Supporting Christchurch South Rotary with their major fundraising drive.
Ferrymead Rotary thanks the following businesses for their support:
Chaplin Crooks Architects
Redcliffs Dental Centre
Sumner Pharmacy
Flooring Xtra
Garry Moore a guest speaker at the Stroke Workshop hosted by Ferrymead Rotary.
A program for school students to learn about water clarity - Styx River - supported by Ferrymead Rotary
Ferrymead Rotary supporting the Avon and Heathcote rivers and Estuary cleanup - The Mother of All Cleanups
4 new picnic tables were installed in McCormacks Bay, funded by Ferrymead Rotary and constructed by the Linwood Menz Shed.
Ferrymead Rotary presented community service awards to students from local primary schools.
Youngsters earn special recognition
The community service of 11 primary-school pupils in the Bay Harbour area has been recognised with a special award from Ferrymead Rotary.
With New World on board as the naming rights sponsor our Club is holding its 2024 Art Show on Friday 7th June 6pm - 9pm and Saturday 8th June 9am - 4pm. The venue is the Mt Pleasant Community Centre and the opening night will feature an auction of works donated by Katherine Mateer, Rae Manson, Linda Burns, Jackie Hancock, Tricia Hewlett and Emily Quane. Entrance for the Friday night session is $20 which includes drinks and nibbles with the auction at 7:00pm.
Our featured artists are final year students from the Ilam School of Fine Arts, completing their degrees, in their speciality of Painting. This is a great association for our Club given our strong focus and support of youth and we are excited to have them on board.
A Christchurch solo mum and her two daughters have enjoyed a generous slice of Christmas cheer, thanks to the generosity of Ferrymead Rotarians. The Methodist Mission identified a deserving family and the Rotary members filled and funded a giant hamper of food and Christmas goodies. Some even dug deeper into their pockets to add a few extra treats.
Youngsters earn special recognition
The community service of 13 primary-school pupils in the Bay Harbour area has been recognised with a special award from Ferrymead Rotary.
The awards, based on the recommendations of teachers, are made to students who have demonstrated key leadership aspects. The criteria are based on students’ ability to be good listeners, to show initiative, to follow through on their actions, and to demonstrate the ability to work with a variety of people to get the job done.
Those honoured this year were: Ava Clunie and Payton McLay (Bromley); Lauren McCauley (Heathcote Valley); Lilly-Marie Chapman and Michael Shevchuk (Mt Pleasant); Caleb Jansen and Hannah Lumb (Redcliffs); David Draganescu and Frida Perkins (Our Lady Star of the Sea); Issy Strachan and Ellie Young (Sumner); Lincoln Palmer and Charmare Steyn (Te Waka Unua).
Reports from the schools revealed a variety of qualities and activities across the award-winners. These included:
- kindness to and support for other pupils; leadership roles;
- contributions to school sports teams and other school activities;
- work in school libraries;
- community involvement (some recipients have been working with elderly residents, or have been involved in community or church activities);
- positive role modelling for fellow students;
- demonstrating the ability to work with adults, teachers and other students in various roles.
The Club celebrated 30 years with a community meeting at Club Redcliffs. We welcomed representatives from – Central Government, Local Government, our Community Board, Te Aratai College, Redcliffs Primary School, the Redcliffs Library, the Redcliffs Residents Association, the Estuary Trust, House of Science, Lions and our neighbouring Rotary Clubs of Linwood-Woolston, Christchurch South, Sunrise and Otautahi Passport, as well as members and partners, honorary members and former members.
A new science teaching resource has got a big tick from Bromley School associate principal Rebekah McLeod.
“It’s so easy to use,” she said. “Very few teachers would have the knowledge, time or resources to bring something like this together. Everything you need is provided…and it’s all in one kit.”
Exploring what lives in their local, natural environment has become much easier for Bay Harbour kids. A new, education kit, specially designed to help teachers and students with such studies, is now accessible through Ferrymead Rotary.
The kit, which has been produced by the Christchurch House of Science, has been designed to make science study easier and more rewarding for both teachers and pupils. It sits alongside 42 other science kits available to Christchurch schools. Ferrymead Rotary has also supported the Bromley and Heathcote Valley primary schools’ use of kits this year.
The kit, which has been produced by the Christchurch House of Science, has been designed to make science study easier and more rewarding for both teachers and pupils. It sits alongside 42 other science kits available to Christchurch schools. Ferrymead Rotary has also supported the Bromley and Heathcote Valley primary schools’ use of kits this year.
Some of the contents of “Who’s been there” kit.
It started a year ago, as a thought – could our club run an art show to highlight the work of local artists? A show to bring value to the community, and possibly pay for itself as well. A few of us got together and started to figure out how it could work. We were fortunate in that one member of the team was able to establish contact with artists, and slowly the ideas came together. Where – the Redcliffs Bowling Club (now Club Redcliffs); how do we display the works? - hire panels. Can we find some generous sponsors to support us financially through the spending phase, until money came in from the show?
So we were off, with a project ahead of us, everything set for a grand opening in March this year.
The Bay Harbour News has been running our Art Show story and advertisements over the last few weeks culminating in a centre page lift out this week. Click here to go to the link for current edition of the Bay Harbour News and our ad.
We're now only a few days away from the Art Show opening, an exciting event and a first for Ferrymead Rotary. This event was set to show case work from 31 artists however that number increased to 32 last week when we received a painting of Shag Rock, painted in 1965 by Canterbury Artist Gladys Keeley.
Gladys started painting in her teens and was still painting when she passed away at 87 in 1999. Her favourites were landscapes, seascapes and old farm buildings. She always preferred to paint in oils. Her work was accepted by The Canterbury Society of Arts, where she was a Working Member for many years and she held several exhibitions in their gallery. She also was accepted for the Annual Kelliher Awards.
This painting, which will be auctioned on the Friday opening night was kindly donated by Julie & Roger Martyn (Julie's mother being the Artist)
If you hadn't spotted our Art Show sign on the large media screen on Ferry Rd / Humphreys Dr corner, then take a look here. Thanks to GoMedia, we've enjoyed this high profile advertising site over several weeks and our Ad will re-appear this weekend and show up until the opening of the Art Show on Friday 4th Nov.
We wish to acknowledge the following sponsors for their generous support of our Art Show Raffle
F45 Ferrymead, Super Value Sumner, Cassels Brewing - Tannery, Joes Garage Sumner, Estuary Vet Clinic, GoodHome Ferrymead, Beach Bar Sumner, The Village Inn Sumner, Redcliffs Pharmacy, Countdown Ferrymead, Mitre 10 Ferrymead, Petstock Ferrymead, De Spa Chocolatier, Aromaunga Flowers, Oderings, Take Note Ferrymead, Deluxe Cinemas - Tannery.
Raffle tickets on sale at the Art Show and drawn 2:30pm Sunday 6th Nov.
Featured artist Colin MacLaren will be exhibiting - click Here for Colin's story & art, and click Here for the list of exhibiting artists
You may have noticed our Art Show ad on the large GoMedia sign board on Ferry Rd
and the same again on our Club's Community Message board on Main Rd near Scott Park.
If you've just caught the end of the ad while it's changing or flew past our community notice board without time to read, here's what they say:
Art Show - Friday 4th November 6:00pm - 9:00pm (auction at 7:30pm) - $10 Entry at Eventbrite or Door
Sat 5th and Sun 6th November 9:00am - 3:00pm Sales - Gold coin entry
Club Redcliffs, 9 James Street Redcliffs
Ferrymead Rotary presents its 20th Young Totara Award
The Young Totara Award was set up in 1993 and since that time Ferrymead Rotary has recognised the achievements and responsible attitudes of 20 young people from our local community as Young Totara. This year the award was presented to Sophie Watson
Ferrymead Rotary Supports the Positive Hauora Resilience Programme at Linwood (Te Aratai) College
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