Did you know that the 6 New Zealand & Pacific Island Districts support an 0800 number?
0800 4 ROTARY
0800 4 768279
Callers are put in touch with Clubs based on their enquiry.
And the report just received states the following:
Number of calls by District for the period 3/12/10 - 31/12/10
9910 18
9920 16
9930 31
9940 29
9970 28
9980 16
Unallocated (mobile, other networks) 12
Total 151 (last month - 215)
Calls a slight increase on the same period last year - 134.
Last spike of 12 calls on 22./12 then 2-4 a day. Monday and Wednesday continue to be the busiest days for calls - at 10-15 per day.
There were calls re:
- Club contact details and meeting times
- Requests for assistance for money/presents etc for poor families/children (5)
- Book sales in Hamilton and Tauranga
- Want an old sewing machine - Petone
- Advise on how to form a charity committee
- Used bikes for Xmas presents
- Student exchange in Northland
- Environmental project for Auckland clubs
- Bottle cap collection - Whangarei
- Club meeting times for overseas visitors
- CCS wanting help for disabled student - ChCh
- Car boot sale - Masterton and Blenheim
- Rotorua farmers market
- Xmas trees for sale
- Xmas tree collection
- J R McKenzie Trust apps
- Student wanting assistance for trip to China
- New carpet for disability centre - Timaru
- Xmas puddings
- Rotary Job Search - Christchurch
- Raffle results not in paper - Havelock North
- Sponsorship for student - Far North
Average cost of calls this month 49c.
Emails received from info@rotary.org.nz:
Several re post-graduate scholarships - from Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.
