Rotary Supporting our Community
Apprenticeship Project
The Vocational Committee has been working this year to identify six apprentices who, through their commitment to their apprenticeships, met the criteria to receive a donation of $1,000 each for ongoing costs such as tools, particularly costly machinery. This was Rotary at its best, supporting our community, and was certainly appreciated by the recipients.
President Ian welcomed the recipients along with their managers, acknowledging the work undertaken by the apprentices as well as the efforts of the committee to reach its final conclusions.
Vocational Director, Andrew Bateman, highlighted the young apprentices’ commitment to their vocations and
Doug Lang provided the background to receiving District funding for this initiative.
It was also pleasing to see each of the recipients accompanied by either their employer or manager in support of their apprentice and of Rotary’s contribution.
The recipients were as follows:
Roberto Cerezo, Bo & Co
Katya McGeady, GD Pringle Building
Mikah Bear, Rob May Builders
Daniel Reynolds, Wackrows Joiner
Kieran Miller, Nulook Cambridge
Thomas Halliwell, Chris Ryan Plumbing
Proposed Satellite Club
It was great to see Chris and Robyn Crickett attend our meeting.
Their mission is to form a satellite club for Pauanui. To do that they are required to be part of a sponsor club and have approached Rotary Cambridge for that purpose. This will require our club to vote in support of the proposal. An interesting link for those who become members of the satellite will be the Pauanui Surf Life Saving Club.
Rodney Lewis, a lawyer from Hamilton and President of the Pauanui Surf Life Saving Club (who was also present at the meeting) will be the support organisation for the satellite club to assist them undertake their role in the community. They can start with a membership of 6-8 and will be members of Rotary Cambridge.
Johnny Dryden was present in his role as District Committee member responsible for membership and is supportive of the proposed plan given that Cambridge is a sound club with good membership and can offer the necessary support. We await progress as the discussions evolve.
In closing, there will always be a need to help in situations like the above. In doing so, Rotary Cambridge is seen as an effective group within its community at a time when we are wanting to increase membership.
Dennis Finn
