An early Christmas in October?

 

 

 

Members of the Rotary Club of Alfriston, Auckland,  members spent 2 hours packaging 110 New World bags with products that were donated by generous businesses which gave a variety of goods for each bag.  These ranged from tinned food, chocolates ,bottled water, bread, teabags and many more goodies. 

 

 

On Saturday 6th October Members and the Pensioner Flat Manager for the council distributed these bags to the residents.  We were greeted with delight and many said it was an early Christmas for them.  All said how appreciative they were of this gesture by the Rotary Club of Alfriston and for some this was a welcome treat in hard times.

Saying "well done" is also a part of service

The Rotary Club of Alfriston, Auckland, NZ held an “Appreciation meeting” recently to bring together all those individuals and companies who have donated goods, money and goodwill throughout the last year and the organisations and individuals who have benefitted from the club’s activities.  This was the second year the club has run the event using a power point presentation which gave graphic displays of all the fundraising events, the donors for each event plus the recipients of moneys raised where appropriate.  All the Club’s other activities were also included in the presentation.

Over 28 visitors were present plus the 15 members and partners.

Neither the donors nor recipients appreciated just how much the club has done in the community and were staggered to learn how much the Club has raised (including grants from various Rotary Trusts) which was returned mostly to their local community.  Nearly $100,000 in the last three years.

President Ray Parkes presented cheques to Totara Hospice in memory of past member John East, a cheque to the South Auckland Health Foundation for equipment that will be used for research into child cancers and a TV monitor for Manurewa East School library.  Many other smaller donations had been made throughout the year including to Sean Pyke who represented New Zealand at the Asia Junior Wrestling Championships in which he won a silver medal.  The most emotional presentation of the evening was that of a specially imported Triton therapeutic wheelchair for 13 year old Bailey who suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy.  His parents were very appreciative and there weren’t too many dry eyes in the audience!

Also in attendance were two students from Manurewa High School who had attended the Rotary National Science & Technology Forum together with the school Deputy Principal
11 Certificates of Appreciation were presented to donors and several indicated they would like to consider more seriously the opportunity to join the Club.

Another highlight was the presentation of a PHF to Sherrin White by District Governor Alan Eyes for the many years of wonderful service she has given to the Club as the wife of member Colin White..

It was an exciting evening with a lot of fun and well worth the effort of getting everyone together.  All the donors present guaranteed their continued participation with the Club.

Cleaning up for RWC

Last weekend saw us cleaning up the Manurewa township in preparation for the RWC. It could be described as organized as some 180 odd helpers armed with buckets spades, paint brushes, water, ladders and numerous other forms of cleaning equipment took to their allocated area and began an all out assault on years of dirt and grime. The problem with windows is they have two sides - and we were only doing the outside!! The highlight for me was the man and his wife from the fruit shop appearing with 2 boxes of bananas and 2 boxes of apples as a thank you. 

Fom President Ray, Rotary Club of Alfristin, Auckland, District 9920

Appreciating our supporters

The Rotary Club of Alfriston, Auckland, NZ held an “Appreciation meeting” recently to bring together all those individuals and companies who have donated goods, money etc throughout the last year with the organisations and individuals who have benefitted from the club’s activities.  This was a first for the club and was run by Proud President Ken Haines using a power point presentation which gave graphic displays of all the fundraising events, the donors for each event plus the recipients of moneys raised where appropriate.  All the Clubs other activities were also included in the presentation.

Over 28 visitors were present plus the 15 members and partners.