Guests: 18 Rotarians were joined by Guests Agus Sancho, Rosemary Mills, Tom Gallagher, Shawn & Quinn Drahaschnig, Erin, Zoey, Sarah & Ian McAllister, Barb Reed (visiting Rotarian from Dundas Sunrise) & Sophie Blain
Program
President Brenda opened the meeting with the land acknowledgment and POD members assisted with the opening exercises.
After dinner, we sang "Happy Birthday" to our exchange student, Agus and she was presented with a cake and card from the club for her 18th birthday.
Agus was the speaker and did a presentation on her home country, Argentina. She is from Ushuaia which is at the Southern most point of the country, closest to Antarctica. A fun fact, the ball point pen was invented in Argentina. They enjoy a social hot drink called, Mate and Asado which is like a BBQ where people gather together around a fire and cook and eat together. From 1976-1983 there was a military coup and it was a very difficult time for the country. They have their own driving rules and it is said that if you can learn to drive in Argentina, you can drive anywhere. It is a great place for hiking and they are also crazy for their futbol (soccer) team.
Rotary Exchange student, Agus gets ready to cut her birthday cake while host mother, Rotarian Wendy looks on (Brenda Jeffries photo)
Items of Interest
President Brenda read thank you cards from the Willis family for a memorial donation and from Telling Tales for our support. She also presented her kudos to Pete for being part of the upcoming strategic planning committee and to Amber for doing a good job with the Rotor.
Diandra announced there will be a Community Service Committee meeting by zoom Jan. 21/25. Please contact Karen at goalies3mom@gmail.com or Diandra at diandra.camilleri@outlook.com to help with any Community Service events or to join the committee. She also announced that they will be needing volunteers for the Family Day breakfast at the Legion on Feb. 17/25.
Nick Brown said that the family of Gord, a Garden Court resident who recently passed away thanked our club for the use of the room for his celebration of life. They collected 200 pairs of socks and were asking where to donate them. Norm suggested they be donated to Grace Church for those in need.
Nick also announced that the RibFest Steering committee is looking for a new RV with A/C.
Darryl announced that youth services donated $500 for healthy snacks before exams at WDHS. Sue, Pete & Margot will be helping to hand out those snacks to students Jan. 23, 24, 27 & 28. He also announced that our club does have a spot for Adventures in Citizenship for a high school student.
Sue brought a memory book from 2009 with thanks to Bob Allan and reminded members that they can participate in the anniversary committees if interested.
Margot announced that Trivia Night will be at the Legion on Friday, March 28th and the golf tournament will be Wednesday, May 28th.
Agus did a great presentation on her home country, Argentina
Sgt. at Arms
Happy $ - Birthdays/Anniversaries/Good news
Norm is happy with his new knee and with his chauffeur, Barb and thanked those from the club who contacted him with well wishes.
Sue is happy to share a birthday with Agus and also for her great talk on Argentina.
Garry was happy to welcome the McAllister family who will be Agus' final host family.
Jeff Kleven was happy to meet swimmer Mike Spitz's roommate in San Diego recently.
Wendy was happy for Agus's talk and to have her staying with her and Tom.
McAllister family gave a donation to thank the club for the invite to celebrate Agus' birthday and hear her talk.
No draw this time.
Don't miss!
Strategic planning committee meeting January 27 at 6:30 pm
Next Club meeting is February 3 and the District Governor and Assistant Governor will be attending.
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