President Laura and Honorary members Chuck Thompson (L), Tom Jeary (C) and Gord Ferguson (L)
President Laura Power and Bill Pegg thank guest speaker Alexandar Pavlov of Immigrant Professionals
Announcements:
Jerome Freiburger reminder members to respond with their selections for the Club Board election.
Jerome Freiburger advised the one volunteer is still required December 9th and 12th for the Gingerbread House contest.
Everton Wilmot reminded members to sign-up for Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeant at Arms duties for 2020.
Paul Puopolo reminded members of the upcoming 'first annual' State of the Region luncheon with comments from Regional Chair, Karen Redman. The event will be held on January 28th at the Sunbridge Kitchener Event Centre.
President Laura advised of issues with respect to Bingo participation. An email will be sent to all members.
Clara raised the recent earthquake in Albania and asked if any interest in contributing aid to relief efforts.
50/50: The pot stands at $217.00. John Villemaire, Mac Graham and John Vickery all took turns but no winners.
Guess the Rotarian: The mystery Rotarian was David Barth. Nobody guessed correctly.
Guest Speaker:
Our guest speaker today was Alexandar Pavlov of Immigrant Professionals. Alexandar spoke about his previous life and professional work as a lawyer in Bulgaria. Alexandar spoke of the corruption in the Bularian system and which ultimately led to his resignation in 2014 and eventual immigration to Canada in 2015.
As a recent immigrant to Canada, Alexandar volunteered for a period of time and ultimatelt received permanent residency in 2016. During that time he applied for many jobs and ever since has worked very hard to build his professional network. Those experiences ultimately led Alexandar to become an advocate for immigrants to Canada, helping match newcomers to employers.
Bill Pegg thanked Alexandar on behalf of the Club.
Oh Christmas Free!
Below is the link where those interested in volunteering with Oh Christmas Free can register;
