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This year I set a range of objectives for our Club:
End the year with $5000 in our Trust Account
Increase membership from 41 to 43 members
Make a $3485 donation o the Rotary Foundation
Arrange an area meeting for all Clubs to hear about
changes being promoted by Rotary International
Achieve the Changemaker Club Award
Have fun along the way
So, how did we do?
We end the year with $4000 in our Trust Account
After achieving a high of 46 members in April, we end the year with 43
We made a donation of $3485 to the Foundation
We had just under 200 members attend ‘A new spin on Rotary’, some from Chch & the West Coast
We received the Changemaker Club Award
We had a lot of fun …
Movie nights
Italian Long Lunch Changeover
Club summit
Guess who’s coming to dinner
Christmas party
Indian night
We worked hard for the Community too this year.
July $1500 given to Books for Babies programme
September—Sponsored a table of Rest Home residents to Whenua show at the Theatre Royal
September/October—Supermarket fundraising for St John
September/October—Rugby World Cup litter clean-up
October—Raffle tickets sold for Nelson Hospice
December—$6254 cheque given to St John
January—Quiz night fundraiser for Mike Kennedy project $13,000 raised
January—Rotary Youth Leadership Award course. One candidate supported this year, and one for next year
February/March—Mike Kennedy project underway
March—Team of volunteers helped out with the Weetbix triathlon
March—Team of volunteers led by John Bethwaite assist with Rotary Youth Driving Awareness
May—Dictionaries in schools—87 delivered to Hampden St school
June—Team of volunteers assist with Founders
Book Fair
We wound up the year
with some awards and recognition:
Lynne Korcheski—awarded a Paul Harris fellow for her contribution to the Club over the last nine and a half years
Fred Coe— 1948-2012. Remembered with sadness and affection, and
a very special memorial trophy
Steve Kelso—the 2012 recipient of the Fred Coe Memorial trophy for
outstanding contribution by a Club member
This year we dispersed $25,150.92
St John $6,782.50
Our Trust $4,000.00
Books for Babies $1,500.00
Whenua Iti Concert $200.00
RI Foundation $3,485.00
Kennedy project $9,183.42
Thanks to the directors for their support and hard work throughout the year, and to all members for making these
projects so successful.
Anna Gully
President