President's Message

Our meeting last Tuesday has the potential to be a very significant occasion for Howick Rotary. 15 potential members joined us for the evening and heard from Jennie Herring PDG about Rotary projects both international and local. A number of members shared some of their favoured Rotary projects and why they matter. Feedback from our guests has been very positive and I hope to confirm a significant number of applications for membership over the next week. Grateful thanks to all involved especially to Jennie who had just returned from a busy weekend in Napier at the district conference. Don’t forget to follow up if you had a guest and ask them to join. There were a number who couldn’t be there for various reasons who have also expressed an interest so keep asking the question. A special thanks to John Savory for his commitment to resolving our technological issues.

 

One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of a cheque from the club to Howick Coastguard. It was appropriate that John Osborne made the presentation on behalf of us all. The surplus from the Howick Fun Run was topped up by the club to $9,000. Chris Paul who received the cheque on behalf of coastguard was so excited that he left our meeting and interrupted the management meeting at Howick Coastguard to tell them. Today I received a call from a delighted president who is only to keen to get us some help when we need heavy lifting at Bookarama.

 

 

We are all about making a difference and I like this quote from Michelle Nicholson “Nano Girl”

“One person cannot do everything but they can do something. And if we all do something imagine how powerful that could be.”