When Lorenza Mazzoni joined her first Rotary club in 2017 in a small town outside Milan, it had a sizeable membership of around 45 people. Less than four years later, the number had fallen by at least a third. "This has happened in many clubs in Italy," Mazzoni says. "During the pandemic, I think it got worse."
Mazzoni also left the club — but she didn't leave Rotary. Instead, she joined the new Rotary Club of Eco Milano, Italy, one of a growing number of clubs in nontraditional formats dedicated to a particular issue or cause — in this case, the environment.
The new club began in late 2021 with 24 members, including 11 who were new to Rotary. READ THE ARTICLE HERE
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I trust your week has gone well. And on things going well for those that were able to get out and support the tree planting initiative thank you on behalf of the planet!
On Tuesday evening we had a fantastically informative and entertaining evening from the Life Education Trust (LET), North Wellington, when we hosted Marsha, Emma and Harold (the giraffe). During the presentation, together they covered off the importance of LET to our next generation, primary and college age, how the system works to improve the relationships, health and wellbeing in these ‘nutty’ times and the support that schools and teachers get through the trust. They were very appreciative of the support from Rotary and talked of their mobile classroom replacement needing an eye watering $100k! They talked about the negative impact vaping is having on our children, and that the problem is growing exponentially – the Trust is one vehicle to mitigate this through the reach they have across the country. They finished the session with some of Harold’s ‘dad jokes’ – shoot me now!
Congratulations to Peter Lockery who won a box of bakery goodies donated by Nada Bakery and to John Melville who got a fluffy mini-giraffe from LET! – it will look great on the sideboard.
The Board meeting on Tuesday evening was pretty full. We managed to cover off an array of topics from exciting items like the annual financial statements! To caring for the Tawa lookout, an idea for a party in the plaza after the xmas parade, the bookfair and the ongoing annual plan of speakers and events. The Pride in Work Awards planned for October are progressing well and getting some interest – if you know anyone that should be nominated, give Pat a shout. We are also looking at a joint meeting with Lions in October. In fact, October is looking to be a busy month given the potential for the book fair that is unfolding. Some further notes are attached.
On membership, Denise and Pat have been working on a flier for a letterbox drop around Tawa – so we will be calling on your help here!
Also, I am very pleased to bring to your attention that John Peters application for membership has been approved and that his induction and welcome will take place in the coming weeks.
Next week’s speaker is Ross Churchill – who will be bringing his dog that interestingly helps children with their educational needs. I am away for the week and proceedings will be kindly managed kindly by Past President Karyn. I won’t be able to write for the bulletin next week - my apologies in advance
Finally again 28 August is the car rally – sign up now! get your whanau and friends in there!
Items of Interest from Board Meeting 16 August 2022
Rotary Foundation approved a Grant of $1,000 to assist in upgrading the signage at Wilf Mexted Reserve.
Three Board Members met with Tawa College Principal Andrew Savage to explain the partnerships between Rotary and the College and the Youth programmes sponsored by Rotary. We are to consider how we could provide support to the teaching staff who are under considerable pressure at present.
We have suggested a joint meeting with Lions on Wednesday 12th October at Linden Community Centre, with guest speaker Andrew Savage (to be confirmed).
Meal Payments – the introduction of EFT-POS has been considered but not feasible at this time. Payments can be made by Cash, Internet Banking or Automatic Payment.
Progress is being made on developing a Peace Labyrinth at Coronation Park.
There is a possibility of a Book Fair late September / early October using the scout & Guide Halls at Coronation Park.
Pride in Work – information has been provided to local businesses and non-profit organisations. Financial assistance has been provided by the Tawa Business Group. Applications have started to come in. Presentation Dinner scheduled for 18 October.
Planning is underway for the “Party in the Plaza” to be held after the Lions Christmas Parade on 3rd December. Members are invited to join the organising committee – please see Judith Gray who has developed the Business Case.
Next Tawa Rotary Meeting - Tuesday 23 August 2022 6:00 PM
Guest Speaker: Ross Churchill
Dogs and Children with special needs
Students working with a dog can attain a range of positive, measurable outcomes. The degree of training that a dog has usually determines the level of student intervention; this can range from the pet pooch that belongs to a teacher and is resident in her classroom, through to a dog being involved in structured, customized/individualized programme based on a student’s specific needs. Somewhere in the middle is the ‘Animal Assisted Education’ (AAE).
Ringo is a 1 year old old labradoodle that has been trained as a therapy dog by Wendy Isaacs of Therapy Dogs New Zealand. His training has involved extensive work in schools especially with students who have differing degrees of anxiety due to a range of circumstances. Such circumstances may be students with Post Trauma Stress Disorder; be verified as autistic; may be unable to engage in school activities. The K9s4Kidz programme involves the specially trained dog coming into the school.
Duties:
Rosters for 23 August 2022
Front Desk - John Melville Set up - Karen, Karyn, Tim Photos - Richard Hutchinson Open/Parting thought - Peter Lockery
Intro/Thanks- Liz Sutton Raffles - Judith Gray
Rosters for 06 September
Front Desk - John Melville Set up - Karen, Karyn, Tim Photos - Richard Hutchinson Open/Parting thought - Richard Hutchinson
Intro/Thanks- Joe Asghar Raffles - Karyn Meade
Rosters for 20 September
Front Desk - John Melville Set up - Karen, Karyn, Tim Photos - Richard Hutchinson Open/Parting thought - Paul Drummond
Intro/Thanks- Joe Asghar Raffles - Malcolm Andrews
Rosters for 27 September
Front Desk - John Melville Set up - Karen, Karyn, Tim Photos - Richard Hutchinson Open/Parting thought - Euan Patchett
This change takes up the domain name service that’s available through Rotary ROZops Oceania at a discounted rate, and the advantages of a service that’s familiar with Rotary.
Tawa Rotarians are encouraged to bookmark and to share this new domain name – where people can find out about Tawa Rotary, our club activities, upcoming speakers and the programme.
The more often that people visit the tawarotary.club website, the better – that will raise the profile of the website in Google searches.
After a series of setbacks due to COVID and engine availability we are pleased to advise that Ride the Train to End Polio is take place on Sunday 4 September 2022 (Fathers Day) departing Paekakariki at 7.50am to Taihape return.
The train will be stopping at Levin, Palmerston North and Marton, and people can join at those locations. The cost is $160 per person, and bookings can be made through Event Pronto, the link is as follows:
We will provide regular newsletters to those that have booked, including a timetable, and events. A commemorative one-off T-shirt is being finalised, and we will provide details on this and how it can be ordered shortly.
This is a great opportunity to promote the work of Rotary, and have a trip on a steam train, so please spread the word amongst friends and relatives so that they can have the opportunity to take part.
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