MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday September 24, 2019
Editor: Dave Andrews
ROTARY GRACE
O Lord, The Giver of all good,
We thank Thee for our daily food
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways
Help us to serve Thee all our days.
Grace: Larry Hurren
O Canada: Tom Hodgson (Oshawa Rotary Club) led us with his piano
Toast To The Queen : Assistant Governor John Burns
GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:
So nice to 96 members and guests from 4 Rotary Clubs and their guests out tonight for District Governor Beth Selby’s Official Visit to the Rotary Clubs of Bowmanville, Courtice, Oshawa, and Oshawa-Parkwood. Special welcome to former member Don Michie and his wife Vonda and our 1984-85 Exchange Student Jean Paul Renouprez and his wife Ana from Belgium.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The 4 Rotary Clubs made a variety of Announcements. Here are some of them:
REMINDER: from David Penney: for every Dollar that you personally donate, anytime, during this Rotary year, to the Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund, our Rotary Club will match that amount to a maximum of $3,200 USD. Remember our goal “A Mill for Bill”.
David Andrews - October 24 – World Polio Day – Please REGISTER AS SOON AS YOU CAN. SIGN THE LIST OR SEND DAVE AN EMAIL TODAY. THE EVENT: 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm - joint meeting of Durham Region Rotary Clubs in the new Global Classroom in the new Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham College where we will celebrate World Polio Day with leaders from around the world. Cash bar and sandwiches will be served. Cost ($30.00) per person (a portion will be donated to The Rotary Foundation's Polio Eradication Initiative and will credited to your next Paul Harris Fellow.)
Spouses, guests and prospective members and all clubs in District 7070 are invited. We will see the live Rotary International livestream event and we will also livestream our event live to Rotary Clubs and to Universities and colleges worldwide. All clubs in the District are invited. Proclamations from City and Region to our clubs. Dr. Bob Scott, immediate past chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus Committee (worldwide) will be our keynote speaker and he will connect with Dr. Tunji Funsho, chairman of Rotary's Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee and others from around the world . REGISTER TODAY. There will be others speaking too about their experiences with polio in their countries.
David Andrews - October 3 – Canada Votes 2019 Debate of the Federal Oshawa Riding Candidates conducted by the Media of Oshawa, at the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club. 6 PM to 7 PM – fellowship hour ; 7 PM to 8 PM Candidates Debate; 8 to 8:30 PM – Candidates available to answer your questions. Admission: No charge . Cash Bar available. Members of the two Rotary Clubs in Oshawa (and their guests) and members of the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club (and their guests) are invited. Debate will be broadcast live by Rogers TV Oshawa. Seating is limited to approx. 100 guests. To reserve your seat, please email Dave Andrews at dave.f.andrews99@gmail.com . Debate will be October 3 at the golf club.
Dave announced that we are assisting the Rotary E Club of Southern Ontario / Western New York sell the “Big Game 54 “ lottery tickets. They are all out in the members hands. If you have any not yet sold, we could sure need them to sell on Sept 24 DG Visit and on Oct 24 World Polio Day. The selling price is the same as last year- 5 tickets for $20. The prizes remain the same. First prize has 2 tickets to the Big Game 54 in Miami on Feb 2, 2020 PLUS 4 nights accommodation in Miami PLUS $1,000 US. The second prize is $1,000 US, the third prize is $500 US, the fourth prize is $300 US, and the fifth prize is $200 US. All tickets must be sold by mid November. NO EXCEPTIONS. Get your tickets from Dave (if he has any left). Sell, sell, sell - $1.00 from each ticket sold goes to our Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood. There are only a few hundred not yet out.
REMINDER: Volunteers needed for Hallowe'en and Christmas events at the Kids Safety Village: HALLOWE’EN HAUNT AT THE KIDS’ SAFETY VILLAGE: October 25 and 26 at the Kids Safety Village from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Kids Safety Village, 1129 Athol St., Whitby. This is an S.O.S to our club members: many of our club members will be at the Rotary District Conference at the same time. We will need about 8 volunteers from our Rotary Club on both nights (if you are not going to the District Conference). AND we will need at least 6 volunteers to help on Saturday Oct 5 to set up the haunted maze and other things at the Safety Village from about 9 am to 2 pm. Please volunteer and let Robbie Larocque know if you can help. More details will follow when we can confirm the exact time and date of the set up.
Pres Lennis: Oct 5 an new Membership Academy is available to all Rotarians in District 7070 in Cobourg. Details are on the District Website: The Grow Rotary Academy. Please sign up today online on the District 7070 website under the October 5 event. Space will be limited.
Joe Solway of the Bowmanville Rotary Club, invited all of the Rotary Clubs to their Concert for Feed The Need Durham Region, with proceeds going to Feed The Need in Durham Region ( which collects and distributes food to its 62 member agencies throughout the Durham Region) , December 15 at Bowmanville High School. 49 Liberty St N, Bowmanville, ON. Two concerts: 3 pm and 9 pm. For details, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-concert-to-feed-the-need-in-durham-tickets-73049409751
ACE OF SPADES DRAW: No Draw tonight
DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
Front Door Robbie Larocque
Bulletin Editor/Greeter Hilda Finnigan
THANK YOU BOTH FOR VOLUNTEERING
(Editor’s note: If you cannot be there; please find a replacement)
HAPPY TOONIES
Thank you to all of the Rotarians who made donations of happy Dollars and Happy Toonies.
ROTARY MOMENT : None tonight
NEW MEMBER INDUCTIONS: Congratulations to Bill Creamer , becoming a member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and to Bukky Oja for becoming a new member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa. Both were inducted with the help of our District Governor, Beth Selby.