Last meeting’s two minute talk by Stephen about the dogs that are being trained to detect illness in people, was very interesting. If it helps one person with early detection this has got to be a great.
On Thursday night Jim, Rob, Stephen and myself met up with the Balclutha Rotary Club, and four from the Taieri Rotary Club, to cook a BBQ for them after they had a guided tour of McLay Boats. Thanks, Steve - It was a good night and it was lucky that Jim doubled the meat order as all the food was clean up.
Guest speaker on the 11th October will be ORC Harbourmaster, Steve Rushbrook, and it sounds like he has had an interesting career.
So, keep the wind in your face, be safe and look out to others that may need help.
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Thank you to the team who continued the task of splitting the firewood in McLay Boats yard – it is almost complete.
A new load of logs has been moved from David Vollweiler’s farm down to Colin Calteaux’s for storage. These are smaller trees so will be easier to handle. This will be the next lot to be ringed and split – after it has had some time to dry out.
In the 2020-2021 Rotary year we celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The Rotary clubs of Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington and Auckland were founded in May – June 1921. The first Pacific club was Rotary Suva on 26 March 1936.
The key centenary project across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific is the regional ‘Rotary Give Every Child a Future’ Pacific immunisation project. Its aim is to vaccinate 100,000 children across nine Pacific Island countries against rotavirus, pneumococcal and cervical cancer and establish sustainable vaccination programmes in each country.
In partnership with UNICEF, Rotary will work with local governments to develop and implement immunisation programs that will deliver the vaccines. Strengthening the Pacific’s broader health systems will ensure the sustainable delivery of these vaccines into the future. Generations will continue to benefit from this project.
In some Pacific Islands, 1 in 18 children do not live to 5 years. The cost of fully immunising a child is $46.
In New Zealand and the South Pacific, all districts are participating in the ‘Mana Tangata’ History project to tell our story of 100 years of influence and action in our communities.
Check out this link for more information - https://www.rotaryoceania.zone/sitepage/mana-tangata-centennial-project
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