The Friday Tragedy - Kia Kaha (Stay Strong)
From President Jenny:
Like so many us throughout the city we are saddened and shocked by deaths that occurred in our city last Friday. It was a horror beyond our comprehension, that those who have made their homes in our city could be targeted in this way.
As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reiterated many time this is not us, this is an evil that has been visited on us.
We have and are still responding with love and support in a hundred different ways. On Thursday I will put a box beside reception and would ask us all to make some level of donation for those families that have been affected.
There has been an appeal from the clubs that have been closely affected by the horror for all clubs to join with then in supporting Rotary Fund for the victims.
Their appeal is below.
We have and are still responding with love and support in a hundred different ways. On Thursday I will put a box beside reception and would ask us all to make some level of donation for those families that have been affected.
There has been an appeal from the clubs that have been closely affected by the horror for all clubs to join with then in supporting Rotary Fund for the victims.
Their appeal is below.
From the Club Presidents:
There are no words to sufficiently express the enormous sense of sadness and outrage regarding Friday's events and the immense impact this has had on the local Muslim communities in the areas of the Riccarton, Linwood-Woolston and Ferrymead clubs and on our wider community as a whole.
At an appropriate time in the near future we will seek to make contact directly with local leaders in the Muslim community to see how Rotarians can offer further support.
In the meantime, we can act now by making a significant donation to a Rotary fund that has been set up to support the victims of this devastating attack.
We are asking all clubs within our district to make a donation towards this fund, which will be made as a joint donation and message of support from all Rotarians in our district.
We also condemn in the strongest terms the base values and attitudes directed towards our migrant community who have just as many rights as we all do to live life free from violence and prejudice. Those values are a complete anathema to the values of Rotary.
Please support this appeal generously.
Yours in Rotary:
Shane Murdoch - President, Riccarton
Theresa Shaugnessy - President, Linwood/Woolston
Barbara Crooks - President, Ferrymead
Theresa Shaugnessy - President, Linwood/Woolston
Barbara Crooks - President, Ferrymead