During the month of December, club members continued their weekly Sunday morning visits to the patients and their families staying at Burma Children Medical Fund's B.K. Kee Patient House. During the December 16th visit, we had a Christmas party, complete with presents for the patients and their family members. Their Christmas tree is shown left.
From 30 Nov - 2 Dec, members from our club and district participated in the Rotary Zone Institute in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
During the week of December 2nd, we had the final four cultural exchange sessions with the students at BEAM (Bridging Educational Access to Migrants) Foundation for the year. The students are working on PowerPoint presentations for an upcoming CMIRC meeting. Cultural exchange sessions will resume in the new year with emphasis on GED preparation.
On December 4th, there was the club's Annual General Meeting.
The club's Winter Clothing Appeal wrapped up with the final delivery to mountain villages in the Mae Chaem region of Chiang Mai province on December 7th (happy recipient family shown right). This project was a big success with many generous donations from the community, massive sorting efforts from club members and friends and the CMIS Interact Club. Special thanks to Peter Barlow for organizing and implementing the pick-ups from the collection boxes and distribution to the mountain villages.Also on December 7 the club sponsored a fundraising dinner for the Mae Tao Clinic at The Amora Hotel with Dr. Cynthia Maung as the featured speaker and dancing performances by BEAM students.
On December 11th, there was a meeting of the Ad Hoc Administration Committee at My Secret Café in Town.
On December 18th, new member Andrew Myhill (shown left, with PE Colin Jarvis pinning his Rotary badge) was inducted at the regular meeting with the presentation by Steve Johnston on his career in radio and his present job at Happy Radio 98.5 FM.On December 20th, there was a meeting of the Service Projects Committee.
On December 23th, the District 3360 Intercity meeting was held in Uttaradit.
On December 27th, the CMIRC Board meet after inspecting the new proposed location for CMIRC meetings at the Hong Kong Lucky restaurant at Top North Hotel in the Old City.