Rotary Club of Makino - Service Projects

Since 2005, the club has operated "Fantasy in Lights" at Kowhai Park, Feilding. Held during the two weeks of the July school holidays, this popular family event has been extremely successful. The park is lit up with colorful lights in a variety of themed areas including circus acts and fairy tale characters. Club member Russell Parker has delighted visitors with roles as a gorilla swinging from a tree and rising out of a coffin.

Children light up the night | Stuff.co.nz

7 Jul 2009 ... Fantasy in Lights, organised by Makino Rotary Club and Feilding Promotion, is open daily for two weeks from 6pm to 8pm. ...
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu.../Children-light-up-the-night - 18 hours ago

Lights to lift winter gloom | Stuff.co.nz

Feilding's Kowhai Park will be ablaze during the school holidays for this year's Fantasy in Lights Spectacular. Fluorescent light images will be hung from ...
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/.../Lights-to-lift-winter-gloom

Lighting it all up | Stuff.co.nz

LIGHT SPECTACULAR: Trish Bryant works on a new Piggity Wiggity Jiggity Jig lighting display for Feilding's Fantasy in Lights Spectacular. ...
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/feilding.../Lighting-it-all-up

Regional News - Feilding Herald | Stuff.co.nz

Fifteen new light displays in preparation for Feilding's Fantasy in Lights Spectacular parade on July 4. sponsored links will go here ...
www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/feilding-herald/more_headlines

Visitors to Lights in the Park in July 2007 were invited to leave a wish in the wishing well. The club had great pleasure in granting some of these.

A boy who asked for a steam trip ride because he LOVES trains. We arranged a ride to Taihape on the Feilding steam train.

One little girl who wished for flowers for her grandmother also went on the train along with her mum and wee sister. The grandmother has been sent flowers courtesy of our club and another wee girl who asked for ‘a trip to the library” went along with her nanny.

Two little boys [friends] who asked for just “a lightstick please” also came along with their respective mums and they were given a lightstick.

A little boy asked for a grocery voucher for his great grandma. Club member Neil Hogg arranged and delivered this. The boy was also offered a train ride.

Youth

We regularly sponsor local young people to attend Spirit of Adventure, Outward Bound, Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) and Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment (RYPEN). The club sponsors an annual $1000 scholarship for high school leavers going onto further study. For more details about these programmes, contact our club directors