Guests:
Robert Garrow (Guest speaker)
Henry Beesley (Rotarian visiting from BC)
Announcements:
- Food drive will take place on June 24th at Loblaws on Isabella. Volunteers are needed
- There will be a BBQ in Almonte on June 25th, for the Real Estate Event. Volunteers are needed to cook and prepare hamburgers and hot dogs.
- Our Changeover event will take place on June 30th at Iris House. Iris, Li and L.A. will be in charge of the menu preparation. We are asking each attendee to contribute with $25 for the purchase of food. Please, bring your own drinks.
Guest Speaker: Bob Garrow
Bob Garrow has been a member of Kiwanis Club for 26 years and he is a past member of Rotary Clubs. He has a lifetime history of participation in service clubs. He came to our club to talk to us about opportunities in memberships and how he has seen the evolution of the clubs' memberships through the years to accommodate new generations. As he mentioned, service clubs are based on large club models and this currently is a challenge because membership numbers keep shrinking. Club projects require large number of contributors and lots of energy which is often a concern as club members are aging and it is difficult to recruit new young members.
Millennials could be the future of service clubs, but it is evident that this new generation is moved by a cause rather than by a life time commitment. Service Clubs need to adapt and understand the needs and motivation of the new generation. When millennials join a service club, they need to be involved immediately in projects and committees. This new generations is committed to a cause and often connects through the internet. They are also looking for opportunities to network. As service clubs, we should be open to new approaches in order to preserve the future of our clubs.
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