Rotary Club of  Vermilion 
July 22, 2021 
Call to order 7am
 
O Canada  
Four Way Test
 
Birthdays and anniversaries: Linda Sherwood –birthday July 27
 
Laurel unveiled this years banner and distributed the new pins.  Theme this year “Serve to Change Lives”
 
Rotary has introduced a Seventh Avenue of Service-The Environment.  The club watched a short video showing Rotary’s commitment to helping our environment
 
Guest Speaker-Ella Smith RYPEN-  Ella is a grade 9 student who attended the Zoom RYPEN camp earlier this year.  She gave a brief power point presentation showcasing the topics covered and the format they followed.  She hopes to be an exchange student when she becomes eligible.
 
Announcements:
 
Offsite meeting next Thursday July 29 at Burnt Rock.  A sign up sheet is circulating.
 
Flag set up will commence next Tues/Wed.  Erwin will be sending out a reminder email
 
Kirby will be setting up Christina’s Community BBQ in front of his store after the parade on July 29.  He’s excited to be including Mini-donuts this year!!!  All proceeds will go to the VES Hot  lunch program.  If you are interested in helping out, give Kirby a call at the store 780-853-5355
 
Cash draw tickets should be in by August 1. 
 
Sargent’s report-Greg fined himself for driving straight to work last week instead of turning torwards the regional center for the meeting.
 
Upcoming Meetings –
Off-site meeting Burnt Rock  Thursday July 29                                                                                    
 August 10th-executive meeting                                                                                                                  
August 12th club business meeting