Climb for A Smile 2009

Funds raised $ 120332.22

Target: $ 20000

$ 120332.22raised

100%

GOAL $ 20000

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Remember Smile And The World Smiles With You

Now that you are a registered for Rotary’s Climb For A Smile we encourage you to select a cause or causes to climb for and open your personal or team fundraising page.

This year’s causes, as last year are t T, ROTARY’S POLIO ERADICATION PROGRAMME, THE ROTARY WA CORD BLOOD BANK and our new local guest cause the WIRRPANDA FOUNDATION. Once you have chosen Email your families, friends and colleagues and invite them to join or support you in this exciting fundraising challenge.

Let them know that through your effort and their support they can help put a smile on a small child’s face forever with their tax deductible sponsorship which is immediately receipted.

Remember, every cent you raise goes directly to your nominated cause without admin expenses as Rotarians are all volunteers

You will smile too when you realise the life-changing results of your efforts!

	Interplast Put a Smile on a child's face Interplast provides funds for volunteer West Australian surgical teams to travel overseas and operate on children that require burn and cleft palate surgery. A child suffering from a cleft palate is not only disfigured but cannot speak, eat, breathe or drink properly this easy fixed for only $350. Make a donation to Interplast
	Rotary WA Cord blood bank Support our Western Australian children This bank in Perth will collect transplant material collected from the umbilical cord and placenta. Currently in Western Australia many adults and children are awaiting a successful donation to treat leukaemia and other bone and marrow diseases. Make a donation to Rotary Cord Blood Bank
	End Polio Now Help us rid the world of Polio After 20 years Rotary International is now within a whisker of eradicating Polio worldwide, your donation now matched by Bill and Melinda Gates may just provided the last drop of vaccine required to wipe Polio of the face of the earth. Make a donation to Rotary End Polio Now
	Wirrapanda Foundation Support David's Dream The David Wirrpanda foundation was founded out of a mutual desire to assist and develop young West Australians through education, healthy lifestyles,and to increase there self esteem by providing worthwhile opportunities in training and employment. Make a donation to the David Wirrpanda Foundation

That is why we are all climbing today.

Climb for A Smile 2009

Funds raised $ 120332.22

Target: $ 20000

$ 120332.22raised

100%

GOAL $ 20000

Sponsor a Friend

Start Fundraising

The Foundation exists to improve the quality of life for Aboriginal people by promoting strong role models and healthy life choices.
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Rotary WA Climb for a Smile supports Rotary's mission of improving health, education and alleviating poverty by fundraising for Rotary supported causes including End Polio Now, Interplast and the Melanoma Research Group.
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Your funds have now helped Rotary WA build a West Australian CordBlood Bank that will not only help West Australians but may provide a stem cell match for a patient worldwide.
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Interplast Australia & New Zealand sends volunteer teams of fully qualified, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied therapists to the Asia Pacific region to provide free medical treatment and training.
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Rotary WA's Climb for a Smile Local Community Causes is a fun fundraising stair challenge that supports local Rotary and Community causes. While very worthwhile causes, donations are not tax deductible as these causes do not have deductible gift recipient status with the ATO.
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Wirrpanda Foundation
http://www.dwf.org.au/

Our Vision

To improve the outlook for Aboriginal Australians we must work together to reduce the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in our society. We can achieve this by empowering and building capacity among Aboriginal people and their communities.

About the Wirrpanda Foundation

The Foundation exists to improve the quality of life for Aboriginal people by promoting strong role models and healthy life choices. This is the basis for all of our mentoring programs. The focus is to increase the retention of Aboriginal students in school, and improve their life choices after leaving school by encouraging further study or entry into the workforce.

The Foundation now employs 18 fulltime and 18 part time role models and has a team of dedicated volunteers. This year has seen WF staff and role models undertake a variety of training to ensure quality delivery of our programs. Mentors have completed Senior First Aid, Food Cents course, Certificate 3 in Drug and Alcohol Counselling training, Suicide Prevention training, Nuts and Bolts, Moorditj Training (sexual health) from Family Planning WA.

The Foundation has a dual responsibility to not only develop and deliver its program but to build capacity amongst the staff.has established six successful programs in Perth, regional areas in Western Australia as well as in Victoria and New South Wales.

Since commencing operations in 2005, the Foundation has established six successful programs in Perth, regional areas in Western Australia as well as in Victoria and New South Wales.