The Buzz - March 6, 2017

Youth Exchange updates.

Meeting called to order at 12:13pm.

March 11^th is the District Learning and Development session.

Gala tickets are now available. Roger has them.

March 13^th is the evening meeting.

April 6^th is the District Conference in Westlock.

Health of the club is good.

Ray Hook provided an update on the Augustana scholarship dinner.

Presentation by Paulo and Leila Gomes from Brazil:

Ted Gillespie met them in 2008.
Paulo has been heavily involved in the Youth Exchange since 2010.
They are from Aracaju, Brazil.
He has been a federal government lawyer since 1993.
Joined Rotary in 2007 and their club has 27 members.
Many Rotary projects have been done with Marta, a famous Brazilian soccer player.
They have hosted 10 long-term consecutive youth exchange students.

Dawn presented a slide show and update on previous youth exchange students.

Update from Dustin, an outbound student to Switzerland:
Currently runs the Rotary Youth Leadership group.
Communicates the group from Switzerland quite regularly.
He is attending NAIT and taking the automotive program.

Update from Mikkel:
The Tiptoe with the Caribou trip was on Feb. 25^th. They made dreamcatchers and smoked fish. He saw the Northern Lights for the first time. Snowshoeing and dog sledding to a cabin for hot chocolate. They ate lots of lasagna on the trip. He went ice fishing. They saw a movie for free (Rotarian owned the theatre). They went to the legislature in Yellowknife and then attended a Rotary meeting. Saw snow castles in Yellowknife.

David Taylor won the 50/50 and drew the 7 of Hearts.

Upcoming Greeters:

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