Steak dinner (chicken available if pre-ordered).
A $15 meal credit will be applied for members of the Orillia Club.
Donations to the Food Bank would be greatly appreciated.
Pres. Nancy acknowledged all those who turned up for the train weed clean up last saturday and thanked them for their work.
The dragon boat races - hosted by Orillia Lake Country Rotary are Sept 20th. This is in conflict with the dates for the District Conference. However, anyone who is not going to conference could organize our club entering a team - Neil volunteered to do this!
Pres. Nancy advised that Barb Rumsey's mother-in-law passed away and our club sent a card and a donation to the Rotary Foundation.
District Governor Gary's visit to our club will be Aug 12th. Although DG Gary is currently experiencing some medical problems, we are proceeding with the arrangements. Our club will be taking him on an Island Princess cruise. A sign up sheet was circulated so the Pres. Nancy will know how many tickets to book.
We received a thank you note from Bill Darker for the flowers and plant that our Club sent to him.
Our club's Girls Night Out fundraiser will be held October 30th and may have a halloween dress up flavour. IT will be at Fern. There are lots of committee positions available - Event Treasurer, poster design, tickets, etc. More information will be forthcoming.
Reid announced that picnic in the park is Aug 26th. Mary will be having surgery then so we need a picnic organizer. The venue has been booked and paid for. It just requires someone to circulate the sign up sheet and to arrive early at the park to set up tables. Since no one volunteered, Reid will leave it to the social committee to find someone.
Pres. Nancy thanked both Reid and Mary for all their work in organizing the last picnic.
Tom Bristow announced that the train has printed tickets that can be purchased by individuals or companies and given away to kids so that they can ride for free. you get 6 tickets for the price of 5. Brian (UPS) kindly printed the tickets. Contact Tom if you or your company would like to buy some.
Kevin announced that for bingo we are in our 3rd week of declining losses. Before thursday's bingo, we will be sending 2000 postcards through the mail system to households in orillia and washago. We will also be having radio spots. Card sales are currently at $1,100. and we need them to be $3,000. to break even.
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