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Hello Rotarians,
Being a Rotarian, we are people of service and humble in nature and not supposed to “blow our own trumpet”. At the same time, I often hear that these humble people are not thanked enough….so, here goes!
Despite the problems of organizing this event in these covid times (we had to do it virtually using zoom), it went off really well – everyone had a great time and we raised a lot of money – not sure of exact amount, but was well over the target of $7,500 – moneys coming from the entry fees (there were a record 26 teams) and the silent auction. Our Club cannot really take benefit from the technicalities of the event (thanks to Douglas College and the students), but we did contribute considerably to this huge success. It should make us proud to be partnering with the largest education organization in the Tri Cities in putting on this event in support of Psych Nursing and their support of local initiatives supporting the homeless and those struggling especially in this difficult times of covid.
Thank you to:
· Rotary Members of the Organizing Committee (we were meeting every week in the last month prior to the event):
o Bob, who kept us pragmatic on-track pointing out the pitfalls we had to overcome and the need for more quiz questions on baseball
o Lori, our awesome President Elect, with her huge smiling positive low-key approach and ongoing support – to provide the right balance with Bob?
o Dan was an ongoing supporter – we know you were ‘with us’, mainly in spirit
o Greg (and Canadian Tire) for your support and attendance, especially for getting all those auction items from Canadian Tire (at wholesale prices) – really helped us exceed our financial goal)
o Ron, for his untiring support, especially to me (sometimes wavering and frustrated!), but mainly for his kind (?) cajoling approach to our members to “encourage” them to contribute to the silent auction and to send teams to the event (and he was doing this in between painting and cleaning the Refugee Home and painting his own home, cleaning the cat litter, etc.)
· Rhian (a past Member and President of our club) – she continues each year to support us and to prepare the QUIZ QUESTIONS – well done (again not easy but great fun – next time – more on baseball and career of Gene Vincent, please) and well delivered by our own esteemed Mayor of Coquitlam
· Chris as Master of Ceremonies – great job - well done, not an easy task when everything was virtual
· All the other Rotarians who:
o Organized a team (including our Past President, Jim, who joined us from far-away Maple Ridge!) – I was a member of the Nowledge Nerds and we demonstrated that “nerds have no nowledge” and were disappointed there was no booby prize
o Contributed items and dollars to the silent auction
o Bought items at the silent auction.
Thank you all so much – I really enjoyed the chance to be a Rotarian supporting this event, It was so much fun.
For all those who missed out – as Churchill once said:
“Try it, you might enjoy it”
(I am sure Clive will protest the authenticity of this quote, but it is one of his least known quotes he made, when dictating one of his House of Commons speeches to his secretary, seated beside him, when he was smoking a cigar, drinking a cognac, while taking a bath - hopefully with opaque foam.)