Lots of guests

Posted by Linda Balzer on Feb 15, 2018
Lots of guests this week....
Delores Stack, a friend of Jeannie’s
Claire with Hilary McRoberts 
Above:  Domino.....getting so big...
 
Gaye Simms and Renee Desnoyer Poco Club members here to advertise their Winter Blues Festival and Jeannie and Gayle photo bombing while eating breakfast.
Above:  Connor McRoberts, Trevor Schmidt and Andrew McKinley (Trevor and Andrew are PoMo Volunteer Firefighters).
 
Cleone received the 'Rotarian that Makes a Difference' pin from President Mike..  way to go!
 
 
Dan was telling us??
 
Our Guest Speaker Hilary McRoberts 

Our guest speaker today was Hilary McRoberts who was promoting the idea of holding the “FireFit Games” to the Inlet Park in Port Moody. It is an event held regionally every year in all provinces and Territories where firefighting personnel compete in a number of strength and agility tests to qualify to represent their areas in a National competition. The motto is “Fitter, Faster, Stronger”. Apparently there is a FireFit Games event being held somewhere in Canada and the US. The national event is broadcast live on 1 of the Sports Networks.

It takes 2 days to set up (stands, competition equipment etc.), 1 day (Saturday) of individual completion, and 1 day (Sunday) of team competition. It will be open to the public and media.

The brewers on Brewery Row have recommended they ask us to man the Beer Garden for them for last 2 days. Discussion followed on logistics, what we need to know, when the dates will be finalized, etc.

Both PoMo Volunteer Firefighters will be competing this year and Hilary has been a competitor for 25 years.

 
 
 

Announced the Generous Hearts Food Drive raised $650.00 and about 1000 pounds of food both numbers down a little from last year we think due to great weather on the holiday weekend this year.

The first Rotary Peace Conference this year in Vancouver had just over 800 delegates attending from 30 countries. Keynote speaker at the Banquet was a graduate from a Rotary Peace Initiative.

Thursday Feb 22 is Heritage Mountain H.S. graduating students give their talks on “what they have learned” part of the school’s requirement for graduating from grade 12.

RLI Leadership training is also being held on March 10th.

Steve’s Pub Night raising donations for his run for the Diabetes Foundations will be held on Sunday February 25th from 5-8 pm at the St. James Well--$25.00 per ticket. Includes 1 beer and a burger.

Thank you to Bill for the notes and to Yvonne for the photos