I thought I would send over a link to the Videos I was trying to play at the meeting today so that the club could see a few short clips of the kids practicing and then delivering their presentations. They are short clips but hopefully it will help them see the incredible work the students were able to accomplish.
Thank you Rotary World Help and our Rotary Club of Port Moody. This will make your heart happy.
Belize
Please go to this file.....you will be very proud of what we have done for this young man.
Very good crowd today.
Gaetan Royer was our guest speaker today and he brought the new President of City State ...Carola with him
Gaetan gave an excellent presentation on a development that he is doing on the corner of Douglas and St. John's street.
We all waved to Gary today.....Wishing him a speedy recovery from his surgery......YES he finally had it done.
Danne had the birthday song sung to him..... And SFPP Alan, photo bombed
A very touching and so very well deserved Paul Harris plus 2 was given to Micheal Berrisford from our President Coreen. Micheal has worked tirelessly for our club both with the IT and as Treasurer. Micheal volunteers for everything and always has a smile. Well done Micheal.....We will miss you both so much.
May 11 - Wednesday - RIBFEST meeting with Al & Frank
May 17 - BBQ at the Berrisford's meeting room
May 18 - No meeting, but please come to Old Orchard Hall to meet Terry Peachey and have the plaque put on our Little Lending Library. 9:00 AM
May 26 - Thursday - Shred-a-Thon logistics meeting at the Well at 4:00 pm
June 4 - Shred-a-Thon - sign up to volunteer 8:30-3:00 pm
June 9 - Installation dinner - Saint Street Grill
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What a great night!!! Thank you to Alan for being the 'chief organizer' and you did an outstanding job !!! Friday night was a sell out and everyone was having a great time. The band was fabulous, along with the food and beer & cider tastings. Thank you to Alistair for taking photos, you really captured the night.
Alan wrote:
I want to say how proud I am of this Rotary Club for running one of the best SFPP events.
A big thank you to all the volunteers, this event would not happen without your help.
An extra thank you my wife Lisa, who pulled together a crew to run the kitchen and keep the pizzas moving.
The weather was amazing, I guess I owe the big guy upstairs a favor. Very positive response from people attending, fun and well run event went. We actually did not run out food - which kept the crowds happy and festive. Everything went as smoothly as we could hope, for a large event, from set-up to clean-up.
We will do a budget report soon...I just need a few days away from this.
Once again, BIG THANK YOU to all of you for making this event a great success!
PS. Should we do it again next year ? 
See photo albums at the bottom of the spike for all photos of SFPP
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