Anniversary: Peter and Cindy are celebrating their 49th this week. Scott Masse is celebrating his Birthday & Paul Mitchell Banks is celebrating his 18th Rotary anniversary. BEST WISHES you 3.
Orland Lee is home from the hospital and we are all happy to hear that.
Cleone passed around a letter from Mayor Mike thanking Rotary for their contribution to the community for RIPS (Remove Invasive Plant Species).
Cleone went to the all day conference at Coquitlam City Hall Complex Human Trafficing and luring for anyone able and interested.
June 4th 5 pm. Community Grant meeting was at Gayle’s and we will hear the results of that committee meeting and wait for approval from the Board.
June 6th RIBFEST Meeting at Aria
June 9th is Shred-a-Thon still need volunteers—it’s a great time to serve the community. Meet at City Hall 8:30.
June 14th remember our Installation night at Saint Street Grill to welcome in our new President, Ian.
June 22, 23, 24 ROTARY International Conference in Toronto Ontario. Paul, Dan Gallant and his wife Marion will be attending from our Club.
June 23rd Port Moody City is holding their 'get to know your community event'. We will be sponsoring a tent to talk about all the great things we do in the community—volunteers always welcome.
June 30th Open House at Pacific Coast Terminals we will have a tent to talk to guests who come to visit the terminals for a tour. Promoting RIBFEST asking for volunteers, talking about all the events we participate in and the money we give back to the community. We will be personing the tent for 5 hours 11am- 4pm on site at PCT. If you would like to volunteer please contact Bill or see him at our meeting this week.
July 5th will be Rotary Day at Camp Jubilee. Anyone interested will be welcome.
WOW, what a lot of stuff we have coming up!!
REMEMBER JUNE 6th MEETING IS OFFSITE AT EAGLE RIDGE MANOR
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Steve Corcoran was in speaking about the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR). The BC division has its’ headquarters in Sooke. They have 41 stations along the BC coast. Last year they had 711 tasks, 78,767 hours spent and 538 people assisted. They have approximately 1,000 volunteers in BC and to be declared “on call” you need to be within 15 minutes of a station driving at posted speed limits. Their guide to explain cold water rescue is—1-10-1—which means 1 minute to catch your breath, 10 minutes till you start to lose limb control and 1 hour you will be hypothermic. FYI, Air and tidal water emergencies are controlled by Federal teams. Ground and inland water emergencies are handled Provincially.
They are a registered charity—get annual grants, corporate donations, Province of BC gaming grants, etc.. Cleone asked Steve how our Rotary can help them and he explained a new program they’ve started called “Kid’s Don’t Float” to promote the importance of using life jackets especially for kids (see 1-10-1 above). Last year they created the first kid’s life jacket rental stand at a beach in Vancouver with small vests available for renting for the day, safety information etc.—info to make the day trips safer for everyone. The first station is a wood frame structure with jackets by size available. Steve indicated our Rotary role could possibly be around managing these stations on weekends. Our grant committee will report after receiving their request.
REMINDER AGAIN WE ARE AT EAGLE RIDGE MANOR FOR BREAKFAST WEDNESDAY JUNE 6TH AT 7:00 AM!!