A GNO Wrap Up meeting is being held on Tuesday February 23rd after the Satellite Club meeting at the Mariposa Inn.
A Special Projects meeting is being held on Thursday February 25th at 7:30 am at the Curling Club. This meeting is dedicated to receiving and discussing new possibilities for projects that our club could support. Come with your ideas.
President Tony commended John Hammill for his presentation that he made at the satellite club meeting.
The Social Event at Fern Resort is taking place this Wednesday, regardless of weather. Please contact Julie Scott to sign up for this event.
Kevin was $25 short of making his goal. I believe by the end of the meeting, he achieved his fundraising goal for the Coldest Night of the Year.
Meeting on February 23rd is canceled due to International Student Weekend.
President Tony announced that Rob Kloostra has resigned from the club for the time being due to his schedule.
World Understanding and Peace Day - recognizes Rotary's birthday, February 23, 1905 - 111 years young. Rotary started with one man's dream, Paul P. Harris, born in Racine, Wisconsin and raised by his paternal grandparents in Wallingford, Vermont. Following graduation, he found life very lonely while trying to establish his law firm in the large city of Chicago. He approached three other business associates whom he know, also from small towns, and presented his idea of forming a group of business people from different walks of life (this was the origin of our present classification system) to meet regularly at a members place of business, meeting from week to week rotating from one location to another. Hence Rotary was born.
From our humble beginnings of our four members, the Rotary Club of Chicago, February 23, 1905 has become ...
We had the pleasure of introducing and inducting Andrew Shuttleworth to membership in our club.
Andrew graduated form York University with a Bachelor of Economics. Andrew has 4 children ranging from 10 months to 15 years old. He is married to former NBA cheerleader, writer, and actress of stage and screen, Janelle Bartosek.
Andrew is the President of the Orillia Toastmasters Club, and the incoming President of the Orillia Winter Carnival. He serves on the Terry Fox Run organizing committee, and works closely with Habitat for Humanity, both with fundraising and the construction of the 2016 building.
Andrew is the winner of the Investors Group 2014 Barrie Huronia Community Service Award. He is an entrepreneur building his own financial services practice, a platinum level Personal Financial Planner, and is currently in school for his CFP designation.
Andrew loves the City of Orillia and the great people that live here and make up this community.
Andrew learned about Rotary through the GNO. Cliff had the pleasure of escorting his wife home and learned all about Rotary along the way.
Program
Our program was to learn about Medical Ministry International (MMI). MMI has been around since 1968 working diligently to meet the need for medical care among the world's poor with lasting solutions through excellence in medicine, patient care, and integrated health education. The fulfill these efforts by mobilizing volunteers into nearly forthy countries on medical mission projects and, over time, establish effective permanent medical centers in many of those areas.
Each year, over 1500 people - doctors, dentists, nurses, surgeons, other health care professionals, and people with no medical training at all, donate their time to serve on MMI projects. There are roles for families and non-medical people to play, just as there are for medical people. More than 70% of MMI volunteers return to serve on other projects.
Integrated health is the key as they meet not only medical, dental, and surgical health needs, but also counsel with patients, coach them through disease prevention, promote health maintenance, and care for the spiritual needs as well.
MMI conducts approximately 80-90 missions per year all over the world. MMI Canada is headquartered in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Monday... Gravenhurst: 12:15 - Opera House, 295 Muskoka Rd. South Wasaga Beach: 12:15 - RecPlex - Oakview Room, 1724 Mosley Street
Tuesday... Orillia Satellite Group: 5:30 - Mariposa Inn and Conference Centre (meet at Grape and Olive)
Barrie-Huronia: 12:15 - Lakeshore Community Centre Collingwood: 12:00 - Temple Bdlg, Hurontario St. Penetanguishene: 12:15 - La Cle d'la Baie (restaurant main street)
Wednesday...
Barrie Kempenfelt 7:15 a.m. - Barrie Country Club, 635 St. Vincent St. North Huntsville: 1st Wednesday of month 6:30 p.m. - balance of month 12:15 - Holiday Inn Express Midland: 12:15 - Best Western Highland Hotel
Thursday... Barrie: - 12:15 - Lakeshore Community Centre
