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MINUTES OF MEETING :  Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Editor: Dave Andrews

GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:

A special welcome to all of the spouses as we celebrated Valentine’s at The Shrimp Cocktail.

REMINDERS -  

Charter Night – February 19 – Rotaract Club of the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC); 5 PM to 8 PM, Scarboro Golf and Country Club, 321 Scarborough Golf Club Rd., Scarborough, ON Canada, M1J 3G1.  Cost $20.00 per person. Light refreshments will be served. Cash Bar. Register on line on to the District 7070 website.

Ted Morrison – Bingo – Saturday, February 22 at the Red Barn 3 PM to 6 PM– It is Ted Morrison’s Team # 1 – if anyone wants to join them, they are most welcome.

Kim Boatman and Sandy McDowell  – The Oshawa Express has a suite for the Oshawa Generals home game at the Tribute Communities Centre on Sunday, March 15 at 6:05 pm. They will be sending around a sign up list very soon. Cost of $25 per person, will help cover the meal and snacks. Thank you, Kim and Sandy.

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.

President Lennis – The third annual Rotary District 7070 Curling Bonspiel will be taking place at the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club on Sunday March 22 from 9 am to 1 pm. Registration is by team (open soon) – so get your foursome together.  Don’t have a team?  Well, rustle up your fellow Club members.  If you’re keen to curl and can’t find a team, send PDG Neil Phillips your position and he’ll see if he can hook you up. Lunch is included – served between first and second draw (11:30 ish) let us know if a vegetarian or special meal is needed. And of course…there may be some prizes for the top team(s)! Cost is $50 per person, registered as $200 per team. Be sure to register your team on the District 7070 website on the March 22 Calendar of Upcoming Events. For more details Neil can be reached at nphillips@dgn-marketing.com .

President Lennis – On March 23, 2020, the Rotary Club of Oshawa  - Speaker - Vice President of Corporate and Environmental Affairs of General Motors Canada Company, David Patterson, talking about the future of General Motors in Oshawa.  If you would like to attend, please contact Oshawa Rotary Club President Jay Cannings at jaycannings@gmail.com .

President Lennis – The President and Members of the Rotary Club of Belleville cordially invite you to attend our 100th Anniversary Celebration on April 1, 2020 at the Ramada Inn. Guest Speaker:  Jeffry Cadorette, Rotary International Director. Attire: Business or black tie optional. TICKETS $100 each  includes 3-Course Dinner and Wine RSVP by Friday, February 28th, 2020 via www.rotary-belleville.org or Tracy Bray at info@drtracybray.ca .

President Lennis – The Rotary Club of Oshawa is celebrating their 100^th Anniversary with a big event on April 3, 2020 at the Jubilee Pavilion. Cocktails at 6 pm and Dinner at 7 pm. Keynote speaker will be the Hon. Ed Broadbent. Tickets are $100 each and are NOW available. If you would like to attend, please contact Oshawa Rotary Club President Jay Cannings at jaycannings@gmail.com . Tickets are going fast and they want to finalize numbers by March 6. Please register today.

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.

Dave Andrews and Ted Morrison – The 2020 Reverse Draw, Dinner and Silent Auction is fast approaching on May 7, 2020, from 6 to 10 pm at The Oshawa Golf and Curling Club. Tickets are $150 each and are available NOW from Dave Andrews. Fabulous meal, last ticket out wins $3,000.00 , every 20th ticket wins $100 and more door prizes too. On the back of each ticket this year, is your choice of entrée: beef, chicken or vegetarian. Please check off the choice on the back of the ticket when you sell. Please start getting those Silent Auction items in to Ted Morrison. Value to be $100 + if possible. Please give a photo and description and retail value to Dave Andrews so he can put them on to our website and social media pages and get the poster printed up too for the Auction. The donator will get the name of their establishment well noted on our media sites, and in our program. We have given to each member, the sample “ask” letters for ticket sales , sponsorship opportunities, and silent auction donation requests.

David Penney – Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are renewing their longstanding partnership to end polio, announcing a joint commitment of up to $450 million to support the global polio eradication effort. Rotary is committed to raising $50 million per year over the next three years, with every dollar to be matched with two additional dollars from the Gates Foundation. This expanded agreement will translate into up to $450 million for polio eradication activities. NOW is the time for all of our Rotary Club members to make a donation. Thank you.

DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY

Front Door : David Penney

Bulletin Editor & Greeter : Dave Andrews

DUTIES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH

Front Door : David Mankiewicz

Bulletin Editor & Greeter : Sue MacKinnon

(Editor’s note: If you cannot attend, please find a replacement)

Valentine’s Dinner at The Shrimp Cocktail: February 11, 2020:

Thank you to Janice Coupland for arranging our Dinner at the Shrimp Cocktail.

Lots of fun with our Rotary friends.

Meeting Adjourned

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, 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 Secretary Robbie Larocque, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.