Conventions it is not all serious sessions and Rotarians do know how to let their hair down.
More than 6,000 Rotarians stepped back in time to enjoy medieval England. On 21 June, during a host-ticketed event at Warwick Castle for attendees of the 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, Rotarians were treated to a display of old English pageantry, including falconry, jousting, and archery, as well as tours of the castle’s halls and dungeons and a demonstration of a 59-foot trebuchet, an enormous catapult used as a siege weapon.
Rotarians explore the grounds of Warwick Castle. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
The joust begins. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
RI Convention Birmingham June 23
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Jane Goodall drops by the Rotary Centers for International Studies
Mia Farrow with RI President Dong Kurn Lee. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
Nigerian Rotarian Mariam Laraba Birma makes new friends. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
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Rotarians have off-the-wall method for raising money to eradicate polio
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Make Dreams Real - “Child Mortality” Birmingham 2009
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...UN Secretary-General Opens Rotary’s 100th Convention
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...At a special appearance at the opening plenary session of the 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, England, on 21 June, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Rotarians for their work in advancing social justice.
Speaking to a packed hall, Ban called Rotary the heart and soul of the worldwide polio eradication effort and pledged the UN’s continued cooperation and support.
Opening Day House of Friendship 21 June Birmingham
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Convention is well under way with the opening of the House of Friendship see below:
RI President Dong Kurn Lee and his wife, Young, lead a parade into the House of Friendship. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
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- RI President Dong Kurn Lee and his wife, Young, lead a parade into the House of Friendship. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
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- Korean dancers proceed into the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, for the opening of the House of Friendship. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
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- Keith Unsworth, past governor of District 1280 (England; Isle of Man) with his wife, Anita. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
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Rotary World Peace Symposium on 19 June Birmingham
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jan Egeland, director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, speaks at the third plenary session of the Rotary World Peace Symposium. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
Jan Egeland with peace fellows. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
100th. Rotary Convention in Birmingham 2009 Under Way
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa was the keynote speaker at the 2009 Rotary World Peace Symposium in Birmingham, England. The Nobel Peace Prize recipient addressed the challenges of peace-building and discussed ways of achieving worldwide amity.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu with Rotarian Deepa Willingham.
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- Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu gives Arnoldas Pranckevicius, a 2002-04 Rotary World Peace Fellow, a pat on the back during a Rotary World Peace Symposium press conference. Photos by Monika Lozinska-Lee/Rotary Images
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- Tutu poses for a photo with Rotary World Peace Fellows during the second plenary session of the peace symposium.
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- Youth Exchange officers from Thailand gather during the reception.
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- Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu with Rotarian Deepa Willingham.
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Rotary Interact Club Video Contest
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Rotary International District 5340 (California, USA) held a video contest of its own for Interact clubs, asking Interactors to create a 30-second public service announcement explaining Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self. Check out the first-place video, and see other winning entries.
Progress at Hout Bay Coolamon House
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Here is the latest photo of the medical care centre to be known as Coolamon House in Hout Bay Cape Town.
Coolamon House Hout Bay Cape Town