South Mouth - December 2, 2013
Welcome and Meeting Called to Order Jim Hooper
December celebrates Rotary’s commitment to family. A special thank you to all family members who have supported us in making the world a better place.
National Anthem led by Paul Monaghan
Toast to Queen and Canada led by Joe Pfeifer
Peace Invocation led by Matt Taylor
Members enjoyed a few moments of fellowship and lunch before the meeting reconvened at 12:30 p.m.
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS AND VISITING ROTARIANS- Jim Hooper
Guests Alister Davis & Ed Telenko
Birthday and Rotary Anniversary Recognition
Donna Cunningham- December 2
Shafee Bacchus- December 3rd
PROPOSED SLATE OF OFFICERS: Lynn Beaudry
President – Jim Hooper
President Elect/ Membership – Lynn Beaudry
Secretary – Laura Dominick
Treasurer – Debi Garneau
Past President – Cathy Henry
Community Service – Jeff Thomas
Club Administration – Frank Parkhouse
Vocational Services / New Generations – Arie Vrugteveen
International – Najeeb Sayed
Public Relations – June Manning
Rotary Foundation- Rob Welch
Nominations from the floor?
Motion- John Teibert
Seconder – Mike Gionet
All in Favour - Passed
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: - Frank Parkhouse
Perfect Attendance Pin Recognition
As a result of the records received from Ron Kozub and Ian Forbes the following members are recommended to receive Perfect Attendance Pins for the year 2012/2013.
Ian Forbes 1 yr.
Deborah Garneau 7yrs.
Mike Gionet 1yr.
Cathy Henry 7yrs
Jim Hooper 6yrs
Jim Howes 12yrs
John Teibert 11yrs
Jeff Thomas 1yr .
Dan Toppari 9yrs
It should be noted there was no record available for the former members of the Sunrise Club. The information was taken from records of the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 of the South Club
50/50 Draw
Jim Howes won the draw but not the cash
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
International Committee- Najeeb Syed & Cathy HenryShelter Box- The Philippines $1,500.00 (2)
Motion : Laura
Second – Frank
All in favour -Passed
Back to School-The Philippines
John Van Laar- Collingwood Rotary $500.00
Motion: Jim
Seconder: Paul
All in favour: Passed
Fireside- this Thursday, at Matt and Georgette’s,16 Westmount Court-is our first Fireside gathering- for 2013.. to celebrate our three new members, to learn more about Rotary and to share in fellowship (ask for a show of hands as to how many are coming_)
December 16th - is our family Christmas party- Santa will be arriving at approximately 1 PM- please bring family and friends to share with us a beautiful day of music and magic for the little ones,If you are bringing a child- please bring wrapped,labeled present to be placed under the tree so that Santa can give it to him or her.
Also- we are collecting coats,jackets hats, ,boots,gloves and mittens to be given to Community Care and non perishable food items to give to Najeeb;s food bank.
(ask for a show of hands to see how many members/guests will be coming)
Community Care will also accept cash for clothing.
December 22, 2013 - our Board of Directors Christmas Party- all members/spouses are welcome
David and Cathy’s home- 51 Tremont Drive 2:00 P.M. -5:00 P.M.
Hitz FM & Community Cares - Mike Gionet is participating in a fundraiser with Hitz FM & Community Cares on Friday Dec. 13. From 6 – 9pm. He needs help to unload the truck. Please contact him to let him know if you can help.
Memorial Ceremony - Joe Pfeifer - with great sadness Graham Repei`s wife, Del passed November 12th, 2013. Her memorial ceremony is on Saturday, Dec. 14th from noon at the Rockway Golf Club.
Paul Harris Awards Luncheon - November 25th - Golf Club - was a huge success with congratulations for a beautiful ceremony sent from District Governor, Kevin Crouse and Karen Oakes, Foundation Chairman. A picture of the recipients and write up has been sent to Snap to be published in their January edition.
Bingo - John Teibert - Sign-up sheets are on the tables for Bingo volunteers. Please join in the fun!
Polioplus Bronze Award - Jim made a presentation to Lynn Beaudry for our club receiving the Rotary International District 7090 Polioplus Bronze Award. Great job everyone!
Christmas greeting card - District Governor, Kevin Crouse, has sent us a Christmas greeting card
Polio Plus Piggy - Cathy - Please donate your spare change to fill her up!
[ There will be no meetings on Monday, December 23rd or Monday, December 30th ]
Early Leavers: Laura
Introduction of Speaker: Dan Toppari
Alistair Davis moved to the Niagara Region in 1998 and resides in St. Catharines with his wife Reverend Lorraine Davis.
Community involvement has always been an important part of Alistair’s life and it shows. He was appointed the CEO of Habitat for Humanity in 2006. Alistair is an advocate and leader in Habitat’s mission to break the cycle of poverty by building safe, decent and affordable homes for low income families in need of a place to call “their home” in Niagara.
Guest Speaker: Alistair Davis - Habitat for Humanity
Habitat & Rotary work with the same values. Habitat’s mission - to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting home partnerships. Since the start of Habitat in 1993 they have built 40 homes in the Region. All revenue is from donations. Unofficial mentorship with volunteers aged 14 – 75 years old. 5578 households are on a waiting list for affordable housing. Habitat for Humanity give a Hand Up not a hand out! Habitat for Humanity is looking for donations of both time and money.
Thanking the speaker: Jim
ATTENDANCE REPORT
27 members, 70% attendance
Family is not an important thing-it’s everything
–Michael J Fox
Is there anything else for the good of Rotary?
Adjournment: - Jim
Jim adjourned the meeting at 1:35pm