Club Projects
Current projects undertaken by the Rotary Club of Kapunda are;
• Stage 2 of the Davidson’s Reserve project.
Rotarian Frank Ware has completed a stone wall to enhance the area and the Light Regional Council Works Department is to clear and trim pine trees and undertake kerbing and pathway construction. In 2009, club members will commence water-wise plantings to finish off the landscaping.
The beautification of the area surrounding Davidson’s Reserve is part of a long-term project of historical and linear development, in conjunction with Light Regional Council.
• Rotary Club of Kapunda “Rotary Achiever Awards” to local Primary Schools. Students from Kapunda and Freeling Primary Schools are presented with awards each term to acknowledge their contribution to school life. Commenced at the beginning of 2006, 108 students have so far been recipients of book vouchers, medallions and certificates to recognise their efforts. Both school libraries have also received book vouchers acknowledging their successful students. The response from the school communities has been very positive with good publicity generated for our club.
• The second Rotary Club of Kapunda Kidman Art Show will be held in October 2009.
Recent Financial Support
• $2,000 towards the Rotary International Polio-Plus program to eradicate Polio world-wide
• $1,200 to sponsor a Rotary ShelterBox as part of the global aid program for people needing temporary shelter due to natural disasters such as earthquakes and freak weather events.
• $1,800 support to students at local primary and high schools in leadership, citizenship, vocational and sporting programs
• $400 annual support of Kapunda High School Chaplaincy program.
• $500 to the Rotary “Operation Cleft” program for life-changing cranio-facial surgery in children of nearby Asia-Pacific developing countries.
• $500 donation to RAM (Rotarians Against Malaria) program in New Guinea.
• $300 annually to sponsor the education of two Indonesian students through the RAWCS program.
• $500 towards transport costs in the delivery of educational and medical furniture and resources to the Solomon Islands and East Timor as part of the DIK (Donations in Kind) program.
• $200 annually to support a student in the Rotary Indigenous Health Scholarship, as part of a Rotary Group 9 project in this region.
• $200 sponsorship towards 2008 Kapunda Christmas Street Party activities. |
