Cardiff East Rotary

International Night was quite a lot of fun and we even got to build a tent! Mari, Hiroko and I were roped into the demostration for the crowd before there was a timed contest for teams.

Sadly, one of my good friends, Gelar Mallet, who is a member of this club, had a heart attack last week and is in hospital, so he and his wife were not there.

After the three of us did our dog-and-pony shows (hee hee), we had dinner and a brief quiz. This included questions like "What capital means I see the mountain in the native language and what country is it in?", "Who was the director of Casablanca?" and "What term means twice cooked in French?". There was also a flag identification quiz that included the flags of Liechtenstein, Belgium and Ulster.

AND OUR TEAM WON!!!!! CHOCOLATE!!!!

(This is, from L to R, Steve Jenkins, his wife Felicity, Mari, Hiroko, and Anne Orren, wife of the President of Cardiff East Rotary)

Tonight had the purpose of raising enough money for purchase of two ShelterBoxes. These boxes go to victims of disasters -- earthquakes, floods, storms, war -- and have enough shelter for 10 people in one box. Each big plastic box includes a large tent, sleeping bags, a cooker and some other utensils. Each shelter box costs 490 GBP, and this evening raised exactly 980.30 GBP from two raffles and dinner.

Note that 55 people did this!

One lady donated a cake made in model of a ShelterBox -- pretty amazing.