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President Andrea's Message
Writing this while I'm at the last day of the Kindling Project.Lots of Rotarian's and Ex Rotarian's here helping, this is where fellowship is happening lots of laughs are being had.
We welcome to Timaru Olivia Pehrsdotter (our exchange from Sweden), we hope she is settling in well to her school for the year (TGHS) and her first Kiwi parents Dave and Kim Woods.
We all look forward to meeting you.
This Weeks Meeting.
Tuesday 31st July
Guest speaker Keith Shaw (YMCA South & Mid Canterbury)
Speaking on "The working of the YMCA"
Next Week's Meeting
Tuesday 28th August
Altrusa Quiz Night
Thanks to those who have already paid their annual subscription. The details for payment by internet banking are:
Amount:
$250, ($183 for NRG members).
Account Name:
The Rotary Club of Timaru (Inc)
Account number:
03-0887-0270465-000
Details:
Sub 2018-19
Reference:
Your name
You can also pay by cheque to The Rotary Club of Timaru (Inc), P O Box 78, Timaru,
or hand to treasurer John in a named envelope.
Aoraki Development Links.
Following on from Nigel Davenport's talk on Tuesday night are some links he has sent us:-
We are really excited about our upcoming targeted promo (billboards, new videos etc…) all of which will feature heavily on our Aoraki Development Facebook page so if you can encourage all your members to like our page using this link https://www.facebook.com/timarudistrict/ and share these upcoming promotional posts far and wide that’d be really great.
2018/19 RYE Student
Our RYE Student Olivia Pehrsdotter is from Brunflo, Sweden.
Jess collected her from the Christchurch Airport on Friday 20th July.
Still looking for 1 more family to host Olivia. We would be needing a family for about the start of February 2019. Host time is 12-14weeks approx.
If anyone can (or knows of a possible family) please contact Jess (hewitson_jessica@hotmail.com or
(021) 886 812).
Remember also if anyone is traveling around the region if they can include Olivia to also contact Jess.
Club History
Keith wishes to remind members who take photographs of Rotary activities to email copies to him for the scrap book.
UNESCO has designated 8 September "International Literacy Day"
Could our Club become more involved in promoting literacy? Read more ...
Rotary Professional Development Exchange.
At the the South Pacific President Elect Training Seminar and Rotary Know How, there was mention that the District is planning a Professional Development Exchange, (PDE), with Tasmania.
The focus of the PDE will be tourism, agriculture and engineering.
The exchange is likely to happen in April 2019.
The PDE Committee will be looking for nominations for a Team Leader and outstanding young people between the ages of 18 and 40 to join the group. Unlike the old Group Study Exchanges, nominations will be open to people who are also Rotarians.
Further information will be following shortly.
If you have any queries please just let me know.
Kind Regards
Andrew Hamilton
District 9980 Governor
Pink Ribbon Appeal.
We have received the following email from Eria (of the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation)
I am contacting you requesting the voluntary help of your group for the Pink Ribbon Street Appeal on Friday 12th and/or Saturday 13th October 2018.
We rely on the voluntary help of groups like yours to make up almost a quarter of the 10,000 volunteers we need to run this appeal every year.
If your group would like to help we can assign your group to an allocated site to collect and you will be provided with all the buckets, ribbons, sashes etc. that you will need in order for the collection to happen. Whether your members can help us by volunteering at a site for one or both days, or whether individual members can volunteer for a few hours, we would welcome your support. We would love to be able to reassign your group to the site that you looked after in the past.
The challenge is still enormous and we would be grateful for your help to enable our work – through life saving early detection campaigns, research into better treatments and support for New Zealanders with the disease. It’s only through the involvement of amazing community groups like yours that we are able to support and educate others and we would be honoured if you would support Breast Cancer Foundation NZ this year.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
If anyone is willing to co-ordinate the manpower for this appeal (or is interesting in assisting with it) please contact Andrea (684 9274 or (0272) 736 454).
Hot Dog Caravan Upcoming Events
Weeklyrugby at Alpine Energy Stadium
Click HERE to go to the on-line roster
to fill in your name if you can help.
(If you have a problem doing this contact Jenny Ensor.)
The Rotary Club of Timaru (Inc) | Rotary International District 9980 | Charter No 2705 (1927)
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