From the Pen of the President...
It will be super
if as many Rotarians, Anns and Friends of Rotary as possible come to Delta Park on Saturday 19th February to
participate in the Rotary Day of Action – even if only for a short while. We will be helping to clear the blackjacks
and other weeds in a water-wise garden initially developed by Sasol under the watchful eye of Geoff Lockwood and Shirley
Tebbutt but sadly neglected for quite some time. Spades and forks will be useful implements to
bring and that will make the task easier.
Anytime from 09:30 onwards should be suitable. Hope to see you on Saturday!
Costa Qually
President
Tailpiece
Every action has
its pleasure and its price (Socrates)
Last Friday....
...we had the privilege of welcoming Lorraine Jenks to the Wanderers Club to present a burning topic to us that she is uber-passionate about.
Lorraine is no stranger to Rotary, having been a member of the Rotary Club of Parktown-Excalibur, and if there is one person that the adage "dynamite comes in small packages" applies to it has to be Lorraine Jenks.
Mike Lamb introduced her as The Little Green Queen, and as she had revealed in her bio that she had sent through to him that she was a collector of keys, he presented her with an old tobacco barn key that he had acquired in Andorra.
Having grown up on a farm outside Fochville, Lorraine had always been in touch with nature and after finishing her studies to become a teacher she travelled extensively from London to Canada and California where she worked for the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency.
After returning to South Africa she joined Sun International (now Tsogo Sun) as a procurement manager for 82 hotels. This position allowed her to steer the hotel chain to adopt more eco-friendly policies, and she was instrumental in introducing recycling in the hotel waste management, which ultimately saved the hotel chain about R75 000 a month. It became her personal mission to find more eco-friendly versions of every product and service in her Purchasing Manual.
She held this position for 15 years.
Lorraine is a renowned international speaker on all matters Environment and belongs to the International Speakers Association. Her next speaking assignment will take her to Azerbaijan in May this year.
She has won 22 awards in her illustrious career and she is also a sought after judge for eco-projects.
Climate Change and Ecological Genocide, or Ecocide, is what keeps her awake at night.
Her big fear is that we might already have left it too late, but her advice to us is:
Thank you Lorraine Jenks, and now we know why Rotary has added the Environment as an Area of Focus.
This Friday.....
...is a business meeting on Zoom.
And this Saturday....
....we invite not only our members but also their family and friends, the Anns and any other community members to come along to make this a day to remember.
The event is being publicised via various social media platforms and the Randburg Sun will showcase it in their next edition.
Last Saturday we employed Kenneth to do preparatory work at the Sensory and Water-wise garden in preparation for our labours this Saturday
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