Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Bulletin 27 April 2018

President's Message

In just eight days time we have the biggest night on the calendar of our club: the charity dinner and auction.

The signs are promising; we have two great causes in the Malaghan Institute and Wellington Free Ambulance. Their people have got behind the event buying tables and organising their friends to come. So have club members. We will have a full house of over two hundred people attending. That’s just wonderful.

We have some excellent items to auction ranging from domestic and international accommodation, air travel, chef catered dinners, wine from private cellars, art work, and much more.

The auction team has worked tirelessly to organise the event, and set itself the target of $50 000 raised on the night, which would be a new club record. It’s said that if the goal doesn’t scare you, it’s not big enough. Certainly, this goal is big, hairy and audacious.

David Shackleton’s team don’t seem scared at all. This is a credit to their nerve, but it also reflects the competent and thorough way in which they have prepared.

There’ll be a quiz, just three quick fire rounds, with prizes for the individual winner in the heads and hips round, and also for the winning table in the two written rounds. I am told the questions are dead easy this year.

All in all, it will be a great night on Friday 4 May. Remember that there will be a club meeting as normal this Monday 30 April, but not the Monday after the auction (So no meeting Monday 7 May).

John Bishop

President RCPN

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Cynthia Blanker from Surinam and the Netherlands

Unfortunately Mark McGuinness, the speaker, was unable to make the meeting so we adopted a new meeting with the people who were present including two Rotary guests from the Netherlands.

The initial conversation concerned members whose parents had been active in the first or second World Wars. This was interesting as many of the members had parents/ancestors who had been active and discussed their memories with their children/descendants.

In the absence of the listed speaker two of our guests who were visiting from Holland and both studying for their PhDs gave a talk about their backgrounds and the subjects of interest to them. Cynthia concentrated on culture and suicide prevention and Indra concentrated on depression and the aids to prevent suicide.

A complex but very interesting meeting.

Ed Hamilton

Club Reporter

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Time to get your tickets for the Auction!!

Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Charity Auction and Dinner Friday 4 May 2018 InterContinental Hotel Grey St 6.30 for 7.00pm
This is a major fundraising event with the greater part of the proceeds jointly going to Wellington Free Ambulance and the Malaghan Institute

There are amazing Auction items kindly donated by members & supporters.

Magical Luxury Hotel stays in Hawaii – Bangkok – Phuket.

Jewellery, Cases of fine Wine, Dinners, Golf at Kinloch and Wairakei

There is something for everyone, including Mystery Boxes, a Quiz and Raffle

Enjoy a superb dinner with matching New Zealand wine while supporting these wonderful organisations

which give individuals, families and communities so much hope

Buy a table and encourage your friends to join you in what will

prove to be a truly enjoyable evening

The ticket prices are $90 per person or $900 for a table

To secure your tickets please contact Ros Fogel

Email: rossi.fogel@gmail.com Ph: 021 730 773

Please pay on line Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Charitable Trust 03-0502-0407484-00

Reference your Name and Auction

Ongoing Youth and Community club projects will also benefit from proceeds of the evening

Live a Little More - Live a Little More - Live a Little More

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Tree Planting

As part of the District's goal of planting a tree for every club member, the Rotary Club of Port Nicholson have teamed up with The Friends of Tawas Bush Reserves to plant trees at the Tawa Bush Reserve on Sunday June 10th 1:30 p.m.

The plan is to have an afternoon starting with a picnic lunch (BYO) and then to do some tree planting. Afterwards we could do a short walk to admire ours and previous planting in the area, and Interact and Rotaract members are welcome to take part.

If you would like to take part, please contact Lisa King (lisakingaling@gmail.com), who is on the committee of The Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves, and coordinating the Club’s participation.

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RotaFEST 18 - A Festival of Rotary

11 - 13 May 2018, Palmerston North Convention Centre

We have listened to your feedback and this year’s annual District Rotary Event will NOT be a conference! This year RotaFEST 18 will incorporate in the programme many activities and opportunities for you to be entertained, to witness the Rotary opening of a world first in native animal care at WildBase Recovery, to enjoy world class speakers, and to share our Rotary experience and activities with each other and the community.

Please let Bev Wells know if you are going to attend and we can look at combined accommodation … maybe an Airbnb house to keep costs down, but we’ll have to be quick, so email: bev.wells@xtra.co.nz. There’s also the option of travelling up for just the Training Assembly on the Sunday which I would recommend for all members to refresh our thoughts and particularly helpful for newer members. Any questions, get in touch.

Please click the registration link to REGISTER and be part of this year’s District Rotary event:

https://hoteventsnz.eventsair.com/rotafest2018/rotafest-2018/Site/Register