Tuesday' s meeting at Remuera was all about Youth.  It was about our District's youth programs and was run by graduates of those programs.

 

We had numerous guests visit us, our DG Vidya Nand, various district officers and directors, and supporters of the speakers.

 

We had speakers who had participated in the following programs Interact (Keiko Arya & Bruce Godkhindi), RYPEN (Gus Bella & Dallo Collier-Tani), RYDA (Harper Noah & Te Hira Rehu), Muna (Keshika Thilakarajar), RAP (Ava Devi), the Science Forum (Nimesh Milan Singh), the REP program (Deb Cane),  a Chenery Scholarship awardee (Molly Love), RYE (Grace Cussell was named as speaker but couldnt attend), the Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School (Lukasz Swain), MAPAS (Autumn Telleman) and the Newmarket Environment Award (Sophie Roberts).

 

Each of these speakers spoke of their experiences and the changes that each of these programs made to their lives and their futures. They spoke well and confidently. Not an "um" or an "ah" or a "like" was heard. Nights like these always leave those privileged to listen to the speakers with a sense of optimism for the future of this little multicultural country of ours.

 

There are photos in the album that forms part of this bulletin.  Better photos may be seen on the District Facebook page.

 

Alastair MacFarlane thanked all who came.  His thanks to those who spoke was inspiring and is well worth posting for posterity.

 

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