The following email was recently received by Gary and is typical of the feedback over the years. Well done Gary!
From: Angela Babich <angela@sjorakei.school.nz>
Date: 17 June 2022 at 14:29:34 NZST
To: gkey@xtra.co.nz
Subject: Sailing Programme
Date: 17 June 2022 at 14:29:34 NZST
To: gkey@xtra.co.nz
Subject: Sailing Programme
Our school was lucky enough to participate in the recent St John's Rotary funded sailing programme.
After our first attempt being cancelled due to Covid, we were fortunate to be offered another opportunity. Our children had the most amazing day, they loved every minute and just had the best time! Unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to go down and see them, but I was having photos sent to me regularly throughout the day and when the children came back to school, they were so excited to share the stories with me. We even had one child who didn't want to go, but with some coxing was encouraged to try and he was bubbling over with excitement when he came back to school.
I think the parents who went down with them enjoyed it as much as the children. They loved seeing them fall out of the boats!
Thank you so much for the opportunity and the sponsorship to allow various schools to do this. We were so grateful to be selected and so appreciative of your support with this programme.
Kind Regards
Angela Babich
Office Manager
St Joseph's Orakei