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>

Papanui Rotary BBQ Thursday 18 January 2024

Come and have fun at our first meeting of the year! Thursday 18 January.

Our annual BBQ is at the home of Keith and Heather Mitchell at 11 Brampton Drive, West Melton.

5 pm onwards, to eat at 6 pm.

A-L surname bring a salad.

M- Z surname bring a desert.

$10 per person to pay for meat and extras.

Bring your own drink and a stool to sit outside on the fabulous night we are expecting!

Please reply to Lois by Tuesday 16 January at 021735404 or loisflanagan@gmail.com.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

TEll us your exciting holiday memories and manouvers.

Come and get the latest information about our organisation.

How observant are you? Come and guess who these attractive baby photos compare to their present day appearance.

Mike Goodfellow-Smith will speak to us.

A Rotary couple visiting from Illinois, USA will talk to us.

Several of Panaui Rotary Club Members will be away visiting Norfolk Island.

A great idea for a new fundraising opportunity.

Come and take part in our trial. Great fun and easy peasy to play!

Our visitors from USA Lew Parks & Terry Callum are speaking on Snow in Winter in Illinois.

Please consider volunteering to help with this annual streeet appeal.

Dig out some Easter paraphenalia to wear and you might win a prize.

Club committees will discuss projects they have in hand and consider further opportunities to raise funds and/or assist in the community.

Please consider helping with this appeal.

Details to be advised.

An opportunity to mix with our District Rotarians and view the new Cancer Centre in Langdons Road.

Register now. Early Bird registration closes at the end of February. See this weeek's Club Chat for details.

Anzac Day - meeting at night at Papanui Club cancelled. 

**Members are invited to come for  breakfast to Station One Cafe, 509 Papanui Road, at  8:30am then attend the Papanui RSA Anzac service at 10 am. 

All hands to the pump! All club members are asked to assist with this major fundraising event.

Set up is Friday 26th

Bazaar held on 27th and 28th