Celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the ROTARY CLUB OF KENTON ON SEA (D9320) 5 April 2024
Their Mission: To start a Rotary Club in Kenton On Sea.
Various meetings were held and the team were able to cherry pick 33 members. A number of these are still members and honorary members, 15 years later.
Meetings started around August and immediately these members sprung into action, repairing the seawall at the Kariega Pathway at the seaside of the launching ramp. And that was the first of many projects and where the Rotary Mantra began, having fun and doing good!
Original timelines:
| First Board Meeting: | 23 Sept 2008 |
| Rotary International First Charter: | 24 February 2009 |
| Gala Dinner Celebration of first Charter | 4 April 2009 |
| Early ACT Club | late 2009 |
| Seafood Evening | 18 Dec 2009 |
| Tree of Joy | 18 Dec 2009 – ongoing |
| Snare Eradication Programme | 18 Dec 2009 – ongoing |
| Ekupumleni Feeding Scheme | 18 Dec 2009 – ongoing |
| Save The Rhino Club | Sept 2012 |
Gifts received from other Rotary Clubs:
| Chain of Office | PDG (9320) Oom Wynand |
| The Podium | Andy Crowe – Rotary PE West |
| The Rotary Bell | Roux Wentzel – Roary PE South |
| The Gavel | Helen McCallum – Rotary Grahamstown Sunset |
| Rotary Greeting Mirror | Harry Rama – Rotary Grahamstown Club |
| The Rotary Flag | DGE Anne Botha |
| 2 x Paul Harris’ | DG (9320) Jaap |
| 1 Paul Harris | Rotary East London Club |
District Positions held in our 15 year tenure:
- Delegate to the Council of Legislation and Resolution – Bruce Steele Gray 3yrs
- District Governors – Bruce Steele Gray & Tom McGhee
- Assistant Governors – Bruce Steele Gray, Roger Carthew, Mike Peter
- Assistant Zone Co-ordinator – Pippa Steele Gray
- District Treasurer – Tony Swift
Projects of Achievement:
Our most noteworthy projects within the 15 year tenure:
- Global Grant Project – Early Childhood Development : Training of Child Carers
- NSRI Project
Today, we have 44 active members and 6 honorary members in Rotary Club Kenton on Sea.
On the 5th of April, we held our 15 year Charter Dinner at Stanley’s.
In attendance we had 56 people
DG Jacques Venter and his wife Lynda
Original charter members honorary members and their respective partners were invited.
There is certainly a mix of both work and social fun happening in our club.
Meetings take place every Tuesday. We get the job done whilst having a lot of fun.
