Our club changeover theme this year was "Just Magic". On Tuesday 29th of June we had a great turn out of witches, wizards, fairies, and Santa even found time for a visit!
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What a fantastic turn out at our ShelterBox New Zealand fundraising quiz held on Thursday 6th May at The Bay Hill Restaurant. Thank you to all the wonderful people who participated the night, we hope you enjoyed your evening!
Special thanks to Roger and Lisa at The Bay Hill Restaurant for hosting us 
and thanks to all the business and families who donated prizes and items for auction 
and thanks to all the business and families who donated prizes and items for auction 
Saving babies' lives!
Hundreds of them!
Imagine reducing a country's infant mortality rate from 56 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002 to 16 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2019.
That's what club member Julie Dockrill and her team achieved in Mongolia and earned her Rotary International's prestigious "People of Action: Champions of Health" award - one of only 6 awarded world wide.
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After our meeting, some of our members headed along to Caroline Bay to do a bit of cleaning up! It was a lovely night for a stroll
Our club was asked to help officiate the first annual SC Mini Golf Champs during Waitangi Weekend. As well as being a mini golf championship, the event was to serve as a fundraiser for the Temuka Museum. On Monday 7 of us headed out to Temuka on a very foggy morning, 'Muka Putt' was our first venue.Our club had a busy Sunday at the annual Timaru Christmas Parade and along with the South Canterbury Rose Festival.
Our Past President Lynette Wilson has represented our club as part of the organising committee for the Christmas Parade. She rallied our club members together to help with the float registrations, health and safety checks of the floats pre-parade, and also with the road marshaling during the parade. Our food caravan was in full swing down at the bay for the Rose Festival at the same time as the Parade and the team down there were keep very busy most of the day. DG Dylan and his family featured in the parade in 
his Shelter Box Rotary Beetle.
his Shelter Box Rotary Beetle. 
Last week, I was honoured to be invited to speak at the Rotary Club of Wellington. As one of three young female Rotary Presidents, we were invited to talk at the club as “the new face of Rotary”. Wellington RC is celebrating its centennial year this year and they wanted to incorporate our thoughts as part of their celebrations.
