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Brown Paper Bag Evening
A fun night was had at our annual Paper Bag auction last week.
We have received $717 so far and, with requested donations from those who could not attend plus remaining sales on the night, we are looking at a final amount of ~$829.
A reminder that our EftPOS Machine will not be available at Club Meetings on Thursdays while it is being used at Papanui Mall for the Trailer Raffle.
Neville Digby send this through for us.
Saturday was the Wanaka Rotary duck race. The stream they use flows through our neighbours property so I got these photos.
My take is they had over 600 small ducks which cost $5, and probably close to 60 commercial ones which are much larger and they cost $100 the larger ones were put in after the small ones and they are themed by the companies sponsoring them. I have subsequently heard it raised $17,000 this year so I might have to revise my Duck number estimates. Counting moving ducks is not easy so I just took a guess.
We always see the event if we are here it’s quite entertaining, especially when people end up in the stream!!!!
Here we go again …
A further Invitation for the Rotary Papanui Entertainment group to entertain residents this Christmas has been received from Bupa Parklands Care Home on Saturday 30 November and 7 December from 1:30pm until 2:30pm.
Songs we will be covering include: Snoopys Christmas, White Christmas, Winter Wonderland plus some Christmas carols. If you can make it please fell free to dress in your Christmas regalia to delight the residents.
Congrats to Emily
Emily Gualter, a previous member of Papanui Rotary until she went to work in Timaru, has announced her engagement. Good spotting Gordon!
Thought for the week …
“A turtle only makes progress when it sticks its neck out.”