MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday, December 3, 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: Sue MacKinnon
O Canada: Peter Dueck
Toast To The Queen: David Mankiewicz
GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:
Welcome to all of friends and guests from Participation House as we celebrate our Holiday Party with them.
Welcome to Gerry Bedford (a long time friend and Board Member at the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region) and his wife Linda, and their granddaughter Riley Wheater our soloist for the evening.
Welcome to Oshawa City Councilor Derek Giberson and thank you for your Christmas piano playing throughout the evening.
Welcome Santa Claus.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Bill Creamer (Dec 3), Heather Drakes (Dec 5), Sharron Morrison (Dec 20) have birthdays this month and Bob & Rhonda Stewart celebrate their anniversary DEC 13
ANNOUNCEMENTS -
REMINDER: Hilda asked for two volunteers to replace Al and herself at Bingo while they are in Florida (The Feb 22 Bingo)
REMINDER: SAVE THE DATE: Ted also announced that the 2020 date for our Kids Against Hunger was going to be Sunday May 3 at the Jubilee pavilion in Lakeview Park in Oshawa.
Ted announced that this week is Cake and Ham delivery week. We picked them up on Tuesday . People with large orders picked them up on Tuesday at Devon’s and at the meeting on Tuesday night at our meeting. Your help is appreciated at Devon’s on Tuesday. More Hands make less work. Please get your money in to Devon as soon as you can.
Hilda announced that the annual Christmas party at Lennis and Esther Trotter’s on Dec 10. Dinner will cost $25 per person. Please sign up with her as soon as you can. Please pay at the Registration table this week and next week.
Hilda also announced that the poinsettias, that are given to the Rotary widows and to former members, have been purchased and she has arranged for drivers to deliver them.
REMINDER: Joe Solway , from the Bowmanville Rotary Club promoted the Concert for Feed The Need Durham on Dec 15 . We sure hope our members can go and support the Bomanville Club and also Feed the Need. 66,000 persons in Durham are food insecure. The Tickets are $25 each. Two concerts on Sunday December 15 afternoon and evening performances.
Councilor Derek Giberson’s group, The Professors of Punk are playing their annual Christmas concert at Simcoe Street United Church with all of the proceeds going to the Back Door Mission. The 2019 Professors Of Funk Friends & Family Christmas Special December 18 -19, 2019 . It's Oshawa's new holiday tradition, now in our 6th year with two nights! Presented again in partnership with AWCCU Financial https://www.awccu.com/
**New this year: get up close to the stage with reserved seats AND boost your support for the Back Door Mission - pre-sale $50 tickets, limited supply! General admission $25 tickets on sale noon, Nov 26, and pay-what-you-can tickets to follow**.. A performance of contemporary and traditional Christmas music with the Professors Of Funk and special guests! Concert is Pay-What-You-Can, suggested $25 per person - or get premium seating for $50. Every dollar in ticket sales goes to the Back Door Mission For The Relief Of Poverty, an organization in downtown Oshawa that "works to relieve the burdens of poverty and social dislocation within the economically deprived and street population of Oshawa. We endeavour to meet whatever need an individual brings to us or find out who can wherever possible."
The work of the Mission includes distributing over 13,000 free meal tickets per year for Durham Outlook For The Needy, and operating drop-ins with food and drinks, social interaction, emergency food, and many other services.
http://www.backdoormission.ca/ Featuring The Professors Of Funk and as always a remarkable roster of fantastic guest singers from across Oshawa and Durham! Please support this most worthy charity.
ACE OF SPADES DRAW:
None tonight
DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OFJANUARY
Front Door : Kim Boatman and Sandy McDowell
Bulletin Editor & Greeter : Linda Porritt
(Editor’s note: If you cannot attend , please find a replacement)
HAPPY TOONIES
None tonight
ROTARY MOMENT
None this week
GUEST SPEAKERS:
A gentleman from the North Pole gave presents to our Participations House guests and their helpers. Thank you to Oshawa City Councilor and good friend of our Rotary Club, Derek Giberson for playing our carols, and thank you to Riley Wheater, granddaughter of Gerry Bedford (Kids Safety Village) for singing the Carols.
Thank you to Janice Coupland for another great party for our friends and relatives.