This Week - A Business Meeting

 I have a feeling that this week's business meeting is going to be dominated by this man, Robert Burns.

Burns Night on Saturday 25th January at the Country Club, Johannesburg is a major fundraising event for us and at the last count we still had vacant tables and it's imperative that we make as much money as possible from this event as the demands of the charities we support are ever increasing owing to the failure of province/government to continue with the grants to NGO's that they have been dependent on for years.  This is particularly problematic for organisations involved with the elderly who's sole source of income  are social grants. 

There are also new projects that we have become involved in the field of education down to things as simple as loaning a wheelchair to a 12 year-old girl who had an horrific bicycle accident.  We need to be able to respond quickly when emergencies like that occur and they all cost time and money.

If you are reading this and are able to support us don't hesitate to be in touch.

Last Week

Gary Stockman spoke to us about his work as a panel beater and his current business as a roadside regassing business for motor cars' air conditioning which he has done for 32 years.

Next Week

A Project Meeting.  This meeting will be very important because we will have a better idea of our potential income from Burns Night and the next annual project, Ride for Sight for Retina SA will be on the horizon.  Obviously there will be more than that to be discussed.

International - USA

After New Orleans signed a sister cities agreement with its French namesake, Orléans, in 2018, Rotary clubs in the two cities forged their own international ties. Looking to celebrate the connection, the New Orleans club discovered that both cities have Joan of Arc festivities and select a high school student to represent the French national heroine in parades and events, says Gayle Dellinger, a member of the Louisiana club. In true Rotary fashion, the clubs decided to create an exchange opportunity for their cities’ “Joans.” In June, the American “Joan,” Marley Marsalis, a member of the legendary jazz family and a pianist herself, visited Orléans as a guest of French Rotarians. This month, the American Rotarians will host the French “Joan,” Maÿlis Boët. The Joans ride in each other’s parade and visit historical sites. “It gives you hope for the future and gets you excited,” New Orleans club member Sarah Dickerson says. “It’s so uniting for absolutely everybody involved.”