Have you ever explored a challenge composed of 8 continuous funny adventures with groups of friendly pirates? Find the pleasant answer in Panmure Basin on 10th February with RC Auckland South. The torrid heat didn't stop our passion to assembly 8am and then guide visitors alongside the Basin into our game, together with many other neighbouring stalls in variety. Each visitors, mostly kids with parents, enjoyed their fun day and proudly present the rewarding stamps when finished each adventures.
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Over 1,000 visitors came to the stall 466 and delivered their empathies by either donation, volunteering or enjoying the fun game. Organised by RC Auckland South, the "Shooting for Oxygen" event successfully reached out the experience-driven participation. Moreover, volunteers from Remuera, Pakuranga and Auckland South shared the story about Fiji Oxygen Project to support, motivated in-stall enjoyment and accomplished friendship between the clubs.
Janet Lee, President of Auckland South Club, acclaimed the overarching collaboration leads to a greater success for all the Rotarians. The event to celebrate Chinese New Year Market Day was estimated with around 15,000 traffic in good portfolio and with colourful Chinese cultural diversity. The gold coin to donate for oxygen ball to toss/shoot and win the free prize delivered satisfactory fund raising in the form of fun game, furthermore the prize of Oxygen Floating Ball set reminded empathically the needs for Oxygen and reflected the situation for kids in Fiji.
"The Shooting for Oxygen event on 2nd Feb was a very important part of our fund raising efforts but we have more." Janet added. There were a number of presentations to promote with Oxygen Floating ball sets have been done in Manuwera-Takanini, Pakuranga, Otahuhu, Somerville and Harbourside. We appreciated all kinds of supports from fellow clubs and District 9920 to grow this young mighty club.
President Drajit from RC Papatoetoe Central invited Auckland South members to share the story and actions for "Shooting for Oxygen" to support Fiji Oxygen Project. Presented by Madison, the Shooting for Oxygen is designed to accentuate an experience-driven fun game to achieve fund raising outcome, the Oxygen Floating Ball set can emotionally please everyone for fun and challenging lung capacity, but at the same time, it is meaningful as a social catalyst to rationally reflect the critical needs for kids in Fiji on their medical devastation.
Our floating ball sets were sold in fingertips, it was motivated by the extraordinary empathies amongst Papatoetoe Central members while some portions of them are descending or migrated from Fiji. We look forward to work with the Club for more projects onwards. Thank you Papatoetoe Central.
Harbourside Rotarians gathered their 1st Club meeting after holiday and enjoyed the fun game with guests from Auckland South Club in supporting the Fiji Oxygen Project.
More than a toy for childhood, the Floating Ball Set symbolised the experience for lack of Oxygen to associate the needs for devastating kids in Fiji as averagely 200 of them aged under 5 could not be celebrating 6-year-old birthday by new born illnesses in the past few years. President Ashiwini from Harbourside gave accolades of a great initiative by Auckland South Club also a strong motivation to engage many clubs to participate by either fund raising, volunteering or social buzz for promotion.
It started from "How was your Christmas holiday?" to share, then welcomed Auckland South members led by President Janet who brought the story of Fiji Oxygen Project, together with a joyful experience of blowing Oxygen floating balls amongst every Rotarians. From aged 18 to 80-to-be, 2 Clubs made a hybrid enjoyment and accomplished friendship by challenging how long we can be blowing the Oxygen ball in the air. We all have chance to play and at the same time, are empathic to experiment the moment of lacking Oxygen.
RC Auckland South came to RC Otahuhu Club for a 15-min presentation, and practiced blowing the floating ball sets for fun. While RC Otahuhu is fully aware of background of Fiji Oxygen project, and contributed donation to the project already. All the attendees showed high interests and actioned for fund raising immediately.
The fun game of "Shooting for Oxygen" event to support Fiji Oxygen Project has been presented to our cluster clubs, started from Manurewa-Takanini and Pakuranga-Tamaki River Auxiliary yesterday. Everyone agelessly enjoyed the blowing fun to keep the ball in the air all the way, at the same time to experiment the empathic importance of having enough air for children in Fiji with their new born illness.
More clubs to visit ahead by end of January to involve more Auckland South members to team up, and wish the success of this event.
A big "Thank you" to Rotarian Diamond who invited fellows of Rotary Club of Auckland South club to attend the 2019 Annual Reunion Dinner at Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple New Zealand
Auckland club members continued its 1st volunteering at Dove Hospice on 19th Jan with families. Rotarians enjoyed the tea break after hard work of sorting and had photos together then.
Welcome back! Say Hello to 2019.
The Auckland South Club resumed 17th Jan and discussed a series of topics, particularly for Shooting for Oxygen event in ASB Showgrounds. Following the arrival and assembly of event materials, Club members have chance to once again learn the background of Fiji Oxygen Project, and were motivated to take part in. The 2-week ahead event requires volunteers to guide and game, promoting the Project, as well as fund raising. So it is expected to involve Cluster club members to putting Rotarians together then.
