Rotary is such hard work!

 

The Rotary Club of St Johns has a number of interesting community projects.  A recent environmental one was touted as "likely to be strenuous but fun" ... as you can see some got half the  memo!

 

For the project write up:  click here 

 

RotaryTrackers for cure kids

Again, an intrepid pair will represent Rotary in the annual $10 Queenstiwn Challenge.  This is a hitch hiking even Auckland to Queenstown.  To support the team and to help cure kids go to

http://www.facebook.com/RotaryTrackers 

or

http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/RotaryTrackers/

For more information about this exciting challenge and cure kids go to www.curekids.org.nz 

Three in One Meeting - just incredible

If you ever were wondering what a Rotary meeting was like ...

Today's meeting of the Rotary Club of St Johns, Auckland, NZ was amazing with Varayame attending following the amputation of his feet - his recovery from this is so incredible and his spirits so high, especially at the likelihood of prosthetics being fitted next week that he lifted everyone's spirits as well; this is a club/ROMAC project.  In addition they had the Fiji RWC team along for breakfast and also their guest speaker Andrew McKenzie, this year's St Johns Rotary Youth Yachting Scholar. 

Fiona shares a quip with Fijian RWC team members

What a breakfast - continental and / or cook - what choice!

The "Sergeant Session" was highly entertaining and very well thought out. 
Anyone who thought a Rotary meeting was dull got that myth thoroughly dispensed with!

Andrew McKenzie is a high achiever with commendable future plans and is the 15th
scholar and like his predecessors finished tops in the CORK Regatta in Kingston. The scholarship provides promising young sailors assistance to their first international competition.

Other activities mentioned during the meeting were:

• An update on Varayame (mentioned above)
• The success of the Glen Taylor Camp that many members made donations to
• The Brian Gibbes Memorial Golf Tournamant in October to raise funds for a sporting scholarship
• Also in October is the Trivia Night raising funds for club projects but also an incredibly popular fun event
• Simon Jones gave an update on Deltacom and the fact that the club support programme has contributed $18,000 back to the club over the years (used for RYLA) and 150,000 to Rotary in general

More information via:  http://www.stjohns.rotarysouthpacific.org/ and http://www.romac.rotarysouthpacific.org/

Rotary $10 Adventurers need your support

Even exciting Big Rig rides are had!

Each year some intrepid Rotarians seek adventure and to represent Rotary in the Cure Kids Accor Hotels $10 Queenstown Challenge.  Clubs are encouraged to support the team and therefore support Cure Kids and their amazing research.  It's for the kids! 

This event is not far away (16-18 August 2011) so help out soon.

To support the team (and the kids) donations can be made via the links list below but note that larger donations are best made direct to Cure Kids with the specific request that the "[team name]" team be credited

Teams are:

·         Rotary Woolly Wanderers (RC St Johns, Auckland, D9920) http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/RotaryWoollyWanderers/

·         Ambassadorial Scholars http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/RotaryAmbassadorialScholarBucc

·         Grant and Sarah Smith (is a Rotary team – RC Albany, 9910) http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/GrantandSarahSmith

NOTE that all funds donated "to the team" go to Cure Kids.

The $10 Challenge fundraising event involves teams of two undertaking a series of innovative challenges en route from Queenstown to Auckland over three days all on $10!  The Queenstown $10 Challenge was first run in February 1993. The event started as a fun challenge between two Queenstown locals and was to see who could make the return Queenstown to Auckland trip with no money and no assistance from friends and relatives along the way. Over the years the rules have changed slightly but the principles remain. Each team gets a $10 note to survive on throughout their travels.

Cure Kids (previously Child Health Research Foundation) was established over 30 years ago to address the lack of research into life-threatening childhood illnesses in New Zealand. Since then, they have invested over $25 million in medical research. This research has helped save hundreds of young lives and has improved the quality of life for thousands of children. They are committed to help find answers to the many cruel, life-threatening illnesses that devastate the lives of young children and their families.

http://www.curekids.org.nz/