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.
I trust this finds you all well-rested and ready to take on everything 2024 has in store for us. In reality, you may well have been entertaining family and friends and making wonderful memories together, maybe spending time at the lakes etc, making the most of the “good weather” days, and now looking forward to a quieter pace as school starts to go back. We have certainly enjoyed both, and especially showing off our new CPlay playground to family and friends as they visited.
Also, a fabulous highlight was attending a celebration of Jess Hewitson and Jarard Wooffindin a couple of weekends ago, who surprised everyone with a wedding announcement. Congratulations Jess & Woof.
Speaking of weddings, Lionel, Lynette, and Bruce Borrell towed the Hot Dog van out to Woodbury on Friday and set it up in preparation for “supper service” later that evening, we recommend the coffee at the Woodbury Café also, just a lovely wee drive out from town if you are looking for a destination.Jess, Lionel & Lynette returned later in the evening and served up hot dogs and chips for a very appreciative guest list, a fun night and great to be part of.
I am aware some of our members, unfortunately, had to deal with COVID over Xmas, I hope your recovery has been quick.
January has been a big month for those of our members celebrating significant milestone birthdays, Congratulations to John Barton, Stephen Don, and Jess Hewitson.
Jess and Julie have been busy over the break also, raising extra funds for the resources they will take with them on their trip to Nepal which will take place in March 2024.If anyone wishes to contribute, please contact Jess.
Welcome Back!!
Looking forward to catching up with you all again this week at the BBQ.
Lynette Wilson
President
NEXT WEEKS MEETING
Tuesday 30th January 2024
Welcome Back BBQ @ Jenny and Basil Ensor's home,
360 Pages Road, Timaru.
Time: 5:30 start for 6pm meal
Cost: $10 per person (Rotary Foundation donation)
What to bring:
If your surname begins with A to M please bring a dessert.
If it begins with N to Z please bring a salad
RSVP: Numbers to secretary Lionel, lwilsonfamily@xtra.co.nz / 027 2279 785, by 27 January please. (TODAY!!)
THE NEXT MEETING
Tuesday 6th February 2024
There is no official meeting next week, HOWEVER,
some members intend on heading down to the TT&CC for dinner and a drink at our usual time,
so come along too!
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.)
Retro Rock Night at the Museum, Saturday 17th February
Rock & Hop at the Bay,Saturday 16th March
Books for Babies
To the members of the Rotary Club of Timaru. My husband and I would just like to say thank you for the little book your trust has provided for our little girl Arlia.
It's is very much appreciated.
Thank you again, Laura and Alex.
THE THAPLUNG WOMEN, CHILDREN'S AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT, NEPAL
Julie and Jess have finally had the approval to carry out their proposed Nepal Project in March 2024. The pair will travel with another midwife, Tina Hewitt from Christchurch, to remote Nepal to carry out an educational program for locals of the area. Click here to read about the Project.
The latest fundraiser we are running is:
Canterbury Magicians Signed Playing Top
The Canterbury Magicians won the State Women's League Final in 2005. This amazing squad included White Ferns and Canterbury legends, aka 'local gals' Haidee Tiffen, Maria Fahey, and Selena Charteris. Other squad players include Amy Satterthwaite, Rebecca Steele, Beth McNeil, Sarah Burke, Hannah Rae, Helen Daly, Phillipa Gerrish, and English International Claire Taylor.
Copy the link above to a new tab and it will take you to the TradeMe listing.
Please get in touch with Jess if you are interested in supporting this Project in any way.
Many thanks!
Jess and Julie
MULTI CLUB BBQ & CPLAY INFORMATION EVENING
Thursday 15th February - Save the date!
Timaru North is orgnaising a local Club get-together BBQ at Caroline Bay with members and our families to share a BBQ dinner, and Roselyn Fauth will give a presentation/share information about the new playground (CPlay)
We will distribute more details as they become available.
CPLAY DONATION CERTIFICATE
CPlay Committee Chair Owen 'OJ' Jackson presented some of our Trustees with a certificate of recognition for the donations our Club Trusts have made towards the Caroline Bay Playground upgrade over the last few years.
It will be held in Te Pae, the Christchurch Convention Centre, in the Waitaki Room.
It will be held from 8.50am to 3pm on Saturday 20 April.
The Earlybird tickets will be available online from the end of this month until the 1st March:
$120 for Rotarians or Partners of Rotarians ($30 earlybird discount)
$150 for non-Rotarians ($30 earlybird discount)
$100 for Rotaractors or attendees of RYLA in 2023 or 2024 ($20 earlybird discount)
$100 for attending the Long Lunch only from 11.30am to 1.30pm ($20 earlybird discount)
$ 20 for the post-conference gathering for drinks (cash bar) and nibbles 4.30 – 6.00pm
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 3pm.
Non-Rotarians are welcome/encouraged to attend, so invite your friends.
Editors Humour
No humour this week, just some gossip!
Jarrad and I finally got around to tying the knot! We had a small ceremony in our garden on the 5th of January with our immediate family
I will change my last name to Wooffindin, but I won't worry about it until I return from Nepal.
The Rotary Club of Timaru (Inc) | Rotary International District 9980 | Charter No 2705 (1927)
