9 on zoom
25 in the room
President Coreen writes beautiful invocations:
Guests this week were:
Port Coquitlam Centennial Rotarian - Dale Shea
Rob Bodner - beer guy
Andy Berrisford - Yvonne's guy
Birthday's were celebrated:
Terry
Alan K
Meghan
Trish
Vida's Pot Project for Bea's Kloset was a huge success. Thank you Vida for the great idea and thank you to all members who participated and to our amazing Community who helped.
Thank you to Yvonne for writing to Idahoan Potatoes for our Rotary Gives a Ham....do YOU? Ask all your friends and neighbours to get their ham dinner today. It looks fantastic. !!!
RIBFEST UPDATE
Al gave us a great overview of what is happening with RIBFEST 2022
Here are his notes:
Thank you Yvonne for taking the photos.
Peter went to 'Build a Biz' kids on behalf of our Rotary Club. This is his report.
I attended SEAVIEW SCHOOL, to hear students stories for a public speaking course.
The stories were varied — every thing from recycling to global warming.
These young students were outstanding, some more nervous than others, but all good! Congratulations to the leaders heading up the ‘BUILD-a- BIZ project, they were so supportive
to the students.
Congratulations to all the students for working so hard on their speeches and over coming their nerves!!!
Oreo An "Interact member" was also there and gave a very informative opening speech on Rotary and the positives of joining the Interact Clubs for teenagers. He was truly spectacular!
Rotary International Opportunity
Raise for Rotary – Another Opportunity to Support Ukraine
Raise for Rotary is a Rotary Foundation fundraising platform that provides clubs and districts an avenue to create fundraisers that support The Rotary Foundation. Some benefits of this platform include:
- Empowering Rotary members – Raise for Rotary is a custom-branded platform that’s integrated with our existing online giving system. This makes it easier to create a fundraiser that supports specific Rotary causes, such as the areas of focus, fighting polio, or disaster response, and it expands our reach on social media.
- Giving donors recognition credit – Donors who give through Raise for Rotary using the email address they use for other Rotary functions, such as their My Rotary account, will receive Rotary giving credit and recognition.
- Minimizing fees to do more good – External fundraising platforms all have their own fee structures, rules, and guidelines. By creating our own platform, we can process gifts more efficiently and accurately. And that means more of the funds donated go directly toward Doing Good in the World.
Learn more about Raise for Rotary including fundraisers already in place to support Ukraine: https://raise.rotary.org/
March 26th, 2022 District Grant Training
April 9th, 2022 District Conference
April 16th, 2022 Rotary Gives a Ham...do you?
May 6th, 2022 Search for the Perfect Pint. - get your tickets now they are going fast
June 4th, 2022 Shred-a-Thon. - Will be sending out for volunteers in May....always a fun event.
July 15-17- 2022 RIBFEST - Al said this is a Club project . Get your dates to volunteer now.
We send our Condolences to Peter Tudhope's family. Peter was a light in our Rotary Club. He championed the 'Wheel Chair Project' for many years. If you ever bought a Honda, you might have met Peter. Peter always had a smile and gave the best hugs. He passed at the young age of 93.... Peter you will be missed by many.