Thank you District 37 for a wonderful year! And special thankyous to the Presidents of 2010-11 for their leadership and commitment to their clubs over the past year; and where would I be without the support of my District Team, thank you Shona & Sammy for your support.
The District Team has enjoyed our club visits; supporting your fundraising events when we can and celebrating at changeover! There are so many positives to share with you.
QI Convention in Vancouver 2010 was a wonderful opportunity to ‘show-off’ my adopted hometown to the D37 convention attendees. Although I was raised on the Prairies, I lived in Vancouver for 11 years before moving to New Zealand and feel it is ‘home’ too!
There was one very proud Canadian/Kiwi sharing the Canada Day Parade on July 1st with all my fellow Kiwi Quotarians. The parade passed right in front of the Hotel Vancouver with lots of colour, fanfare and musical bands. We all went out and enjoyed a wonderful meal before ‘parading’ down to Vancouver Harbour (your DG proudly leading the way waving the Canadian flag) to see the official Vancouver Winter Olympic Flame and the spectacular evening fireworks. It was a very special day!
Service, both local and international is an integral part of our organization and being able to contribute is one of the reasons we belong to Quota International. District 37 Clubs have achieved wonderful successes in their communities. The theme at the annual District Conference held in June and hosted by Quota International of Opotiki was ‘Celebrate Service through Quota’.
District 37 Clubs have been amazing with their various events so far this year. The warmth of all clubs was shown by the generous donations to assist others in our Quota world and the service projects in their local communities.
$2,505 was donated to Quota International of Ba to help provide food and medical supplies during the devastating floods in Fiji.
$1,445 was donated to the NZ Red Cross Bushfire Relief Fund after the horrific fires near clubs in Victoria, Australia.