Environmental Service started this year with a BANG.....
Congratulations to Cleone for a job well organized.
This is what she wrote....
Rotary RIPS Rocked!
We pulled out 77 bags of ivy and blackberry this year.
There were 60 volunteers that worked on this sunny Thanksgiving weekend:
35 - SUCCESS
5 - Innervisions
4 - School
3 - Interactors
2 - Burke Mountain Naturalists
1 - City - Angela Crampton
8 - Friends of Rotary
7- Rotarians
A special thanks to our club members:
Brian W, for picking up the tools from Noon's Creek, food and organizing.
Gayle, for managing the volunteers and food.
Bill, thanks for helping me pick up the Rotary stuff and working like crazy.
Aziz, for managing people and taking pictures.
George B, for taking care of the volunteers.
Mike C, for pitching in with a smile.
Angela Crampton, from the City for the ease with which she is to work with and all that she does!
Noon's Creek, for supporting us with your tools.
Juliana, from SUCCESS, for delaying her retirement for two weeks so that she could organize her group for this event!
Pulling invasives makes a difference to the biodiversity, aesthetIcs and the safety of the park and a fun community building event.
Thanks!
Cleone Todgham
Guests were:
District Governor Raj
Moti Bali - Honorary Member of the White Rock Rotary Club
DG Raj was our guest speaker this past week and it is always a pleasure to have our District Governor come to visit.
DG Raj was born in India and came to Canada in 1973 and has worked around the globe on large scale water resource projects.
Thank you for your important message to our Rotary Club of Port Moody and we all look forward to seeing you again at the District Conference in May.
DG Raj gave past AG Al a most deserving award as the Outstanding member of the Rotary Club of Port Moody. He also gave Al a much deserved compliment as the BEST AG in the District.
We celebrated lots of Birthdays
Rick, Alan, Darrell, May & Linda
Have YOU paid your dues? It's overdue......
October 15th - Clean up Heritage Mtn. Blvd.
Meet at Gallaghers at 9:00 AM
November 16 - District 5050 Dinner
May 5- 7 - District Conference in Surrey at the Sheraton Hotel
Vida - Bea's Closet -Raise a Glass !!!! Save your Thriftys' coupons for Glassware for Bea's Closet. Drop off to any Rotarian or to the Well. Poster is on the post as you enter the Well.
The Rotary Club of Port Moody is sending Congratulations to the people serving sentence in the Belize prison. We are so proud of the accomplishments you have made with the programs you signed up for on the Rachel devices we sent. Happy Graduation day !!!!
Please keep Susan and Jim in your thoughts and prayers. Susan's Mom passed away.