Quota International of Auckland - Community Champion Award 2018

 

This year’s Award winner is Whisper Gage from Birkenhead College. Whisper is the Cultural Leader for her school and also the kapa haka leader.

She volunteers in her study periods at the Kauri Kids Early Childhood Centre and gives her time and energy to help little lives especially those who are deprived economically.

Whisper has impacted the school with her friendly and energetic nature and is approachable and kind to younger students.


Whisper also looks after her younger siblings and contributes to household chores such as cooking and cleaning.

She is regarded as an inspirational, stellar student and is held in high esteem by her school leaders.

Auckland Quota members are proud to award Whisper as our Community Champion 2018 and wish her well for her future endeavours.

 

Congratulations to Jan Rhodes

New Zealand Quotarians are proud to announce that our past Region 21 Director Jan Rhodes has just been voted in as one of three Vice Presidents of Quota International. The election took place at the bi-annual International Convention held in Washington D.C. 10-14 July 2019. The theme for the Convention is Aspire to Inspire. On February 6 2019 Quota celebrates 100 years of service helping to empower women, children, the deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired in 250 communities around the world.

Congratulations also to the new International President Emilie Simon, and other Board Members.

 

 

Quota New Zealand Educational Scholarship

Grace Stratton

Scholarship winner Grace Stratton with Auckland Quota Club President Jacque Kendall (left) and Quota International Region 21 Director Jan Rhodes.

Congratulations to Grace Stratton from Carmel College in Auckland, winner of the 2017 Scholarship.  Next year Grace will be studying at the Auckland University of Technology doing a conjoint degree in communications and Business.

Grace has physical challenges and uses a wheelchair.  She has had multiple surgeries over many years rehabilitating at the Wilson Centre.   

In spite of her disability she passed NCEA 1 and 2 endorsed with Excellence overall.  The level 2 results were achieved despite being hospitalized and in recuperation at Wilson Home for the first term.  She has received academic prizes as well as Awards for her contributions to her school and for her perseverance and determination.   She is currently a member of the student Leadership team as the Head of Academic and is actively involved in organizing events such as the Scholars Assembly and starting a tutorial group.

Grace is also a freelance writer/blogger and has worked internationally on behalf of corporate and humanitarian organizations.

New Zealand Quota members are very happy with our choice of Grace as the 2017 Scholarship winner and wish her every success with her future studies.