IT IS NOW OFFICIAL!!
Darrell Burnham has been selected as the Rotary District 5050 Governor Nominee Designate and will assume the role of District Governor on July 1, 2028!
Congratulations Darrell from all of our club’s members and from Rotary District 5050!
During his career in mental health advocacy, Darrell has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Coast Mental Health in Vancouver from June 1987 until September 2023. In this role, he was instrumental in transforming Coast Mental Health into one of Canada’s largest community mental health organizations.
His leadership resulted in significant accomplishments, including the development of innovative supportive housing for over 1,400 individuals. Darrell's commitment to open communication and responsiveness allowed him to navigate community opposition effectively when opening new facilities, ensuring the organization's growth and success.
Darrell has also received numerous accolades, including the 2023 Denise Leblond Lifetime Achievement Award from the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the 2022 Award of Excellence from the City of Vancouver’s Healthy City for All Awards. IN 2014 he was also honoured with the SFU Outstanding Alumni Award in 2014 for his contributions to community service.
We are so very proud of you Darrell!
Our guest this week was Carmen Kjerside.
And Rick Fisher!
Peter C & Danne D having a chat before the club meeting.
Always lovely to see our beautiful Cleone!
And Alan K - just happy with his coffee.
And the winner of this week’s wine draw is Monica!
Amazing job everyone with Christmas decorating the inside the Eagle Ridge Manor. A big thank you to all the volunteers – Rotarians and non-Rotarians!
And a Thank You to all the volunteers for decorating the exterior of the Manor! Also a big Thank You to Canadian Tire for the sponsorship donation of all the outside Christmas lights again this year!
What a wonderful Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner - great fun, amazing food, and lots of surprises & laughter! 25 of us participated including 2 sets of hosts. A Big Thank You to Trish & Ian for organizing this lovely event!
"Pie Day" at Eagle Ridge Manor was Friday Nov.21st, and Danne Dunlop was delivering and serving pies to the residents. Thank you Danne for this special gift that you are giving to the seniors every month. And a big Thanks to Thrifty's for their donations of these delicious pies!
We now have enough gifts for all the men for the Innervisions Holiday Lunch on Wednesday, Dec.10th. Thank you everyone from Gayle & Linda for all of your donations – special heartfelt events like this really makes the world of difference for these individuals in their treatment program.
Victoria Segovia, our Rotary exchange student, on her hike to Joffre Lakes, north of Whistler with a couple of other exchange students - beautiful picture!
Brian Wormald is currently down in Belize helping prepare for the 2026 April trip.
Cisco, Brian and Dwayne spent last week in the Toledo area of Belize visiting a number of
schools that have been selected by the Ministry of Education.
Cisco, Brian and Dwayne spent last week in the Toledo area of Belize visiting a number of
schools that have been selected by the Ministry of Education.
YAIL, Youth Adventures In Leadership - We are now accepting applications!
Ages: 15 to 18
Application deadline: January, 2026
When: February, 2026
Where: Maple Ridge
Only 2 applicants will be selected – if you interested, please contact George or Victoria.
RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
Ages: 18 to 30
Now accepting applications.
Where: Chilliwack
When: May, 2026
Application deadline: March, 2026
Rotary Return-It Account: Rules have changed for returning your empty bottles. They do not accept account numbers only a valid phone number. Please use: 604-789-9849 And remember, by returning your bottles to Return It and using this phone number, our club gets credited!
And last but not least, thank you President Alison for leading another great meeting!
Next week’s Speaker: Former Member, Andy Berrisford speaking on the Eiland Huis Rotary Project in South Africa.
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