President Elect Susan ran the meeting.
Happy Anniversary:
- Gary & Hazel - 57 Years
Club Anniversary:
- Brian Dunne - 17 Years
Club Projects/Events:
Guest:
Paula (George Daugther)
Rotary Events:
25 March - District Assembly
29 April - Tri-City Chambers Business Excellence Awards Gala
5-7 May - District Conference at Guildford Sheraton
Welcome back John Crowthier
Announcements:
Cleone - RIPS was a great success with 25 people including Innervisions, Interactor & City. Thanks to Mike for taking the photos. Collected 72 Bags.
5-7 May - District Conference at Guildford Sheraton
Welcome back John Crowthier
Announcements:Cleone - RIPS was a great success with 25 people including Innervisions, Interactor & City. Thanks to Mike for taking the photos. Collected 72 Bags.
Al - Emails We need a committee to look after IT for the club. It is important to have these emails for past information. Committee Brian, Al, Peter
Alan Schmezel - Poker Night every Wed night costing $2 per night. Alan Schmezel won $60 and donated it to the Foundation. Everyone is welcome. Just let Al S know so you can get on the zoom call. Starts at 7 pm for about 90 minutes.
George - Rotary Youth Leadership Award is starting again this Year with Registration ends April 9th.
Port Moody Liquor Store - Don't forget to purchase your beverages at the Port Moody Liquor store. Proceeds will help our Rotary Club. Always tell them this is for the Rotary Club of Port Moody and check your receipt to make sure our Club name is on receipt. This is also for the Liquor Store in Maple Ridge. Tell you neighbours and friends to do the same. It all adds up !!! 
Neil - Port Moody Legion Darts happens on Wed and suggested creating a 4 person team to play against the other Rotary Team.
Think of having a Pub Night Fundraiser with Tri-City Rotary is looking for a Team Leader and Volunteers.
Emily Bakhitah Akoth Otieno, Rise & Shine Education Foundation from Kenya
Rise & Shine Offer scholarships
Show us a normal day including fishing
The foundation was founded in 2012 and has helped over 500 children.
Due to lack of school fees and quality education is the reason for not attending school.
Scholarships are directed to 40% towards girls.
Sponsors them through secondary school
Impact has transition 193 children to higher learning institutions
Cost is 650 USD per year tuition fee, boarding, food, and books.
George - Rotary Youth Leadership Award is starting again this Year with Registration ends April 9th.
About RYLA
RYLA 2023 IS HAPPENING MAY 12 - 15, 2023
Purpose of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
- Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for young leaders.
- Provide an effective training experience for selected participants and potential leaders.
- Encourage leadership of young people by their peers.
- Recognize publicly young people who are giving service to their communities.
More than merely awards, RYLA is an opportunity to hear from professional speakers during a four-day program, to participate in group activities, to form lasting friendships and to develop and grow as a person and as a leader. We run the RYLA program for Rotary District 5050.
Every District operates RYLA differently. We admit to bias, but in our opinion, our RYLA program is one of the best in the world. For information on RYLA internationally, you can check out Rotary International's page.
Candidates are sponsored by a Rotary club. Often the participating clubs will contact young adults that they know personally, either at a local school, at work or in the community. Candidate ages range from 18 to 30. Candidates are a variety of emerging leaders - coming from academics, sports, arts or other parts of the community. We have both verbal types and quiet ones who lead by their behaviour and by example. We welcome candidates that don’t believe they are leaders and help them recognize that they are. . Candidates are approved by the committee, and applying is open to anyone who is interested in attending.
Since District 5050 clubs are in both Washington State and British Columbia, we have a mix of Americans and Canadians. There is no cost to the candidate as the sponsoring Rotary club pays the application fee. RYLA is typically held in either April or May. For RYLA 2023, it will be held at Zajac Ranch in Mission, BC May 12 - 15. For more information on the facility, visit their website at https://zajacranch.com.
Organizing for RYLA begins well ahead of time with a committee that coordinates the dates, speakers and all other details. The programs at RYLA however, are organized and run by previous RYLA graduates that we call Facilitators. When the participants arrive, the Facilitators are there to greet them, introduce them, and lead them through the program in smaller groups. Almost Everyone arrives with some nervousness, but they leave RYLA with new leadership skills and friendships.
RYLA has three expectations: ATTEND, PARTICIPATE and HAVE FUN! After RYLA It is our hope and expectation that participants will take the lessons learned from RYLA and apply them to their personal life and to their communities. We ask participants to share what they have learned and to lead others to better serve at work, home and/or in community activities. Once participants have completed RYLA, they attend one weekly Rotary meeting and share their thoughts about RYLA with the sponsoring club.
Gary Crews, a founding member of the Coquitlam Rotary Club has passed on. We send our condolences to his family and the Rotary Club of Coquitlam.
Gary Russell CREWS
1934 - 2023
Port Moody Liquor Store - Don't forget to purchase your beverages at the Port Moody Liquor store. Proceeds will help our Rotary Club. Always tell them this is for the Rotary Club of Port Moody and check your receipt to make sure our Club name is on receipt. This is also for the Liquor Store in Maple Ridge. Tell you neighbours and friends to do the same. It all adds up !!!
Neil - Port Moody Legion Darts happens on Wed and suggested creating a 4 person team to play against the other Rotary Team.
Think of having a Pub Night Fundraiser with Tri-City Rotary is looking for a Team Leader and Volunteers.
Emily Bakhitah Akoth Otieno, Rise & Shine Education Foundation from Kenya
To make ends meet the girls are required to have sex for fish.
They are not educated and this is all they know.
Rise & Shine Offer scholarships
Show us a normal day including fishing
The foundation was founded in 2012 and has helped over 500 children.
Due to lack of school fees and quality education is the reason for not attending school.
Scholarships are directed to 40% towards girls.
Sponsors them through secondary school
Impact has transition 193 children to higher learning institutions
Cost is 650 USD per year tuition fee, boarding, food, and books.
Education is the greatest equalizer.
''Never worry about numbers, always help a person at a time and start with the people nearest to you.......'' Mother Teresa
Thank you to Vida for leading our Rotary Club to save 'stamps' from Thriftys' for Bea's Kloset.
Cleone, Gayle & Vida delivered. We are grateful for the community for their help also and to Riley at St. James' Well for allowing us to put up poster for this cause.
Thank you to Peter for the notes and Yvonne for the photos.