Next meeting: December 19, 2016 at 7:15 AM
Guest Speaker: Maria Gindy, she is our student from Fort Richmond Collegiate that the club sponsored to Rotary Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa.
Our President, Steve Gallagher opened the meeting, with the signing of O’ Canada and Rotary grace
We were pleased to welcome Don Johnson
Announcements
We will be having a Free Christmas Dinner at Rotary Villa on December 14, 2016 at 5:30 PM. Rotarians are invited to bring a guest(s) if you would like.
On February 13, 2017 our guest speaker will be Scott Oakes. We would like to have a large attendance to listen to Scott speak about addictions and the problems caused by addictions.
Interac Club at Fort Richmond school
We will not have any Rotary meetings on Monday December 26, 2016 and January 2, 2017
Sergeant-at-Arms: Bob Tollefson
Happy Bucks: Russ, Al, Ron and Bob
The weekly accumulator draw this week was for $28.00. Ron Miller drew the Ace of Hearts.
Guest Speaker; Our Guest Speaker, Bob Durston, was introduced by Ron Miller. Bob is a graduate of U of M in Science. Spent 21 years as councillor and 8 years as mayor for the town of Neepawa. Joined Rotary in 1976. Held various executive positions in the club and is currently district Foundation Chair. He spoke about making Rotary Foundation your charity of choice. Donations can be made to Rotary International Foundation Fund or to Polio plus. A person could also become a Rotary Benefactor. Nazir thanked Bob for coming to speak to us.
Up Coming Events
We will be having our Christmas dinner at Rotary Villa on December 15, 2016 at 5:30 PM.
Our next board meeting will be December 19, 2016 immediately after our 7:15 AM meeting.
Our Speaker for February 13, 2017 will be Scott Oakes, he will talk about addictions.
Speaker next week will be Maria Gindy, she is a student from Fort Richmond Collegiate that our club sponsored to Rotary Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa.
No Rotary meetings on Monday December 26, 2016 and January 2, 2017
We have decided to continue with our one morning a month meeting. The idea was to have the morning meeting on the third Monday of each month but because of holidays this will not always be possible. So the dates for the morning meetings for the next six months are:
Monday January 23, 2017
Monday February 27, 2017
Monday March 23, 2017
Monday April 24, 2017
Monday May 15, 2017
Monday June 19, 2017
Greeters:
December 19, 2016 Martin Desilets and Jeanette Montufar
