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Duty Roster 9 July
Attendance
Oliver, Phil
 
Bar Set Up
Rood, Henk
 
Opening Thought
Crimmins, Krystle
 
Wine Raffle
Johnston, Jim
 
Bar Clear Up, Wash And Return Glasses
Souter, Brian
 
View Point
Bain, David
 

Upcoming Events

Change Over Dinner
Marsden School Hall
Jul 06, 2019
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Club Forum
Marsden School Hall
Jul 09, 2019
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
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Stories
School Grants
 
At our last meeting on 11 September we welcomed principals of schools in our catchment area to receive grants from the Club. Present were Tania Savage, Cardinal McKeefry School, Jeremy Edwards, Northland School, and Jane Reddish, acting principal of Makara Model School.
 
All schools are doing environmental projects with an emphasis on full pupil participation. Tania gave us a power point presentation on their special garden project.The grant funding from Rotary will assist future work on these projects.
 
The principals of St Teresas and Karori Normal will be coming to our next meeting to receive grants and from Karori West Normal at a later meeting.
 
Community Projects
We welcomed our guest speaker Councillor Andy Foster to the meeting on 11 September and Andy took the opportunity to outline the proposal to formally establish a Karori Environmental Association. The aim is to protect and enhance the natural environment of Karori and its surrounds, including landscapes, waterways, indigenous vegetation and to encourage public involvement in projects, access and enjoyment of the natural environment.
 
Andy outlined several key projects that community groups have already indicated their interest in being involved in and he encouraged our Rotary Club to pick up and lead out on the opportunities that he presented to the Club . He was keen to see various organisations in Karori to come together and participate in a range of project ideas.
 
Reserve areas in Karori need improvement and this attracted interest from members who wished to take up the challenge and to discuss some specific ideas more with Andy. One statistic of interest was the number of traps that Karori residents have on their properties bordering reserves, bush areas and Zealandia to trap environmental predators, with 1000 traps noted at last count in the suburb.
 
The Club expressed its thanks to Andy for his presentation and gave a strong indication that the Club would certainly like to lead out on some of the project challenges on offer.
 
Karori Youth Awards
Karori Rotary was delighted to support and join the large attendance at the recent Karori Youth Awards on 5 September at the Marsden School auditorium. We extend our warmest congratulations to all award winners and in particular to the Supreme Award winner, Elliot Gonzales, for his leadership in building up the Karori Kung Fu Club.
 
We thank our Rotary representative Allan Frazer for his sterling work and involvement on the Youth Awards committee for this year’s awards.