Events

Our annual successful Trailer Raffle fundraiser will begin on Saturday 4th November and conclude on Sunday 26th November this year.

Please be ready to help so that the sales roster can be filled in short time. 

This is lways an excellent opportunity to meet with the public and promote Papanui Rotary and its projects.

Details to follow.

We assist the Braintree Trust with preparation for their successful annual golf tournament by gathering and placing signage.

Please contact Kathy Anderson for details.

 I have recently published an historical fiction novel called ‘Taming the Wild Grape’. It is a fictional account of some distant ancestors of mine who bought land in the Western Reserve - an untamed and uninhabited area that later became the State of Ohio in America. The book, set in the 1800s, follows the lives of the Pelton family as they relocate to Ohio from their home in Connecticut. It is the story of one man’s dream to create a home for his sons and to build a township in the wilderness during a time that was fraught with danger.

In order to write this novel I have spent the past four years researching my connection to this branch of my family, the history of the township in which they settled, and daily life in America at this time. And I have enjoyed every moment of it.

Cool Change "Check the garage, wardrobe and the pool." These are not the words you want to hear while searching for your father who has disappeared on the farm. But this is what Christchurch student Grace Curtis was told on the day life as she knew it was shattered. Only seven months after her father’s death, 22-year-old Grace launched an online suicide awareness and mental health campaign. "I'm hoping to share with people the journey of what it's like being bereaved by suicide." https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/daughters-launch-mental-health-movement-after-fathers-suddendeaths/UC4YBVXILWT7IQBPIPQHJE7QRY/

Come and hear Grace speak about her awareness campaign, “Cool Change

Come and enjoy our regular monthly coffee morning at The Braintree Trust, 70 Langdons Road, Papanui.

Great company and great coffee.

Come and help us celebrate the conclusion of another successful Trailer raffle. 

More detail to follow.

Our own interpretation of the populat TV programme.

For programme 7th Dec being AGM night. Also we will have Bev Muller (Nee Collet) a RYE student who was hosted by RC Papanui in 1995 as a visitor with her husband and two girls. Bev wants to speak to the club that  night.

Our Club Annual General meeting will be held tonight. This is also a committee night where various project plans will be discussed.

Ladies Christmas breakfast at Lois Flanagan's home, 20 Mistral Road, Northwood.

All Rotary ladies are invited for a fun Christmas event.

Mark this date in your diaries NOW. More details to follow.

<p>Come and help us celebrate Christmas together at the newly opened Barn Events Centre, Strathlachlan, Doyleston.Our</p> <p>friend and outstanding host Deborah Gill-Smith is set to provide us with a wonderful night and excellent food in delightful surroundings.</p> <p>A night not to be missed.</p> <p>Further details soon.</p>