November 5, 2020

    

As has become our custom, we visited and socialized for fifteen minutes before officially starting the meeting.  “What time is it, Les?” asked Veronica, and when he replied that he had a minute to seven we continued chatting. After her official call to order Leon played a slow version of O Canada.  It sounded good but was more difficult to sing along with, so most Rotarians just watched and listened.

     Announcements:  Rotary Opens Opportunities; the 50/50 Mega Draw has now reached $67 670 in sales; District 5050 is having a friendly and voluntary blood drive competition: Lee’s Trees will be moving plants and trees from Les’ place to the Arboretum; Les and Allan will lay a wreath on Nov. 11.

     We welcomed Glen Brown from the Rotary Club of Port Moody as our guest once again.  Glen updated us on the container shipped to Belize which has now arrived in that country.  He went on to tell us about the large Kenya Global Grant Project focusing on water and sanitation, but also on education and food security.  The Sunshine Coast Rotary Club is heading this project and other clubs are encouraged to become involved.  A shift is being made from pit latrines to the use of composting toilets.  We also heard how students may rent solar lamps to help them do homework, rather than having to burn gas lights inside their homes.  Kenya Connect wants to provide greenhouses to schools in Kenya.  Click November 5, 2020 to see some of the slides from Glen’s presentation.

  Foundation chair Wayne read The Rotary Foundation announcement for this week.  Click on Memorial and Tribute Gifts to read the information.

     Happy and sad dollars were pledged, we raised our glasses to Canada, and our meeting was done.