Congratuations to Tom Jeary - Tom is the recipient of an award from KidsAbility for his 26 years of volunteering. Congrats Tom!
Spark Program: They started this program back in 2013 for kids with “mild needs” where they can improve their response times as these kids have been on the waiting list for a long time. It’s largely aimed towards Occupations and Speech Therapy. Average visits is about 5 per child, which includes tips, reassessments, and exercises. 97% of parents see improvement with their children after going through the program and they have about 1500 visits per year and have treated approximately 200 kids over past 4 years. They are looking for funding for this program and our club is looking into what we will donate.
Other Reminders.....
International Convention coming up in June - sign up now as you won’t be able to if you wait.
Host families needed for Student Exchange - still looking for someone to help billet a student in their home - contact Ed if you can help out.
Maggie McMurray is next weeks speaker regarding Organ Transplant.
50/50: Three attempts and no winners, so the pot grows at $412! Maria Hohner, Kathy Loveys, and Laura Power were all unsuccessful.
Paul Puopolo was awarded with a Saphire Paul Harris Award - congrats Paul!!!
Rotary Trivia was won by Brandon Flewwelling - question was “How many VFL tickets did Bill Stevens sell last year? Answer: 401” Well done Bill and hopefully that motivates everyone to sell extra hard this year!"
