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Club members and guests celebrated the year of the snake at our Lunar New Year 2025 dinner - what a fabulous evening!
Members Guida, Nancy, Carlos, Hilda, and Jane were at Admiral Seymour School helping Grade one students carve their Halloween pumpkins that our Club donated. It was good to continue the annual tradition and have fun with the kids!
Speaker and Rotarian Steve Rutledge, who we've supported before, gave us an update of Adopt a Village in Laos with a video of Laotian villagers installing pipes for a water supply to remote villages. His signature water filters, while easy to maintain, continue to provide clean and safe water for $125 each.
We welcomed our newest club member David Walugembe at our first in-person meeting of the Rotary year! Past President Jane LePorte offered the membership introduction and pinning ceremony.
We met in-person to welcome new President Sheenam Bhardwaj and the Board of Directors for the new 2024-2025 Rotary year! Many thanks to Past President Jane LePorte for her work. We also congratulated Mary Anne Velayo on her final term as ADG and welcomed new guest David (soon to be new member).
Friendly reminder, we have changed our bi-weekly meeting time to 6:30PM! Come join us!
Guest speakers Janet Chalmers and her husband Roger presented on their journey across Canada in their EV. Wow!
Trip Summary:
Distance = 26,851.3 km
Days = 127 days
Hours driving = 425 hours, 25 minutes
Cost to charge = $1,256.24
Different beds = 70 different beds
Distance = 26,851.3 km
Days = 127 days
Hours driving = 425 hours, 25 minutes
Cost to charge = $1,256.24
Different beds = 70 different beds
We're back at Hoop-a-thon fundraiser this year! A big Thank You to our two teams - Peetra and sons, Kai and Konnor and Hilda and sons, Daniel and Jamie, and Guida - 34 basketballs went through the hoop. Very impressive! Funds raised go to support the Strathcona Community Centre Basketball Program, Scholarships, Youth Leadership Program, Basketball Equipment, Transportation, and Coaching.
Member Karen McDiarmid spoke to us about her advisory work with the Sts'ailes Development Project. There is a small tourism initiative already in place; a 9 bedroom eco lodge, conference centre, and eco tours of the Agassiz. Karen's business plan includes techniques for self sustaining food production, healthy eating, and workshops for the Band members. Keep up the great work!
We had an amazing time celebrating Lunar New Year with a 10-course Chinese dinner! John enlightened us about the history of the Lunar New Year such as zodiac animals, foods, and traditions. We were also joined by incoming Assistant District Governor, Wayne Fraser, other Rotarians, family, and friends. Michelle Cooper-Iversen, Chief Operating Officer at Co-operative Housing Group of Social Purpose Entities gave a brief but interesting talk about the importance of Co-operative Housing.
Our most recent FDU Scholarship recipient, Payal Anand, shared her story of the amazing things she did in Rotaract in India. Her presentation was full of pictures and experiences. Congratulations on your achievements!
The FDU Scholarship, sponsored by our Club, is an annual award given to graduate and undergraduate students attending Fairleigh Dickinson University Vancouver Campus to recognize outstanding student achievement in the area of community service.
