Pakuranga Rotary recently assisted the Children’s Autism Foundation to have representatives at the Asia Pacific Autism Conference in Sydney. The justification for providing that help was profoundly evident from the address given to the Pakuranga Rotary on Monday night by Service Manager, Gera Veheul.
The Foundation was established 7 years ago to meet needs of parents who were struggling to get support. It now has 9 staff, including 5 Family Counsel Consultants. Autism Spectrum Disorder is the name of a group of Developmental Disorders affecting people in different ways. In some of the more severe cases development is stalled at a 2 year old level. Those who are Autistic display areas of the brain that are stronger or weaker than normal – the visual part of the brain functions exceptionally well. Some exhibit amazing memory skills and Autism is characterized by incredible honesty. However, such honesty can have a downside because the lack of social skills include a lack of diplomacy.
Fresh from the surreal experience of walking through the doors in Wellington as an MP, Simeon Brown spoke on Monday of the privilege and honour he feels to have been elected to represent the Community. He gave a huge thank you to the Club for its support over the last 6 months. Simeon is shortly about to undergo a 2 week induction program for new MPs and looking forward to getting stuck in to working hard over the next 3 years. He has already demonstrated his appetite for hard work during the campaign and if that is any indication, the citizens of the Pakuranga Electorate will be well represented.
The Board of Edgewater College and Principal, Allan Vester have generously assisted the Pakuranga Rotary for some years with its annual Trivia Evening and President David took the opportunity on Monday night of presenting Allan Vester with a cheque for Edgewater College of $1,000.
It is vitally important for the health and wealth of the Club that members remember to sign their name on the attendance sheet on a Monday night, whether or not they are dining. Please assist us to maintain accurate records.
Vodafone has announced it will close its email accounts on 30 November. This includes all email addresses ending in vodafone.co.nz, vodafone.net.nz, ihug.co.nz, paradise.net.nz and clear.net.nz.
Vodafone is encouraging customers to sign up for a Google Gmail or Microsoft Outlook email address and is offering an auto-forwarding service.
If you are one the 250,000 or so people who have been relying on a Vodafone, Clear or Paradise email address, then you will need to get a new email address and update ClubRunner so you still get the Pakuranga Rotary bulletin.
More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population.
Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults.
In the suburbs of Atlanta, Rotarians are filling a gap in social services to help struggling families get back on their
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Pakuranga Rotary recently assisted the Children’s Autism Foundation to have representatives at the Asia Pacific Autism Conference in Sydney. The justification for providing that help was profoundly evident from the address given to the Pakuranga Rotary on Monday night by Service Manager, Gera Veheul.
Fresh from the surreal experience of walking through the doors in Wellington as an MP, Simeon Brown spoke on Monday of the privilege and honour he feels to have been elected to represent the Community. He gave a huge thank you to the Club for its support over the last 6 months. Simeon is shortly about to undergo a 2 week induction program for new MPs and looking forward to getting stuck in to working hard over the next 3 years. He has already demonstrated his appetite for hard work during the campaign and if that is any indication, the citizens of the Pakuranga Electorate will be well represented.
The Board of Edgewater College and Principal, Allan Vester have generously assisted the Pakuranga Rotary for some years with its annual Trivia Evening and President David took the opportunity on Monday night of presenting Allan Vester with a cheque for Edgewater College of $1,000.
It is vitally important for the health and wealth of the Club that members remember to sign their name on the attendance sheet on a Monday night, whether or not they are dining. Please assist us to maintain accurate records.
