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NEWROTS PACK SANTA SHOEBOXES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

Newlands Rotarians and partners, together with our future Khayelitsha Rotaractors, spent the evening packing 40 Santa Shoeboxes for children in need across South Africa. Each shoebox must contain the following items: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, facecloth, educational items (stationery), a toy, an outfit of clothing and sweets. The club purchased the basics while members bought the toy, stationery and clothing for their selected child. We all spent a very festive evening decorating each shoebox with wrapping paper, stickers and lots of extra love!

If you would like to pledge and pack a Santa Shoebox, you can do so here: www.santashoebox.org.za and more photos are available on Facebook here.

NEWROTS NERDS DAZZLE AT QUIZ NIGHT

A crack team of boffins was assembled to represent Newlands Rotary at the annual Wynberg Quiz night. Christened the NewRot Nerds, the team took their task very seriously and arrived with all the gear necessary to ensure their intellectual dominance, namely spectacles and pocket protectors. Sadly the gees of the event - as well as the ample supply of wine - completely overwhelmed our quiz heroes and no one can actually remember who won the quiz.

BELLVILLE ROTARY HONOURS ANN STEPHENSON

On Tuesday 31 July 2018, the Rotary Club of Bellville hosted an awards evening recognizing individuals in their community that have showcased excellent and selfless service. Ann Stephenson, mother of Newlands member John Stephenson, was honoured for 19 years of valuable and dedicated service to Tygerberg Hospice as a volunteer.

"When I retired, we told my mother that it was probably a good time for her to retire too!" said John, commenting on his mother's energy and commitment to community service.

THANK YOU NOTES FROM KNYSNA SCHOOLS

We received these lovely photos from Fraaisig, Concordia and Magdaleentjie schools in Knysna who were extremely happy with their new books thanks to our Books of the World project in collaboration with Australian Rotary Clubs. Happy little faces!