Thanks to Michaela and Paula for organising a most enjoyable fundraising event.
A portion of ticket sales went to The Wellington Homeless Women's trust
This week's speaker
Claudia Rees
Team Leader: National Investigation and Tracing Centre
Claudia is a Team Leader in the National Investigation and Tracing Centre for COVID-19, responsible for planning, coordinating, developing and implementing operational and clinical policies and processes to support the delivery of case investigation and contact tracing services.
She will speak to us about the "Learnings from The Pandemic."
Please register before 20 June for catering purposes.
WCM Help Needed
If you are able to help deliver food and supplies we collect at the last meeting of the month to the Wellington City Mission your help would be appreciated.
Please text David on 0273544137.
Tree Planting in Tawa
The annual tree planting event had to be postponed due to the weather. It is now planned for Sunday June 19th at 1pm. For more info, click here. If you would like to take part, please contact Lisa King.
Julian has one ticket to sell (original price $100), funds raised will go to the club. Please contact Julian if you're interested.
Rotary Hutt Valley international project to help settle Ukrainian refugees in Lapland
Rotary Hutt Valley are helping settle over 1300 Ukrainian refugees in Lahti, Finland, in partnership with Rotary 1390 Finland. Click here for a video about the project.
Rotary Hutt Valley is fund raising with "Big Hats High Tea" on Sunday 19 June, and Gift Bags. Click here to buy a ticket or a gift bag for $60.
Auction Prizes wanted
If you have ideas or contacts who may donate prizes for the Auction, please let the subcommittee know.
Hi, I joined the club in July 2021 having moved to Wellington after 30 years in Christchurch. The Port Nicholson Club is my first taste of Rotary and I am very much enjoying it. I am on the Club Services Committee and help Heather with organising the weekly speakers. Dawn has recently asked me to join the Board and I am looking forward to serving the club in that role too. I live in Lower Hutt with my wife Hilary and two step sons aged 10 and 13. I am a partner of Gibson Sheat Lawyers in the Wellington office specialising in commercial law. I love watching all sports but the only sport I regularly participate in is running, where I am training for the 2023 Antarctica Marathon.
From the President...
From this month's Rotary Down Under
Clever little Bees: The Rotary Club of Christchurch New Horizons has partnered with local company Like-Minded Learning to sponsor a beehive for a community garden at Kohinga Māra St Albans Community Centre. Not only will the hive help the garden flourish, and hopefully provide an abundance of free vegetables for locals, but local facilitator Clever Little Bees has come on board to provide hands-on sessions to teach primary school children and adults the basics of beekeeping. The hive was set up on Saturday, April 30, with a group of local children donning bee suits to learn all about these incredibly important pollinators.
Unity in Cultural Diversity: Many nationalities call Nelson home, but some struggle to settle in and feel accepted. The Rotary Club of Whakatū decided several years ago to become part of the solution by promoting cultural understanding within the community. In 2020, the club worked with Nelson’s Colombian community to publicly celebrate their national day and also helped the Chinese community run a very successful Chinese New Year celebration. The club actively invites members of other cultures to attend club meetings and be guest speakers. These connections have opened up membership opportunities and, as a result, the club has become more culturally diverse.
Students raise 1000 native plants: More than 1000 native trees are thriving at a plant nursery within Greymouth High School grounds, ready to be distributed to schools throughout the Grey District – one for every student in both primary and high school – through the Rotary Club of Greymouth’s Trees for Māwhera project. The project is driven by students of the high school’s new Conservation and Earthcare course, which provides hand-on learning on current and future sustainability issues and biodiversity protection. The course also involves the West Coast Trades Academy and Papa Taiao Earthcare.
The future looks good!
Events, Meetings and Speakers we have to look forward to include:
Please text Fraser Ebbett (WCC) 021 765 694 when you arrive and leave the site.
Date
Trappers
28 May
Jeff Lee
Marc Rands
11 June
David Shackleton
James & Twyla Moran
25 June
Howard Tong
Jenny Flannaghan Tong
9 July
Rick Hughes
Eden Skipper
23 July
Brent Gerrard
Jeff Lee
6 Aug
Peter Whittington
Steve Lawton
20 Aug
Paula McKnight
Dennis Small
As always, if the dates above do not suit you, please feel free to swap.
Thank you for your help with this important club project
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