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APOLOGIES & GUESTS
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Thought for the week
People need to be reminded more than they need to be instructed - Samual Johnson
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,
It is always a pleasure to welcome visiting Rotarians to our Club meetings.
This week we enjoyed the company of Mike Franzen and Gail Selk from Madison, Wisconsin USA., and a couple, Ross and Raewyn Wensley (Ross is a member of Invercargill Rotary).
Ross & Raewyn were here to celebrate brother and Club member Lance’s 80th birthday. Congratulations Lance.
Mike and Gail were partway through a 7-week tour of NZ and were reconnecting with fellow Rotarians they met on a Group Study Exchange many years ago. Locals John Bruce, the late Wynn Raymond and John Eddy were part of that team.
It is amazing the depth of talent that is unearthed through our Club’s sponsorship of High School pupils enabling them to attend extra educational based activities in New Zealand and overseas. Our speaker, Hannah Konings was exceptional as she described her time at the XLAB in Gottingen, Germany 2019. Hannah, who was 1 of 2 NZ students joined 28 other International students for a month of science experiments in this well-equipped laboratory. This extraordinary building is very modern – the orange level is physics, the yellow level is chemistry, the green level is biology and blue is computer and library. It was designed as an interface between High School and University for young people. English was the common language for this group read more...
This Week's Meeting
Tuesday 4th February 2020
Club Night
Next Meeting
Tuesday 11th February 2020
Jess, Tony & Keryn Ward will speak about their 'Project Starfish' volunteering they did late last year.
Followed by a Director's meeting for the 'Board of the Rotary Club of Timaru'.
Lance Wensley Celebrates His 80th Birthday.
Joan, sister in law Raewyn, Lance, brother Ross and son David pictured at Lance's birthday lunch on Tuesday at the Shearer's Quarters.
Bill Gates Announces Continued Fundraising Partnership With Rotary.
Dear Rotarian,
I’m delighted to let you know that Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation just announced the extension of our fundraising partnership. The Gates Foundation will continue matching donations to Rotary’s PolioPlus program 2-1, up to $50 million every year.
Share your commitment by showing this video from Bill Gates at your next club meeting or event and help Rotary and the Gates Foundation spread the word about our extended fundraising partnership. You can also share this news by forwarding this email to your Rotary network.
Whether you’re a new Rotary member, or you’ve been fighting polio for decades—there’s a role for you to play in ending this disease. Visit endpolio.org to learn more and donate.
Sincerely,
John Germ
Chair, End Polio Now Countdown to History Committee
Rotary Foundation Trustee
2021-21 Rotary International Presidential Theme Announced.
Rotary International President-elect Holger Knaack revealed the 2020-21 presidential theme - to read more click here ...
District 9980 Conference & 'Days For Girls' Project.
Hello,
With only 12 weeks to go until the conference, things are really starting to come together.
I encourage members to get registered as soon as possible, keep reminding them in your club bulletin. We have more than enough work for 250 people on the Saturday, that is going to truly make a difference to a lot of schools and community groups!
Information for the 'Days for Girls' project is available, and we hope you, your club members, friends and family, will be able to help out - to view the 'information' click here & here for the 'flyer'.
This is a fantastic project, and these kits are proven to make a great difference to girls all around the world.
See you at conference!
Kind regards,
Tania Lowery
District Governor 2019-20
Upcoming Events.
24 March 20 Our Annual Ashburton Rotary get
together (this year in Ashburton).
President of Federated Farmers,
David Clark will be the speaker.
Gather at 5.15 pm for 6 pm start.
A Reminder If You Have Contact Detail Changes.
Remember if you have any changes to your contact details (eg phone number, email address or postal address) you can log onto 'Clubrunner' and change under 'Active Members.'
If you have problems doing this please email secretary Lionel with the changes and he will action.
HOT DOG VAN ROSTER
non-members welcome! You can now add non-members to the Hot Dog Van roster. Just type their name into the roster - if an error message pops up just ignore it. Once you add a name to the roster it will be automatically added to the drop-down list.
'LEXOPHILE' - A Play On Words.
Examples:-
The archeologists were digging for a statue of Julius Caesar but the result was a bust.
They knew what to expect when praying to the goddess Lakshmi because forewarned is four-armed.
The shipmate with the gold watch was the newest hire but he turned out to be a second hand.
Autumn was supposed to be a drought but ended up a waterfall.
Hot Dog Caravan Upcoming Events
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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