Bill Green thanks guest speaker Jenna Freeman of Anselma House
Minutes of Rotary Meeting – Nov 14, 2018
Meeting was held at Anselma House, 700 Heritage Drive, Kitchener
Announcements:
Maria Horner is celebrating a (undisclosed) birthday this week. Happy Birthday Maria!
John Villemaire and his spouse Rita Levato are celebrating an anniversary this week. Congratulations John!
Doug Fisher is celebrating his 15th anniversary as a Rotarian this week. Well done Doug - Keep ‘em coming!
The Kitchener Westmount Rotary 2018 Christmas Party is being held on November 28th, 6:00-10:00pm at Westmount Gold and Country Club.
The KidsAbility “Oh Christmas Free” event is being held on December 1st
There was no 50/50 draw this week as we were off-site.
Mac Graham introduced our speaker, Jenna Freeman of Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region.
Jenna is the Communications and Fund Development Manager at Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region where she is responsible for building and sustaining donor support and creating awareness of Women’s Crisis Services.
Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region operates two emergency shelters for abused women and their children: Anselma House in Kitchener and Haven House in Cambridge. WCS also operates a regional Outreach Program and is the only agency of its kind in Waterloo Region. This year is the 40th anniversary of Anselma House.
Anselma House and Haven House each have 45 beds which providing shelter. Of the 90 beds, 58 are funded through government programs and the remaining 32 are funded through community donations and fundraising activities.
Domestic violence is a prevalent occurrence in today’s society and it is believed that 67% of Canadians know at least one person who is impacted by domestic violence. It is also believed that 70% of domestic violence incidents are not reported.
Bill Green thanked our speaker on behalf of the Club.
