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MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Editor: Tess Pierce

Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Donald Igbokwe

Toast to the KING: Emmy Iheme

Land Acknowledgement: President Dave

We respectfully acknowledge that the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is meeting on the traditional territory of the Mississauga’s of Scugog Island First Nations, within the jurisdiction of the Williams Treaties.  We are committed to our responsibility of stewardship, in these relationships and for this land on which we learn, share and live.

Toast to CANADA: Camille Miquel-Farfan

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

• Laura Oliver, our speaker

• Beverly Fiddler, prospective member

Birthdays and Anniversaries

• No happy events this week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Ways & Means committee met today. Directors and Chairs watch your emails for budget updates.

• Reminder the District Conference at Fern Resort is Oct 24-26. There is still time to register.

• Rotary Foundation Walk Sept 28 at Nort Johnson District Park in Vaughan

• Our club’s BBQ is Sept 13. Our host is Fahim Fikrat,158 Taylorwood Court, Oshawa, Ontario. More information to follow.

• Send you Aug 26 meal choices to Dave Andrews at dave.f.andrews99@gmail.com just for this week, before Sunday evening at 10 PM.

• The Learning Tuesday Webinar is going on right now with Dave A’s help. We will be able to watch it on YouTube later this week. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/D8TSMGLUhXA?si=rW0nrZmyUyLExqO-

SGT AT ARMS: David Penney

ACE OF SPADES:

Bev picked ticket #472 and Ted Morrison claimed it was his number, even though he ‘supposedly’ misplaced the stub. Since he is a trustworthy fellow, we let him have a chance at the Ace. Unfortunately, he picked the 6 of Hearts. The pot grows.

HAPPY BUCKS:

• Robbie. Happy to have his 10x10 shed re-roofed. It was an experience. Robbie used this opportunity to show his 2 daughters how to do a bit of home maintenance. It was a slow, hot job but 14 hours later he had a new roof.

• Robert K. Speaking of home maintenance … Mr. K crossed 2 jobs off his list. Painting the garage door frame – both inside and out to prepare for the wonderful new door that hopefully will be installed soon.

• Emmy. A happy/sad buck tonight. Emmy’s second family - who took him in when he was in Kitchener, had a sad gathering that was a happy event. His second Dad passed away last week, and the family had a wonderful celebration of his life. They told stories, laughed, and cried. It was beautiful.

• Ted. Welcomed Donald back from Nigeria and bragged about that shiny new Buick Denali he picked up today. There are lots of bells and whistles, and one he especially likes is that each driver can preprogram their seat positions, etc. Ted got a bit of ribbing from Tess because Ted is driver # 1 and Sharon is driver # 2. We got a good laugh at Ted’s expense.

• Dave M. Rachel and he bought their first vacation trailer near Minden. He also welcomed Donald home.

SPEAKER: MS Laura Oliver,

Tess introduced Laura Oliver the Fund Development and Communications Manager of Luke's Place. She is a talented and driven fund development and communications manager with experience and proven success in fundraising, brand and event marketing, and multi-channel communications. Laura is no stranger to service. Prior to Luke's Place, Laura spent ten years in public service working for the MPP of Ajax, Joe Dickson as his Executive Assistant at Queen's Park, and his constituency office. Laura is committed to gender equality and women's empowerment and is committed to the fight to end gender-based violence.