Changeover 2013

2012-2013 Achievements Listed

Just a few ...

• Students sponsored to the annual Challenge Camp for physically disable youth
• Funding for two Emergency Response Kits
• Members assisted the assembly of hundreds of Emergency Response Kits
• Funds to assist a Fijian Pre-school with learning resources
• Annual Peter McKenzie Scholarship to a senior accounting student from Glendowie College to assist their first year tertiary studies
• Wheelchair for Varayame - a ROMAC youth assisted to NZ by the club for life changing surgery
• Support for Varayame's mother Illie as she studies for a nursing degree so she can work and support Varayame and her family back in Fiji on her return
• Contributed to the RotaPacific programme that brings Pacific participants to the Auckland Rotary Youth Leaders Award week-long course
• Seven students selected and funded to RYLA by the club
• Sponsorship of students to the Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment leadership camp for secondary school students
• Sponsorship of a Glendowie College team to the Model United Nations weekend
• Hosted Sophia, our International Exchange student from Germany
• Continued support for the Glendowie Primary Tree for Survival planting unit and their planting day that club members also attended
• Club team in the annual Cure Kids $10 Queenstown Challenge (Auckland to Queenstown - $15,000 raised for life-saving medical research)
• Support funding for the Apia playground
• Support funding for Natabura School
• Major project organising the Stonefields Community Fair
• Funding for a Teacher Aide at Stonefields School
• Glen Taylor School Dictionarys
• Many fantastic social events + district conference

For the above:  Total funds contributed: $22,798 and Volunteer Hours:  LOTS


From the Sergeants fund (this is small donations not covered by normal service committee activity) to a total of $4,304:

• Suburban Newspapers Project Kidney
• Hospice Upholstery Cleaning Machine
• Life Line Donation
• East Auckland Home & Budget
• Outward Bound Emmeline Croft
• Xmas Puddings for Salvation Army
• Rossi Holloway Medical conference
• Stationary for Glen Taylor pupils
• Teddy Bear's Hospital
• Share of GSE airfares to Great Barrier
• Toni-Lee Hayward memorial fund
• Cost of Duty for clothing to Fiji
• Funding for St John Youth Festival
• Ruby Seeto fundraising tea towels (Starship)
• Emergency Response Kits
• Support for the Glen Taylor School camp