Bulletin for Thursday the 25th.
A full house in attendance today- nice to see! A wee bit of confusion but Roy, Andrew and Peter handled the opening ceremonies with ease!
Guests in attendance were Bill and Judy Proctor- District Governor and his wife. Jonh Zinkie - our Assistant District Governor, Terry Sedor, Sasa Villinger and her sister Jules visiting Shiela from Germany and Jean Durr an out bound student from 9 years ago.
Announcements:
A warm thank you to Jamie and Sherry for hosting a lovely evening on the 18th.
Lawerence promoted sponsorship of the Rotary Music Festival and recognized Janet for her dedication and hard work on the Festival.
Doug Brown asked us all to fill in the affidavits confirming that we hadn't committed a crime or felony in the past year. Remember....is it the truth................?
Peter Thoem asked for volunteers and books for Telling Tales being held Sunday September 18
th at Westfield Heritage Village. Please bring any books to Rotary. You can sign up to volunteer on their website-
http://www.tellingtales.org/festival-2016 It is always a fun afternoon and seeing the looks of wonder on the kid's faces is well worth the price of admission (Free by the way)
We have a few Free Little Libraries kicking around that need some finishing and a home if anyone is interested. Thank you Bob Martin for taking mine!!
District matching grant budget has been approved so now is the time to get an international project underway. Rene and Owen are looking for suggestions.
Both our exchange student from 7 years ago Sasa and Jean Durr from 9 years ago spoke on the lifelong benefits of the exchange program for both the student and the families who host. We are looking for hosts or fill -in hosts. Please contact Sheila if you are interested. We are welcoming Viktor from Poland this week who will be embarking on his own adventure with us.
Rod as usual entertained us with his antics. Fines for checking out ladies at Lakeside and not duties (Ron L). A lovely portrait of Bernie Hanna, Rick Howarth and Bill Clarkson at Jamie's BBQ painted by Rod- a terrific talent- looked awfully like the 3 Stooges.......a shout out to the ladies of Lakeside who managed to appear cool, calm and collected after a harried morning of running around. We call that time management gentlemen.
Happy $$$'s.
David Roscoe for Vanessa winning the National Volleyball Championships in London. Well done Vanessa!
Peter Thoem – going to Khalistan for 2 weeks to study bird migration- livin' the dream Peter!
Kathy Thomas with a sad dollar and a thank you for the support she has received from the club on the passing of her father. I second that emotion.
Barb Keck for surviving a hungry bear looking for ribs on her kitchen counter up north. Beary scary.
ADG John Zinkie introduced DG Bill Proctor.
He has had an illustrious career and has been a member of the Kitchener Club since 2000. He has been the District Youth Exchange Co Chair as will as taking on the training portfolio in 2011. He is a multiple Paul Harris recipient as well as many other duties.
He spoke to us about the fundamental fault in the world to day which in his opinion is the lack of Rotarians. He ran through many of the wonderful achievements of the Rotary Foundation including an initial grant in 1930 to what is now the Easter Seals. He spoke of the 100th anniversary this year. More to come on the $100.00 for 100 years program.
Being good is one thing, doing good is everything. Good words to live by.
Gerry thanked Bill for his overview of the Foundation and the meeting was adjourned.
CB
