Newsletter June 2017
We won the Chairman's Award (again) at the District Changeover! Our own Changeover Dinner will be held on 2 July at 5.30 pm at Plimmerton Boating Club when we will welcome our new President, Christine Blick and her Committee. june_2017
Newsletter May 2017
We've had another very busy month. We've had CPR training, collected essential toiletries for the Women's Refuge and enjoyed a Ten Pin Bowling evening with Tawa Inner Wheel. A group of members also joined with Rotary to survey our parks to see how accessible they were for disabled children. may_2017
Newsletter April 2017
March was another very busy month. We had Dale Williams to talk to us at our meeting and he is always entertaining. Several members went to the District Meeting in Paraparaumu and another bunch of ladies went off to the Wairarapa for a golf/shopping couple of days. Our big fundraiser for the month was the café at the Rotary Book Fair which raised $1,500 for the Shine project - closing the gaps in reading at Porirua schools. april_2017
Newsletter March 2017
We have now moved our meeting place to the Plimmerton Boating Club. Everyone enjoyed the new venue and our first speaker in our new "home" was the Mayor of Porirua, Mike Tana. He spoke of the way he hopes to improve the city and believes Porirua has great potential. Carolyn Wallace was presented with her year book - an album of all the events which took place in her year as President. march_2017
Newsletter February 2017
We celebrated International Inner Wheel Day with Pizza and Plonk - a wonderful afternoon of fun, friendship, food and wine. Lots of new projects coming up for the start of the year. february_2017
Newsletter January 2017
Plimmerton Inner Wheel had another busy month, donating money to the Wellington Free Ambulance and giving gifts to the children whose parents are in prison. The Craft and Book Group also had lovely outings, especially the one to the Library. Just shows libraries are not all about books these days. The Christmas party was lots of fun with good food, wine and Christmas carolling. january_2017
Newsletter December 2016
November proved to be another busy month for Plimmerton Inner Wheel. We now sponsor a new World Vision child, a wee 6-year-old boy called Sithan Boun. With the proceeds raised from the sale of the Entertainment Book we were able to donate $564 to the Wellington Free Ambulance. Through the Angel Tree, a huge amount of gifts were donated for the children of prisoners. And together with Plimmerton Rotary, we held the Garden Trail again this year. which was a success. The inclement weather did not seem to put people off visiting the many beautiful gardens. december_2016
Newsletter November 2016
Our October speakers were the two Rotary Exchange Students, Laurie from France and Gaelle from Belgium. It was interesting to find out about their interests and how they were enjoying their time as exchange students. We also presented Rachel Van Diggle with a cheque for $1,700 from our fundraiser for Heart Kids. We were asked by Zonta Mana for donations of Bras and new Knickers for the for the women at Arohata Prison and we had a great collection, 70+ Bras and 40 pairs of knickers. november_2016
Newsletter October 2016
We've had another busy month with lots of activities. Our fundraising event for Heart Kids - the film Bridget Jones's baby - was a great success raising $1,700. Our WOW evening and Walk and Talk with the Wairarapa ladies were a lot of fun and it was pleasing to see the money we donated to English Language Partners was put to good use with an outing for the local refugees. october_2016
Newsletter September 2016
Last month we had a visit from Dale Julius our District Chairperson. Our speaker was Nicky Edgar with lots of ideas about fashion and how to de-clutter your wardrobe. We had volunteers collecting for Heart Kids and Daffodil Day and putting together packs for Fosterhope. The ladies were busy putting together silky pillows and wheat bags for the Cancer Society and last week several of them enjoyed a walk and talk with Kapiti Inner Wheel. september_2016
Newsletter August 2016
Plimmerton Inner Wheel had another great month. We had Raewyn Sutton, the Health and Promotion Manager for the Cancer Society, to talk to us. She thanked us for our work with silky pillows and showed us many other products to help ladies with breast cancer. We have had a request from Zonta for magazines for the women at Arohata and are planning a film evening to raise funds for Heart Kids NZ. august_2016
Newsletter July 2016
June/July were very busy for Plimmerton Inner Wheel with both the Changeover to a new President, Carol Woodfield, and the District 294 Changeover in Palmerston North. The Plimmerton Changeover at the Paremata Boating club went off well, a beautiful day, lots of good food and wine, singing and a Scottish theme that included a bagpipe ceremony. The District Changeover was another great day of fun and friendship and Plimmerton Inner Wheel won the Chairman's award and the Editors award for the best newsletter. july_2017
A year ahead of Friendship, Community Service and Fun
The new President for the 2016-2017 year is Carol Woodfield. You can read about Carol here.