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ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

  1.  Past President Dave Andrews - Reverse Draw, Dinner & Silent Auction tickets are available NOW. Please sell them to your friends and neighbours to help our     biggest fundraising project of the year, and please keep looking for silent auction items $50 - $100. 14 weeks and counting. Dave will send out some letters to    our members via email to help them with their selling efforts.
  2. PastPresident Robbie Larocque – Our Rotary Valentine's Day Party will be February 9 at 6pm at Harpo's. If you have not signed up the sign-up sheet with Robbie, please give him a call to confirm TODAY.
  3. Past President Robbie Larocque – confirmed our Club's participation to help with the annual Maple Syrup Festival at Purple Woods Conservation Centre during the March break . The coordinators have cooks and kitchen help this year but need about 12 of us to work – they want to cover building front to back to work
  4. Past District Governor Ted Morrison encouraged everyone to purchase a ticket to the Bill and Delphine Patchett Salute on Feb 28, 2016 at the Quality Hotel and Suites on Bloor Street – our dear friend “Pickpocket Bill Patchett” he has done so for the Rotary - he has raised millions of dollars for the Rotary Foundation over the last 8 years – there is a celebration on Sunday February 28th at 12:30 pm – this is not a fundraiser . It is more of a recognition of Bill’s achievements – tickets are going fast – please order this is going to be a wonderful event. Go to the District Website at: http://rotary7070.org/event/district-7070-salute-to-bill---delphine-patchett/ and get your tickets today
  5. Janice Coupland - Finn McCools – St. Patrick's day party will be at Finn McCools's on March 22 with a 6 pm start and St. Patrick’s Day event has been confirmed for Tuesday, March 15. It will be held at Fionn MacCool’s 214 Ritson Road North in Oshawa in the Costco plaza. We will meet at 6:00pm. There will be live entertainment, great food and hopefully some games to play, that Janice Coupland is co-ordinating. Spouses are invited. 22 people have signed up so far. Please sign the sheet or call Janice as soon as possible.
  6. Kim Boatman – Talk For A Cure is on Saturday April 30 as Frank Scanga attempts a Guinness World Records for Speeches – 24 Speeches in 24 hours - A Talk For A Cure. . Our Rotary Club is repsonsible for the speech at Adelaide House, from 12 noon to about 12:30 pm. We are asking that we get at least 12 people ( a combination of Rotarians, their spouses, and friends to attend – We also need two Witnesses - one Rotarian and then a lawyer or a doctor to be the second witness. Proceeds are going to the Canadian Cancer Society here in Durham Region
  7. Kim Boatman also announced that Denise House, the emergency shelter for abused women, that assists over 1,000 abused women and the children per year, . The women are abused and have to leave their residence sometimes without a toothbrush – the building is in ill repair the building is very old there is going to be a new building. They are in need of $4,000,000 : 1/3 from the government, 1/3 from the sale of the current building and 1/3 from fundraising. They are asking for $500,000 and do we know of anyone in our community who could spearhead such a campaign and start with a sizable donation. Please contact Kim with anyone you know who could assist. . Past President Dave Andrews noted that our Rotary Club mada a donation , in the late 1970's to Denise house with an Industrial freezer and cutlery. At that time, Rotary was still a men's service club and it was very important that our Rotary Club helped Denise House. Other service clubs then folllowed suit . We should be very proud that we paved the way, in those early years to tell the world that a men's service club helped out a shetler for abused women. We have done great work!!!!

ACE OF SPADES DRAW: Our Sargeant At Arms for tonight, Past President Larry Hurren asked if “Miss Columbia would please draw a ticket”

Winner: Past President Devon Biddle Card Drawn: Ace of Diamonds

We are down to 9 cards in the deck for next Tuesday evening !!! .

 

HAPPY TOONIES conducted tonight by Our Sargeant At Arms for tonight, Past President Larry Hurren

  1. Past President David Andrews – Jennifer Jones, our current Director of Rotary Intenrtaional, and a member of the Windsor-Roseland Rotary Club in Windsor, Ontario, is going to be, starting July 1, 2016, Vice President of Rotary International – First woman to become a VP of Rotary International
  2. Sandra McDowell – Happy to say another grandchild on the way – they are breeding like rabbits
  3. Martha Chambers – happy to have her own car back in Oshawa and also went to a Celtic event the Claymores needless to say the leader of the band entertained Martha for a few brief moments but she is not at liberty to say
  4. Past President Pat Dyck – Mark Wafer, owner of Tim Horton’s , a member of the Rotary Club of Whitby and also the Co-Chair of District 7070 Rotary At Work Committee, has offered to give anyone who has lost their job at Goodwill, a job in one of his franchises. Mark is an advocate of helping people in general including people with disabilities.
  5. Past President Alan Nason – He gave a loonie for toothpaste and asked Past President Larry Hurren if he could trade it for an appointment
  6. Past President Kris Sachdeva – January 26, today is Indian Republic day –Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into force on, in 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935)as the governing document of India. And Kris just got back from Hondorus had a very good time.
  7. Past District Governor Ted Morrison – told Sharron that he needed new winter boots and she said I can do one better “We are going to “Kinky Boots” the live show in Toronto
  8. Bob (Koski or Stewart) – enjoyed watching on tv, the antics of the southern States in regards to the ig snow storm
  9. President Mike McLaren – Last Saturday, he found out that the house he had reserved a year in advance, in Arizona, is not available and he was not happy but luckily they have friends in Phoenix who have offered them their home instead

 

What Is Rotary? - It’s a leadership organization…We’re made up of local business, professional and civic leaders. We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships, & through that, we’re able to get things done in this community. “ARE YOU OPEN TO THAT?”

 

ROTARY MOMENT

In honour of our Rotaract club members visit to our Rotary Club tonight, Past President Dave Andrews told our club memebrs about Rotaract in his Rotary Moment:

What is Rotaract?

Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30.

Rotaract brings together people ages 18-30 in universities and communities worldwide to organize service activities, develop leadership and professional skills, and have fun.

Rotaract was founded 48 years ago, with the Rotaract Club of North Charlotte, Carolina being the first club to be chartered - on March 13, 1968.

The program’s name, Rotaract, was created by Rotary International as a combination of the words “Rotary” and “Action”

Rotaract is a way for young adults, who may not be ready or eligible for Rotary membership, to become involved in the Rotary family and contribute to their communities and world, in keeping with Rotary ideals.

Rotaract helps members with leadership skills, career development, community and international service and the development of good friends and good fun.

Rotaract is often described as being like Rotary, but with better parties .

Rotary clubs sponsor them, but Rotaract members manage and fund their clubs independently.

Rotaract members work closely with their local Rotary club, and may join after their Rotaract membership ends.

This makes them true Rotary Partners and key members of the family of Rotary.

As one of Rotary’s most significant and fastest-growing service programs, with more than 184,000 memebrs in 7,868 clubs in about 170 countries and geographical areas, Rotaract has become a worldwide phenomenon.

Their mission is simple: to incubate responsible citizenship among students and empower youths to become the leaders of tomorrow.

And here is what they say: “Rotaract = Rotary In Action. Together we create a better future.”

There are six Rotaract Clubs in our District:

  • University of Toronto – St George Campus,

  • University of Toronto – Scarborough,

  • Durham College & University of Ontario Institute of Technology

  • York University,

  • Loyalist College - Belleville

  • and community based Rotaract Club in Toronto

And there will soon be two more Rotaract Clubs: one at Humber College and another Rotaract E Club in our District

The District 7070 Rotaract Representative is Kelly Ku from the Rotaract Club of Toronto.

And that is tonight's Rotary Moment.