The meeting was called to order by Rod Craig  at 7:00 pm at the request of President Michael. Rod asked for a toast to Queen and Canada. The blessing was provided by Michael Bissauge

 

Attendance:

 

A total 19 members signed into the zoom meeting including 3 guests

 

Guest included Desmond Jordan- Member Oakville Trafalgar, Timothy Odiase and Hazel Garde, tonight’s guest speaker

 

 

Rotary Speakers Series- George Vincent gave an update regarding the upcoming Rotary Speakers series being held at April 5th, at 7 pm. Please save the date. The Theme of this year’s event is "Responsible Growth". Steven Paikin has been contracted to moderate the debate.

 

Electric Car Lottery- The electric car lottery is a brand new fundraising event for the Rotary Club of Oakville. A 2022 White Tesla valued at $93,000 will be the grand prize along with several early bird prizes. The draw will take place in June and is open to all Ontario residents. Members of the club are not allowed to purchase tickets, but we are encouraged to actively promote this fundraiser. Tickets will be priced at $20.00 each, three for fifty and seven for $100.

 

Next Year’s Rotary President will be Amin Kawr – thank you for stepping up

 

Recording of last week’s Paul Harris Awards evening is available upon request to Rod Craig – thank you Dana na Michael C for your part in planning for this event

 

 

Frank Morewood, Mahendra Shah, Desmond Jordan, Stuart Lam and Mitch Sabsabi were all Happy to contribute Happy Bucks.

 

Rod did a great session on Aeronautical and Armadillo trivia to entertain all.

 

 

Hazel is a teacher candidate at York University who is very passionate about supporting our indigenous community in Canada. When she identified that students in northern remote areas of Canada were paying an extraordinary amount for basic school supplies such as pencils, pens, erasers, sharpeners and geometry sets, to name but a few , she took action. Through local donations and support from major retailers such as Home Depot, Diva, Fortinos and Sobeys, she was able to gather enough goods to ship up to several remote communities. Hazel was able to send not only school supplies but clothes and sanitary products to the most needy communities, such as Cambridge Bay NV and Tataskweyak. Hazel is still actively fund raising to support the organization that she started “Northern Supplies for Success”.

 

Thanking of speaker- Reena thanked our speaker and commended her on behalf of the entire club on the very important work that she has undertaken.

 

Next Meetings –         Feb 7 & Feb 28 (no club meetings on Valentine’s Day or Family Day)

 

Rod closed the meeting with a toast to friends and Rotarians around the world.