Speakers

 

As you may know ShelterBox was set up by Rotary in the United Kingdom in 2000.

 

Right now, around 85 million people around the world have been made homeless by natural disaster and conflict. ShelterBox is working to change this.

By providing emergency shelter and tools for families robbed of their homes by disaster, we’re transforming despair into hope.

 

Let us introduce ourselves - we are both volunteers.

My name is Charles Lambert and I am a member of Nelson West Rotary Club .

 

Jimmy Griffith is a ShelterBox Team Response member who has recently returned from the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh.

 

We would like tell you a bit more about the latest deployments and strategies being undertaken by ShelterBox worldwide.

 

Would your evening meeting of Tuesday August 21st be available for us to speak? (NOW CONFIRMED)

 

For more information you can visit

 

www.shelterbox.org.nz

 

https://www.facebook.com/ShelterBoxNZ/

Plus a recent article featuring Jimmy Griffith.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/103017458/going-back-into-the-crisis-zone

Look forward to hearing from you.

 

The Sowers Trust are planning a presentation for the Community of Howick to outline their involvement with Youth.They are organising a High Tea on Saturday 8th September.More details will follow shortly

Celebrating our Clubs Birthday

Ed Chignell is the CEO of Predator Free NZ 2050 Rotary Clubs in our District are pulling their resources together to help with this project to rid Howick and Pakuranga of plant pests and the new planting of native plants.

Venue Waipuna Lodge Exhibition Room  Start time 5.30pm pre dinner drinks Meeting starts 6.45pm Cost $32 for dinner $5 if attending the meeting only  Bar snacks and cash bar available Payment by eftpos card on arrival

Invitations go out to dealers and the public for the first  chance to buy books.A $20 cover charge applies just for this night

Members are advised that there will be no meeting on this night at the Bowling Club.A schedule of member duties will be created at the RSA

Preliminaries of the yearly competition are planned to be held during September in the College.Rotarians will help with the judging and a selection of finalists will speak at our club meeting on the 30th October

The Social committee is planning ths special celebtation-more dtails will follow