GEAR March 27, 2017

Posted by Martin Coward on Mar 29, 2017
 
G E A R
 
 
Next meeting: Monday April 3, 2017 at 12:15 PM
Guest Speaker: Constable Dan Noordman, will talk about his son and how he died.
 Our President, Steve Gallagher, opened our meeting with the playing of O’Canada and the signing of Rotary Grace.
We were pleased to welcome Habee’s Mom, Dad and Friend
Announcements.
  • Steve Gallagher went to Russell for P.E.T.S. March 17th – 18th. They had a very good session and that our club has a good reputation within our District.
  • On May 8th our meeting will acknowledge our Half Marathon and 5 Km run sponsors. We hope to have most of them in attendance.
  • This year we will be sponsoring Divjyot Grewal for the 2017 Rotary Adventure in Citizenship Program in Ottawa.
  • Rotary International issued a new logo, with “Rotary Making Difference” on the logo.
  • We have a new member – Hal Brownlee, he was approved by the board on March 27, 2017.
  • We will also be sponsoring a two person team from Fort Richmond Collegiate for MUNA.
  • District 5550 Conference will be held in Kenora May 25 – 28, 2017.Registriation is available on the website.
  • Teddy Bear picnic will be held on Sunday May 28, 2017. Volunteers will be needed.
  • R.I. Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia June 10 – 16, 2017. Registration is now available through the RI website.
  • Our Half Marathon and 5 KM race will take place on Sunday September 17, 2017.
 
 
 
Sergeant-at-Arms:  Ron Miller
Happy Bucks:  Steve, Ron, Russ
           The weekly accumulator draw this week was for $135.00. Habee drew the Queen of Spades and won the raffle draw.
Guest Speaker: Habeetat Allimson, was introduced by Steve Gallagher. Habee spoke about changes in their lives once they decided to immigrant to Canada. They had to wait almost a year for the acceptance to move to Canada. Once the arrived in Canada how difficult it was for the first few years. Her husband went back to school, to enjoy the Canadian experience and to better himself and his prospects for a job. They now have their own home and Habbee herself is now study at University of Winnipeg. Kathryn Cano thanked Habee for her talk                                                   
  Up Coming Events
Teddy Bear Picnic will be held on May 28, 2017. Volunteer opportunities will be available.
Our Meeting on May 8th will be a thank you meeting for the sponsors of our Half Marathon and 5 Km run. We will invite the sponsors to come to our lunch on May 8th and we will do a short presentation about Rotary and the sponsorships that the half Marathon and 5 KM run allows us to do. We are hopeful that all of our club members will note this date and plan on attending.
We have decided to discontinue our once a month meeting immediately AAbecause we were not accomplishing the goals that was sat out for these morning meetings
 
 
Greeters:
April 3, 2017 Peter Chudley and Bill Lightly
 
 
Visit our website:  www.clubrunner.ca/fortgarry
,
News Bulletin for the Fort Garry Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Meets Mon. at 12:15 p.m., Holiday Inn Winnipeg South, 1330 Pembina Hwy.

 
International President: John F. Germ
District 5550 District Governor: Rod Riopel
 
 
 

Club Officers 2016-2017

 
Directors
 
Club Admin:               Shelley Killeen
Service Projects:         Ron Miller
Rotary Foundation:   
Membership:               Ron Miller
Public Relations:         Patrick O’Connor
 
Attendance Requirements:  50% of all meetings.  Make up your attendance at:
 
 
Cell: 204-981-5680
 
 
 
 
Fenny, Mark (Gloria)
 .Res : 204 474-0835
Cell : 204-291-9403
 
Fletcher, Donald (Evelyn)
Res. 204 475-8142
Cell: N/A
 
Foreman, Ted S. (Lynne)
Res. 204 895-1314
Cell: 204-981-1075
 
Gadd, Roger (Cilla)
Res. 204 275-0327
Bus. 204 275-0327
Cell: N/A
 
Gallagher, Steve (Kimberly)
Res:  204 452-2699
Bus:  204 999-6900
Cell; 204-999-6900
 
Gore, Michael (Janet)
Res. 204 889-6889
Bus. 204 452-4747
Cell: 204-981-7590
 
Hood, Russell (Joy)
Res. 204 489-8396
Cell: N/A
 
Killeen, Shelley (Ron)
Res:  204 256-6789
Bus:  204 775-7233
Cell: 204-775-7233
 
Lightly, Bill (Jan)
Res: 204 736-2910
 
Cell: 204-296-8601
 
Miller, Jeff (Lora)
Res:  204 453-8403
Bus: 204-989-5405
Cell: 204-799-7449
 
Miller, Ron (Shelley)
Res:  204 256-6789
Bus. 204 989-5403
Cell: 204-792-2747
Montufar, Jeannette (Luis)
Res: 204-255-8385
Bus: 204-453-6321
Cell: 204-292-8616
 
Oberik, Grant
Res: 204 338-2902
Bus: 204 339-1951
Cell: N/A
 
 
O’Connor, Patrick (Jennifer)
Res.  204 475-8057
Bus. 204 480-9444
Cell: 204-291-9551
 
Pudavick, Stuart (Beth)
Res. 204-998-9931
Cell: 204-229-7933
 
Steinbach, Albert
Cell.  204 801-0381
 
 
Tollefson, Robert J. (Peggy)
Res. 204 489-6491
Bus. 204 949-3933
Cell: N/A
 
Vermette, Marcel
Res. 204 253-8304
Bus. 204-925-3670
Cell: N/A
 
Witoski, Chris (Valerie)
Res. 204 256-0208
Bus. 204 786-2708
Cell: 204-781-4800
 
Honorary Members
Ernie Orpin
Gordon Turnbull
Al Wareham
 
Martin Coward
Cell: 204-807-8919
 
Ahmad, Nazir (Pat)
Res. 204-489-1780
Cell: 204-984-4662
 
Anderson, Scott (Natalie)
Res. 204-928-8733
Cell: 204-899-0377
 
 
Bell, Gary (Michelle)
Res. 204-989-0372
Bus. 204-956-6195
Cell: N/A
 
 
Cano, Kathryn (Marcelo)
Res. 204 261-4394
Bus. 204 925-7928
Cell: 204-792-8857
 
 
Chudley, Peter (Christine)
Res. 204-269-3532
Bus. 204-275-1263
Cell: 204-293-9858
 
 
Davidson, Jarrett (Jackie)
Res:  204 284-8876
Bus:  204 977-3512
Cell: 204-294-2920
 
Demmings, Steve
Res: 204-453-6296
Cell: N/A
 
 
Desilets, Martin (Nathalie)
Res:  204 414-8244
Bus:  204 633-4446
 
Monday:         Charleswood, 5:45 pm, Breezy Bend Country Club;
Selkirk, 6:00 pm, Grrrumpy’s Restaurant;
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, Assiniboine Gordon Inn on the Park