First Business for Breakfast Event a Success
The inaugural breakfast, promoted by the 3 Clubs of Avonhead, Papanui and Garden City Rotary, which occurred on Friday morning 9 June 2017, exceeded our expectations.
Approximately 100 people attended and this included a good number of Rotarians from Clubs other than the 3 organising Clubs.
There was also a considerable number of non Rotarians present – which was one of original objectives.
The venue was excellent – Lady Blossom Lounge at Addington Raceway and more importantly the speaker (Honourable Amy Adams) was impressive and very well received.
The photo above shows the Honourable Amy Adams with Past District Governor Liz Courtney.
The event was well organised and we received considerable comment about that afterwards. I am grateful to Ken Lord and Grant Adams, both business partners and also members of Garden City and Avonhead Rotary respectively, for their considerable input as well as staff from our firm, Parry Field Lawyers, who put in a lot of time logistically. Two of our staff members also attended the breakfast to assist with the registration process. Given the amount of time that our firm put into the event we felt it appropriate to treat ourselves as a sponsor by having a advertising banner at the venue.
Our own Papanui Rotary flag was also on display.
Financially the event was designed to be a run on a breakeven basis and we achieved that. We had hoped to raise a small amount for the Charity which we promoted at the event – Go Baby Go but unfortunately there were no funds left to give the charity. That organisation was just happy to be there and get the exposure. Notwithstanding this a small donation was made out of Parry Field Charitable Foundation to Go Baby Go.
The Go Baby Go car is shown in the photo above.
We received a lot of positive feedback. This leads us to the conclusion that a further breakfast or two should be attempted. If so, we may look at this around September/October.
Finally, it was noted that there were about 5 Papanui Rotarians present. However, it would be good to see a larger contingent next time.
Lois