A wonderful evening celebrating Changeover 2021/22 with the changing of the guard. Many thanks for Shirleys superb leadership throughout the year and a big welcome to Murray Bell as our new President. Shirley.."My thanks go to everyone in our Kapiti rotary whanau – for their support of everything that the club has done and achieved. We are a vibrant club and that is due to the participation of us all.
There are some specific thanks:
To Ingrid – our caterer and her team. Each week we all look forward to our meal. The effort from you all to ensure that the food is of a high quality, varied and fresh is most appreciated.
To the Board - Josie, Alistair, Murray, Kevin B, Matthew, John, Derek, Bruce, Mike, Tim, Annemarie and Sharon.
To the Club Champions – these members work (often behind the scenes) to ensure that everything goes like clockwork. I have had an amazing year and am truly grateful to everyone for their advice and support. My biggest thanks go to my Kevin"
Awards to:
Alistair Beissel, most deserving of the Paul Harris Fellow Award for all his tireless work for Rotary.
Ross Jordan received the The Jack Donaldson Memorial award
Stuart Ayres received the Fred Burns award as Rotarian of theYear (accepted by Vic Hewson on Stuart's behalf, who couldn't attend the evening)
Julie Stewart (and partner Grant) was inducted and welcomed as new a member.
Meantime the club continues to serve the community-this time Pyjamas for Foster Kids, led by Paul Adams