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John welcomed the members of the Ohope Lions club who had joined us for a combined meeting. Mark gave an excellent presentation to our guests covering the history of Rotary, the Four-Way Test, Polio Plus and Rotary’s international programmes.
He then talked about District 9930 before moving on to our club’s structure, projects (past and present) and focus on youth and the environment. Nice work, Mark! You told our story well.
Have you always wanted to participate in a polio vaccination campaign in India?
This may be your last chance.
Interact Club at Whakatane High School ---- Linda Bonne is Rotarian from Whakatane Sunrise Club and she is also a teacher at Whakatane High School where she is very involved with the active Interact club, one of 10 Interact clubs in District 9930.
Interact is a club for young people ages 12-18 who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community that they care most about.
With Interact, you can: Carry out hands-on service projects Make international connections Develop leadership skills Have fun
August is Membership and New Club Development Month. This is the perfect time to celebrate your club’s members and consider the many options available for strengthening your membership. The following ideas can get you started:Watch RI President Mark Daniel Maloney speak about growing Rotary and share his short membership video at your next club or district meeting.
Rotary International have announced a three-year partnership renewal with its disaster relief project partner, ShelterBox.
For almost 20 years, this unique humanitarian alliance has supported families with a place to call home after disaster.
What began as a local connection with one Cornish Rotary Club has led to an international movement that’s provided 140,000 ShelterBox family tents or 390,000 ShelterKits worldwide to date.
Every club needs new members, our total District numbers are down close to 100 members (6%) from the same time last year.
If EVERY club in our district gained a Minimum NET gain of 3 new members by the end of this Rotary year we would be back to the level as last year.
Satellite clubs, has your club looked at this? You only need 8 people to commit to this type of club. They are members of YOUR club (so there is your net gain of 3+), They organise and run themselves, they meet where, when, or whatever at how they see it.
They pay their own club dues, pay District and RI dues as all club do.
Fellowship and community service is the first goal. Watch them expand !!
In Rotorua North Club the have a new “ Not for Profit” organisation as members. The Multi-Cultural Council. Do you have one in your location? Check it out. A great way to have Rotary seen as being diverse in membership.
This month the polio programme reflects on the state of eradication efforts across Nigeria, showcasing both progress made and remaining challenges to be overcome. Individuals working across the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – from a community mobilizer to a programme manager – weigh in on what’s being done to ensure a polio-free future for Nigeria and for all of Africa.In Makoko, a sprawling river town in Nigeria, Peter Idowu helps health workers navigate complex waterways, language barriers and vaccine refusals to protect local children against polio.[More]
By Galen Engel, Rotary Club of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA
When I first became a member, I was interested in membership. I was new and didn’t know many people in the club and the incoming president asked me to be Sergeant at Arms. It’s a good way to get to know everybody and it’s fun.
In the club of 65 members, the same 10 people seemed to be the ones that were involved in everything. I thought it would be an easy job to engage the whole group and get the rest of them involved.
After eight months, I had some success, but not as much as I had thought. It became apparent that it would be easier to build a new group to attract a younger and more vibrant membership base.
On behalf of District 9930 Rotarians, Te Awamutu Rotary supported by District 9930, together with the Rotary Club of Thimphu (Bhutan), are seeking a Global Grant for an ‘Interplast Australia and New Zealand’ Medical Team to not only ‘repair bodies and rebuild lives’ mainly hand reconstruction and therapy, but train and mentor local medical staff in Bhutan in October 2019.With paperwork in hand, we are now seeking US$12,000 offshore District Designated Funds as required in order to submit a Global Grant for the Rotary Foundation approval.
The project will contribute to improving quality access to plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand therapy services in Bhutan for the most marginalised and vulnerable individuals. The project will see a team of fully qualified volunteer surgeons, hand therapists, anaesthetists and nurses spend two weeks in Thimphu, Bhutan at JDWN Referral Hospital.
Gisborne Rotary and Gisborne City Council including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are working together to refurbish the Australian Garden in the Botanical Gardens. This project is aligned with a project being undertaken by the Gisborne Rotary Club of Australia who is working on a refurbishment of the Tane Mahuta Garden in the Macedon Ranges Shire Council supported by the Shire Mayor and which is also supported by the friends of Gisborne (Australia) Botanical Gardens and the local newspaper
Mike Wong introduced Shona who was in Taupo.She travelled extensively to exotic places including the Soviet Union, Turkey, then overland to Pakistan, India, PNG.
She is now sales advisor to Ryman Health Care at Princess Alexandra, Ahuriri.
Shona lives in Parkland and is reasonably settled.
She outlined her talk saying she wanted to talk about the benefits of retirement living. After 5 years working for Ryman she considers it to be a brilliant company
"I attended my first Rotary club meeting as a 24-year-old guest of a member and sat in complete awe.
Students and members who had attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program the weekend before were sharing their stories. I will never forget the feeling I had as I listened to the accounts of how lives were being changed.
I knew, at that moment, that I would be a lifelong Rotarian if I was able to participate in this program."
Read more from Mike Norkin's experience as RYLA camp director in District 5330, California, USA.
Your Rotary, Rotaract, or Interact club can earn a Rotary Citation for achieving goals that strengthen Rotary and your clubs.
Grow your membership, develop sustainable projects, support the Rotary Foundation, and build awareness of Rotary in your community and get recognized for your efforts.
Get started now and track your progress beginning in August.
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