Welcome to the Rotary Club of Kerikeri
I feel privileged, delighted, and excited to take on the role of leading the Club during the 2011 - 2012 Rotary Year.
We have a vibrant and active Club with members of a mixed age group involved in a wide variety of both international and local community projects. Our greatest strengths are the stability of our membership, the strong sense of fun and social activity, and the positive recognition we have as a service organisation in both our local community and Rotary District 9910.
Rotary Club of Kerikeri President - Sherryl Neale
On the international front, in recent years we have provided classroom resource materials to village schools on the island of Santo in Vanuatu and also refurbished the TB Ward there at Luganville Hospital. Currently, we are planning on leading a project team to assist with a Medical Centre at Viseisei in Fiji and initiating a project to support ROMAC - Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children.
In our local community, recent projects have included the building of covered gas barbeques down in the Stone Store Basin, a pavilion in the Alzheimer's Unit at Kerikeri Retirement Village, provision of 248 Illustrated Dictionaries for Year 4 pupils at Okaihau, Oruaiti, Kerikeri and Riverview primary schools.
We undertake a variety of projects involving young people in our Community:
- Peer support program in local schools
- School speech contests
- Sci-Tech experience for year 11 students
- RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Award
- RYDA - Rotary Youth Driver Awareness
- RANZSE - Rotary Australia New Zealand Student Exchange
- IYE - International Youth Exchange
We also have a great working relationship with NZCF - NZ Cadet Force - and several other youth sports groups in the community.
Our major fund-raisers are the Kerikeri New World Rotary Garden Safari held at the end of October and the Top Energy Northern Crossing Multisport event held in April/May. We are very appreciative of our major sponsors for these two events.
Rotary worldwide has more good causes than you could poke a stick at - these include:
- Polio and malaria eradication
- Emergency response kits
- Shelterboxes
- Kits for Kids - basic school items for pre-schools in the Pacific
- Santo water tanks - clean water for Vanuatu
- World peace scholarships
- Ambassadorial scholarships
- Group study exchanges
- Child Health Research
- And many, many more ...
Looking for a cause? Consider Rotary - we make a difference in our Community
and in the world. Need help with a project in our Community? Please contact
me, I`d love to talk with you.
Sherryl Neale
President
Trust Power Community Awards
The Rotary Club of Kerikeri won the Far North 2011 Trustpower Community award for it's Top Energy Northern Crossing multisport event.
The Rotary Club of Kerikeri received a 2010 Trust Power Community Awards Regional Commendation for our Sports and Leisure events.
Visitors and partners are always welcome at our meetings. Dress is casual - this is the Far North!! It is helpful to us if any visitors attending advise us beforehand - helpful but not essential.
President 2011 - 2012: Sherryl Neale • email
Secretary 2011 - 2012: Vicki Douglas • email
Treasurer 2011 - 2012: Keith Ardern • email
Mission Statement
'Humanity on the Move'- to identify and meet, through service, the needs of our local community and those of other international communities. To build ever-expanding ties of fellowship.
Goals
'What does the Kerikeri Rotary Club do?'
We are currently focusing on:
- Supporting our Youth.
- Caring for our Environment.
- Celebrating our Diversity.
Outcomes
- Effective service projects.
- Vibrant fellowship.
- An increase in our membership.
Coming events
Northern Crossing Multisport Challenge
: 21 April 2012 >>>
Kerikeri New World Rotary Garden Safari : 29
& 30 October 2011 >>>
