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President Neville chaired this evening's club meeting at Gilberts where we had a lovely buffet of roast meats with vegetables and salad. Guests included PDG Bob Richards, Angela Lynch, Gary Ramage, Arto Arshakyan and Luiza, and our guest speaker, Debbie Welsh from Rostrum.
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By placing 54 Chromebooks into the hands of students in need, the Rotary Club of Pāpāmoa is helping bridge the digital divide and creating brighter educational opportunities for young people across Pāpāmoa and Te Puke.In the heart of Pāpāmoa and Te Puke in New Zealand, a simple but powerful movement has been unfolding – one sparked not by grand speeches or sweeping reforms, but by a simple question: What will help our young people flourish at school?
Teachers at Pāpāmoa College and Te Puke High School had an answer. They spoke about students eager to learn but held back by a modern barrier: the lack of a personal device in an increasingly digital world.
Some students are sharing computers in classrooms and others need a loaned take-home device to support homework and assessments. Research, online lessons, communication – so much of school life now depends on technology and for some families, a computer is simply out of reach.
The Rotary Club of Pāpāmoa listened. And then acted.
We had a very relaxed meeting this morning in which Club Secretary Karin Soster informed members of the District Conference scheduled for March 2027.
Club's major fundraising project is the Bentleigh Sunday Market.
Past District 9810 Governor Ian Ballantine
