With youth suicide regularly in the news it was timely that Monday night’s first speaker, Alex Lovell addressed the club with an engaging and enthusiastic account of his close involvement with a film on the subject.
Alex is half of a production company, Run Charlie, and with a long-time friend is co-producing a short film that grapples with the issues of bullying and youth suicide in a modern South Auckland setting.
Geoff Amos’s long involvement with the Pakuranga Rotary is well known and members were pleased to have Del Johnson present Geoff with two defibrillators for Fiji.
Geoff took the time to outline three issues he believes are important.
August is Membership Month, which means it’s time to celebrate Pakuranga Rotary, our members, and the good we do in our community and around the world.
There are many ways to join in the celebration, but here are a few activities to get you started:
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Watch and share.
Exchange ideas.
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Peter Woodcock would love to have a couple of extra helpers at the trivia night this Friday – Pakuranga College 6.00 pm hosted by our Interact Club. We are expecting over 100 students from other clubs. Pizza ‘dinner’ will be provided at 7 pm.
The Rotary BBQ is now installed at Bramley Beach and is operational. Pres. Dave proposes to hold a meeting on site to open the BBQ and invite the sponsors along i.e. The Stevenson Family Trust and also The Howick Local Board. We now wait for some settled weather.
Jarrod Lee is an Auckland singer, actor and performer accepted to one of the world’s leading conservatoires, the Royal Academy of Music London.
The Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise sponsored Jarrod to attend the Rotary Youth Leader Awards developmental programme six years ago, after which he decided to give up his job to follow his dream of becoming a professional performer.
They invite you to join them to experience a wonderful new talent along with students from Michael Park School.
6:30pm FRIDAY 18 AUGUST MICHAEL PARK SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 55 AMY ST ELLERSLIE
Auckland Seaplans - Take off and Land in the Harbour
Chris Sattler is CEO of Auckland Seaplanes. Traveling is one of Chris's passions having been to more than 100 different countries, mainly as a tourist but also through his work in the finance industry, where he specialised in airline finance. He was in the German Air Force before going to university. Aviation has always been another passion and finds it great to combine that with working in the finance industry. Ultimately though he and his wife chose New Zealand as the place they wanted to be and are citizens of Aotearoa - the Land of the Long White Cloud.
People donate money to good causes for all sorts of reasons; it could be a personal connection to a community in need, a debt of gratitude for a past kindness, or a desire to leave a legacy. We asked eight people around the world what motivates
I want to change my meeting duty - What do I do?
If you have meeting duty below and want to swap, then go to our website and find Meeting Duties under the Calendar menu to find someone to swap with. Do forget to let Graham know once you've confirmed who you are swapping with.
Peter Woodcock would love to have a couple of extra helpers at the trivia night this Friday – Pakuranga College 6.00 pm hosted by our Interact Club. We are expecting over 100 students from other clubs. Pizza ‘dinner’ will be provided at 7 pm. 
How to recycle plastic bags and other soft plastic packaging.
