News and Notices

• Kaikohe Show - Saturday 16 January 2016

• Many thanks to all those who helped on the day. There was an excellent turnout of members and supporters.

• Welcome Home for Megan - Sunday 17 January 2016

• A large crowd from Kerikeri and Kaikohe Rotary, and others who supported Megan’s exchange, enjoyed lunch with Hammerton family on Sunday. Megan is returning to Year 13 at Okaihau College, and will be guest speaker at one of our dinner meetings sometime soon.

• District Conference - Vanuatu

• Link to a message about travel and accommodation.

Calendar and Blogs (where there is always something new - check these links every week)

• Link to the Kaikohe Rotary Club Calendar. Go here to check out Guest Speakers for future meetings and details of other club activities.

• Link to Kaikohe Rotary’s Facebook page.

• Link to Megan Hammerton’s Blog.

• Link to the District Facebook page.

• Link to the District Calendar.

• Link to the Rotary Service Connections Blog.

• Link to the Rotary Voices Blog.

• Link to the Rotary Down Under Blog.

• Link to the Rotary Regional Public Image Resource Blog.

• Link to Rotary International’s Member News.

• Link to Wasrag (Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group) Blog.

Regular Newsletters

• Link to Rotary Weekly - 15 January 2016.

• Link to Rotary Leader - January 2016.

• Link to Rotary Youth Exchange - January 2016.

• Link to Rotary Young Leaders in Action - December 2015.

• Link to download the District Governor’s Newsletter - December 2015.

13 January Meeting Report

• Last Wednesday Kaikohe Rotary met for the first time in 2016. We heard an inspiring presentation from Paula Jack. Paula spoke of having a stutter. The cause of stuttering is unknown and 90% of sufferers are men. But Paula has had a stutter since she was three years old.

• But she is determined that having a stutter will not define her life. Indeed, Paula wants to become a motivational speaker. She told us that her stutter had been like a cloak that had enveloped her. But through determination she was now casting off the cloak.

• Congratulations, Paula for showing us what you are made of. You'll go far.