Achievement Summary
Donations and Donated Time by Rotary Club of St Johns, July 2017 – June 2018 Rotary Year
During the July 2017/June 2018 Rotary year, members of the Rotary Club of St Johns were active in the community and nationally, along with some international projects in Fiji, India, Madagascar, and Tanzania.
The following is a summary to demonstrate the range of activities undertaken, many involving both donation of funds and members’ volunteer hours, while for others members mainly engage through volunteering hours and expertise.
Community <$1000 – from weekly member fines’ “Sunshine Fund”
- Bacteria kits for schools $191
- RYLA Alumni Association $200
- Middlemore Junior Doctors $500
- Emergency Response Kits (ERKs) $403
- Glen Taylor School $115
- Glen Taylor (Kapa Haka Transport) $260
- Glen Taylor (Junior Citizenship Awards) $400
- Prostate Cancer Foundation $183
- CureKids $157
- Pt England School (Bagpipes) $355
- Maia Amai, athlete (Wheelchair) $500
- Forest and Bird $100
- Rotary Foundation – Polio $265
- Glen Innes Food Bank $326
- Christmas Puddings (GI Foodbank) $174
- St Pius School (Citizenship Awards) $348
- Second Step NZ charity $100
- RSA Auckland $434
Community >$3000:
- Defibrillators (AED Units) $4,398
- Motutapu Island restoration $3,284
International
- Emergency Response Kits for Pacific Is. $1,200
- Exchange Students $140
- Interplast – surgical help in Pacific $1,000
- ONJA, Madagascar $5,000
- Rotary Foundation $1,375
- Rotary Foundation - Polio Eradication $1,000
- St Judes School, Tanzania $1,440
- Taveuni Is., Fiji, Waiyevo Hospital $15,000
- Taveuni Is., Fiji, Eye project $1250
Youth Activities
- Challenge Camp $735
- Discovery Pilot Programme $2,848
- Gifts for Kids $500
- Glen Taylor School $2,609
- Kiwi Chat Camp $1,000
- Model United Nations $435
- Outdoor Education Programme $1,125
- Rotary National Science Forum $1,648
- RYDA Road Safety Education $2,491
- RYLA Youth Leadership Awards $5,665
- RYPEN Youth Enrichment Programme $2,609
- Trees for Survival $690
- Youthline $1,000
Volunteer Hours and Expertise (in addition to funding)
– for Community, Youth, Environment, Science education
- Beach Clean-ups
- Dictionaries in Schools
- Dove Hospice – Monthly Garage Sales
- Christmas Gift-Wrapping Fund-Raising, Sylva Park Shopping Mall
- Collecting for Charities – eg, MS, Arthritis, CureKids, Blood Pressure Awareness
- Glendowie College Interact Club
- Habitat for Humanity, House-Build, India
- ‘Have a Go’ Day Sailing Experience – for 12 schools
- Tree Planting, Nursery Assistance – Motutapu Is. Restoration
- Tree Planting, Trees for Survival
- National Science & Technology Forum
- RYPEN event management
- School Gardens Projects
- Sir Paul Callaghan Eureka! Awards
- Sub-60 Golf Tournament Fund-Raising
- Taveuni Is., Fiji, Painting Project
Peter Buchanan (President 2017-2018), 12 Aug. 2018
In 2016 - 2017 Rotary St Johns raised over $67,000, spent on a range of community projects.
Our support extends over a number of community areas with the bulk of funding being targeted at children (schools and health) and youth leadership development, but not limited to these areas.
Support for Schools
- School Garden Project
- Glen Taylor School
- Dictionaries in Schools
- Have a Go! Sailing programme in 6 lower decile schools
- Glendowie College Interact Club
- Model United Nations Assembly in Schools (MUNA)
- Supporting a Rotary International Exchange Student from Germany
- minor contributory support included
- Glen Taylor Junior Citizen Award
- St Pius X School Junior Citizen Award
- St Pius School, Whiz Kid Science Programme
- Glen Innes School Junior Citizens Award
Children
- Cure Kids ($20,000)
- Foetal Monitors
Youth and Young Adults
- Rotary Young Drivers Awareness Programme (RYDA)
- Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA)
- Challenge Camp
- Outward Bound
Environment & Science
- National Science & Technology Forum Summer School
- Sir Paul Callaghan Eureka! awards
- Trees for Survival
- Motutapu Island replanting
Overseas
- Assembly of Emergency Response Kits (for hurrican hit Pacific Islands)
- Cyclone Winstone Fiji Appeal
- Tavenui Island School Project (rebuild after Cyclone Winstone)
- St Judes School, Tanzania
Member volunteering for Collection Assistance for Various Appeals
- Arthritis Foundation
- Poppy Day
- Cure Kids
- Multiple Sclerosis
- National Blood Pressure Screening Day
Community
- Glen Innes Budgeting Centre
- East Tamaki Budget Centre
- Cancer Foundation
- Leukemia Foundation
- Reclaim Another Woman (Annah Stretton's RAW Charity)
- Supporting Hospice by helping at Dove Shop (August: 4 members, all day. More during year)
- Planting day at Motutapu Island
- Habitat for Humanity working day (6 members, all day)
- Reclaim Another Woman ( http://raw.org.nz/) - donation from Sunshine Fund
- Hosting Inbound Rotary Exchange Student Henning Scmidt (arrived August)
- Planting day at Motuihe Island
In 2015 - 2016 Rotary year, St Johns Rotary raised $58,000 that went to support many projects including the following. In additional to the financial aspect, countless volunteer hours were contributed by members and others to produce many amazing positive outcomes.
- Community projects
- Christmas Gifts for Kids
- Emergency Response Kits
- Vuna Primary School Fiji
- Rota Pacific
- St Judes School Tanzania
- Destiny Rescue Cambodia
- Cyclone Winston Appeal Fiji
- Tavenui Eye Project
- Challenge Camp
- Glen Taylor School
- St Pius X School
- Outward Bound
- Rotary Summer Science School
- RYLA, RYPEN
- Trees for Survival