The President’s Blurb
What a wonderful night last Thursday night at the club. The Brown Paper Bag Auction was lot of fun and at the same time raised over $1200 for club funds. Assistant Governor Craig Murphy attended and sent a lovely message next morning saying how much he enjoyed the evening with us.
The next fundraiser is the Quiz night this Sunday night being hosted by the International committee at Bailies Bar and Restaurant. The Membership committee also has a Quiz night booked in October and Gary Denhard and the Youth Committee have booked the BBQ hut at Mitre 10 for a couple of Saturdays in the Spring/Summer.
Mark Bond (son of Alan Bond) has been nominated for membership and the board is progressing this.This week there is another potential member coming to our meeting.
This week I will be attending a cluster breakfast with other club presidents - this is a monthly event. Later in the week I will be putting out a summary of last weeks board meeting as well as a couple of lines about the cluster breakfast.
Thank-you for the many messages of support I have received in the last few weeks.
Papanui Bush is Go
A reminder from Denis that weeding at Papanui Bush is every 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 9.30 am. We hope to have a morning tea on the coming Tuesday the 11th as we push onwards and upwards.
2016 Speech Finals Night
Sarah Cumming, the Deputy Principal at Heaton Normal Intermediate School, is happy to once again have the school host the Papanui Rotary Speech Competition.
The following dates are their preference:
- Preliminaries: Thursday 17th September in the Learning Resource Centre & Room 20. Avoiding break times would be great so participants are not distracted by the noise.
- Finals: Thursday 24th September: in the Performing Arts Centre.
More details coming shortly.
Gordon has shared that Joan Hawley, wife of a former member of the Club the late John Hawley, has passed away and that the Funeral Service will be held at the Harewood Crematorium Chapel , Wilkinsons Road, on Wednesday at 11.00 am.
Thought for the Week