Week 13

You meet a lot of wonderful people when you visit other clubs. This week we visited Paraparaumu, Makino, Waikanae and Kapiti clubs. We are now 85% through our club visits and we are still being wowed by the projects and the initiatives that we see and are being proudly told about and the people we meet. Here are some highlights from this week.

Paraparaumu

Paraparaumu Club have a very good relationship with the 2 colleges in their area and the students from Kapiti College are invited to the club from time- to- time to run the meeting and provide entertainment. Bob Hamilton arranged for me to do a radio interview with Nigel Hopkins at Beach FM, a private radio station located at Lindale. Thanks Bob.

George Marlow received a Paul Harris Fellow

Caroline Kinvig, spouse of PDG Hamilton Kinvig, received a Paul Harris Fellow

I meet a Japanese air hostess ( for Air NZ ) Hiromi Endo. Hiromi is a member of Aotearoa Inner Wheel in Auckland

Makino

Makino Rotary are creating a bird corridor right through the length of Feilding by planting the right plants to attract the right birds. How innovative of them.

Makino have a tradition they follow when the District Governor visits of running a bottle auction and giving the DG the honour of nominating a charity to benefit from the proceeds. This year the auction realised close to $1000 through the persuasive efforts of the auctioneer and the generosity of members. The charity I chose was Manchester House. Manchester House was started in the early 1970s and is now a multi-faceted organisation providing counselling, alcohol and drug rehabilitation programmes, youth work, young dreams projects and a foodbank.

Auctioneer Mark Allan at work

New member, Shannon , introduced by Andrea MacKenzie and inducted by Rod Titcombe

Sergeant Monica Huisman

Waikanae.

Waikanae Club are passionate about the Shelterbox project and have donated 12 Shelterboxes in the last two years.

Hard hats and Hi-Viz vests were the order of the day at Waikanae. Wherever I go there are engineers who announce themselves. From left to right this group are: Dave Murton ( a charter member of the club), Neil Climo, Graham Calvert. Brent Bohanna, and Randal Heke.

President Steve Botica demonstrates a common use of a No 2 Atlas shovel.

It was my birthday the day I visited Waikanae; they were so thoughtful and very generous in recognising the occasion.

 Kapiti

Kapiti Club runs a Driver-reviver project every long weekend providing refreshments for drivers allowing them to break their trips and freshen up.

I presented a PHF to Judith Burns, the spouse of Past DG F Burns

Roger Sowry took control of our wallets and purses.