Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Radios for safety


The Rotary Club of East Coast Bays has had a long association with The Sir Peter Blake MERC at Long Bay on Auckland’s North Shore. Opened in 1990, The Sir Peter Blake MERC is the country’s leading provider of marine education, recreation and conservation programs for schools and corporate groups. They offer a range of instructional programmes designed to hone skills in outdoor, marine, environmental, team building, leadership, sports and cultural education whilst also supporting disadvantaged and special needs students. They cater for over 12,000 visitors each year.  
Last year the Club funded the re-equipment of fifteen hand-held marine VHF radios vital to the safe running of programmes. This year the Club funded the purchase of high-tech ActiView Document cameras to support The Sir Peter Blake MERC education programs