9930’s 1st Zoom Meeting a Success
Notice of Upcoming Meetings
Next Thursday (April the 30th) we are setting up a Board meeting with President Keith, the current Board and Janice’s incoming Board. More details to attendees coming shortly.
We also want to give all members advanced notice that we will be having our 1st Club Meeting via Zoom at 6:30 pm on Thursday the 7th of May. The link to use in joining the meeting will be emailed to you closer to the date.
For members who are yet to use Zoom, please contact Gary or Liz if you would like to find out more about using Zoom.
We hope to see as many of you as possible at this first Club meeting as it gives us the opportunity to discuss how we will be moving forward as we slowly emerge from our bubbles.
Lockdown Picture from Helen
“This is me catching up with my friend Margaret who lives two doors down. We decided that on nice days we should meet up for a cuppa. We bring our own chairs and drinks and side either side of the driveway between our places.
Some days people out for walks stop and chat (at a distance of course) and one day a lady driving past stopped and got out to take a photo. It is a lovely way to catch up with friends and neighbours.
Arie thought we should have worn our best dresses. Not. He next recommended shorts to which I laughed and replied that Margaret and I were short enough without wearing them!”
Go Liz!
Liz has been busy assisting a local Papanui retirement village resident with her groceries. What a great way to support our senior citizens during this challenging time.
Countdown Update
The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 is now officially over. Since the end of February, our customers have bought enough toilet paper to go around the world 12 times (that’s half a billion metres of toilet paper) but we are happy to say that there is now plenty in stock.
Since the beginning of March, our customers have bought 1.25 million kilos of flour (enough for 2.5 million lots of playdough!). Rest assured that our flour producers are working as fast as possible and we have more coming into stores every day. So don’t worry, the baking and playdough can continue in Level 3!
We’re still seeing high global demand for pasta and rice, so our limits on these products will continue while we wait for the demand to ease. The great news is we’ve got plenty of potatoes.
Papanui Inter-Agency Meeting
Denis attended the latest on line meeting of this group where he extended his thanks to Stacey for her great work.
He shared with attendees that we were unable to hold the planned student army event at Papanui Bush but that he has visited the site and things are ok there.
He also noted that we have been holding Papanui Rotary meetings via Zoom and that the wider Rotary community is involved in efforts to assist those affected by hurricanes in the Pacific.
Thought for the Week:
“The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths.”