Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Bulletin
Wednesday 14 August, 2019
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Monte Carlo - Fun Night
 
Saturday 28th September 2019 – 6.30 for 7pm start
 
Wellington Bridge Club – 17 Tinakori Rd Thorndon
 
Raising funds for Rotary’s Ambulance for Samoa Project
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President
David Shackleton
 

We certainly have some wonderful talent in the Club. A big thanks to Heather and Tony for “stepping into the breach” at the last minute and filling in for our guest speaker. Considering both Heather and Tony had very little time to prepare, they provided entertaining, engaging and enlightening talks. It was great to learn a little more about their lives and, dare I say it, complete with la, la, la....

 

A big thank you to Lisa for organising our tree planting session in Tawa last week. Twelve valiant souls from the Club and their family braved the rain, the wind and the lightening to plant an incredible 500 trees. Well done, Lisa, Malcolm, Mark R, Mark P and Cathy, Nic, Brent and Steve, Robbie his son and Brooke his girlfriend

 

The Rotary International website has an extensive library of information on line. In fact, everything you need to know about Rotary, the programmes, the history, causes, news etc is there. And it gets even better.

 

If you go from the rotary.org site and onto the My Rotary section (and sign in) there is a cornucopia of programmes about the Foundation, learning courses and reference material on a variety of different subjects. It is truly well done and I encourage you all to review this valuable source of information.

 

Just a reminder Friday Frolics returns but this time it’s on Wednesday 4th of September at Rock Yard in Allen Street. See Heather Lucas for more details

 

That’s it for this week, see you on Wednesday

David  

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Speaker Report
 
We had a last minute change of plan for this meeting – the tuneful playing of the Virtuoso Strings was replaced by none other than …. LA LA LA!
 
We heard from two members, each divulging a little of their journey toward Port Nicholson Rotary.
 
 
Heather Lucas, now affectionately called LA LA LA gave an entertaining precis of her family history. Her father was a Rotarian, her brother is a Rotarian, her mother was from Northern Ireland and she was born in Christchurch.
 
After achieving a First Class Honours degree in History, Heather commenced her first job with the State Services Commission – negotiating the salaries of prison officers. This job saw 22-year old Heather, as a guest of the prison officers, taken on a tour of New Zealand prisons – quite an eye opener!
 
She talked of her multi-year cross-continent courtship with husband Bryn Rees (lots of LA LA LA’s accompanied this section!) with whom she has two daughters, Claudia and Monique. The family moved back to Wellington recently after a long stint in Taranaki.
 
Heather is a regional manager for Media Works, New Zealand’s largest media and entertainment company. She has worked there for 15 years. It is the only media company in the world with all four channels – TV, digital, radio and live assets – and is owned by a private equity company.
 
She has always believed in community, in giving back and in karma.  Supporting this belief Heather is committed to serving her communities – having established the first toy library in Eastbourne, been on pre-school committees and on the boards of Trustees for her daughters’ schools. Now there’s Post Nicholson Rotary …
 
We look forward to more LA LA LA moments!
 
 
Tony Robinson talked of the journey that has seen him take up his family baton advocating for the Child Cancer Foundation. In 1972 Tony’s mother was visiting her father in the Mater Hospital in Auckland. While there she saw babies and wee kiddies awaiting chemotherapy and got talking to their families. Their stories touched her deeply. She had to do something to help.
 
She established the Hope Foundation (now the Child Cancer Foundation) as a vehicle to raise money for supporting child cancer sufferers and their families.  She did everything she could to raise money including opening her home and garden for visitors. Every year she held a Christmas party for around 200 children and their families - at her home with bouncy castles, clowns, games and a Father Christmas.
 
She held 30 such parties, paying for everything herself. Joy in the children’s faces was her reward. Tony said he was involved in six of these parties.
 
Tony’s parents died within 24 hours of each other. He saw throughout his life the love they shared and how special this cause was to them. Tony is continuing his mother’s legacy by working for the Child Cancer Foundation as their Philanthropy Manager (since June 2018).
 
Child Cancer Foundation provides strength and comfort to families, parents and children impacted by child cancer. Their vision is that no family will ever have to walk one yard of the cancer journey alone.
I think it’s fair to say we were all touched by this story realising the impact Tony’s mother has had.
 
Ros Fogel
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Sep 04, 2019 7:00 AM
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Upcoming Events
Rotary Weekly Meeting Wednesday 28 August 2019
The Wellington Club
Aug 28, 2019
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Perambulators Circle the Sanctuary
1st Karori Scout Den
Sep 01, 2019
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Optional Social Get Together - 4 Sept
Sep 04, 2019
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Port Nicholson Rotary AGM
The Wellington Club
Sep 11, 2019
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Monte Carlo Fun night 28 Sept - Ambulance 4 Samoa
Wellington Bridge Club
Sep 28, 2019
6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
 
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Let's Join Those Dam Rotarians in India - February 2020!
 
 
Click here for more details of this water project.
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