The Rotary Club of Langley’s 44th regular meeting of this Rotary year was held via Zoom on May 28, 2020. Great social interaction was enjoyed by members and guests signing in. For the first time online, we reached seventeen participants. After Les seemed to give most of his arboretum report, president Wayne called the meeting to order and gave his official welcome. We did sing O Canada, and the online singing and timing amused our student guests. Welcome from Wayne: “Our Rotary theme this year is Rotary Connects the World. Right now we’re trying to connect with all our club members, and hoping more will be able to attend our meetings from the comfort of their homes. With restaurants opening up, somewhat, perhaps soon we’ll be able to meet in small groups to connect over coffee. In the meantime, Zoom meetings for club meetings and district informational presentations are the order of the day.”
Annuals are now being planted at the arboretum to bring colour over the summer. Les reported that the gate is now open, so you won’t have to park across the road and sneak in to enjoy the site. Claudia is actively leading the membership committee and has attended online sessions. The Nikomekl Enhancement Society is looking for a volunteer to assist with their website, and Allan has the details for anyone interested. We sang Happy Birthday to Leon, a new, slow version so everyone could keep in time (or that was the idea), and actually did get some harmony.
Jack Miller was our guest (attending for the last time as guest) along with Una Chang, from Walnut Grove Secondary, and Jennifer Vuong, from Aldergrove Community Secondary. Una and Jennifer are two of our scholarship winners this year, and both presented interesting summaries about themselves. Una will begin studies at Trinity Western University as she prepares to become a nurse. Jennifer is planning to attend the University of British Columbia to complete a Bachelor’s degree in Science, hoping to become a biomedical engineer in the future. Both girls mentioned that it was really cool to be part of our club meeting.
We collected happy and sad dollars for Polio Plus and closed the meeting with a toast to Canada. For more photos please visit May 28, 2020.