Minutes of Luncheon Meeting - March 28, 2018
President's report
- Great news that Graham and Louise Gardiner will be presenting our grant to the Dragon Boat Race team in which Alison Scott is a cancer survivor participant at their celebration Tea on May 6th. Welcome back Graham and Louise.
- Brandon Flewwelling, John Thompson and Ed Simon presented our support of $30,000 to KidsAbility at their recent Board meeting.
- Ed has sold the 10 tickets to the Rotary International Host event in Toronto on June 26th in the Distillery District. Tickets are still available on the Rotary International Convention website at $120 each. We are hoping to arrange group transportation to the event.
- 50/50 Draw - $39 to be won after last week's big win of over $600. John Villemaire, Ed Simon and Greg Bobier are all losers! Ed however won a copy of "Corporate Karma" so all was not lost!
Guest Speaker -
Mandy Bujold
Champion Featherweight Boxer
Alison Scott introduced Mandy who joined us for a second visit since 2011. As a young girl, she never saw herself as an athlete, especially as her parents guided her towards baton twirling, ribbon gymnastics, and other girly pursuits. However, one day at the age of 16 she walked into our local boxing club where her brother was training. She thought it looked like fun, and after a year of recreational boxing, a coach talked her into entering a tournament, which she won. She had found her passion, and has become an 11 times Canadian Champion boxer in her category.
The Olympics was her dream and she was able to compete at the 2016 games. However, due to an sudden onset illness, she didn't medal causing her to reflect on how "it's not what happens to you, but how you react to what happens". She realized that you should control the controllable, and discovered that her extensive training kicked in and she was stronger than she thought. She has her sights set on the 2020 Olympics, but for now is stepping back a bit from competition. She's recently married and has chosen to remain in the KW area.
Currently she works at Communitech in Business Development. She also wants to expand her work in mentoring youth. She's a remarkable young woman with a lot to offer both young athletes hoping to advance their skill and to youth to find and follow their passion.
Everton Wilmot thanked Mandy for her inspiring and encouraging presentation. We are all so proud of her and her accomplishments.
