Stories


Rotary and the Salvation Army Posted by Brylie Gray Rotary Club of Christchurch Sunrise has had a change of location for their morning meetings. This was driven by the want to align ourselves with other community driven organisations. We are very pleased to announce our alliance with The Salvation Army, their mission statement is broken down into 3 segments: Caring for people, transforming lives and reforming society. The Rotary International mission statement is as follows, “The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.” Now you will understand what we see as our aligning factors, however, we may not go about them the same ways and that is ok. We acknowledge our differences in beliefs and value the good we both want from our community. The members of the Christchurch Sunrise Rotary Club are diverse and bring many skills and passion to the table to assist our club in fulfilling our mission statement.	Rotary and the Salvation Army	Brylie Gray	2020-03-03 11:00:00Z	0
YES – Young Enterprise Scheme Posted by Marty Gale on Oct 23, 2019 Gray Crawford has led the charge on our Club getting involved with YES, the Young Enterprise Scheme. And a very worthwhile scheme it is. For those of you that haven’t heard of YES before, or can’t recall it from previous years, it has been running now for 39 years and is all about inspiring young people discover their entrepreneurial potential in both business and life. There are three ways that our Club can continue to be involved with YES Our members personally supporting and mentoring the teams Our Club being an ongoing financial sponsor for an annual award for excellence – as our Club has done this year Simply make a donation Read more...	YES – Young Enterprise Scheme	Marty Gale	2019-10-22 11:00:00Z	0
Rotary founder Paul Harris Christchurch Visit 1935 In 1935 Paul and wife Jean Harris toured Australia and New Zealand. Paul recalled, “With the cooperation of Rotarians and local governments, I have planted friendship trees in the parks and playgrounds on five continents of the world and even on some of the major islands of the seas. Our trees stood as symbols of international understanding and good-will.” On 16th April 1935 Paul was in Christchurch. In a busy day having a welcome at Lyttelton wharf, had a civic reception with the mayor at 11am, a meeting with Rotary Club of Christchurch at 12:30pm and managed to plant a friendship tree in the Botanic Gardens. On the 17th he took the train to Dunedin stopping in Timaru and Oamaru on the way. . Read more...	Rotary founder Paul Harris Christchurch Visit 1935	David Watson	2019-06-26 12:00:00Z	0
Club has sharing some documents on dealing with stress Posted by Brad Meek on Mar 21, 2019 We are thank full to EAP Services for allowing us to share these documents on dealing with stressful situations. If you are using the club runner phone app please go to our web site https://sunriserotary.org.nz/Stories/club-has-sharing-some-documents-on-dealing-with-stress	Club has sharing some documents on dealing with stress	Brad Meek	2019-03-20 11:00:00Z	0
Kahikatea Common Posted by Simone MacKenzie on Oct 06, 2018 We were excited to work with Otakaro and join with Rotary club of Hornby to completed the Kahikatea Common butterfly house and pizza oven project. The working bees were held over September and October weekends. Read more...	Kahikatea Common	Simone MacKenzie	2018-10-05 11:00:00Z	0
ANZAC day 2018 Posted by John Sellwood Lest we forget - The descendants of the 19th Infantry and Armoured Regiment along with members of the public remembered ANZAC day 2018.The Rotary Club of Christchurch Sunrise supported by the French Bakery was honoured to assist	ANZAC day 2018	John Sellwood	2018-04-26 12:00:00Z	0
Rotary Quail Island tree planting day 12th August 2017 Thanks to the support of Rotary Neighbourhood Project, Rotary clubs Christchurch Sunrise and Bishopdale Burnside and Canterbury University volunteers a productive day of tree planting was done on a beautiful sunny August day. Read more...	Rotary Quail Island tree planting day 12th August 2017	David Watson	2017-08-11 12:00:00Z	0
July 2017 Westmorland East Valley Reserve Planting Christchurch Sunrise continued involvement with the Westmorland East Valley Reserve In August 1999 Sunrise Rotary joined with other Rotary groups, Westmorland Residents and the Christchurch City Council to plant native trees in the Westmorland East Valley Reserve A symbolic Totora tree was planted by the Mayor, Garry Moore, the Minister of Conservation Hon Nick Smith, and local MP David Carter. The Master of Ceremonies was Christchurch Sunrise president Ross Skinner. This tree is growing well today. Christchurch Sunrise Rotary Club did several additional planting exercises in following years. Read more...	July 2017 Westmorland East Valley Reserve Planting		2017-07-29 12:00:00Z	0
Battered Womens Trust Read more...	Battered Womens Trust	Simone MacKenzie	2017-07-16 12:00:00Z	0
Harcourts House Party The Harcourts House Party was run by the Rotary Club of Christchurch Sunrise on the 11th September 2005. This project raised $386,000 for Ronald McDonald House South Island. The project was conceived, planned and managed by members of the Rotary Club of Christchurch Sunrise. This planning for this project covered a period of over three Presidential terms. The “House Party” was a combination of an online auction, live auctions and included the auction of a fully furnished home and section as finale of a live television entertainment show, loosely based on the telethons of old. Read more...	Harcourts House Party		2005-09-10 12:00:00Z	0