Monday 24 September 2012

Active + Activity ... something for everone

Our Club Assembly took place on Thursday 20 September  and the committee’s proposed activities were outlined:      
        
Community  + International                                                                             
President Miles stood in for Chairman Paul Lyon and presented the plan for this year including the following activities:

                                                  
  • Group Study Exchange (GSE)                                                                                        
  • Shelter boxes - delivered to 32 countries so far, following natural disasters
  • Emergency Response Kits - hundreds despatched to South Pacific nations         
  • Ambassadorial Scholar                                                                                           
  • Club Cluster Matching Grants                                                                                 
  • Apia Community Playground (a cluster club initiative)                                      
  • Fiji Preschool (also a cluster club initiative)                                                               
  • St Johns Bush maintenance programme                                                       
  • Dictionaries in schools                                                                                              
  • Cure Kids                                                                                                                 
  • The Great Kiwi Anzac Day Breakfast                                                                          
  • Glen Taylor School -  Rangitoto Island trip or school camp support                    
  • St Heliers Festival                                                                                                         
  • Habitat for Humanity                                                                                  
Stonefields School Community Fair - a club activity


New Generations -  Vocational                                                                 
Chairman Peter Walsh outlined the committee’s plan:    

                           

  • International Youth Exchange -  inbound and outbound                                   
  • Challenge Camp - for physically challenged young people age 16-24                 
  • Trees for survival                                                                                                 
  • Interact - students 14-18                                                                              
  • RYPEN - Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment - students 14-17                 
  • RYDA - Rotary - Rotary Youth Driver Awareness - Year 11 students                  
  • RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - Young adults age 18-24               
  • Rotaract - a club for young men and women 18-30                                     
  • Vocational visits - to places of business of interest to members     
                    
Club Service
Chaiman Andy Francis reports:

                                                                                    
  • Bi-monthly committee meetings are supported                                         
  • Fellowship is good                                                                                                         
  • PR is good - articles appearing in Courier newspaper                                               
  • RLI - Rotary Leadership Institute - well supported by members                           
  • Social activities - work needed to ensure a fun and exciting year
 

St Johns Bush gets a tidy up

On Saturday 22 September a bushel of club members and partners spent an energetic and enjoyable few hours helping to tidy up the St Johns Bush in Meadowbank as a part of the club's environmental programme.  Within the bush there is a circular trail that passes a stream and a lagoon through quite thick native bush - the tranquility is such that you could almost be in the middle of the Waitakere Ranges rather than residential Auckland so this is a "must" for those needing a few minutes exercise and escape from the bustle of the day.