President Wayne called the meeting to order and led us in O Canada. In his welcoming remarks, he commented, “Our Rotary theme this year is Rotary Connects the World. We didn’t do much connecting ourselves last week as the Rotary Interpretive Centre froze up. Let’s make an effort to invite guests and potential members to our meetings.”
We welcomed four guests to our meeting: Lisa Block, Paul Goldberg, Carrie Hadden, Linda Weatherly, and Alia Ali.
Announcements topics included Arboretum and RIC, Social Committee,
Membership, Wagner Hills visit, and Rotaract.
Alia brought us news about Rotaract in our district and events being planned. She has already been in touch with our local Rotaract Club of Langley. Lisa, a previous guest speaker, was here to receive a cheque from us to enable Hope for Women Pregnancy Services to provide low income women/families with baby supplies through their Baby Boutique.
Our official guest speakers were Paul, Linda and Carrie from the Langley Senior Resources Society. Many seniors in Langley rely on LSRS for companionship and a source of inexpensive meals. Paul explained how the cost of meals is kept lower (subsidized) to assist those seniors in need. Allan thanked our speakers and presented them with a book to sign for us to deliver to Nicomekl Elementary.
We collected happy and sad dollars, raised our glasses/cups/mugs in a toast to Canada, and then executive members reconvened for an executive meeting. For more photos please visit January 23, 2020.