Last weeks speaker was Jasmine Edghill who was sponsored by our club to the RYLA Camp.
Clearly Jasmine benefited from the experience as she presented a very polished talk on her time at the camp.
Jasmine commented that the first speaker was our own Jackie St John, who spoke about Shelter Box. Jasmine had a slick power point presentation to assist her and it looked like a great team building exercise in erecting the tent from a shelter box.
Karen Purdue spoke to the group on what makes a leader and Jasmine was impressed with the quote “ Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night”
Speaker Aaron Fleming, who has a collapsed lung, spoke of pushing through the mental barrier.
Our own Rick Wellington was reported as speaking about the importance of the “balance wheel” in the allocation of time, and Jasmine liked Rick’s quote “See things for what they are, not worse, not better”
Jasmine told us the week was full of activities with the group doing a Geocache presentation, leading to having to learn a life skill.
Jasmine also reported on, accompanied with photos, the group’s hike to the top of Queenstown Hill, a visit to an indoor trampoline park, and a visit to an adult play ground where she succeeded in pushing through the pain on an adult rope course.
As well as additional speakers, Jasmine reported on the team work in hosting a BBQ, working on a gully project in Kelvin Heights where her group cleared a track, and getting involved in Community workshops .
Jasmine clearly gained a lot from the experience, and thanked the club for supporting her to attend the camp.
A team comprising President Fiona, Don McEwan, John Henderson and Siobhan Farr pause for a photo during the laying of bait stations in the Ross Creek area last Sunday.
Work started on the inter-club firewood project last Monday, at the Firewood lot on Townley Road, Burnside.
Rally Otago is on again on 1st April & we have been asked to provide 23 marshals