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ROTARY SUBS
WERE DUE 31 JULY
APOLOGIES & GUESTS
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Thought for the week
Love me when I least deserve it because that's when I really need it. - Swedish Proverb
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 Bev's Message.
Greetings,
August is 'Rotary International Membership and New Club Development Month'.
Thank you, Cheryl, for the Rotary Club of Timaru meeting notice in The Courier 'What's On' column.
The sign at the TTCC gateway is outstanding, due to the efforts of Shaun and John. Thank you. We will hear more from our Membership committee in the coming weeks.
Damien Bromwich provided us with a very comprehensive outline of the research carried out by DOC into the lifestyle and quirks of our local endangered population of the Long Tailed Bat. The big project for DOC last summer was installing wide aluminium bands around the known 'Roost trees'. So far, they know of 257 roost trees dotted between Geraldine, Temuka, Pleasant Point, Kakahu, Opihi River and the junction of the Te Ngawai and Opihi Rivers. It appears to the DOC team that there are more roost trees waiting to be discovered. These bats are totally insectivorous and eat up to 1,000 insects per night. The research indicates that the bats tend to stay in their locality and rotate between the roost trees within that area.
Enjoy your weekend.
Bev
This Week's Meeting
Tuesday 13th August
No Guest Speaker.
'Club Night' with an 'open forum'
Followed by a Director's meeting - for the 'Board of the Rotary Club of Timaru'.
(Director's meeting - for the 'Board of the Rotary Club of Timaru Charitable Trust' will be held 27th August).
Next Meeting
Tuesday 20th August
Guest Speaker Julie Dockrill
Speaking on 'Midwifery in Nepal.'
Polio Eradication Fundraiser Movie.
"Ride Like a Girl" is the story of Michelle Payne, who in 2015, was the first woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup on her 100-1 outsider mount, Prince of Penzance.
Doug Weir was the trainer and he hired Michelle to ride Prince of Penzance.
This is being hosted by the Waimate and Oamaru Clubs on 18 October in Waimate.
Gilly In Peru.
Gilly is currently holidaying in Peru and is photographed standing on top of 'Machu Picchu' which is an altitude of 2,430 m above sea level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest. The natural setting, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompasses the upper Amazon basin with its rich diversity of flora and fauna.
ROMAC NZ CHARITABLE TRUST - Thanks
Please accept our sincere thanks for the $5,000.00 donation that your Charitable Trust has made to ROMAC. A receipt is attached for your records.
With your help, ROMAC is able to continue having around 20 cases per year in New Zealand – that’s around two per month considering that there are fewer cases over the Christmas/New Year holiday period.
Every dollar donated goes towards bringing a smile back into the faces of the children from many south Pacific countries who receive life saving and dignity restoring medical procedures in New Zealand.
We had a very productive morning on the firewood project. 38 boxes of kindling are ready to go out to those in need. Thank you to the twelve Rotarians, past Rotarians & partners who helped out and all those behind the scenes for the fantastic morning tea.
Upcoming Events.
14 – 16 Sep 19 Red Cross Book Sale.
5 Oct 19 Stroke Foundation Blood Pressure Day
23 Nov 19 Garage Sale at TTCC
Membership.
At the 'Membership & Social Committee' meeting it was highlighted that (in an attempt to introduce potential members to Rotary) all members should be looking at upcoming speakers to see if any of them would be of interest to someone they know (and if so) invite them along to hear that speaker.
Thursday 29th August at The Bay Hill Brewery Bar (Old Monteiths Restaurant).
$40 per team, 4 players max. 7 pm Start.
There will be lots of raffle prizes to be won and also auctions - so bring your notes and coins!😊
Please let me know if you need a table booked for your team (preferred) or just show up on the night.
FOOD WRAPS
Anyone who missed out on ordering the food wraps, we will be placing another order in the coming weeks so it's not too late to make an order. We are selling cling film, tin foil and baking paper.
If you would like to order please let me know, 021 886 812, at work 688 4805 or hewitson_jessica@hotmail.com. OR check out our facebook page: Jess & Keryn's Humanitarian Mission to Cambodia & Thailand.
THANKS! Jess 😊
Hot Dog Van roster - can you help?
We're are short of helpers at the rugby Saturday 17th August (10.30 - 1.15 require a cook) & 7th September. If you can help please click HERE and enter your name on the "Hot Dog Van Duty Roster" (if you have a problem doing this contact Jenny Ensor).
A Riddle To Solve.
The answer to the last riddle:-
A 'Post Office'.
The word "what" is spelt with four letters (w, h, a, and t). The word "sometimes" is spelled with 9 letters (s,o,m,e,t,i,m,e, and s) etc.
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