ACHIEVEMENT SUMMARY 2017/2018
Thank you for supporting the Rotary Club of Papakura's fund-raising activities in 2017/18 including
THE RIDE FOREVER MOTORCYCLE SHOW
You have helped the Rotary Club of Papakura/Charitable Trust to support the following community projects and initiatives:
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Science and Technology
- Select and Sponsor one student to the Rotary National Science and Technology Forum - $1795
- Donation to Kootuitui Trust to purchase 12 Chromebooks for local primary students - $6000
Leadership
- Sponsor RYE Inbound students with disabled partners at 'Challenge Camp’ - $250
- Sponsor 10 students to attend the RYPEN leadership camp (Chenery Memorial Trust) - $1500
- Select and sponsor 2 young professionals to participate in RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - $2185
- Sponsor a team to represent ACG Strathallan at MUNA - Model United Nationals Assembly - $150
- A vocational day out hosting ROTA Pacific attendees $200
- Donation to ROTA Pacific - $1000
Rotary Youth Exchange
- Host Inbound RYE student - Argentina - Leo Sanchez Fabbro $1195
- Select and Sponsor Outbound RYE student – Caitlin Norvill to Austria $450
Education
- Award 9 students Educational Scholarships (June Grey Trust) - $9000
- National Burn Unit Education - Assist in cost of Masters in Burn Care Degree (Chenery Memorial Trust) - $15,500
- Sponsor 5 South Auckland High schools to attend Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) and provide seminar material (Chenery Trust) - $5790
- Donation to RYDA for Student Group Identification Wrist Bands
- Provide volunteers for Rotary Youth Driver Awareness days
- Sponsor Instructor Training at Kokako Lodge - $5000 (Rotary Foundation $1500)
- Supply and distribute dictionaries to Year 4 students of three local schools, as part of the Rotary Pictorial Dictionary Project - $684
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
- Sponsorship of Seating provided to There’s a Better Way Foundation - $13,000
- The 2017 Papakura Rotary Christmas Parade
- Sponsorship of Angel Lights Breakfast Club at Sir Edmund Hillary School - $14,400 (Rotary Foundation $1000)
- Volunteers provided to the Breakfast Club
- Construction of footpaths and gardens at Sir Edmund Hillary School
- Trees for Survival - Kelvin Road School and Papakura Normal School
- Donation towards Papakura Normal school camp - $550
- Working Bees at Kokako Lodge
- Donation towards Art Equipment and Outdoor Play area – Karaka Playcentre
- Donation to Karaka Historical Society - $5000
- Donation to the RSA - $1000
- Provided volunteers to collect for Poppy Day
- Donation to RSA Poppy Day -$200
- Donation toward Rehabilitation Equipment for the National Burn Unit - $5335 (Rotary Foundation $2500)
SUNSHINE FUND
- Food parcels for local families - $1355
- Sponsorship for local Down Under Sports representative - $1000
- Underwear donation to Women’s Refuge - $500
- Donation to overworked Junior Medical staff at Middlemore Hospital - $1000
INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES
- 2017 Pump Maintenance Project at Vavau Island - $5000
- 2018 Fresh Water Restoration Project at Eua Island - $34,000 (Harold Thomas Trust $9000, Tauranga Rotary Club $5000, Heilala Vanilla $5000, Rotary Foundation $4089)
- Donation of balls and sports equipment Utungaki preschool and Talehau primary
- Donation of clothing to the Utungaki preschool
- Donation of Life Jackets to locals in Vavau
- Support (ROMAC) Rotary Oceania Medical Assistance for Children - $1520
- Annual giving to Polio Plus - $3810
- Purchase 2 Emergency Response Kits for Pacific disaster relief distribution - $1200
- Pre-assembly projects of 500 Emergency Response Kits for Pacific disaster relief distribution
- Annual giving to Rotary Foundation - $5755
- Immediate Disaster Relief for Tonga after Cyclone Gita - $1000
Note: Where another organisation is shown in brackets, indicates that they have assisted with the cost