Osoyoos Rotary Club - January 17, 2013

Great news! The Town of Osoyoos has proclaimed the week of February 18-23 - Rotary Week! Rotarians will be asked to participate in a photo up for a Media Release in the Osoyoos Times.

Nina Kleissen was our guest speaker today from Oliver and Osoyoos Search and Rescue which is a volunteer based organization which covers to the US Border, Grand Forks, Keremeous, and Okanagan Falls. This is one of the largest Search and Rescue areas in BC. They group varies from ages 16 to 73. They train every Thursday at the Community Services building in Oliver at 7:00. Deal with ropes, flat ice, swift water, ground searching...they have several trackers. They are hoping to get a dog to train for Search and Rescue as well. Everyone receives basic training which is Ground Search and Rescue. There are 9 new members ready for training. Avalanche awareness is huge this year, Mount Baldy has a ton of snow and there has already been 2 calls and a couple of people have gone missing. There are currently 35 active members and 14 that are involved every week. Nina encouraged us all to consider volunteers or aiding with fundraising projects.