Page 3 - July 9, 2019

PRESIDENTS NIGHT – THE OFFICIAL CHANGEOVER

President Linda handed out the Prefect Attendance Pins to the largest number of Rotarians in our club’s history. Many Rotarian received perfect attendance during the 2018-19 Rotary year and received their Perfect Attendance Pin.  They were not at all of our meetings  but they were at committee meetings. Board meetings, community and international service events, District events and meetings, conferences and conventions. Well done to our awardees:

Kim Boatman  - 1 year

Janice Coupland – 1 year

Tim Dwyre – 1 year

Sue MacKinnon – 1 year

Sandy McDowell – 1 year

David Penney – 2 years

Kris Sachdeva – 2 years

Linda Porritt – 3 years

Ted Morrsion – 4 years

Dave Andrews - -9 years

Lennis Trotter – 43 years  - every year our club has been in existence

Pres Linda called on Past District Governor Ted Morrison to make some special presentations:

Rotary Foundation Benefactor – certificate and pin to David Penney. A benefactor to the Rotary Foundation means that in your will, you will leave a minimum of $1,000 US Funds, to The Rotary Foundation. Congratulations David. Ted noted that 15 of our 33 members are benefactors to The Rotary Foundation. Well done. Ted encourage ALL of our members to consider this donation in their will.

Ted then told us the history of how women became members of Rotary and recognized this to be the 30^th anniversary of accepting women in Rotary. Here is a link to the history. Ted awarded ‘Women 30 years in Rotary” Pins to  our lady members: Hilda Finnigan (our first female President); Sue MacKinnon, Linda Porritt, Janice Coupland, Heather Drakes, Pat Dyck. Chidinma Igboanugo. Kim Boatman,  and Sandy McDowell.

President Linda congratulated every member of the club on a job well done. We are going to receive the Rotary Citation again this year. We get more done, especially on our core projects than many clubs she has visited and other Presidents she has talked with. Our accomplishments go above and beyond as we drive ourselves.

President Linda presented awards to Rotarians who assisted with achieving our many goals in 2018-19:

President’s Award to Tim Dwyre -  who stepped in and filled the many roles of Sgt at Arms and registration whenever Needed

President’s Award to Sue MacKinnon, our membership director who worked to ensure a net gain of members, followed up on many leads, developed a new procedure for handling member leads, continued to serve on the Kids Safety Village  Board and served as a role model by attending many club, district, and international events.  

President’s Award to Robbie Larocque (our Secretary) , and as co chair of our Reverse Draw Committee ,he helped  achieve the highest fundraising total in many years . As secretary he kept all of the minutes and acted as a role model on  many club activities, events and functions.

President’s Award to Devon Biddle – (our Treasurer), who ensure the financial health of our Club. He managed all Nevada ticket sales, licenses, applications, bingos. Dues, cakes and hams sales and profits, and served as chair of the  District 7070 Audit Committee and as a role model in all activities at the club, District and International level.

Service Above Self Award to Hilda Finnigan – Hilda was always available to run the registration desk, sell tickets to all events, organize events and people, making sure we were on track. She looked after our flowers to our retired members, and chaired club service and bulletin and speakers functions.

Service Above Self Award to David Andrews – Dave met the 3 requirements for the Rotary Citation, added the people of action series on key members in the media (with president Linda), chaired the Superbowl raffle, worked on the cakes and hams and the Reverse Draw, the Friendship Day committee, and co-chaired the World Polio Day event at Durham College that was broadcast all over the world. He was chair of Public image for the club and for District 7070, attending many club, district and international events.  

Community Service Award to Kim Boatman – our Director of Community and Youth Service. Kim continued to support  the Rotaract Club of DC/UOIT, keeping in touch with our District 7070 Rotaract Rep, Carolina, finding a RYLA awardee , cochaired the highly successful Reverse Draw , continued with our Participation House Christmas Party, helped Mary Street School Girls empowerment and the McLaughlin Art Gallery Awards.

Club Service Award to Janice Coupland – Our District of Club Service – Jan was successful in completing our members dates of birth and entering them into the Rotary.org database. Her leadership was most appreciated at Friendship Day, World polio Day, Participation House Christmas party and the Reverse Draw. Her themed dinner nights were a tremendous success and are already scheduled for 19-20 as are all of our fun nights with spouses and friends throughout the year. We also thank her on being Chair of the Community Service committee and acting as a role model in many District and International functions.

Club Service Award to Sandy McDowell – We thank Sandy for organizing our major new fundraisers in two locations  - for our Club at the Red Barn, and for the Kids Safety Village at Delta in Pickering. We thank her for her service as a Board member of the Kids Safety Village and thank her for her tremendous work on the Grans re-Opening of the Kids Safety Village.

International Service Award to Kris Sachdeva – Our Director of International Service – We thank Kris for his work on the Board of Directors and his tremendously successful Global Grant Project with the school in India, and all of the detailed work that went into it. We thank Kris for being a role model , participating in many District and International vents throughout the year.