The Kiwanis Club of Roto Whenua Inc. (Rotorua, New Zealand)
"Serving the children of the World"
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The Kiwanis Club of Roto Whenua Inc. is part of an international service organisation which began in America in 1915. We have been operating in New Zealand since 1967, and the Roto Whenua Club has been serving the Rotorua community since 1977. Kiwanis is a global organisation of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.Our community involvement over the years has included Science Fairs, the Christmas Parade, Special Needs Children's Day out, the World Mountainbike Championships and Riding for the Disabled. In addition we are involved with the Rotorua Marathon and have raised funds for numerous kindergarten projects, the Life Education Trust, and the Plunket Society. We support the RDC Keep Rotorua Beautiful campaign and are currently involved in raising funds for the National Children's Burns Unit.
As a Division 9 project we perform maintenance work on the Waiotapu Forest School Camp, a camp used by many schools around the Bay of Plenty and Waikato region.
We have a number of exciting projects in the development stage at present and hope to raise sufficient funds to complete them in the near future.
Club membership is open to any adult with a desire to work in their community. Our current membership ranges in age from the late 20's to 80, with a mixture of men and women from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and occupations. Club meetings are quite informal, and include a dinner, usually with a guest speaker invited to speak on a topic of general interest. This is followed by a short business session. A good time is had by all. From time to time we also pay a visit to other clubs in the region to socialise.
We meet at the Rotorua Commercial Travellers Club, Moncur Dr. at 6.30 p.m. every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month and welcome new and prospective members. Please contact Mark Franken (ph 07-348-9213), who will be pleased to answer any enquiries.
The Kiwanis Club of Roto Whenua is twinned with the Kiwanis Club of Brighton, South Australia, and the Kiwanis Club of Dumbea, New Caledonia.
If you would like any further information about Kiwanis, please Ph: 0800 KIWANIS (0800 549-2647) and a member of the nearest club will be able to assist you.
Division 9 Home Page.Page last updated 4th October 2009