Mike recently received the following correspondence from the House of Grace:
Good morning Mike and Port Nicholson members,
Firstly my apologies for taking so long to send you photos of what we did for the young mums in our care because of your amazing generosity. Because of your kindness we have been able to give the girls that move back into the community and into our aftercare some things for them, their wee ones and practical kitchen items as well.
We also gave the young mums lovely gifts for Mother’s day - here is one of our residents opening her gift with the house parents' kids looking on (sorry her face had to be hidden for privacy).
The front room is finished, as the curtains are now up!
Since fully doing this room up (insulation, double glazed windows, custom made curtains) it has become the main room that is used, even in the cooler weeks!
Thank you for your ongoing incredible support, you are helping make a difference now and to the generations to come.
This week's speaker
Carey Clements
Archivist & Historian at Wellington High School
Carey's job involves going through 130 years worth of memorabilia, such as photographs, paintings, year books, student and teacher records collected by the school, then cataloguing them, after deciding what to keep and what to throw out. There are big plans for this information, and Carey s coming to tell us about it.
ESRAG's next Chapter meeting will be held on Tuesday 21 June.
Mary Potter Hospice Street Appeal
Thank you to all those who helped with the Mary Potter Street Appeal in May. The amount raised was $110,099, which is the most they have ever raised from a Street Appeal. Click here for a video about the Mary Potter Hospice
Auction Prizes wanted
If you have ideas or contacts who may donate prizes for the Auction, please let the subcommittee know.
Tree Planting in Tawa
The Rotary Club of Port Nicholson has teamed up with The Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves to plant trees at the on Sunday June 12th at 1pm. For more info, click here. If you would like to take part, please contact Lisa King.
Rotary Hutt Valley international project to help settle Ukrainian refugees in Lapland
Rotary Hutt Valley are helping settle over 1300 Ukrainian refugees in Lahti, Finland, in partnership with Rotary 1390 Finland. Click here for a video about the project.
Rotary Hutt Valley is fund raising with "Big Hats High Tea" on Sunday 19 June, and Gift Bags. Click here to buy a ticket or a gift bag for $60.
WCM Help Needed
If you are able to help deliver food and supplies we collect at the last meeting of the month to the Wellington City Mission your help would be appreciated.
Hi, I have been a member for over a year and am in the project committee. I came to NZ in 1965 to be trained as a dentist under a HK Govt Scholarship for 4 years, graduating with Distinction in 1968. I then worked for the HK Gove for 4years and returned to practice in Wellington for 5 years and went to work in England for 4 years. I returned to NZ and practiced in Wellington until I retired last year. I am very interested in Food and wine. I owned, ran and cooked in 2 restaurants, developed a vineyard and produced pinot noir and chardonnay. I am retired now and look after grandchildren and find it most enjoyable.
From the President...
Queens Platinum Jubilee Beacon lighting
Well done to David Shackleton and the club volunteers for assisting with the Queens Platinum Jubilee Beacon lighting. Rotary in all commonwealth capitals were asked to coordinate this event. The Wellington City Council organised this in conjunction with Rotary New Zealand. The torch was handed to Mayor Andy Foster, and former Governor-General Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae who is a long-standing Rotarian and is representing Rotary.
The event began with a karakia before Mana Whenua ignited a torch and ascended to the lookout of Tangi Te Keo Mt Victoria.
The Right Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand, another long-standing Rotarian was originally to be part of it; however was unable to attend. Together Mayor Andy and Sir Jerry lit the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon.
A special choir – comprising of Wellington-based choirs Supertonic and Pacific Connection – then sung a Song for the Commonwealth, a piece specially commissioned with the chorus in te reo.
The broadcast was picked up by BBC, TVNZ, Reuters and Bloomberg. Of a total of 2,000 beacons lit as part of the four day UK Queen's Birthday holiday, Wellington’s was the second, lit at 9:15 local time, following Apia, the capital of Samoa.
"Port Nicholson was represented by five valiant Rotarians (Brent, Eden, Ross, Marc and David) who braved rain, cold, wind as well as thunder and lightening to serve refreshments to all the participants. We are truly appreciative of their efforts."
-- David
The future looks good!
Events, Meetings and Speakers we have to look forward to include:
Wednesday 8 June: PNRC Book Club @ 5pm. Details here
Friday 10 June: Cringeworthy – the 80s - a night at Circa
Please text Fraser Ebbett (WCC) 021 765 694 when you arrive and leave the site.
Date
Trappers
28 May
Jeff Lee
Marc Rands
11 June
David Shackleton
James & Twyla Moran
25 June
Howard Tong
Jenny Flannaghan Tong
9 July
Rick Hughes
Eden Skipper
23 July
Brent Gerrard
Jeff Lee
6 Aug
Peter Whittington
Steve Lawton
20 Aug
Paula McKnight
Dennis Small
As always, if the dates above do not suit you, please feel free to swap.
Thank you for your help with this important club project
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Well done to David Shackleton and the club volunteers for assisting with the Queens Platinum Jubilee Beacon lighting. Rotary in all commonwealth capitals were asked to coordinate this event. The Wellington City Council organised this in conjunction with Rotary New Zealand. The torch was handed to Mayor Andy Foster, and former Governor-General Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae who is a long-standing Rotarian and is representing Rotary. 
