594 Frankton Road
Turn off Frankton Road into Goldfields Heights then Goldfields Way
Queenstown
Cost: Meal cost (see below) or without meal $5
Please advise attendance, guests and meal orders (see below for menu) before each meeting by email by 5pm on the Sunday prior to each meeting via email
Take away bold ideas about how to improve your club experience, your community, and the world from breakout sessions at the Rotary convention in Singapore.
On Saturday the 13th of April, the Rotary Club of Queenstown celebrated their 80th anniversary with a dinner at the Country Club, Lake Hayes.
Guests included members from the Inner Wheel Club of Queenstown, partners of members, and Philip Chandler (Scoop).
Presented at the 80th celebration were three Paul Harris Fellowship awards. The recipients on the evening were Ross and Rosanna Bealand Philip Chandler (Scoop) from the Mountain Scene.
A Paul Harris Fellow Award is a recognition of humanitarian and educational programs that make a difference in the local community and abroad.
Ross and Rosanna Beal received a Paul Harris Fellow award for their humanitarian dedication and commitment to their Ugandan projects (Fountain of Peace and the Connor Beal Memorial Education Scholarship).
Philip Chandler (Scoop) from the Mountain Sceene received a Paul Harris Fellow award for his contribution to the Queenstown community.
The evening was enjoyed by all and Nel did a fantastic job as MC. A big thank you to all of the members who spent time decorating the venue prior to the event. It looked fantastic!
On Tuesday the 16th of April, we had six enthusiastic Rotary members visit our club on exchange from New Orleans, USA.
We had six members from three clubs within the New Orleans area (Brett, Cindy, John, Nancy, Nora and Karen).
The Rotarians arrived in New Zealand last week and had time to visit other clubs in Wellington and Kapiti Coast and enjoyed a day of tramping and visiting Dunedin and Invercargill.
Activities with fellow Rotarians within Queenstown were enjoying a ride on the Shotover Jet, sightseeing at the Remarkables skifield, a boat ride on the Earnslaw, and a gondola trip up the Skyline whilst visiting our Adopt a Plot.
It was great to meet other fellow Rotarians and hear about their projects important to the New Orleans area.
We had four enthusiastic RYLArians from 2024 presenting on the 9th of April.
Nick, Kate, Juliet, and Sanchit gave us a great insight into the valuable life skills they learned and the friends they made during RYLA this year.
The RYLArian enjoyed activities such as climbing Queenstown Hill for a sunrise, leadership skills and learning about behavioral skills in the workplace. They also worked on projects around the camp and had the challenge of building a bench seat.
They also enjoyed the Rotary meet and greet BBQ.
Thank you again to Lee-Ann for all her hard work and we look forward to RYLA 2025.
A fantastic local article was written by the Mountain Scene last week to celebrate our 80th club anniversary.
It discusses how eighteen members in 1944 met at Scotty’s Tea Rooms for the ‘charter presentation meeting’ on September 23. The club opened during World War 2 and was at that time, an all-male members club.
Over the 80 years, the Rotary Club of Queenstown has had many fundraising efforts such as building a ‘house in a day’ in 1987, $650,000-plus restoration of the old Shotover bridge to celebrate Rotary’s centenary in 2005, and the Tucker Beach trail.
This is Suren Poruri, District Chairman - Global Grants, RI District 3150, from India.
Your Rotary Club of Queenstown was chartered on April 18, 1944, which is today. Your club completed 80 years of service today in RI District 9999 in serving communities across the world.
I would like to extend my warm wishes to you and to all your club members on this joyous moment.
Rotary is the only organization that is working towards happy communities across the world with its noble initiatives.
Thanks to our Rotary Club founder Rtn Paul Harris, we are able to make a difference in the communities where we live.
Rotary clubs across the world execute service projects worth 2 billion dollars every year in their communities. Rotarians gives 25 million volunteer hours to their communities across the world every year.
Thanks and regards
Suren Poruri
District Chairman - Global Grants(Successfully executed 1 million dollars worth of global grants)
The South Island conference commences on the 20th of April at 9 am at the Christchurch Convention Centre.
Keynote speakers are Jennifer Jones (past Rotary World President), Matt Chrisholm (Mental health), Adele Keefe (Empowering Women), and Rachel Gully (Generation X and how to retain/attract them).
