Technically we should be having a Business Meeting today preceded by a Board Meeting but we have had rather a lot of business last month including a Project Meeting and the AGM so it was decided to cancel both and probably have the Board & Business Meeting on the 15th January, the week after our first meeting of the year but that is to be confirmed.
Instead this week there will be four short talks, probably less than 10 minutes each, on what has been achieved with our four main projects this calendar year:
Jim Rankin on Mouse-free Marion Island
Andy Jacobs on Bethany
Lauwrence Vosloo on Cresset House
John Anticevich on Little Eden
Rest-A-While Christmas Lunch
President Andrew Paschalides and John Anticevich represented the Club.
Little Eden Christmas Function at their Bapsfontein Farm
There was a concert and then a small market. It was a joyous occasion. President Andrew Paschalides, John Anticevich, Andy Stevenson and myself represented the Club.
Here's President Andrew with the new CEO of Little Eden, Ann Coetzee and some of the electric wheelchairs we have provided new batteries for. It was particularly interesting to hear how that has made such an improvement to people's way of life.
Christmas Lunch at Belgravia Bowls Club on Saturday
This is an important function for many reasons and the response is disappointing. At the time of writing this the numbers have dropped from 28 to 26 and that includes guests so you can work out how few Rotarians will be present, not even half the membership. I have submitted 26 as a provisional figure but Mike de Beer is still trying to persuade members to attend.
Next Week
It's an unofficial informal lunch meeting for anyone who wants to turn up at The Grand Slam Sports Diner, Dowerglen Plaza, cnr Elm & Sycamore Dr, Edenvale. Anytime from 12:30 onwards.
The first meeting of the NewYear is on January 8th 2025. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
club has partnered with Toronto-based charity Sleeping Children Around the World to supply bed kits to a total of 80,000 children at a cost of about $4 million, says club member Mumbi King. Each kit includes a mat or mattress, bedding, and mosquito netting, along with school supplies and clothing. The kits have an outsize influence on children’s lives, since better sleep improves health and school performance, King says. Twenty Nairobi Rotarians mobilised for the five-day delivery mission in February, serving the town of Naro Moru at the base of Mount Kenya and other villages, including in the Maasai Mara region. “The heat couldn’t keep the team from visiting the villages and interacting with the families,” says King.
