WOW WOW WOW how could you not have walked away from Thursday’s meeting excited and inspired by Alexia, CEO of Girl Boss. The interesting observation I had was that after the formal meeting had concluded Alexia was swarmed by the team from Sacred Heart College. The important words that she conveyed included:
Integrity, good not smart, work hard, and hold your values high. Many thanks Alexia and we would hope to see you return to the club in the future.
This coming week is committees week and all directors are looking forward to seeing you all participate in the programme leading up to June.
At the time of writing this, the Golf Tournament has a full field and we now have the cream on the cake. Over the last few weeks we have been working with Archibald & Shorter, Volvo dealers at Greenlane. They have now confirmed the sponsorship of the “Hole in One” and you could be in to win a Volvo XC40. I have one myself and they are a fantastic vehicle.
We also need to acknowledge all of our sponsors who have worked hard to ensure that this will be a great event alongside those participating companies that are supporting the event and KidsCan.
Without the efforts of the Freightways Team we would not be in such a strong position and now we only need the weather to be kind.
As articulated by President Allan above, those lucky enough to attend the dinner meeting on March 7th, were treated to something special with our Guest Speaker Alexia Hilertidou. A total of 34 members and 34 Guests were in attendance. Included in the guests present were students from Glendowie College, Sacred Heart College, and Auckland Interact members.
Alexia recently received the "Young Leader Award" from Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. Alexia is the founder and CEO of GirlBoss NZ - a 10,500 strong army of young women who are determined to achieve gender equality in their lifetimes.
Dismayed by the under representation of women in leadership roles Alexia founded GirlBoss when she was just 16. Encouraging young women to embrace STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), leadership and entrepreneurship, GirlBoss is now New Zealand’s largest organisation for young women. It’s members are shrugging off the statistics and preparing themselves to take their seats at the table - the boardroom table that is.
At 17, Alexia was the youngest person to lead a research project at the New Zealand Treasury - and at 18 - she was selected to seek new stars and planets on the NASA SOFIA Southern Deployment mission.
She was named the most influential young leader under the age of 25 at the Westpac Women of Influence awards.
Click on "Read More" for a selection of photos from the evening.
NEXT MEETING - BREAKFAST MEETING - THURSDAY MARCH 14th COMBINED COMMITTEE MEETING:
Our first Combined Committee Meetings for 2019 will take place as part of our morning meeting on March 14th. Please diary to be there and if you can't make it, please email your committee director to let them know. If you are not sure what committee you are in, please contact Secretary Alex Gatt email: gatt@xtra.co.nz
ST. JOHNS ROTARY GOLF TOURNAMENT:
Monday 18th March - Remuera Golf Club. This is our major fundraiser of the year so it is great to see that the event is now sold out - many thanks to all who have signed up sponsors and teams. Many thanks also to those members who have volunteered to assist on the day.
ROTARY YOUTH DRIVER AWARENESS - RYDA:
This years RYDA will be held on April 2nd and we are again sponsoring approx 250 Glendowie College Students to attend this mornings invaluable event for learner drivers. If you can assist on the morning please contact Gary Key; gkey@xtra.co.nz.
TRIVIA FUNDRAISING EVENING APRIL 12th; The Rotary Clubs of Remuera and St Johns are combining to raise funds for the CureKids Oxygen Generator project bring rolled out across Fiji. These "Oxygenators" create 95% pure oxygen from the atmosphere and are being rolled out to replace the unreliable oxygen bottle supply to Fiji hospitals. Come & join the fun and raise funds so no child dies from a lack of oxygen. See Flyer below and contact PE Robyn I for tickets.
ANZAC DAY BREAKFAST - APRIL 25th
This is a very special day and one that is recognised by a very special breakfast meeting at St. Johns Rotary. More details to follow regarding the format of the breakfast and our guest speaker, but be sure to diary this now!
DISTRICT 9920 - 2018 / 2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
Napier May 10 - 12, 2019.
See story below for registration details.
ST. ANDREWS HOSPICE (DOVE HOUSE), GARAGE SALE:
1st and 3rd Saturdays every month at 8 am.
Corner Elizabeth Knox Place and Thomas Peacock Place, (off Morrin Road). Go along and assist with the sale or just go along and shop - some great bargain's. More details from Murray H.
RYLA (Rotary Young-Person Leadership Awards) is a week-long leadership development programme for 20-28 year-old participants, running 29th June to 6th July 2019, hosted and sponsored by Rotary Clubs in District 9920. RYLA is a live-in programme designed to help young people develop their team work and communication skills and fulfill their potential as leaders, both as individuals and in leading teams.
St Johns Rotary are seeking applications now these close on April 30th. Please consider who you know that may benefit.
Rotary 9920 are seeking to increase the number of company sponsored attendees and therefore if anyone is able to provide introductions to companies then please let Tom Street know on tstreet@outlook.co.nz.
If you would like copies of a small booklet with more details please contact Tom, or for full details of the RYLA Story, view the website; www.ryla.co.nz.
Are you attending this Conference? If so please contact Michelle Foreman. Michelle is wanting to match any registered attendees who do not yet have transport, with those who are driving to Napier and may have room for some members looking for a ride.
If you are planning on attending but have not yet registered, limited places are still available, but with a firm cap on the number of attendees we strongly recommend you register asap!
Including the Conference, other activities to join in on are:
District Governor’s Golf Tournament
Art Deco Walking Tour
An Art Deco vintage car driving tour
Hawkes Bay Farmers Market in Hastings on Sunday morning
Bike winery tour
Wine tastings at the Conference venue
You can find more information about the conference here.
You can register for the conference by clicking here.
If you are interested in attending, please also advise Michelle Forman - Email: mertie.forman@gmail.com
If you've got the time - The "Green Thing". Kindly supplied by President Allan.
Yesterday after shopping in our local supermarket, I was in the queue at the Check Out, and heard when the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment. The woman apologised to the young girl & then sighed, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. You folk didn't do enough to save our environment for future generations." The older lady said "Ahh yes you're right -- our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day." She sighed then continued: Back then, we returned milk bottles, lemonade bottles & beer bottles to the shops. The shops then sent them back to the plant to be washed, sterilized & refilled, so those same bottles were used over & over, thus REALLY were recycled. But we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Grocery stores put our groceries into brown paper bags that we reused for numerous things. Most memorable was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our school books. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school) were not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalise our books on their brown paper bag/covers. But, too bad we didn't do the "green thing" back then. I remember how we walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store or office building; walked to the grocery store & didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go 200 yards. . . . But she was right. We didn't have the "green thing" in our day. Back then we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the throw away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts. Wind & solar power really did dry our clothes back in our days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. . . . But that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Back then we had one radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And if anyone did own a TV, it had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of a football pitch. When cooking we blended & stirred by hand coz we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send by post, we used layers of old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity........ But she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back then. We drank from a tap or fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, & we replaced the razor blade in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the "green thing" back then. Back then, people took the bus & kids rode bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mothers into a 24-hour taxi service in the family's expensive car or van, which cost what a whole house did before the "green thing".. Oh and we had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest leisure park. . . . . But it so sad this current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then? . . . I think you should forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from some smart ass young person. .. ... We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to piss us off... Especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smart ass who can't make change without the cash register telling them how much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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WOW WOW WOW how could you not have walked away from Thursday’s meeting excited and inspired by Alexia, CEO of Girl Boss. The interesting observation I had was that after the formal meeting had concluded Alexia was swarmed by the team from Sacred Heart College. The important words that she conveyed included:
Actions of Choice Inspires 
As articulated by President Allan above, those lucky enough to attend the dinner meeting on March 7th, were treated to something special with our Guest Speaker Alexia Hilertidou. A total of 34 members and 34 Guests were in attendance. Included in the guests present were students from Glendowie College, Sacred Heart College, and Auckland Interact members. 
Are you attending this Conference? If so please contact Michelle Foreman. Michelle is wanting to match any registered attendees who do not yet have transport, with those who are driving to Napier and may have room for some members looking for a ride.
