- March 29 - Frank & Sylvia Marchand - 26 Years
Lison Ouellette from Lison Design
Club Projects/Events:
May 5th - 6 pm Search for the Perfect Pint
Rotary Events:
April 29- Tri-Cities Chambers Business Excellence Awards Gala
Paul - Tri-Cities Presidents meet and Starfish back pack program is moving into two Port Moody Schools. Bill will be a driver.
What are Starfish Packs and why do they exist?
The Starfish Pack Program started as a pilot project with 6 backpacks as a response to an Abbotsford teacher’s cry for help. She was feeding many of her Kindergarten students who were coming to school on Monday hungry. The hunger was affecting their moods and their ability to focus in class. This was not just an Abbotsford problem.
Many students across the province rely on school breakfast and lunch programs to fill their tummy’s on school days. When it comes to the weekend, they don’t have the food they need. Starfish Pack was designed to help change that. Starfish provides packs of 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, and snacks to hungry students each weekend of the school year.
Teachers have reported improvements in children’s reading skills, math skills, ability to focus and to do partner work. Starfish has now expanded to over 24 cities and is helping make sure children across BC and Whatcom County don’t have to worry about weekend hunger.
Cleone - Update on Trudy. She will be having her operation this coming week. Please keep her in your prayers for a speedy recovery.
Susan - District Assembly last weekend and are having a fundraiser "Miss Vickie" will be happening this year, as he will travel from Alaska to Mexico for Polio awareness.
Glen - Search for the Perfect Pint will start at 6:00 pm, May 5th. The press release was written by AI and is very well done. If each of us tells 4 friends and they buy tickets, we will be sold out .
Rick - Gary Crews reflection, couple members from PM & many from Coquiltam club. Well attended. There will be a special remembrance luncheon for Gary at the Coquitlam Club. More details to follow.
Cleone - the District Assembly held excellent seminars including conflict resolution.
Please update your Club Runner details. Linda will do for you if you find difficult.
Installation night is Thu June 22, St Street Grill, $60. You can pay at Rotary when you pay for your breakfast, or e-transfer to: treasurer@portmoodyrotary.ca. [please copy Linda on your transfer so I know you have paid] Installation night is always a great time and we look forward to having a full house. This is the night we thank Paul for his year and welcome Susan as our new President.
Al Stjernegaard - Email accounts was held this week and with a lot of feedback. We need position emails. We pay Michael B for supporting this technology. Plan to keep it simple and documented.
Alistair - Head of Design and Website for Ribfest
A lot of visual elements, including posters, small road signs, shirts, digital boards and event signage.
Why does it matter:
- visually adds consistency
- Consistency leads to credibility
- credibility attracts more sponsors
Now for the website
- Currently in maintenance mode with a generic home page.
- Has about Ribfest and a Volunteer Signup page.
- Need now to get the site back up and running with the goal toh have a new live date on May 1st.
Required Web Content
- Sponsorship Opportunity Page (Mike)
- FAQ Page (Co-chairs)
- Food and Drink (Ian)
- Kids Fun Zone (Cleone)
- Parking & Transportation (Co-chairs)
- VIP Zone (Paul)
- Volunteer (May & Peter)
All new content updates is needed to be received by Wed 26 April
Please send emails for request, info & anything else.
