The 21st Rotary Jacaranda Festival will be held on the 27th of November at its well established home in Applecross Village, and promises to be bigger and better than ever!!

“What started out with very humble beginnings in year 2000 and is now recognised as one of the BEST community Festivals in Perth, continues to charm all who attend,” Kenn Williams, from the organising committee said. “Set  amongst the shady flowering Jacaranda trees and commercial hub of Ardross St., without doubt, it really does take some beating “

Certainly Covid-19 WA Health protocols must be again followed, but it will not have the crowd limitations of last year, as it currently stands. Only a QR Code check-in will be required, as for any other public event.
 

Following a long wait for a reply from the Greenbatch Foundation Liquidators (CorCordis), an offer from Perth Rotarian and Rotary-Greenbatch Alliance chair David Wee was accepted for the remaining assets excluding some items that were still being contested. 

 

This allowed for Applecross Rotary to recover 50 x 240L bins that were purchased through a 'Communities Environment Program' (CEP) grant that was received in March 2020. The grant was to fund a Schools Recycling Program for the schools in the City of Melville delivered by the Greenbatch Foundation. 

 

 

 

Our guest speaker for last meeting was Kelly Keall, the Community Engagement Coordinator Philanththropy and Enterprise for Anglicare WA.  Kelly connects schools, parishes and community groups with the many aspects of Anglicare WA's work.

 

Anglicare supports people, families and communities with many services as they move from surviving, to coping, to building, to thriving.

 

Kelly took the opportunity, being Homelessness Week,  to focus on the support Anglicare provides for Homelessness through the following programs -