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Next Meeting: Monday February 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Guest Speaker:
We were pleased to welcome Eva, Joe, Mike, Mike Sheldon and K. Turner
Ron Miller, our president, presided over our meeting today. Thanks to all who attended.
We had a great meeting on Monday with three potential new members in attendance. We now have a sergeant-at-arms, Te McIntosh. We now will be doing Happy/Sad Bucks, Birthday and Anniversaries, fines etc. at each meeting.
The Rotary Club of Winnipeg Satellite club is having a fund raiser in support of the Oak Table this Friday January 24th, at St. Augustine United Church, 444 River Avenue, Winnipeg. Tickets are $20 and are available at the door. Doors open at 6:30 PM Program starts at 7 PM. Several groups will provide the music. Main group will be the Ecco Singers. The Oak Table provides hospitality, support, and advocacy to those in need of a safe community. More information about the Oak Table is available on there website.
Fort Richmond Collegiate will be having Career Symposium on April 24th. More information will follow as soon as it is available. Your Rotary Club will be a supporter of this event.
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We would like to designate someone to let our members into Rotary Villa ever week. The plan is to get this going in January 2025. Currently Ted McIntosh has been doing this each week.
Also starting in January we want to get back to having a speaker every other Meeting. We would have a speaker one week and a craft talk the following week. We would like the first meeting in the month to be a speaker and the last meeting in the month to be a craft talk.
Effective immediately, before we enter Rotary Villa we must sign-in and sign-out when you leave. This is so they will know who is in the building in case of an emergency.
Rotary International Convention 2025 will be held in Calgary June 21 - 25, 2025. This is a great chance for Rotarians to attend an International Conference that is being held so close to Winnipeg. If you book before the end of the year you will receive a 20% discount.
Our next board meeting will be Monday February 24, 2025 at Rotary Villa.
Sergeant-at-Arms:
Ted McIntosh will be our Sergeant-at-Arms for the rest out our current Rotary year.
Happy Bucks/Sad Bucks and fines contributed $34 this week.
The weekly accumulator draw was for $24.00, Don Fletcher drew the Ace of Diamonds. The lucky card is the King of Spades.
Speaker: Jeff Miller introduced our speaker Don Fletcher. Don spoke briefly about his 37 years in Rotary stating that he was president of our club, been on numerous committees etc. Mostly he spoke about what he is currently doing. He is a consultant with Manitoba Association of Senior Communities ( MASC). Senior Communities are health promoting, capacity building and community focal points on aging where older persons come together for services and activities that enhance their dignity, support their independence and encourage involvement in and with their communities.
Don helps y visiting communities that want to a MASC member and works with everyone in the community to make this possible. Currently MASC has 72 members.
More information about Manitoba Association of Senior Communities can be found on their website.
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Upcoming Events:
Until further notice our meetings will be held at Rotary Villa, 528 Hudson Street, Winnipeg, MB. We had a conversation with the school next door and they have agreed that we can park at the school on Mondays when we have our meetings. They have asked that we park in the middle area, as the perimeter parking is for staff.
Rotary International Convention 2025 will be held in Calgary June 21-25, 2025
Rotary meeting dates for the next while will be as follows:
Meeting Dates in Feb. - 3rd & 24th. Feb 24 will also be a Board Meeting.
Meeting Dates in Mar. -10th & 24th. Mar. 24th will also be a Board Meeting.
Meeting Dates in Apr - 7th & 28th. April 28th will also be a Board Meeting.
Meeting Dates in May - 5th & 26th. May 26th will also be a Board Meeting.
Meeting Dates in June - 9th & 23rd. June 23 will also be a Board Meeting.
Greeters: For February 3, 2025 will be Shelley Killeen and Gary Bell
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News Bulletin for the Fort Garry Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Meets every second Mon. at 12:15 p.m., Rotary Villa, 528 Hudson Street, Winnipeg, MB R3T 4E3
Club Officers 2023 - 2024
Directors
Club Admin: Shelley Killeen
Service Projects: Shelley Killeen
Rotary Foundation: Jeff Miller
Membership: Steve Gallagher
Public Relations: Jeff Miller
Treasurer Marcel Vermette
Attendance Requirements: 50% of all meetings. Make up your attendance at:
Monday: Charleswood, 5:45 pm, Breezy Bend Country Club;
Selkirk, 6:00 pm, Selkirk Golf & Country Club, 100 Sutherland Ave, every Second and Fourth Monday
Tuesday: St. Boniface-St. Vital, 12:15 pm, Canad Inn, 1034 Elizabeth RD
Wednesday: Winnipeg Downtown, 12:10 pm, Winnipeg Convention Centre;
Winnipeg East AM, 7:15 am, New Cavalier Inn;
Thursday: Winnipeg West, 12:15 pm, Canad Inn Polo Park;
Transcona, 12:00 pm, Canad Inn Transcona;
Assiniboine, 5:45 pm, Holiday Inn Airport West, 2520 Portage Ave
International President: Jennifer Jones
District 5550 District Governor: Peter Tonge