Your scribe arrived just after the meeting was opened, so I have no social interaction or special version of O Canada to describe.
President Veronica welcomed our Rotaractor guest speakers to our Meeting #13: Brenna Hay, Jake Sawatzky, Alex Carmichael and Adam Hill. She shared information about basic education and literacy in the world, and recommended that we check out the Peace Arch Journal and Rotaract Newsletter online. Allan reported on 20-24 people loading a container with equipment valued at $500 000 for World Help Network.
Rotaractors are working with the Abbotsford Rotary Club to sell and deliver frozen blueberries (ten pound boxes) and are planning a calendar fundraiser. One club does twelve good deeds of Christmas, and helps take down invasive plant species. From the Rotaract Club of the Fraser Valley, Adam went on a volunteer trip to Guatemala last year. He first was introduced to Rotaract and rotary at RYLA in 2013. Alex is co-president and a charter member of the club and attended Youth Adventures in Leadership (YAIL) in 2010. Brenna is a distance member as a 6th year grad student at UBC. Jake, a member of the Rotaract Club of Semiahmoo, is also a student at UBC. Twenty-four Rotaractors raised $88 000 for Hands for Peacemaking, a most impressive undertaking which led to the trip to Guatemala. Click on slide show to find more information about this trip to install Aler stoves.
Foundation chair Wayne read the Rotary Foundation announcements for this week. Click on What is The Rotary Foundation’s Endowment Fund? to read the information.
Happy and sad dollars pledged, followed by raising our glasses and cups in a toast to Canada, and the meeting was done. For more photos please visit September 24, 2020.
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