2024 Michael Chin Humanitarian Award
Dr. Michael Chin, a long serving General Practitioner in the Karrinyup area, was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Karrinyup serving the Club in various roles and was the first member of our Club to be named a Paul Harris Fellow. He passed away in 1998. The Michael Chin Humanitarian Award was created in 2000, in his name, to honour outstanding individuals, who serve the community and those in need, for their humanitarian and volunteer activities. Recipients are those whose daily dedication epitomises the highest standard of quality and personal commitment.
RC Karrinyup is pleased to announce the 2024 recipient of the Dr Michael Chin Humanitarian Award is Janine Wood, Chairperson & Co-Founder, No Limits Perth. Janine is also the inspiration and driving force behind the organisation, which is run entirely by volunteers out of a warehouse in Wangara with the motto “Helping Families in crisis, one act of kindness at a time”. No Limits Perth provides food hampers out of the Hepburn Centre in Marangaroo three times a week. They also:
- run a school breakfast program;
- provide nutritious lunches and dinners to 3 schools;
- provide a laundry van to wash clothes for the school children;
- provide back to school backpacks and stationary packs for school children; and
- provide emergency packs, kitchen starter packs and cleaning packs to those in need.
No Limits Perth also organises 2 monthly community hubs in Marangaroo and Joondalup providing food hampers, second-hand clothing, pre-loved furniture, toiletries and other basic essentials, Centrelink and JP services and pet food and co-ordinating with providers of a mobile laundry, mobile showers, hairdressing, dog washing and vet services for the less fortunate, victims of domestic violence, vulnerable children, and families
This year the award was presented by Community Service Director Mike Murphy. The Rotary Club of Karrinyup is delighted to recognise Janine as a most worthy recipient of the 2024 Michael Chin Humanitarian Award.