On April 18, members of our Club joined a meaningful fundraising night walk organized with Scouts Island Region at Tai Tam Reservoir. President David, Past Presidents Grace, WT, Dora, Lily, Mark and Jason, together with around two dozen participants from our Rotary family, took part in this special evening activity. The night walk offered a unique opportunity to learn about nature and the importance of conservation. Participants were introduced to the principles of “leave no trace,” reinforcing the responsibility we all share in protecting our environment. Interactors from King’s College and St. Clare’s Girls’ School, as well as Rotaractors from the Rotaract Club of HKU Lap Chee College International, joined the event, adding youthful energy and enthusiasm to the experience. Assistant Governor Wilson also participated in support of the initiative, further highlighting the collaborative spirit of the Rotary community. Surrounded by the calm and beauty of Tai Tam Reservoir at night, the event was both educational and inspiring, strengthening bonds across generations while promoting environmental stewardship.
On November 2, our Club hosted a fellowship bowling outing featuring our Interactors, Rotaractors, RCC members, members from our daughter Club (Rotary E Club of Lantau) and our grandbaby Club (Rotary Club of Neoteric HK). The day started with the planning committee finalizing the plans of the day during a breakfast meetup. Then, nearly a hundred bowlers descended upon the alleys of South China Athletic Association to enjoy games of fun. After bowling, hungry bowlers walked a short distance to Craigengower Cricket Club to enjoy a fellowship lunch. The day’s event allowed mingling between our members, our youth, and our other service partners.
On July 7, members including Past Presidents Grace, WT and Lily celebrated the new Rotary Year by joining Joint Interact high tea, hosted by Interact Club of St. Clare’s Girls’ School. Five other schools also participated: King’s College, Ying Wa College, Queen’s College, Ying Wa Girls’ School, and St. Paul’s Secondary School.
On July 5, President David, Past Presidents Grace, Angela and Mark, and Immediate Past President Jason visited our Interact Club of St. Clare’s Girls’ School, which hosted a joint-school high tea. The theme of the gathering was Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Past President Angela, a member of the District Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, was invited to give a speech on the topic.
On January 27, 18 Interactors from the Interact Club of St. Clare’s Girls’ School were given CPR/AED training at St. John’s Ambulance. Rotarian Ka Man was there to support them.
On July 4, President Jason, Past President Grace and President Elect David attended the Joint-School Interact Club Afternoon Tea 2023, held at St. Clare’s Girls’ School. The event was co-organized by our Interact Club of St. Clare’s Girls’ School and a few other Interact Clubs in Hong Kong, including our Interact Club of King’s College.
Congratulations to our two Interact Clubs: Interact Club of King’s College and Interact Club of St Clare’s Girls’ School won the Merit Award on their joint project under the underprivileged service group for the Hong Kong Outstanding Student Service Ambassadors Award Programme 2022/23 hosted by District 3450. The team included President Wendy Cheung, Agnes Chow and Anna Ho from St Clare’s Girls’ School and President Danny Hung, Enikin Ho and Herbert Lau from King’s College with title of the project – Creating a Harmonious Society Together addressing care for the underprivileged and manifestation of civic responsibilities. President Eliza attended the award ceremony and congratulated them in person.
On November 13, President Sam attended the opening ceremony of CPR/AED project. Our Club joined the project as Bronze Sponsoring Club. Altogether, twelve Rotary Clubs joined this projected hosted by Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northeast, in partnership with St. John Ambulance. TVB artist 曹永廉 and Miss Hong Kong 2014 邵珮詩 were special guests. Do you know every year around 8,000 cases of cardiac arrest require emergency ambulance service in Hong Kong? That is over 20 cases per day. CPR/AED is critical to survival in the minutes before the ambulance arrives. Past President Webster is working with our Interact Clubs to set up a training day for our Interactors in 2022. Before that, on November 28, there is a training day for District Officers, Rotarians and Rotaractors. Our Past President Lily and Rotarian Jason are registered to attend the certification course.
Thanks to Past President Webster, our Club lined up Ms. Jenny Tung, Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières Hong Kong, to visit our Rotary Adopt A School (and Interact) partner, St. Clare’s Girls’ School, to talk about global issues via the lens of a global non-profit organization. Past President Grace attended the talk, and reported that Ms. Tung was a fantastic speaker and spoke frankly about world problems. Past President Grace was hopeful that the secondary school students at St. Clare’s learned much from the talk.
Our Club continued to meet on Zoom due to pandemic conditions and gathering restrictions in Hong Kong. 7 Rotaractors and 2 Interactors joined our meeting in our annual “Youth Day”. Ms Crystal Lee from HKU also joined. The meeting began with Charter President Patrick, Rotarian Jason and President Elect Sam taking turns to give details of our upcoming project, Rotary Cares Food Aid 2020. Patrick gave a quick introduction of the project’s purpose and concept. Jason gave updates of the project’s strategic and operational details. Sam gave updates of the project’s fundraising activities. In all, the planning for the project is already underway. Members were invited to help. (A kickoff ceremony is scheduled to be held on September 17. Please refer to our Whatsapp communication for more details.) Rotarian Eliza, joining from New Zealand, wore her Preserve Planet Earth (“PPE”) hat and gave us some news and details about District’s Beach Cleanup Event on October 3. Eliza mentioned that this is one of those very special events where Rotarians and Rotaractors work hand in hand to keep our environment clean. Due to the pandemic, the cleanup crew will be divided into small groups, with a maximum of 20 participants. For…