Tony & Jenny and Mike & Sandy during the rotary exchange at Woodstock, New Hampshire.
On a mild and sunny Sunday morning our group of thirteen collected an assortment of paper, plastic, bottles, cans, polystyrene (and a bike) lying on the banks of the Hutt River between Melling and Ava Railway Bridges. We finished (as is the tradition) with a get–together over a very fine morning tea. Thanks to everyone for their help with making this project a success once again.
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Patrick McKibbin from the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce gave us an update and review of what business is up to in the Valley, both Upper and Lower Hutt. It was very refreshing to hear that there is a lot going on out there in business. As he quoted, "you don't know what's going on behind these roller doors around the Valley".
Hamish is a Geologist and Emeritus Scientist at GNS Science with a continuing involvement with Geology and an interest in History. Born in Christchurch and brought up and educated in Dunedin with a scholarship to Cambridge he has had a distinguished career with GNS which included being seconded to Te Papa where he wrote the concept for the Awesome Forces exhibition (1998-2019), one of the highlights of the museum. Hamish now spends time at GNS and leads educational trips.
Barrie, Gary and Paul recently repaired the damaged roof on the children’s playhouse at Te Omanga Hospice. A big thank you to Annie Matthews for kindly providing the roofing materials by way of a donation from Placemakers. Rachel Brandt, Volunteers Manager at Te Omanga Hospice has written to say thank you so much for all your hard work and time, so very much appreciated.
Kia ora Koutou - nau mai haere mai
Josh Briggs apart from being a City Councillor, is the acting CEO of Vibe. Josh took over the role four months ago having previously served as Vibe's Business and Transformational Lead for a period of 12 months. Vibe proudly supports many areas of the community encompassing young people and their families. Having been in business since 1996 there are now many organisations in the city that support young people but Vibe is the only "one stop shop" for young people who face all manner of trauma and indecision in their lives.
The Vintners' Lunch event is Te Omanga Hospice's biggest annual fundraiser. This is the first time that we, as a club, have assisted the Hospice with this event. Saturday was setting tables and decorating the venue in preparation for the big day on Sunday. We then returned late on Sunday afternoon to assist with packing everything away.
Over time, we have given a helping hand to the hospice in a variety of ways and this was another opportunity to build on the relationship that we have developed with them.
This week we had the pleasure of hearing from our very own Mike Keehan.
In May, Mike and his wife Jenny were part of a golf tour group that travelled to South Africa. They spent time in Johannesburg, played golf and did a safari tour in Kruger National Park.
