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| Project leaders being handed the keys by DG Alan Eyes (far left) & club President Rob Eady (far right) |
Then in April Jack Scanlan from the Glen Innes Police spoke to the Club about the Glen Innes Youth Development Project, GIYDP which has morphed into the Genesis Youth Project with 24 staff which is the largest youth development project in New Zealand. The project works with youth offenders, mainly from Maori and Pacific Island low socio economic families with low literacy and numeracy and are predominantly males from “fatherless” households. The Rotary car is shared by four social workers in this programme.
Jack Scanlan then advised the club of the need for the Pulsar to be replaced as it had reached the end of its economic life. It was agreed that a Holden size vehicle would be more suitable for the job. This resulted in a replacement car being handed over to the project on Friday 29 July 2011. The replacement car was funded jointly by the Chenery Memorial Trust/ the June Gray Charitable Trust and the Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise Inc. The New Zealand Police and Genesis are grateful for the significant input Rotary have made to the community and hope the partnership continues to flourish.
Submitted by: Rc Ellerslie Sunrise, District 9920. http://www.ellersliesunrise.rotarysouthpacific.org/
