A Note from the Prez
It was a wonderful start to our time meeting at the Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre - good venue, happy people, great food and a fabulous speaker!
As well as the members we welcomed Pat Little, Ben Brundin, John Womersley and Norelle Bakyew to our very enjoyable and informative meeting.
Ant’s thought for the day from Helen Keller was most pertinent.
Huge thanks go to Rob Simpson for clearing our belongings from our old home at Basscare, temporarily storing them at his home then moving them into the assigned cupboard at CNC. Many thanks too to the people who arrived very early on Monday to help set up the room for the first time. It was fun looking at the various memorabilia which Rob uncovered, and the photo from the club’s first meeting, which showed Alan Stevens, Ralph Hartnett and Doug Hawley hiding in the back row was a real find! Thank you all for packing up so efficiently. We will need to help ourselves to tea and coffee in future meetings from the boiling water tap in the kitchenette in the area just outside the meeting room.
Continuing our partnering with CNC we will provide some children friendly activities focusing on bees and pollinators at the CNC open day on Saturday 17 May from 10:30 - 1;30. Please let John McCaskill or me know if you can help with this.
FAM continues apace as does the Sunday market and our other projects so please consult the rosters and dates for upcoming events so you don’t miss your turn as everyone’s help is needed.
Near the end of the Bulletin are shown the anniversary dates for member's membership of rotary and/or the Canterbury RC. In the Bulletins circulated in April they showed that Alan Stevens and Doug Hawley had been members since 1987 when the Club was inaugurated. I believe it is well worth highlighting that Helen Hartnett, while not a formal rotary and Club member until 2008, was very much part of the initial group along with her deceased husband Ralph Hartnett, who were closely involved with the start-up of the Club in 1987 together with Doug and Alan.
See you next week
Elizabeth
Below is a photo from the dawn service at Surrey Hills was memorial.
