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President's Blog
Jason Climo
A great night had by all last Tuesday with the Queenstown Rotary and Lions joint site meeting at the Holiday Inn. It was great to hear Michael White, and a few other members of the Lions, present some pretty cool initiatives and community projects.
I was particularly impressed with the loose change initiative. I think the initiative in collecting this loose change up and donating to a charity is a superb idea, so good I ‘Googled’ it and discovered this article from a few years back - Loose Change Changes Pupils Life . While the article is fairly old, Treasury back then estimated $80 million of old kiwi coins and $36 million in bank notes were unaccounted for. That would equate to millions, if not billions, across the globe.
It was great to share our Rotary initiatives too and thanks John Thompson, Ross Beal and Chris Taylor for your valuable knowledge of projects - namely Fiji water, Fountain of Peace and the Tucker Beach Bridge and Trail works. Grant Rees did a wonderful job on presenting and special thanks to Valma Rees who assisted with our IT setup.
On another note, a very happy 80th Birthday to Kerry Dunlop. Kerry and Kit are due to be back to Queenstown around 20th August. I'm sure they will have a few good stories for us.
I look forward to seeing you all at our members night next Tuesday.
The Rotary Club of Queenstown is again a finalist in the 'Spirit of Wakatipu' Awards.
We are thrilled and honored to be considered once again for an award for our contribution to the community. We love what we do, especially for our young people, so it is a real buzz to be considered for an award.
Our Club has been selected as a top finalist in the 2021 Spirit of Wakatipu Awards.
If you are interested in attending the dinner please let Lee-Ann know at llines@xtra.co.nz
It's $100pp because we are a finalist, normally $159. See if we can get a table of 10 together.
'Days for Girls' is an international project to help combat period poverty by providing reusable menstrual pads. Click on the link to be taken to the website for more info - https://www.daysforgirls.org/
Here is a letter from Lee-Ann on the detail for those wishing to volunteer for Days for Girls sewing etc.
New Rotary member Alex and her family are looking for a 3+ bedroom house to rent in Queenstown from mid or end of September (or early October) for at least 6 months, ideally longer. Henry & Alex have two girls ages 10 and 12 and Henry works from home so an office space would be ideal but not vital. They're hoping for a fully furnished or part furnished home. If you have anything coming available or know of something please do help her out as there is very little around.
We're sure you all heard and saw the flood damage inflicted upon Westport and surrounds.
The Rotary Club of Greymouth are co-ordinating a collection to help ease the burden of the flood victims.
The Board have asked, and the Trust has agreed, to contribute $3000 on our behalf to that Fund.
However if individuals would like to add a personal donation, the Trust can receive it from you and forward to Greymouth. Any donation sent to the Trust will receive a tax deductible receipt.
IPP Lee-Ann is looking after the programme, duties, meetings and attendance. If you have any suggestions/ideas for the programme please let her know. If you have a duty and can’t attend, please make sure you find a replacement.
The 3 Minute Talk - to make sure we run to time, please keep to between 3-5 minutes, unless pre-arranged with President Jason.
Apologies - Must be received to queenstownrotary@gmail.com before 12pm Tuesday at the latest. Please be aware that you will be invoiced for your meal if no apology is received. If you are unsure if you can make it each week, you can put in a permanent apology and let us know when you do come. It is easier to inform the restaurant of an extra meal than the Club having to pay for meals not claimed.
DUTIES ROSTER
17 August
24 August
31 August
Setup 5.20 pm Meet & Greet
Tim Wilshire
Nigel Hawke
Lee-Ann / Alex
Cashier
Grant Rees
Paul Stanfield
Grant Rees
Introduce Speaker & Parting Thought
Brian Mac
Tony Robbins
Lee-Ann Lines
Sergeant
Alan Dunbar
Bruce Jefford
Monica Mulholland
Toast to Rotary Project OR
3 min Talk
Joan Kiernan
David Tait
Bob Craigie
Thank Speaker
Pat Jefford
Richard Bowman
Bruce Jefford
PLEASE NOTE: Person rostered to Introduce Speaker please forward notes of their presentation to Keith McIntosh, Bulletin Editor, for inclusion in the Bulletin.
If you will be away, or for some other reason you cannot do your duty on the nominated day, it is your responsibility as soon as possible, and certainly no later than the Monday night before the meeting, to arrange a substitute. A swap with the person who has the duty the next week is suggested.
Please be there by 5.25 pm if you are on Reception or Meet & Greet.
Our Club has been selected as a top finalist in the 2021 Spirit of Wakatipu Awards. 
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