Our year end dinner was held at the University Club, with Rick Harcourt as Master of Ceremonies and Donna Hutton assisting.
Presentations were made by Donna Hutton for Honorary Paul Harris Fellowships to Maggie Hegan in honor of her many hours spent keeping track of our five hundred plus Canada Flag customers,
Shane Thiberge (son-in-law of Eric Germain) and
Abinash Saravanan, President of the WP Wagner Interact Club.
Paul Harris Fellows were also presented to
Richard Karlsson,
Amy Stewart and Vi Hughes.
Richard Karlsson, our Membership Chairperson then inducted three new members into our club,
Tammy Wiebe,
Sean McMurtry and
Maritza Meneses-Leach.
The Rotarian of the Year award was presented to
Vi Hughes in honor of her contributions to the club as content creator and editor for our website and newsletter over the past six years.
Our President Carin Jansen van Vuuren thanked her executive and team for their enthusiasm and accomplishments over the past year, with a special mention to Bob Sandercock (Foundation Chairperson), Patrick Gibson (for running our Kiva, Rafflebox and Chase the Ace fundraising), Vince Campbell (for his work as our Canada Flag fundraising coordinator) Loida Lumanlan (International Projects) and Trina Van der Meer and her team for their enthusiastic approach to both club social occasions and Polio Plus fundraising. She told us that overall, our club raised over half a million dollars this year.
Finally, our incoming President,
Graham Gilchrist was welcomed
and presented his new executive for the coming year, President Elect Heather deKok, Treasurer Patrick Gibson, Secretary Trina VanderMeer and our two Directors at Large Richard Karlsson and Don Henry.