Thanks to King Street Motors for carrying out a Warrant of Fitness inspection of the Hot Dog Caravan at no cost to the Club, and then carrying out some maintenance work, again at no cost to the Club. What great support of our efforts for the community.
Members might like to return the favour by supporting King Street Motors; you'll find them at 143 King Street.
Thank You Humphris Engineering
Thanks to Humphris Engineering for carrying out the replacement of the stabilising legs & the braking system upgraded on our food caravan on both jobs they have only charged for parts (no labour - worth $850.00).
Such a wonderful gesture to make from a local business.
Members may wish to return the favour by supporting Humphris Engineering Ltd; you can find them at 96 King St Timaru.
Thank You
Major sponsor of the
Rotary Club of Timaru
Hot Dog Caravan
raising funds to support our community.
Thank You Thompsons Refrigeration Services
Thank you to Thompsons Refrigeration Services for the discount on our recent HDV repair invoice.
They also carry out our electrical test tagging and temperature calibration certificates with no charges. A great show of community spirit!
Members may wish to return the favour by supporting Thompsons Refrigeration Servies; you can find them at 12 Bank Street, Timaru.
Last Tuesday, a group of current, past, and honorary members, along with active “friends” of our club, enjoyed a trip to the Theatre and shared the hilarity of “Inspector Drake & the Perfekt Crime”. – a classic whodunnit.
Editor (Jess) Away Until Week Beginning 26th March.
I will be covering for Jess while she is in Nepal, so please send me any information for the bulletin (srdon000@outlook.com).
Jess will return the week of the 26th of March for that week's bulletin.
Thanks
Stephen
NEXT WEEKS MEETING
Tuesday 12th March
Tara O'Brien & Georgia Coles - Speaking on their time at ' Science & Technology Forum'
Members are reminded to put in an apology for the meeting by noon on Monday (otherwise they are liable to be charged) - click on the following link to apologise:-
some members intend on heading down to the TT&CC for dinner and a drink at our usual time,
so come along too!
Macular Degeneration NZ Seminar.
We have received information from Macular Degeneration NZ - they have a seminar on Saturday 16 March at the TTCC in Timaru.
Time – 10am to 11.30am (No Cost).
The seminar is on the impact of macular degeneration on people over 50, which affects 1 in 7 people (Blindness).
Altrusa Movie Fundraiser
We have received this from Janette Borrell.
The movie is 'The Great Escaper' at Movie Max Timaru at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday 20th March. To view the brochure click here... (or to watch the trailer click here...)
The Thaplung Women, Children's and Community Health Project, Nepal (2024).
Week One
The team (Tina, Julie & Jess) left last weekend & are now in Nepal to start the approx. 3-week project (A project started by our club to educate & support local people in remote Nepal).
It is so lovely to get feedback from parents of Newborn babies, thanking us for the donation of a little “Spot” (the dog) book.
“Books for Babies” is a long-running project for our club, whereby a small Hard board picture book is given to the parents of every baby born in South Canterbury, via the Maternity ward at Timaru Hospital, and Midwives delivering Homebirths.
We are grateful and very appreciative of being able to utilise funding grants from the RJ & CF Moyes Trust to purchase the books for this valuable project.
The following excerpts were taken from the latest emails received this past week:-
“Thank you very much for the spot book in our plunket pack, was lovely to get such a thoughtful gift and we appreciate the work you all do for our community. Little Libby Maeve was a leap year baby and looks forward to reading your book. She’s pretty special! We have been reading to her throughout pregnancy so loved having a new book to read.”
“Just a quick note to thank you for the generous gift of a book for our newborn. We deeply appreciate the thought - and promise we will be reading to little Evelyn every day! “
Hot Dog Caravan Upcoming Events
The caravan is operating for local events, click on the link below to see where it will be, the dates & to fill in your name if able to help.
Click HERE to go to the online roster to fill in your name if you can help.
(If you have a problem doing this contact Jess Hewitson.)
Rock & Hop at the Bay,Saturday 16th March
D9999 Conference - Creating Hope
20 April 2024
(Please refer to emails sent on Fridays from D9999 Administrator Valda Cordes)
It will be held in Te Pae, the Christchurch Convention Centre, in the Waitaki Room.
It will be held from 8.50 am to 3 pm on Saturday 20 April.
The tickets are available online:
$150 for Rotarians or Partners of Rotarians.
$180 for non-Rotarians.
$120 for Rotaractors or attendees of RYLA in 2023 or 2024.
$120 for attending the Long Lunch only from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm.
$ 20 for the post-conference gathering for drinks (cash bar) and nibbles 4.30 – 6.00 pm.
Some home hosting by Christchurch Rotarians will be available to help keep costs down.
Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger will open the Conference.
Matt Chisholm will be the Mental Health keynote speaker.
Adele Keefe will be speaking on Empowering Women and Girls.
Jennifer Jones , Immediate Past Rotary International President, will be speaking at the Long Lunch and will be available to talk informally with people immediately after 3 pm.
Non-Rotarians are welcome/encouraged to attend, so invite your friends.
Editors Humour
Want to hear something terrible?
Paper. See? I told you it was tear-able.
Last night, I dreamed I was swimming in an ocean of orange soda.
But it was just a Fanta sea.
An atom loses an electron… it says, “Man, I really gotta keep an ion them.”
A man sued an airline company after it lost his luggage.
Sadly, he lost his case.
Atoms are untrustworthy little critters.
They make up everything!
The Rotary Club of Timaru (Inc) | Rotary International District 9980 | Charter No 2705 (1927)
