It's been an awesome couple of weeks with a fair bit happening. We have had some great guest speakers and a fantastic off-site night at Buzz Stop. Nick and Rosie are real ‘honeys’ and were great hosts. They are ‘busy as bees’ with the cafe, the wine tasting and the hive operations. Personally, I’m not particularly fond of getting too close bees, but Nick and Rosie have built a thriving business and things are really ‘humming’. Nick has grown-up with bees and is a 4th generation beekeeper. It was a real ‘buzz’ to be able to support this local business this month. We also enjoyed the company of special guests Ruth McGrouther, Kim Knight, Wellington Rotarian Joy Durrant and her brother David, and Wakatipu High School teacher Rebecca Lund.
The project at the Lakeland Park camp is coming along great guns thanks to Riki Hunter, PE Jason Climo and Tony Fleming. Last weekend they turned up with the big boys’ toys to level the site and dig the post holes. This weekend, the posts went in and are braced ready for the concrete this week. Thank you to John Thompson, Keith McIntosh and my Hamish for helping. There’s probably about 3-4 weekends left to finish, including landscaping.
A couple of notices:
I need to remind you that apologies must be reported if you can’t make it to the Holiday Inn. We are still charged by the restaurant for your meal and therefore it is costing the Club at the moment. This is not fair to the other members so, from this week, if you do not put in an apology and the restaurant charges us, we will have to invoice you.
The ‘Great Debate’ is coming up on 22nd September. I have tickets for those who have requested them. If you haven’t paid me yet, please refer to my earlier email with my bank account number. I have also emailed you the ‘Brazz’ menu. We are required to pre-order to save time. Can you please email me with your meal choices asap. I will be sending out reminders this week.
For the members who have their own tickets and wish to join us for dinner, can you let me know and I will send you the menu and reserve you a seat.
GOOD NEWS!! We were successful with our application for a District Grant for our next community project, the Tucker Beach Trail Shelter’. The grant is for $1423.00. This project is held up due to a frustratingly slow response rate from DOC and other powers that be. Kerry Dunlop is chasing this up and will report to us as soon as he has more information.
Tony Fleming will be in touch soon with those who have volunteered to help him with the burn-off at Tucker Beach.
As I mentioned, the evening at Buzz Stop was also a fundraiser. Thank you all for supporting this. We raised a total $915.00 made up of meals excess money and the very exciting and amazing auction result. Of the $575 raised from the auction, ½ will go to ‘Give Every Child A Future’ (GECAF), Rotary/Unicef cause ($287.50) and the other half will go to Polio+.
A few members have asked for more info on ‘GECAF’. When I first heard about it, I immediately wanted to be involved. It is a project that is basically in our backyard and one where we can make a real difference in the lives of the children of our Pacific neighbours.
Taken from the D9980 website: In parts of the Pacific, nearly 1 in 16 children die before their 5th birthday. We’re going to stop that!
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of Rotary in Aotearoa New Zealand, and this is being marked by a number of projects. In the lead up to 2021, Australia and New Zealand in collaboration with UNICEF have a bold ambition: to immunise 100,000 of the most disadvantaged children across the Pacific in 4 years.
Across 9 Pacific nations, we will help introduce 3 lifesaving vaccinations to prevent diseases like cervical cancer, severe diarrhoea, pneumonia, blood infection and meningitis.
Image provided by Rotary International
Rotary’s support will also help sustain the local health system for the sustainable delivery of vaccinations so that future generations will continue to benefit in the long term. A truly inspiring Rotary legacy. Will this be your Centenary Legacy Project?
Reminder: Have you asked someone this week if they want to join Rotary?
See you on Tuesday. We have John Quinn, a local from Queenstown Toastmasters, as our guest speaker. John is a presentologist, his business is called ‘AudienceAlive’.
Lee-Ann
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