From the Pen of the President...
Good evening fellow Rotarians and friends,
Another lovely day spent fulfilling our aim to clothe children for winter – we have a whopping 500 items. It is proving difficult to get the finishing done to a number of the sweatshirts – a shortage of the correct colour rib-trim and people with over-lockers!!
I have seen snippets of the goings on in Melbourne at the Rotary Convention – looks amazing. Looking forward to hearing all about it.
We have an inbound student coming to our club – a lovely young Norwegian lady – looking forward to it. It has been a while.
Please support Careers Day this coming Saturday – stop by and chat to a few young people, they are hungry for knowledge, that is if you are not manning a table – thank you to all participants.
Keep warm and see you on Friday ( or not…. I may have gone fishing!!)
Ann
Last Week...
...being the last Friday of the month was a social meeting which generally has no fixed agenda and is the only meeting of the month which is not offered as a hybrid Zoom meeting.
Visitors are always welcome and we were delighted that Lyn Collocott invited Linsey Stephan as a guest. She is no stranger to Rotary as she assisted with a Group Study Exchange that Mike Lamb attended and she was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship by the Rotary Club of Sandton for groundbreaking educational work she undertook.
Linsey is also mother to Stephen and Ryan Cook, who are well-known cricketers.
Editor-in-Chief Sybille timed her whistle-stop visit to Johannesburg well, because not only could she attend the Friday meeting, but she could also partake in the skittles fundraiser that evening and help at the Saturday Sew-A-Thon.
Sybille was given the opportunity to share what she has been getting up to since she relocated to Stanford in the Cape and tell the club a little bit more about the Rotary Club of Stanford, which she will be joining in the new Rotary year. It may be a small club, but it is very active and well-respected for the good work that it does in the community.
Sybille is very excited about their upcoming fundraising event, the annual Penguin Plunge taking place on the 23rd of June where everyone is encouraged to pay a donation to jump into the icy Klein River and receive a beaded penguin fridge magnet and a hot beverage in return. It is a highlight of the Stanford calendar.
Skittles Evening combines Fellowship and Fundraising...
...Fellowship is one of the cornerstones of Rotary and last Friday evening this was combined with another very successful Skittles fundraiser once again made possible by Fundraiser par excellence Sonja Hood.
32 people took part in the event and as everyone wanted to win one of the wonderful Raffle prizes, ticket sales were brisk and because of their generosity a handsome R9300 was raised which will go far to support all our various projects.
Sew-a- Thon Part 2...
When club members last met in April to sew and knit garments for Stephan Ferreira, from Charity Begins With Me towards his ambitious goal to give 1500 children in need a warm garment for winter, nobody realized what a Herculean task this will be.
Last Saturday Jean Bernardo's driveway was once again a hive of activity as we sewed and knitted up a storm to try and meet this target. A big thank you to the Anns who are always willing to help where they can.
David's Travels continue...
...In the past week David has been visiting various Balkan countries along the Adriatic coastline - Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania.
He has shared some of his favourite photos with us, so that we may travel with him from the comfort of our armchairs.
This Friday...
....We will have the pleasure of welcoming guest speaker Lorna Wridgway who will be telling us about the U-Turn Homeless Ministries which she is very involved with.
It will no doubt be a interesting and eye-opening topic.
P.S. We have not forgotten Rotary Exchange Student Emma, who sent us a presentation that she gave in German at her school in Weißwasser last week.
Unfortunately due to technical difficulties it has not been possible to download it on this blog site.
Watch this space next week.
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