Welcome to the new “Lowdown” bulletin for the Rotary Club of Downtown Auckland. This first copy reflects the fresh new look of Rotary by our younger team, using today’s technology. I’m sure you will appreciate their effort. Read more from President Kenneth here
Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children
Byran's role with ROMAC
Rotary does many wonderful things in the community, and one of the most amazing projects is ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children). ROMAC works with medical professionals from Auckland’s Starship Children's hospital to identify children in the Pacific Islands who require complex surgery which can’t be performed locally. Byran Theunisen recently helped a little girl, Lina, and her Mum during their visit to NZ and the Auckland Starship Hospital. Read the full articlehere
Membership Update
We have welcomed 9 new members since June - Mark Forbes, Martina Evans, Phil Caughey, Julia Heaney, Kristen Meagher, Gareth Juddery, Emily Sclater, Kate Fisher and Frankie Crellin.
Des Trig has become our newest honorary member.
And we farewelled 6 members from the club - Robbin Kiddle, Kate Alexander, Laura Burns, Laureen Crocket, Kristen Meagher and Geoff Turner.
Gardens in Schools
Our club now has raised gardens in 8 local schools. These are used by pupils to grow vegetables for students and staff. The RCDA have also provided fruit trees to Ponsonby Primary, Ponsonby Intermediate and Mt Albert Grammar.
The funding for these projects has come from the sale of produce of fruit & nuts from Greg Moyle's and Mark Jenkin's Orchards, and Greg's hens.
Bell Ringing
The Community Services committee had a very successful Bell Ringing fundraiser which charged $30 per person. It was hosted at St Matthews in the City over 2 evenings in September. Those who attended had a fantastic social evening which included dinner prior to joining the regular bell ringing group practice at the church.
Lunch with Prime Minister - John Key
A wonderful lunch with the Prime Minister was organised by our Fellowship Committee. 125 people attended a great lunch and great speech. Just over $400 was raised for the Fellowship Committee and over $1000 raised by auction for youth and community projects.
Meet a member - Tim Orr
We have many wonderful people in our Rotary club, but often we don't know get the opportunity to know more about them. So to help you get to know your fellow club members, we will feature a member in each of our newletters. Timothy Orr is a rather colourful member of our club, and link below will take you to his profile. Enjoy.
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