Special guests:, Otilia Kozelj, Darrell Roemer and Chantelle Burga, from New View Society,
Mike Wiens - 3rd meeting and would like to join our Rotary Club
Kay Wu - Past member and great to see her again along with President Susan with the shirts they bought from Belize and a 'You Better Belize It' mug
Clayton Anderson - look what Clayton made for us. Thank you Clayton..
Birthdays: Victoria Nalugwa – April 14
Rotary Anniversary: Trish McPhail – April 15, 2020
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The Spirited Book & Wine Club – This month’s book was “The Power of Days” by Celese Mergens and her 20 year journey of this amazing woman and her volunteers creating Days for Girls. This organization’s focus is to bring menstrual health and equity to girls worldwide. Cleone hosted this month’s get-together.
Great Work On the Part of Rotary Volunteers Susan, Peter, John ,Bill & Peter & Neil
at the Inlet Regatta. Long Hours, No Pay,,,what a Team!
Thank you all for helping to make the event a success
Inlet Regatta dragon boat race was on Apr. 20th - opening ceremony at 7:45 am is and races began at 8:15. This event also features live music, a DJ, food trucks, vendors and a beer garden – Bar is open from 11:00 to 4:00.
More photos in photo Album: 2024 Inlet Regatta
Strawberry Sales, starting May 1st with Abbotsford Rotary Club - available for pick up Jun.15th.
Rotary District Conference - Saturday May 4th at Mount Vernon, WA – actual conference is only one day which is a first - with planned events on Friday & Sunday. A new component to this year’s Conference is a program for children (ages 5 – 14). Their programing will be in several classrooms in the same building as the auditorium. The day before the conference, May 3rd there will be a family bowling event. The day after the conference there will be a service project for all ages at Camp Korey. There are 3 of us attending from our club. Please register if you want to attend.
Rotary May Day Parade - Poco Centennial Club –May 13, runs from 11 am to 1pm
Sign up for Rotary SHRED-A-THON, June 1st - Please sign up if you haven’t already.
SHRED-A-THON will be held at Port Moody City Hall from 9:00AM - 3:00 PM for all your confidential papers to be shredded 'on site' by donation to our Rotary Club of Port Moody.
Rotary Peace Fellowships are open until May. 15th to the Rotary Foundation. Rotary Peace Fellows use their training to amplify their work at the local, regional, or global level. Together, we can advance peace throughout the world by encouraging our local peacebuilders to learn about Rotary and apply for this unique fellowship.
Rotary’s theme of this year is “Create Hope in the World” by working for Peace and Mental Health. Chris Boyd, a fellow Rotarian and a Clinical Therapist spoke on several mental health strategies and one was something called “reframing” . This is a very simple process of replacing a negative thought which can worsen things like anxiety, depression, and pain with a more healthy, helpful, thought and how it can profoundly affect our Mental Health – negatively or positively.
Once again we cleaned up Heritage Mtn. Blvd. Thank you to Alan and 'gang' for doing this.
Guest Speakers: Chantelle Burga, Otilia Kozelj, and Darrell Roemer from the New View Society. This is a non-profit organization providing support services for adults with mental illness who reside in the Tri-Cities area. Services include assistance with housing, employment, social services, and personal growth opportunities. New View Society creates an environment for growth and recovery.
“Band Sponsor” - Benefits include:
Choose from one of our bands and be the official sponsor of their appearance at Ribfest.
Your banner/logo displayed while the band is on stage.
Opportunity for photo opportunity with the band.
Corporate logo, with URL link displayed on our Ribfest website.
On site recognition of sponsorship during event.
Table service from a member of our BAR Service team
A RIB Sample plate (1/2 Rack) delivered to your table
Maximum 10 guests at the table reserved for you and your guests in front of the stage.
Belize: What a great interview PP Al had with Love radio and TV in Belize. This will give you another great idea of what impact our Rotary Club and others had in Belize. Worth a look!!!
Next week’s speaker – our very own Vida Peterson gives her Rotary talk. This is a talk you won't want to miss.
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