Howick Rotary's Golden Jubilee



Some of those attending

 The Rotary Club of Howick Inc celebrated its Golden Jubilee in style at the Howick Club with a black-tie function on 27 September.  The club was chartered in 1961 by the Rotary Club of Newmarket whose current president, Roger Gower, noted that the vision of the initiators 50 years ago has been successfully realised although possibly at the time, when the idea was proposed, some members may have said "Howick is a good idea ... where is it."

The evening was attended by 150 supporters that included 90 members and partners including two charter members and 35 past presidents (try to organise into a photo!) plus many guests including Mayor Len Brown.  The Mayor congratulated the club and noted that the 'Rugby World Cup is a uniting thing for this city and is proof that the city will unite as a community."

District Governor Alan read out a letter of congratulations from RI President Kalyan Banergee and presented President Kathy Kennedy (the club) with a Rotary International Certificate for 50 years of Service.

The club has two anniversary projects:  the first was a book entitled 'Giving Back' that detailed the history of the club and the second is the interpretative Stockade Hill Plane Table as a gift to the Howick Community.  The unveiling of this will be at Stockade Hill in Howick on Saturday 12 November, 11 am and all are welcome.

Awarding PHFs can be done creatively

A couple of final interesting facts:  The club has awarded 89 Paul Harris Recognitions over the years representing US$89,000 into The Rotary Foundation for service projects and had contributed $2million into the community through club projects over its first 50 years.





Pictues at: https://picasaweb.google.com/Howickrotary/JubileeCelebration