Our president, Steve Gallagher, opened our meeting with the singing of O’ Canada and Rotary Grace.
We were pleased to welcome Dorothy Taylor
Announcements
This year our Half Marathon and 5 KM run will be on Sunday September 16, 2018.
Rotary Career Symposium 2018 April 16, 17 and 18. Volunteers wanted. To register on line just logon to the website. A separate e-mail was sent to everyone last week giving details about jobs that needed volunteers and time that volunteers are required.
Teddy Bear Picnic – Our Rotary Club will be taking care of the food again this year for the Teddy Bear Picnic. They picnic will take place on May 27, 2018 at Assiniboine Park. Volunteers will be needed on Saturday May 26th for setup and making the pancake patter. Help will also be needed on Sunday for the picnic. If anyone can help please contact Jeff Miller directly or you can contact Martin Coward and he will pass the information on to Jeff.
On April 4, 2018 at 7 AM there will be a breakfast at Holiday Inn South, with Brian Pallister as the speaker. Anyone wishing to attend please contact Steve Gallagher, all guest must pre-register.
Monday April 2, 2018 is Easter Monday, therefore we will not have a meeting.
Sergeant-at-Arms:
Happy Bucks:
The weekly accumulator draw this week was for $30.00. Jeff Miller drew the Ace of Clubs. Guest Speaker: Our guest speaker, Eduardo da Costa, was introduced by Hal Brownlee. In 2016 Eduardo was selected as a Global Peace Index Ambassador by the Institute for Economics and Peace. He is currently working on a project with the Government of Manitoba to develop a Peace Studies Program for our schools, this will enable our school children to study the benefits of peace. Eduardo wanted to ensure that when this program is introduced to our schools that students would have a place to go for reference material. He found that only the Universities library had this material. He is now working with the public library to come up with a list of books that can be placed with the public libraries. He is hoping to enlist the help of all the Winnipeg Rotaries to help buy these books. He would like the section to be called Winnipeg Peace Rotary Library. Individuals will also be able to donate if they want. The plan is to have the books stamped to say who donated the book to the library. The plan would be for the public library to buy the books because they get a large discount. Once he has the list established he will pass it around to all Winnipeg Rotaries along with the price per book. Hopefully Rotarians and their clubs will be able to donate the required books. Marcel Vermette thanked Eduardo for taking the time to come and speak to us about this very important project.
Up Coming Events:
Rotary Career Symposium 2018 April 16, 17 and 18. Volunteers wanted. To register on line just logon to the website. A separate e-mail was sent to everyone last week giving details about jobs that needed volunteers and time that volunteers are required
No meeting on April 2, 2018 because of Easter Monday.
