JUNE 7, 2017

Mike Mooy - Classification Talk / Rotary Toronto Eglinton (RTE) Inducts 2 New Members

 

Mike Mooy Classification

Sandy Lowden introduced Mike to Rotary and also gave his own perspective of his son-in-law prior to Mike's talk.  He included the pronunciation of his last name (Mooy sounds like boy and similar to the statues found on Easter Island) and the fact that over 27 years Mike has been best friend and husband to Sandy's daughter Jane.  Sandy described Mike as an all round great guy and a bit of a ”MacGyver”.
 
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Mike then awed the crowd with a fun video depicting many stages of his life. He continued to keep the audience entertained with a picture slide show and humorous yet informative talk.
 

Special Presentation - New Member Induction

 
It was with great pleasure that Tim V, Chair of the Membership Committee, introduced both Michael (Mike) Mooy and Deborah (Deb) Lewis welcoming them officially to Rotary and as new members of RTE. Mike required no further introduction following his classification speech however Tim took the time to introduce Deb in more detail.
 
 
 
Deborah Lewis, CMP, is the Chief Experience Officer of CityEvents, an innovative and detail-oriented event marketing firm, with longstanding and sound contacts in the corporate world, government, charitable & not-for-profit and community organizations in Toronto. Deborah’s entrepreneurial spirit led her to launch CityEvents in 2006 with a view of creating benchmarks in event planning and promotions in the city. Recently CityEvents has added social media and online marketing to their expertise and service offerings.
 
 
 
Deborah is committed to her community; she was a member of a number of high profile volunteer committees. She was a mentor with the TRIDEC and WISE mentoring programs, a previous Rotary member, and has lead the committee for the New Leaders of Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation, and the Luminato Young Professional Group.  Professionally CityEvents has worked with the Toronto Board of Trade, Moosehead, Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled, I.E.Canada, and the Law Marketing Association. 
 
Deborah is a Certified Meeting Planner with a B.A.Sc in Consumer Studies from the University of Guelph and a Postgraduate Diploma in Sport and Event Marketing from George Brown College. Deborah also taught special events management at George Brown College.
 
With due protocol and welcome kits in hand, Sandy L (Mike's sponsor) and Tim (Deb's sponsor) presented the new members with their Rotary pins and Deb and Mike were welcomed by the membership with a round of applause. Welcome and congratulations from everyone at RTE.
 
  
  

Announcements:

 
President David:
  • A special congratulations to the Bugiri WASH in School Committee who have just learned that the grant has been approved by The Rotary Foundation. RTE members on the committee are: Joe C, Nilam B, Barb B, Jackie S, Norma D, and Ron Denham. This Grant will provide a model WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) program in 4 schools in the Bugiri District in Uganda and is the first phase of a final 10 school project. Job well done and now the work begins.
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