Bulletin 14 of 52

Posted by John Dalton 
on Oct 3, 2011
 
 It’s been a busy period over the last few weeks.  We had a very successful golf tournament which is one of our main fund raising events.  We also had the Terry Fox run, Rotary Generous Hearts Food Drive and the Steak & Beans event.  Thanks to Ron Baker who drove and spearheaded both the Food Drive and the Steak & Beans events.  I am sure that Ron will update us on the food and donations raised.

I attended the Rotary Leadership Institute course last weekend in Mt Vernon.  I decided to leave on the Saturday morning at 5am and got there by 6:30am.  I thoroughly enjoyed the day and it was well organized by Gary Wiggins ably supported by Hazel.  The next event is at the Kwantlen College, Langley on October 15th.  A few of our members have told me that they will be joining me and I look forward to another good day. If anyone else is thinking of going, please let me know.  The club will reimburse your tuition fee.

We had a zone meeting today with the presidents from 5 clubs represented.  We had a nice lunch and discussed a few opportunities to work together.  One of the events we would like to organize as a Tri-Cities event, is a speaker event in a large auditorium setting like Red Robinson theatre to promote membership.  We could potentially pack 1500 people in if we have the right speaker.  If we sold tickets at a reasonable price, say $5 to $10 it should be possible to generate a large number of people who may be interested in hearing about Rotary.  Let me know what you think.

The Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial, is hosting a “Know India” event on October 15th.  It looks like a fun event with Indian food and a Bollywood theme. It starts at 6pm and tickets are $40 per head.

Coquitlam Sunrise is hosting a hockey event at Coquitlam Express on Oct 14th at 7pm.  The goal is to have a fun evening with fellow Rotarians and to help support the local hockey team.  It is also a fund raiser for Coquitlam Sunrise.  Tickets are $10 which is the normal gate price but $5 is going to Rotary.

It is clear that Rotary in the Tri-Cities is on fire!

Remember, many hands make light work.