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President Jenny's thoughts for the future
Incoming President, Jenny Lucas thanked Peter Cox and wife Alison for leading the club for the past twelve months.
World President of Rotary International, Ian Riseley from Australia, had chosen for his Theme for 2017-2018, ROTARY – MAKING A … View morePresident Jenny's thoughts for the future
Incoming President, Jenny Lucas thanked Peter Cox and wife Alison for leading the club for the past twelve months.
World President of Rotary International, Ian Riseley from Australia, had chosen for his Theme for 2017-2018, ROTARY – MAKING A DIFFERENCE and Jenny said that she felt honoured and privileged to serve as president, with this theme. She realised that she needed the support of all members who would be led by the new board who she called forward to receive their theme badges.
Jenny would be the 45th President of the Rotary Club of Plimmerton and said she was honoured to wear the chain with the names of the 44 presidents before her, two of whom had a special connection to her. 'Plimmerton Rotary', she said, 'is a wonderful club – the friendliness is palpable, the buzz in here each Tuesday is almost deafening'.
She laid out some of her plans for her year of ROTARY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE such as continuing with several existing club projects like Te Ara Piko, the various speech contests, the Leadership Awards, the Garden Trail, the Book Fair, etc. She quoted from a former headmistress from her schooldays who said, 'We build on the achievements of the past, but we do not rest on them'.
She outlined some new projects, like Playable Porirua - a shared project with Inner Wheel. Another project on RI President Ian’s wish list is to plant a tree for every Rotarian in the world and she didn't think this would be difficult to achieve as we were already talking to people in Council to select an appropriate site.
There were other things that she would like to see happen in her year. At the Inner Wheel Changeover some new joint initiatives were mentioned with Mana Zonta, Plimmerton Inner Wheel and Plimmerton Rotary planning to collaborate on fund-raising projects and events in our city, to make a difference, and support our charities. Jenny said she wanted to see continued collaboration with Porirua City Council. 'I believe we have a unique relationship', she said. 'We have two Memoranda of Understanding with them, one for Te Ara Piko and the other for Playable Porirua'.
Jenny went on to say that she would like to have more involvement with our colleges and schools and felt we could work together with some of the incredible principals in our city to make a difference. She was sure we could use strong young people to help with the projects like the Book Fair and the Inlet clean-up, while at the same time helping them by making them aware of Rotary programmes that could benefit them, such as the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, The Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment, forming an Interact club, the National Science and Technology Forum and International Youth Exchange. She said that project focus groups would be set up for specific projects, such as was done with Te Ara Piko. Members with particular skills or interests would be identified to participate in certain projects, and she was thinking particularly of a possible new event at Battle Hill. The new committees would not have hard and fast boundaries, and some members would be wearing more than one hat. She said she would like to see a team go to Taveuni Island in Fiji, to help with rebuilding teachers’ accommodations and to improve their water collection systems, and a team was already working on grant applications to get the funds that would be needed.
Jenny concluded by saying that she would like the club to work on being a 'future focused' club with the formation of a satellite club to encourage more younger members. But most of all, she said, 'I want our Rotary club to continue being fun and effective. We will continue to make a difference within our community and promote the International theme of ROTARY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE'.
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RUNNING FIT
Do you want to improve your running and your fitness and train with others? We have an 8-week programme starting the week of 24 July at two venues - Tawa and Khandallah/Ngaio. More details an online link below:
What is Running Fit?
Our sessions are based on the TempoFit … View moreRUNNING FIT
Do you want to improve your running and your fitness and train with others? We have an 8-week programme starting the week of 24 July at two venues - Tawa and Khandallah/Ngaio. More details an online link below:
What is Running Fit?
Our sessions are based on the TempoFit workouts created by Hayden Shearman who has helped get this programme up and running in Wellington.
As long as you can run 5km non stop at any speed you will fit in perfectly at Running Fit. Our workouts enable runners of a huge variety of abilities to work out together as we tailor your training paces to make each session equally challenging whether you're running 5km in under 20 minutes or causing along in 40 minutes.
There are 2 x 55-60 minute workouts each week over the 8 weeks and we also organise a long run on Sunday mornings at 8am for those who are keen to run with others. Session details are:
TAWA
Days and Times: Mondays and Thursdays from 6am to 7am
Venue: Meet at Tawa College by the Tawa Recreation Centre on Mondays and at the bottom of the Tawa College driveway on Thursdays
Starts: Monday 24 July
Coach: Ness Petrowski
KHANDALLAH/NGAIO
Days and Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6.15am to 7.15am
Venue: Meet at the Nairnville Park carpark on both days
Starts: Tuesday 25 July
Coach: Sean McCrudden
Cost: $140 for 8-week block starting week of 24 July (early bird rate of $120 if you sign up by Tuesday 18 July)
Here's the online link runningfit.eventdesq.com...
If you need to mix up the sessions and do one at Khandallah and one at Tawa that's fine too. Just sign up for one of the venues and then email me if you'd like to attend one of the other venues for one of the sessions each week. If it's only from time to time you need to attend a different venue that's also an option.
Cheers
Jo Murray
johannamurraynz@gmail.com
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With the somewhat stiff breezes that we have been experiencing over the last couple of days some trees have suufered damage, been blown over or ended up leaning against the neighbours house.
Please do not attempt to deal with storm damage on your own especially if the damaged branches are still … View moreWith the somewhat stiff breezes that we have been experiencing over the last couple of days some trees have suufered damage, been blown over or ended up leaning against the neighbours house.
Please do not attempt to deal with storm damage on your own especially if the damaged branches are still in the tree, the tree is leaning or it is being held up by another tree or building.
We at Harbour City Tree Care have the expeience to be able to evaluate how to put your tree safely on the ground, from where we can remove it for you or leave it for you to deal with it. The important thing is to get the damage dealt with so that no one gets hurt.
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Capital E is jam-packed with great activities for children and young people aged 0-14 during the July School Holidays. From inspirational 360 Degree Filmmaking to musical adventures in live performance, and an awesome installation themed around story-telling to making your own soap opera. There’s… View moreCapital E is jam-packed with great activities for children and young people aged 0-14 during the July School Holidays. From inspirational 360 Degree Filmmaking to musical adventures in live performance, and an awesome installation themed around story-telling to making your own soap opera. There’s something creatively juicy for kids of all interests and ages to bite into!
Head to capitale.org.nz to book for an amazing school holiday experience.
Hi is there any word on the slip that closed the gorge last night? Ie can we get to work from porirua? Or is it back roads only?
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