Monday 9 May 2011

Just starting

Welcome to the Rotary Club of St Johns Inc Blog.  This will tell just some of the stories of what the club does and achieves.  The club website is at http://www.stjohns.rotarysouthpacific.org/ and the club email is stjohnsrotary@gmail.com

Since its Charter in September 1989, the club has achieved a huge amount.  In the 2010-2011 Rotary year (starting 1 July 2010) some of the highlights to date have been:
  • Wesley Johnston from Texas as the second Ambassadorial the club has hosted in the last two years arrived.
  • Solene from France is of course our current International Youth Exchange student being hosted by the club amd member families.
  • The inaugural golf tournament for the Brian Gibbes Memorial Gold Scholarship was an outstanding success and the first scholarship will be awarded at the second tournament scheduled for October 2011.
  • A hugely successful Rotary Youth Driver Awareness course was held at Glendowie College - over 110 student took part
  • Four students from Selwyn College were sponsored onto the 2011 Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment weekend, learning leadership skills and making many new friends.
  • Socials have been highlights as well with pizza nights, concerts, and more recently the day trip to Tiri Tiri Matangi.