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Thank you everyone for supporting me over the last 12 months. Its been an honor to represent our Club at various events, training sessions and general social gatherings where I have been recognised as a Rotary President. We are a great organisation and do great things - every year is such an inspiration in what we achieve and the last year has been no exception. Rotary is a big organisation which makes it challenging for a small community club like ours to even consider engaging in most of what they initiate but the one thing we do well is fellowship and fundraising and to me, that's the main focus of Rotary - everything else is just an added bonus and mostly available to larger clubs in larger towns and cities where so many more options to operate are available. Welcome Craig - I look forward to supporting you through this next year - which is lining up to be a challenging one as we continue to evolve through the COVID19 crisis. I'd like to ask all members to keep a constant eye on our community - times are hard for many and will continue to be so for some time to come. Lets keep abreast of these needs so we can work as a community team. If you have any ideas how to support people, tell us - we may not be able to do large financial contributions but I'm sure there are other ways we as a group can get together and do something needed. Maybe we can organise a family support evening - invite a family along to a Rotary meeting, at your expense, and provide them with a meal, fellowship and an introduction to what Rotary is all about - its just an idea but if you're not sure what to do for the community then providing a warm meal and supporting the Te Anau Club in the process can only be good. I know that the Community House is very busy with the food bank and providing many meals to our community. To finish, if there is one thing I have learnt from my year it is that our club needs every single member to contribute so please come along to meetings, help support Craig and put your hand up to help wherever you can. Thank You Everyone Past President Jane
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