Members: 14
Guests: Letitia de Witt from the St. Catharines South Rotary Club, Art Chamberlain from the Rotary Club of Campbellford and Ambassador for Shelter Box
Correspondence:
- card and picture from Maya Phaneuf for support from Rotary
Announcements:
- No Frills $1,000 raffle in March. R Chris has tickets to sell and sign up sheet for shifts will be circulated shortly
- Exchange student Emmy is moving to her new host family this weekend, to Kristina Ward on Harbour Street
- District Conference next year to be held in Wellington October 27th. 'Rotary Reunion'. Easy to attend and minimal cost. Register in D7070 web site, also opportunity to host fellow Rotarian from away.
- Adult Spelling Bee at Trenton Rotary January 29, Brighton defending champions (R Dan has can of Alphagetti to prove it). Looking for one or two teams from Brighton Club
- January 21, 2018 - Port Hope, Cobourg and Northumberland Sunrise with Northumberland Orchestra & Choir present 'Glorious Hollywood' at Port Hope United Church. Starts at 3:30 pm followed by dinner at one of 6 local restaurants (seating limited). Cost for concert and dinner is $70.
- R Daphne advised that Early Act students looking for 'unwashed' milk bags to turn into mats for homeless. This is the outer bag they are looking for and don't wash as something in chemical deters bugs.
- Brighton Rotary interested in supporting girls from Tanzania coming to visit Canada through the ENSS student fund raiser. R Daphne to coordinate on behalf of the Club.
- Campbellford Super Hero Trivia Night - Saturday February 24 at Rotary Hall. Doors open at 6pm, starts at 7pm. $100 entry per team of up to 8 members. Prizes and fun. To register contact Rob Pope at 705-760-1608 or Email: rob_pope@yahoo.com
Membership Challenge
Time Period - December 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
Rules:
1. Teams consist of each of the 3 POD's.
2. Points: 1 point for the presence of a guest as a potential member; 2 points if the guest takes a membership application; 3 points when the guest is inducted.
3. Upon receipt of the application, the usual process for dealing with the application is to be followed.
4. The team at March 31 with the greatest number of points is the winner.
5. Members of the winning team (POD) are to be treated to a breadfast at the expense of the losing teams at a regular Breakfast meeting.
Suggestion - POD's can identify potential individuals to be approached and a Rotarian to approach and invite the individual to join us.
Scores - POD#1 = 1+2 for Lidia taking application Jan 12
POD#2 and POD#3 have some work to do.
Song - Bicycle Built for Two
50/50 - $23.50 won by R Pat
Happy Bucks: for presentation, for shelter box program, for enjoying winter, warming up.
Rotary Minute: R Keith shared how people can give even after they pass on
Student - Emmy's Bucket List
Christmas and Fairs
Join different sports
Blue Jay game
Concerts
Wonderland in Toronto
Riding a forest trail in the fall
Fire a firework in daylight
Skiing
Try surfing
Joining YMCA