In Gear | Rotary in Southern New Zealand Issue 1 | Page 40

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Anyone who’s studied Rotary
International’s strategic direction
will know one of the key pillars
is to increase humanitarian
service. But to boost the help we
give, what do we need? Funds,
of course. And, to bring in more
money, we rely on fundraising.
In an era where competition
in the charitable sector is
booming, and the wider public
is being asked for donations
in increasingly novel and
spectacular ways, effective
fundraising is no longer a
matter of hawking cheese rolls
and shaking buckets on street
corners.
As Rotarians, we could all do with
taking notice of the six Rotary
clubs of Invercargill. They’ve
combined forces and resources
in a bid to raise a six-figure profit
through their Building a Rotary
Dream project – a campaign
to help those living rough on
the streets back on the path to
wellbeing.

All going to plan, mid
next year, two rather
swish three-bedroom
homes will be going
under the hammer in
Invercargill.
The vendor? The Rotary clubs of Invercargill:
Invercargill, Invercargill South, Invercargill East,
Invercargill North, Invercargill Sunrise, and NRG.
The mission? To raise upwards of $150,000 to
$200,000 for the Breathing Space Southland Trust,
which oversees a night shelter established in 2013 for
Invercargill’s homeless. The auctions’ proceeds will go
toward bolstering the services and support offered
to those who seek shelter, including funding food,
education and counselling.
After months of brainstorming, planning and finetuning, construction is set to get underway later in
the year on the two architecturally-designed homes,
situated in Invercargill’s highly-sought-after Grasmere
subdivision.
The brainchild of Rotary Club of Invercargill North
member Richard Boyde-Manson, Building a Rotary
Dream follows similar projects elsewhere, but is

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