A great day for the Rotary Club of Port Moody

Posted by Bill Lawrie on Aug 18, 2018

Rotary Meeting August 15^th 2018

Guest: Lisa Barakzai last day as a guest joining today!

Birthdays: Mike P on the 18^th and Ian on the 16^th

Anniverary: Dan Gallant and Marion 50^th on August15th

Claire Lambert joined our Club 2 years ago

Announcements:

Car Free Day was on August 19^th. We are provided Beer Service in a Family Beer Garden as well as thanking our volunteers with free beer/water/pop and a Hot Dog when they wear their orange shirts. We had a great turnout of members helping to make this Family Beer Garden a success. Thanks to all who came to help and to Meghan who led the charge.

TreeFest September 9^th on thr Riverview Grounds—more info to come.

Happy $’s: Ryan just completed his 1^st ½ Ironman event well done, Meghan happy to be home from Quesnel with her dog who competed in wharf diving event—she says it was like snowing ash the entire time. Alan K is happy to be part of another Beer Event and Ian is especially happy The BOAT is FINALLY DONE and it floats.

RibFest: For the past 2 or 3 years Alan S, Ian and Al S. have led the RibFest project. Next year Al S will be the leader and will welcome any and all assistance to take leadership.

September 18^th. Rotary will be presenting a final report to City council for RibFest 2018

This Week August 22^nd we will be having our Club Visioning meeting trying to come up with a Vision statement to take us through the next 5-10 years. Mike will lead the process and send out some questions to get us started.

It is always a great day for the Rotary Club of Port Moody when we induct a new member. President Ian did a great job with his induction and everyone welcomed Lisa Barakzai to our club.

We installed Lisa as a new member. She is from Kabul Afghanistan and works as a mortgage broker (Mortgage Angel). Great Big WELCOME Lisa.

President Ian acknowledged the 4 Charter Members left in our Club. This month is Membership Month and we would like everyone to bring a prospective new member to our Club. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy the fellowship we have and to help give back to our Community.

Alan Schmelzel

Gayle Carter

Gary Wiggins

Linda Balzer

President Ian gave us an update on the Equador Global Grant project. We should be very proud of all the hard work President Ian has put into this project. The lasting effect of the procedures that will be done in Equador could really one day help around the world.

Ian gave a presentation on the International Grant he and our Club sponsored. It is the largest grant in our District. It is covering Hip Dysplasia and cervical cancer in a remote part of Ecuador. Both medical issues have a much higher rate of occurrence in the area than in the rest of Ecuador. The Doctors from Canada are working with the staff from 3 Universities in Ecuador including the hospital Humanitaria. They are working with medical students, post grads, and educators to teach new and improved tests, procedures, etc. and to establish follow up systems including video conferencing to give support when the Dr.’s are back in Canada. They will be reporting to Rotary International in 6 months and 1 year. While they were in Ecuador, they attended the installation night of the sponsoring Rotary Club for this project.

Sgt. at Arms Paul did an outstanding job this week and even gather some 'self inflicted' fines by members and gave to Karen for her initiative 'Summer of Sharing' for Share. Well done Karen and Paul.