Its fast approaching, my stepsons wedding on 1st March, so it’s all go around our house getting the section tidy and wedding preparations sorted. I think we all have under control, so now we just have to sit back and enjoy.
It’s pretty much like Rotary projects, it’s the preparation, if well planned then the event itself becomes easy. I feel that’s what we have going with our club, we have some great people working together to make things happen smoothly.
Eugeno, our Chilean RYE student has settled in well with the Woods, please make sure you get involved, too make his experience a memorable year.
We are hosting a Professional Development Group from Tasmania 20, 21, 22 of April. Murray Kennedy is in charge and looking for a couple of people to help host the Delegate’s, please help where you can.
John Hardy spoke to us recently about Seasonal Solutions, employing South Pacific people to come down and work in Central Otago and the success they have had, and also some of the problems this can cause back home and how they are addressing that.
Neil Bulling gave us an update on the new Lifestyle Village and new hospital about to start being built, it’s been a very successful venture and they now have people on waiting list to buy a unit. More positive things for Cromwell.
Double Glaze It gave us an insight to their new factory and how they double glaze existing windows. It was very well received by our members attending and thanks to Kris and the team for the beers too.
We have final figures in from January book sale, profit of $4750. The directors have recommended $4000 go to Rotary Foundation and $750 goes to Polio. We also recommended to buy 2 Emergency Response Kits at $600 each. We await Trust approval.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards are being held in Oamaru in April. We have decided this year to only send 1 Person. If you know of someone that could benefit from this let me know and we can have them complete an application form.
Keep an eye on the Club runner calendar, for up and coming events
Craig Lunn
Cromwell Rotary Club President