Joyful Manor Party

There was a lots of joy at Eagle Ridge Manor as the residents and their families enjoyed the music, cake, refreshments and best of all Santa/Hugh Mitchell’s wonderful smile as Jeannie photographed the seniors with him.

The pictures are the best ever this year! Terry came up with a brilliant solution to our poorer quality photos, timeline and productions frustrations, by suggesting that London Drugs print the photos. This gave Jeannie time to edit them. She wanted them to be special because she solemnly shared  “this might be the last time that the residents have their pictures taken”. 

Lisa and I had fun gathering up the supplies. Ask her about the cake walk! Gayle and her speedily cut and served cake and anything else that needed being done. Patty, Don and the Interactors were all busy being Santa’s Elves, making and serving punch, cake, oranges and candy canes. They were a delight!

The Christmas spirit was lovely as we enjoyed the residents, their families, the Interactors, the fantastic staff and volunteers at Eagleridge Manor and each other!

Magic at the Manor….

Christmas Magic graced Eagleridge Manor on Saturday with smiles on the faces of the residents, staff, Interactors, Success team, Rotarians and their families.

The sun was shining as Peter – Al S, Al K, Danne, Brian,John, Bill, Michael, and Andy set up all the lights. It is now a sparkly sight at night.

The entrance has never looked so welcoming with Kathy S and Lisa filling it with garlands, lights, and oh check out Lisa’s soldier beau.

Jeannie and Marcie did a fantastic job on the foyer and it glistens in gold and red. 

Gayle worked with the Interactors on the garden court tree and thanks to Jeannie sorting out the decorations on Friday it looks spectacular as does the tree at Forest View that Coreen, Amanda (Bill grand daughter) and set up. Success decorated the tree in Hillside, the wreath’s in all the hallways, and the snow flakes on the pillars and windows.

Eryk Polak was in high demand because of his energy and height. He was in the hallways as well as putting up the garlands on the ceiling with Patty, Don, Judy (Cleone’s friend) and some volunteers from the Manor. Yvonne was just busy!

We finished in record time at 11:30am with a wonderful lunch of soup and sandwiches set up by Lori and the recreational therapist from the hospital.

We all think that this year was the best in terms of decorating, number of volunteers and lunch! 

Yay team!

More photos to follow in our Photo Album

This amazing tool, the Masimo Rainbow is for our firefighters and will assist them in a quick and accurate diagnosis of their vitals during critical incidents. 

This will help them with oxygen levels, heart rate, carbon monoxide in the body, temperature, and a few other things that are important for our members to stay safe well while taking care of our community in a matter of minutes. 

We are happy and proud to support the Port Moody Fire Department and thankful for all they do. 

Halloween

Guests: Jaymee Lund (Rotaract)

Kai Qu (Guest of Steve Witiuk)

President Ian’s Quote of the week:   

“Hark! Hark to the wind “’Tis the night they say, when all the souls come back from the far away-- The Dead forgotten this many a day!”

By Canadian Poet/Novelist Virna Sheard from her 1910 poem “Halloween”

Announcements:

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3. Some of the shoes, and some of the food and some of the wine.  FUN had by all.
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5. Saturday, November 17^th is our morning to decorate Eagle Ridge Manor. Cleone sent out a signup sheet earlier this week and thanks all who will be there. I know it always feels like the official beginning of the Christmas Season for a lot of us.
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7. Tuesday October 30^th Al S convened a meeting of the International Committee and they have come up with 3 different proposals they will flesh out over the next couple of months.—really exciting sounding opportunities!

Classification Talk: Brian Wormald

Today our new member Brian Wormald gave us an overview of his life before he joined our Club this Spring. Brian titled his presentation “Still Doing it My Way”

He was born in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia; was 1 of 2 kids (sister); wasn’t a particularly good student; went to work in the banking industry and was in a serious car crash before he settled down. He took to the banking industry, took extra training to finish his schooling, applied for transfers and moved up the ladder. When he saw how the banking industry was moving to embrace technology he threw himself into the computer age and became an “expert” in the banks’ systems. In 1997 he was offered a job in Australia with EDS (Electronic Data Systems) a Company owned by Ross Perot. At the time EDS was the 2^nd largest computer Company in the world and he was involved with smoothing the systems through Y2K as Australia was the first developed country to have to face any glitches if they had occurred. In 2005 he was offered a job as the North American lead for his area but was able to negotiate a package allowing him to be stationed in Vancouver rather than their head office in Texas. In 2003 he met his current partner Kelly. He is active in 4 Vintage and/or Performance Car Clubs in addition to volunteering in a number of Ecological causes and other service organizations. We are very happy to have Brian as a new member of our Club.

We had a 2^nd speaker today—Jaymee Lund from Rotaract—was here to speak to us about how Interact has changed her life. She showed 2 brief videos blending photos and videos from 2 different events over the past 2 years. She was invited to been at a RYLA Camp, has attended RIA as both a camper and a facilitator. When she attended her first camp she was very shy but the support, friendship and excitement made her feel supported and safe. She joined Rotary and has been inspired to assume a leadership role in her Club. She believes you can lead into the discomfort. She will be attending a conference in Hamburg, Germany in June next year as a delegate. Her message is that RYLA and RIA programs are more important than ever—today’s youth needs us to support their programs and by helping them now we are supporting them to become adult Rotarians as they move into the work force. With the different Camps Rotary has sponsored over the past 2 years we have seen new Rotaract Clubs in White Rock and 2 in Washington State plus 1 club that had folded has come back to life. We need to support our Rotaracters.

Rotary raised $120 million over three years in the early ’80s, helping inoculate 160 million kids at 650,000 vaccination booth, said Harman. His own involvement in PolioPlus has taken him to India to work with teams from CDC, the World Health Organization and UNICEF, entering off-the-grid villages to inoculate children. He saw firsthand how lives can improve. The joint efforts led to the start of National Immunization Days with the goal of inoculating children worldwide, and the results are astounding.

In 1984, there were 125 endemic nations and 350,000 people per year contracted the disease. Today, only three countries – Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan – had reported cases, 76 total, including 13 of wild polio virus. India, where Harman visited, has been polio-free for seven years.

“This may be the last years that the polio virus is found on Earth, and it will be because of Rotary,” Harman said. “We’re close. The drop to zero is coming.”

However, Harman added that while medical advances, more “boots on the ground” and GPS mapping are better enabling teams to reach more neighborhoods, villages and out-of-the-way places, this is no time for complacency.

“Kids are still being born, and they’re not protected,” Harman said. Now, he said, “We’re trying to energize people outside Rotary to give money to the PolioPlus program,” and bring everyone else along for the ride by donating to the cause.

For every $1 the public donates, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will contribute $2, with the goal overall to raise $1.2 billion internationally. On the PolioPlus website, Bill Gates was quoted explaining the relationship with Rotary in his global foundation’s efforts toward quality healthcare and education endeavors worldwide: “Every where I go to learn about polio, I see Rotary members helping out with the hard work. I feel sure that with continued support, we will be able to show significant progress.”

Just a penny per mile donation would amount to $100, all tax-deductible, with no proceeds going toward costs related to race participation. To donate or learn more, visit the Miss Vicky website at www.missvicky4polioplus.com.

Cleone, Jeannie & Lisa