Marie Horner is celebrating an "unspecified" anniversary of her 39th birthday on November 17.
President Ed provided a reminder of the Club Christmas Dinner to be held on December 13th at Westmount G&CC - Jack Kinch will be sending invitation and further details of the event through Clubrunner.
Karin Voisin provided an update on the Spirit of Giving program being led by Carizon - the program is still in need of 'family sponsors' - please see Karin if you would like to assist with a donation.
Jerome Freiburger brought to our attention the 21st annual Knights of Columbus Christmas Toy Drive being held between November 18 - December 22 with drop-off locations at Waterloo KofC, all Waterloo fires stations and all WRPS locations
John Thompson announced the K-W Titans kick-off against Windsor on Saturday, November 18.
Mac Graham provided an update on the 2nd Annual K-W Tricia Challenge held this past Saturday and thanked those members who contributed - over $1200 was raised for Marillac Place.
50/50
Thanks to Jairus Maus, the pot is down to a whopping $53.50. Brad Enns, Todd Acheson and Jake Thomas all took tries but came up empty.
Brad Swanson won a copy of the book 'Corrective Karma' - the results are already noticeable.
Judy Nairn won a bottle of wine - she left happy.
Speaker
Judy Nairn introduced our guest speaker, Don Leslie, General Manager of The Westhill by Sifton. located in west Waterloo.
Don gave members an overview of The Westhill retirement facility and outlined the options it provides for senior living. The community is comprised of a 115 suite retirement residence which provides long-term care accommodation, meals and a full range of nursing options for residents, and a 100 unit retirement apartment which allows for independent living with options for additional nursing care and use the facilities associated with the retirement residence. Don also provided a very informative overview of the government funding model for nursing care facilities on Ontario and how private, for profit options fit in with that model.
