Rotary Club of Wynberg, Cape Town SA
A member of Rotary International
Rotary Club of Wynberg will be collecting and donating sanitary pads to various homes and facilities that care for our most vulnerable girls and women.
How can you help?
Donate pads at one of our Drop-off trolley’s or boxes
Continue reading “Wynberg launches #Rotary4Women Sanitary Pad Drive for the month of August!”
On Thursday 2 July the Rotary Club of Wynberg celebrated the Induction of President Justin Schonegevel and his board for the Rotary year 2020 /2021 via their first virtual Induction held over Zoom.
Inductions were traditionally in grand, face-to-face settings to celebrate the occasion, but with the onset of Coronavirus this was not possible, and a plan was made for a Virtual Induction.
Continue reading “Rotary is opening Opportunities for Young Leaders”
Long standing member Barry Cleveland reminisced about his time as a member as Wynberg Rotary celebrated their 70th anniversary on 30 November 2019 at Palm House Wynberg.
Rotary Club officially chartered 12 December 1949 celebrated it’s 70th year in service with sparkling wine, jazz and lawns games. Palm House set the seen for a anyone who celebrates 70 years.
While we looked back through our history and recognize the amazing years the club has had, we are also looking forward to our future. Our club celebrates its youngest President this year with a younger board that is ready to take the club forward for the next 10 years. Below you can read Barry’s speech to the club.
WYNBERG ROTARY CLUB OVER THE YEARS
A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE by Barry Cleveland)
I joined the club in 1989, with the incomparable John Vivian as President. The week before the formality I said to Val, “I am being induced next Thursday, and you’re invited to attend.” Val replied that nothing on earth would keep her away….
Continue reading “Celebrating 70 Years of Community Service.”
Every year learners from two schools – Haugaland Vidergående Skole in Haugesund and Oddemarka Junior School in Kristiansand ,Norway raise funds by working one day of the year and donating these funds to a project called Action South Africa.
The funds raised are managed by a committee of Wynberg Rotary led by PP Are Hovstad for the benefit of 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools in the Grassy Park, Lotus River and Zeekoevlei communities. In this year alone the Norwegian Committee gave out bursaries to the value of R940 000!
During the past week 4 Learners and 2 teachers of Haugaland Videregående Skole from Haugesund in Norway visited Cape Town as part of project Action South Africa.
Continue reading “Norway schools raise valuable funds to support local schools on the Cape Flats”
In this age of moral uncertainty – as exemplified in the large by Lance Armstrong, the Nkandla saga, the Syrian war (or rebellion), the Marikana shootings – there is a need for guidance for the ‘common man’. We can no longer look and accept politicians, business leaders, even sports stars as icons. We need to to determine a common cause guiding our actions.
Rotary has such a guide, called the ‘4 way test’. It takes out the ‘I’ or ‘you’, and replaces with us, the common good. It works both in the large (as above) and small scales, when the man in the street, the Rotarian, has to make a stand.
One such case exemplifies this. Many airways world-wide claim to be wheelchair friendly, with toilet facilities suitable for passengers on wheelchairs. More often than not, these claims are misleading. A Wynberg Rotarian – Are Hovstad – took it upon himself to change this, and contacted the International Air Transport Association (IATA) with these charges.The nett result is that IATA will start ensuring that all airlines upgrade their practices and offer the correct facilities.
It is by these small measures by individuals that our common good advances.
[First reported by The Cape Times: 28 January 2013. See Original here]
