This event, jointly promoted and managed by the Rotary clubs in Rotorua, provides the fellowship of lunch, an excellent speaker, and a superbly run auction of goods where the generosity of the people of Rotorua enables substantial donations to be made to a range of worthy beneficiaries.
Don't miss it - put the 17th November in your diary now and buy a ticket (or better still, make up a table with your friends)!
A BIG “Thank You” to East Bay Bark (on the Kawerau end of Onepu Springs Road) for supplying us the spud potting mix at a reduced price, according to those who know about these things, it appears to be very good quality so the spuds should be stupendous this year.
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Immediate Past President Chris Price made the presentation of the Greenmeadows Rotary Club’s cheque for $20,000 to Lauren Hibbard chair of Youthquest HB. Lauren thanked Greenmeadows Rotary and Eastern & Central Community Trust for their generosity which will allow Youthquest to replace their aging van, an essential item for running their programmes.
The Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG) was formed in 2007 by a group of Rotarians, recognized by Rotary International, and focused on WASH projects.
Since then it has facilitated many hundreds of projects – helping clubs find partners, ensuring sustainability, stressing the importance of a needs-driven approach, and developing best practices.
We encourage a holistic, integrated approach in which water is not the end in itself, but is rather the means of a better life and livelihood in the community.
Most importantly, WASRAG links water and sanitation to improved hygiene, better health, and empowerment of the community – especially women, irrigation and agriculture, education and literacy and, ultimately, child mortality.