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Covid-19 response in the Pacific still very active

While Covid-19 activity has less emphasis in NZ for the moment, the need in the Pacific remains high and local Rotary clubs continue to respond. Recently the Rotary Club of Apia delivered 10,000 much needed PPE equipment in the form of face shields to front line essential workers. This included 5,000 face shields to the National Emergency Operations Center and 5,000 face shields to the Covid Isolation Ward, Mo'oto'otua Hospital.

Kids2Camp thanks to Rotary auction

A Nelson group of young people living with cancer will be the first to benefit from an online auction which has raised just over $50,000 to help children attend camps at Rotoiti Lodge Outdoor Education Centre at St Arnaud organised by Whakatu Rotary in Nelson and supported by Blenheim South Rotary.

Waitakere Hospital Pond Project

Rotary Henderson with help from their satellite club, Rotalite West Auckland and Rotary New Lynn, have been busy with a major project redeveloping a large pond area behind the Waitakere Hospital in Henderson. In Rotary Henderson’s 60th year the club was determined, despite COVID-19 to deliver a large sized project which would allow all our members to participate in some hands-on work – whether it be chain sawing, hauling branches, mulching, planting or organising morning teas and lunches for the hungry volunteers.

Taradale Rotary Donate an Imaging Camera

The Taradale Volunteer Fire Station has benefited from the generous donation from the Rotary Club of Taradale and the Rotary Foundation. The Taradale Fire Station is now the proud recipient of a Thermal Imaging Camera.

On Thursday the Club President Claire Connor officially presented this important piece of kit to Paul Hughes, Senior Station Officer, and learned how much of a difference it was making to their team.The Thermal Imaging Camera can see through darkness/smoke and identify people and the source of the heat. The value of the camera is in the vicinity of $8000, the cost being shared between the Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Club of Taradale.

Rotary and the Forests of Peace and Remembrance

The first plantings of the 'Rotary 100 Forests of Peace and Remembrance' project are being done. This is a New Zealand-wide project to celebrate the centenary of Rotary commencing in NZ and Australia.

After Plimmerton Rotary club gained tentative approval from the Rotary 100 organisers, MPI and PCC for a planting area for Taupo Swamp the Plimmerton and Porirua Rotary Clubs are now planting the first 1000 trees/plants over three Saturdays in October.

These are the first of 10,000 wetland trees/plants to be planted around part of Plimmerton Domain that PCC will retire from sports field usage. PCC has recently completed building a dog exercising area on this sports field. The full article outlining the initial project development is here.