ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President David
FOUNDATION WALK next Sunday.
TULIPS are now available. See Hilda to get yours. They will also be for sale at the Foundation Walk.
MEAL REQUESTS. Help Janice by ordering your meal before Sunday evening.
BINGO at the Red Barn on Saturday.
Donald I
Reminded us that if we cannot make the Foundation Walk, we can still participate by sponsoring his walk.
Ted
CONGRATS TO 7070. At the Rotary Zone 28 & 32 Summit in Winnipeg last week, it was announced that District 7070 raised the most for the End Polio Now Campaign in Zone 28 (that’s all of Canada).
SGT AT ARMS: David Penney
ACE OF SPADES: Our guest, Vahun, picked Ted Morrison’s ticket. Alas, Ted drew the 10 of Spades. Too bad. The pot grows.
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Happy Bucks-We are ALL a Happy Bunch! |
Tess: Happy Rosh Hashanah! Happy New Year.
David A: Great to talk to Janice and Kris on Sunday
Hilda: Thanks to Vahun for the donation, and our Santa, Dave Snowdon, is home now.
Shashi: Welcome to the club family, Bev. Thanks to Vahun and Mahlan for their donation.
Donald: Welcome, Bev and thanks for the donation from PrimePath.
Kim: happy to be done with golf lessons & starting Tai Chi classes. Also, happy that her niece is now living nearby.
Robbie: The Glow night at Safety Village was so much fun. (Cake was good too.) We are all invited to Biddle & Associates OPEN HOUSE on October 2 from 3-6 pm. Be sure to let Robbie Know if you are coming. He needs to order the food accordingly. Thank you.
Ted: His shoulder surgery is on Dec 4. So, we may not see him until 2026.
Dave M.: Happy the BBQ was a success.
Director Updates
Tonight, the Directors updated the members about the projects and contributions we’ve made to date. Here is a summary of these reports.
International Committee, David Penney
The most recent request was for 1000$ for ShelterBox initiatives in Pakistan (flood relief) and Afghanistan (Earthquake relief). Approved pledges include Literacy project in the slums of Birnagar, West Bengal with Belleville Rotary. Project led by Dr Ruth Mathieson, and the Water project in Uganda led by RC of Newmarket’s Richard Mewhinney. Other support is going to the Dominican Republic to help sugar plantation workers led by Whitby-Sunrise Rotarian Janet Thorsteinson, and the South African Water Project led by Whitby-Sunrise’s Shashi Bedi to purchase “Hippo Rollers” to transport water & gardening equipment.
We continue to support Steve Rutledge and the Adopt-A-Village-Laos and WAKAM the Western Alliance of Kenya Against Malaria proposed last year by our colleague, Linda Porritt.
Membership Committee, Shashi Bhatia
Her focus is to increase membership primarily from the Durham area and especially the younger generation that will support the ‘golden people’ in the club.
Rotary Foundation, Donald Igbokwe
Donald’s challenge for this year is to beat our donation goals again. He also announced that on November 4th Rotarian Bob Wallace will speak to our club.
Public Relations, Al Finnigan
We are busy finalizing the World Polio Day (Thanks to Dave Andrews). We are busy promoting People of Action with the new Rotary-branded shirts and pens. Social media is expanding, and we post at least 4 times a month. We are also looking to update promotional materials and increase our presence in Oshawa events.
Community Service, Al Finnigan for Camille Miquel-Farfan
In addition to our traditional donations to Lakeridge Health and the Participation House, we are looking to donate to Camp Scugog. The Participation House Christmas party is at the Jube on Tuesday, December 2. Janice Coupland is coordinating this.
Executive Secretary, Dave Andrews
There is so much information available on the Rotary International-Central website. Check out what’s planned. Check into MyRotary on the rotary.org website and see our goals in Rotary Club Central as we strive to get the Club Excellence Award again this year. Check out the Rotary Projects Center while you are there.
Club Administration, Robbie Larocque & Vice President, Tess Pierce
No Reports
President, David Mankiewicz
Thanked the Board for their hard work, Tess for filling in for him and for the Bulletin, and Janice for her work organizing our dinners and socials.
President David closed the regular meeting at 8:11 pm.
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, YOU CAN MAKE UP: Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Executive Secretary Dave Andrews or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.