Since 1883, The Salvation Army has fought poverty and social and spiritual distress in New Zealand. They have helped more than 120,000 families and individuals in need each year—with budgeting advice, food and clothing assistance, life skill programmes and other comfort and support.
Rotary in our District started to assist with foodbank packing and food parcel distribution (from the Manukau Centre) during the Covid Lockdown. Teams of Rotarians from different clubs (including ours) have kept up the volunteer work at their Manukau Food Bank on a regular basis.
Note: The first opportunity this year, to help with food packaging will be held at the SA facility in Manukau tomorrow 23rd of February. If you can assist for a few hours, please contact IPP Robyn.
THURSDAY MARCH 4th - Dinner Meeting - Speaker Simon Yates (LegaSea NZ):
After a successful career in sports marketing, sponsorship and advertising including 15 years with one of New Zealand’s most successful advertising agencies, DDB, Simon chose to leave the world of fast moving consumer goods promotions and dedicate his remaining years to follow his passion for meaningful environmental change. He joined LegaSea 8 years ago believing that this was the organisation most likely to campaign for and promote change in the way we are managing our fisheries and coastal ecosystems. Simon spearheaded much of their brand, sponsorship and communications development.
LegaSea campaigns for better fisheries management to help restore our inshore fish life to abundance. Fish are our last freely accessible wild resource however there is still a complex range of pressures on the resource whether from commercial, customary or recreational interests, not to mention the impacts of climate and land run off. Our relatively young New Zealand has depleted this wild resource in a little over 100 years.
Simon will provide an understanding of LegaSea’s core purpose, explain their Fish Care and Kai Ika initiatives, give you an insight into how and why our fisheries have been so decimated, what’s happening in the Hauraki Gulf, (including the recent Waiheke Rahui), what’s happening to core species like tarakihi and crayfish, the problems with the Quota Management System and what the chances are like for us to fix it.
THRSDAY MARCH 11th - BREAKFAST MEETING - Speaker: Sponsored Students reporting back on January's Rotary National Science & Technology Forum.
Our Club sponsored three Y12 students to attend the Forum this summer: Mya and Joshua from Glendowie College, and Peter from Sacred Heart. Now, back at school in Y13, they will share 'some' of their experience of the two week live-in forum with us.
Friday April 9th - St Johns Rotary's largest fundraising event of the year. Contact Dave Hartstone asap if you think that you can assist in any way.