Our 44th annual Rotary book sale has been completed and what a successful event it was with some 3000 members from the public supporting our fundraiser.
The quality and number of books donated exceeded that of other years which gave everyone a greater choice to browse through and purchase.
We sincerely thank the public for their ongoing support of our book sales and their donations to the charitable trust and the major recipients that we support, this year being the Jubilee Budget Advisory service in Invercargill.
We had many positive comments from people on the Scottish hall as a venue for the book sale and the Jubilee Budget Advisory Service as a worthy recipient of funds raised, thank you so much for your feedback.
Proceeds from book sales over the past 40 years are estimated at over $1,000,000, supporting many different local organisations over that period.
My humble thanks go to all club members, family and friends for helping collect, sort and move the books and to the Fuel station garages for storing the books on our behalf that were dropped off to you.
There were many organisations that contributed to making our event successful and we thank them all, as without their support what we achieved would not have been possible.
At the end of the sale approximately 50 boxes of unsold books were donated to Invercargill organisations including the Invercargill prison facility, the SPCA and Lilliput library to name a few.
The book sale committee lead by chairman Richard Russell did an outstanding job, and I know how many hours they put into making this a success, so on behalf of our club, thank you for your time and efforts and also to those associated family members who helped in the weeks leading up to the event, and I know that planning is already underway for next year’s sale.
This coming week we are focusing on the "Cans for a cause" campaign with the aim for Rotary clubs to collect 1 million cans of food across NZ to donate to food banks in the regions. Check out the story below on how the Invercargill Clubs are collaborating to support this campaign for our local food banks. We will have a basket out at Tuesday's meeting for cans - so please make sure you bring some along to kickstart our count.
The winter weather has closed in quickly and the roads have become slippery, so on a safety note, please check your tyres, wiper blades and lights and drive safely, take care and enjoy the week ahead.
All the best,
Michael Blomfield
Reminders
- 10th June - Lunch Meeting - Kelvin Hotel- speaker Haylee-Chanel Simeon
- 17th June - Club forum - Kelvin Hotel
- 24th June - Lunch Meeting - Kelvin Hotel
- 4th July First Friday drinks - Main Street Cafe
Duties for 10th June meeting
Reception - Peter Dunn
Grace/thanks - Murray Halstead
Introduce and thank speaker- Paul Goffin
Parting thought - Helen McCurdy