Also, the club uses the email address timaru.rotary@gmail.comfor the public to contact us with enquiries.
Thought for the week
Turn your wounds into wisdom. - Oprah Winfrey
THANK YOU KING STREET MOTORS
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.
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President Jess's Message.
Dia dhaoibh (Hello in Irish Gaelic)
It was great to have DG Dylan along this week as our guest speaker. Our AG Raewyn was also in attendance. Dylan delivered a great speech, about his time so far as DG, the ways Rotarians have had to adapt over the last year due to COVID, the importance of change and embracing new ideas and ways of doing things, utilising the technology available to us to maintain good connections. I think that we are certainly on the right track in our club and I was secretly a bit proud that we could say ‘yes we are doing that’ to many of the points Dylan spoke about, still some areas we need to work on but definitely pointing in the right direction 😊 Dylan spoke of the upcoming 'EClub of WASH' trivia night and the lunchtime meeting they hold each week – perhaps those of you who don’t work on a Friday could join a meeting one day?
Nice to hear the Rotary Oceania Centenary project will begin on the ground in the Pacific in January next year. “Give Every Child a Future” project is a Rotary Oceanian and UNICEF initiative and the goal is to vaccinate 100,000 kids with 3 vaccines – Rotavirus, Pneumococcal and HPV. Our club will also be donating to this project this year. More info click here...
Michael Boorer and Gordon Ireland from the Athletics SC All-Weather Track Trust will make a presentation on the resurfacing project that is being planned for January 2022.
They will allow for any questions you may have.
The Charitable Trust has been asked to assist with the funding of this project.
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:-
Glen Smith - From 'Caroline House' South Canterbury Drug & Alcohol Addiction Centre.
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:-
When doing Host Duties (i.e. Duty Roster), please remember that you set tables, raffles etc up for the night.
Then at the end of the meeting you need to pack up again and return table numbers etc. into the box and put away.
The large sign outside door must also be packed away (this part isn't always been done).
It then falls to those leaving last.
RAFFLE PRIZES
For this Rotary year, President Jess would like members to take turns at providing the raffle prize (no alcohol please), either by buying a prize to the value of $10 to $15 (keep the receipt and ask Treasurer Jenny for reimbursement using the claims form click here...) or maybe you have a suitable prize you'd like to donate.
To make it simple to keep track of whose turn it is, the person on Host Duty 2 will be asked to provide the raffle prize for the week.
When it's your turn to provide the prize:
Please put the prize on the Host table no later than 5:30 pm.
Make sure there's a raffle sheet (from the host bin) and a pen on the table.
If you are unable to attend Rotary, and you are unable to find someone to swap, please contact Robyn Baldwin so she can arrange cover for the night.
Information Required.
Remember this is "your" bulletin and so please email information to me on what your committee is doing (or planning) so everyone can be aware of it.
Lack of the above will mean the bulletin is not advising the members of what is happening in the club & particapation will be down.
Stephen
Upcoming Local Events.
Tom Scott Talk (book sales & signing) - "Searching For Charlie" (Upham) - RSA Monday 2nd November - More information ...
As part of our support to eradicate Polio, the Timaru Rotary club is putting on a Movie Evening.
To see a larger version of the above Movie Flyer (or print off) click here....
We would love for all Rotarians and partners, family members and friends of Rotary, to come along and enjoy the Movie about Helen Reddy and her life.
We have selected an 80 seat movie theatre at Movie Max 5 on Tuesday evening the 24th November to show the movie.
The ticket cost per person is $20 and we ask you to either ring me on 027 227 9785 or email me on LWilsonfamily@xtra.co.nz; with your ticket requests on a first-in, first-served basis.
Also, remember that the international "Eradicate Polio" day is Saturday 24th October.
Warm Regards,
Lionel Wilson
This year’s movie is I Am Woman. It’s the story of Australian singer/songwriter, Helen Reddy, who shot to global stardom in the seventies. While set in the US, the movie is a local production. Tilda Cobham-Hervey is sensational in the lead role.
Helen Reddy passed away on Tuesday, 29th September in Los Angeles from Dementia.
RNZWCS October Newsletter.
To view the RNZWCS (Rotary NZ World Community Service) October Newsletter - Click here ...
2020 Christmas Parade - Sunday 6th December.
Our club this year (along with the North Rotary Club, Timaru Host Lions Club, Timaru Suburbian Lions Club & Timaru Christmas Parade Trust) is again involved with organising the parade and will be asking for manpower on the day from approx. 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm.
Timaru Christmas Parade Trust in association with TDC, Venture Timaru, SC Toyota, MTech, Harcourts Timaru is proud to present.
Timaru Christmas Cheers Project- Spreading the Christmas Spirit around our community.
Take a Christmas photo of your friends, family, groups, colleagues, add your name, a Community Christmas Message.
send into the website
https://timarusantaparade.co.nz/ ( from 10th October 2020) and they will be weaved together to form a community Christmas cheer!
2020 Christmas Lights Competition.
Primeport Timaru Christmas Parade Trust in association with Harcourts Timaru is proud to present :
Timaru Christmas Light Competition 2020
Please register on the website https://timarusantaparade.co.nz/and details will be sent to you. More competition details to come.
RYLA 2021
Members are asked to have a think to see if they know anyone between the ages of 20-29 who may wish to enter next years RYLA programme in Queenstown January 29th - February 3rd (refer the following & contact Mike Parr - Timaru organiser).
Information from District 9980 RYLA chair (Lee-Anne Limes) - click here...
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.)
Editors Humour.
Who Does What
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew their coffee each morning. The wife said, “You should do it because you get up first and then we don’t have to wait so long to get our coffee.”
The husband said, “You are in charge of cooking around here and it is your job because that is your job and I can just wait for my coffee.”
Wife replies, “No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee.”
Husband replies, "I don’t believe that. Show me.”
So she fetched the Bible, opened the New Testament and pointed to the top of several pages, that indeed say “HEBREWS” !!
The Rotary Club of Timaru (Inc) | Rotary International District 9980 | Charter No 2705 (1927)
