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Tuesday 8th May, 2018
Speakers
May 22, 2018
Jon Bird (Alpine Energy)
Electricity use and abuse in South Canterbury
May 29, 2018
Jonathan Young
The Godzone Adventure Race
Jun 19, 2018
Change Over Night
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DUTIES ROSTER
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APOLOGIES & GUESTS
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries this month
Member Birthdays
Russell Finlay
May 3
 
Paul Dewsbery
June 7
 
Julie Dockrill
June 11
 
Keith Bartholomew
June 11
 
Hugh Perry
June 12
 
Ashley Milliken
June 15
 
Tony Henderson
June 19
 
Join Date
Anne Carnie
May 3, 2005
13 years
 
Rodger Laycock
May 7, 1985
33 years
 
Jess Hewitson
May 16, 2017
1 year
 
Kayla McPherson
May 16, 2017
1 year
 
Lisa Moloney
May 16, 2017
1 year
 
Simon Finch
May 16, 2017
1 year
 
Alan Brehaut
May 18, 1982
36 years
 
Trish Johnston
May 18, 2017
1 year
 
Meg Parkin
May 21, 1991
27 years
 
Ron White
May 25, 1979
39 years
 
Sarah Davis
May 27, 2014
4 years
 
John Barton
June 2, 1986
32 years
 
Bruce Wilson
June 6, 1967
51 years
 
Hugh Perry
June 6, 2017
1 year
 
Gilly Oppenheim
June 11, 2001
17 years
 
Reid Cowan
June 11, 1968
50 years
 
Dick Johnston
June 15, 1986
32 years
 
Dave Woods
June 22, 2004
14 years
 
Thought for the week
 
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says "I'm possible."
Audrey Hepburn
Thank You 
Major sponsor of the
Rotary Club of Timaru
Hot Dog Caravan
raising funds to support our community.
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Stephen Don
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President Peter's Message
 Guest Speaker
 
I think we all enjoyed a great evening which covered the wonderful work that Rotarians do in the Pacific. Following the meeting Stuart sent the Club a "thank you" letter in which started ...
 
"Dear President Peter and Members,
 
It was indeed a pleasure to be present at your club meeting last Monday. We very much appreciate and thank you for the donation of $6,000 towards the Emergency Response Kit programme. It will be used to assist the funding of 750 kits being packed by our volunteer team over the next 3 months in preparation for the next cyclone season.
 
An acknowledgement will be placed on ten of the kits recognising the club's contribution and be included in a shipment bound for Samoa to replenish the prepositioned stock distributed following Cyclone Gita in February 2018.
Your kits will continue to ensure communities in the Pacific that you may never meet will benefit from the club's generosity."
 
Read Stuart's full letter here.
 
 
Stuart receiving our Charitable Trust cheque of $6000.00 for ten Emergency Response Kits.
 
 
This Weeks Meeting.
Tuesday 8th May
Guest Speaker Angela Seyb - High school student
Speaking on her experiences at "National Science & Technology"
 
 
Followed by a Director's meeting.
 
 
Next Weeks Meeting
Tuesday 29th May
Guest Speaker Jonathan Young.
Speaking on "The Godzone Adventure Race".
 
 
 
Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner.
 
I needs definite numbers by next Friday May 11th.
 
Twenty members have already indicated their preferred date and whether they want to be a guest or a host.
 
Many thanks
Gilly O.(gillyop@xtra.co.nz , 688 8875 or (0273) 880 859).
 
NRG (NEXT ROTARY GENERATION) NETBALL DELIVERY
Posted by Jess Hewitson
The Rotary Club of Timaru has within it a group called NRG - Next Rotary Generation. These younger members are full members of the Club but arrange meetings and activities that fit in with their busy life styles. Recently NRG members Lisa Moloney and Trish Johnston (and Trish's daughter Niamh) delivered 12 netballs for the students of the Arowheuna Maori School on Wednesday 2nd May.
 
One of the teachers approached NRG to ask if there was any way we could help as last year the netball team was using an old very worn out basketball to play with.
 
Through our contacts at Netball South Canterbury we were able to acquire balls and a ball bag to give to the school.
Read more...
ROTARY MEETING NEEDS IN OCEANIA
Rotary gets help on the ground as quickly as possible when our Pacific Island neighbours face emergencies.  Rotary Clubs in New Zealand have joined together to form a company, Rotary New Zealand World Community Service (RNZWCS), to enable them to work together to support communities in the South Pacific.
 
One initiative, Rotary Emergency Response Kits (ERKs), delivers urgently-needed supplies as quickly as possible in an emergency affecting our South Pacific island neighbours.  ERKs provide support where it is needed most. Rotary volunteers in NZ pack the kits which are then distributed to depots in the Islands to ensure a supply of kits is on hand for rapid deployment in an emergency. 
 
The Rotary Club of Timaru has just donated $6,000 to RNZWCS which will fund 10 emergency response kits. Rotary Clubs in New Zealand, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, have distributed 5,588 ERKS to the Pacific since 2007.
Read more...
 
 
Club Development Seminar
 
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERY CLUB'S PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT ELECT AND NOMINEE plus the person responsible for CLUB MEMBERSHIP and DEVELOPMENT as a minimum.
 
We are bringing MARK HUDDELSTONE the author of "CREATURES of HABIT" (a book about the membership issues facing Rotary Club's) from the Rotary Club of Seaford, in Adelaide. He is very much worth listening to!
 
Karen Purdue
Hot Dog Caravan Upcoming Events
 
Weekly rugby at Alpine Energy Stadium
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to fill in your name if you can help.
(If you have a problem doing this contact Jenny Ensor.)
 
 
The Rotary Club of Timaru (Inc) | Rotary International District 9980 | Charter No 2705 (1927)