{"id":155638,"date":"2017-07-05T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/155638\/second-term-for-rotary-presidents\/"},"modified":"2017-07-05T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T13:11:12","slug":"second-term-for-rotary-presidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/07\/05\/second-term-for-rotary-presidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Second term for Rotary presidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, members of the Germiston Rotary Club meet for their annual, prestigious presidential induction dinner.<\/p>\n

This year, the members came together at Majestic Garden Nursery, in Lambton, for their 89th event.<\/p>

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Last year, Benaud Barker took over as Germiston Rotary Club\u2019s president and his wife Wendy was the new president of the Rotary Anns Club.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s induction saw the couple taking up the reins for a second year.<\/p>

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\u201cIt is my greatest pleasure to address you as the out-going and new Rotary Anns president for the year 2017 to 2018,\u201d said Wendy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur logo for this year is \u2018Rotary making a difference\u2019 and I think it is an appropriate logo for those who are involved in Rotary in any form, especially for the Anns.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are women who give of themselves time and time again, asking for nothing more than to be able to make a difference to those less fortunate in our community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a great honour and privilege to be able to serve together with the Anns from our club for another year as the Anns president.<\/p>\n

Wendy also shared some of her goals for the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe intend to invest in bigger projects, this year, that will make a noticeable difference in the areas that we support,\u201d said Wendy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first goal is to identify which project we are going to invest in and put plans in motion to get started with them as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benaud also took to the stand and said, \u201cThe last time that a president served two terms was in 1941 and 1942.<\/p>\n

\u201cTimes are changing and I think the important thing for the Rotary club is that we have to change and stay relevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to make a difference and be relevant in our community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge for us this year, as a club, is to look at ourselves and ask what it is that we do that makes a difference and makes us relevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also important that we continue the work that we did last year and build relationships with the people and organisations in our community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to the year and it is a great opportunity to lead in the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

The night also served as an award ceremony and induction of new members.<\/p>\n

Awards were given for the following:<\/p>\n

Paul Harris Fellow award:<\/p>\n