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Rotary foundation health day

The two of us and one of the child minders
The two of us and one of the child minders

Yesterday Pat Reynders (Sunrise Pta), Marilyn Traugott and myself (Centurion) spent about 4 1/2 hours at the annual family health days campaign in Mamelodi – Phololong B

We registered many kids...
We registered many kids…
Kids from a nearby creche
Kids from a nearby creche

We registered around 230 people, majority very young kids. It was mayhem when the kids of an entire creche arrived, about 45 of them: lots of screaming and crying, very high noise levels but eventually things proceeded smoothly and more quietly. It was VERY hot but luckily there was a constant gusty breeze blowing.

The kids wondering what was going on...
The kids wondering what was going on…
Moving from one station to the next..
Moving from one station to the next..
Our helpful boys!
Our helpful boys!

We had some welcome help from 3 little youngsters who were so keen to actually be involved. Various mobile stations were set up for family planning advice, TB and HIV testing, blood pressure, blood sugar etc… It was overall an interesting and good experience which ended in me and Marilyn giving 7 young boys a 100m lift in my bakkie!!! Still don’t know how they all fitted in!

Many big eyes!
Many big eyes!
The various mobile stations
The various mobile stations
Weighing the kids
Weighing the kids
The creche kids lined up to leave and amazed at a police helicopter that kept circling overhead!
The creche kids lined up to leave and amazed at a police helicopter that kept circling overhead!
The kids ready to leave...
The kids ready to leave…

 

 

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Lyttleton Interact Club Inauguration

Interact Clubs may be established by local Rotary Clubs at High Schools, but such clubs are autonomous, self-supporting and operate from the school and independently from the local Rotary Club.

So when this Lyttelton Interact Club was formed it was initiated by the Centurion Rotary Club, with the full support of the Mrs. Malherbe, Head, and her school management team. Ms Marti Van der Walt, head of all Art Sections and Ms Abigail Juta take care of the Club as far as the school is concerned, while Patty Matlou and Kim Geyser are our Centurion Club interfaces.

As with all school based organizations renewal is an ongoing yearly process and most of the senior initiators will be leaving at year-end to move to start their tertiary education.

The new board, consisting of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, will take over from the start of the New Year.

We wish them good luck.

And we trust we can get their future co-operation again in events like the X-mass party for the Mooiplaas pre-schoolers at the Tswanarang centre. Meanwhile, we at the Centurion Club have processed the registration paperwork with Rotary International and the Registration Certificate has now been issued.

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