Lindsay and Travis from the Circus School (guest speaker),
Dawn from the Ladner club,
Leo our inbound exchange student.
7:15 Minutes at the Mic
Dave presented Alana with a Paul Harris 7 year pin!
Dave is accepting payment for To The Heart of the Matter tickets.
Sandy is looking for volunteers for the evening of To The Heart of the Matter. If you know anyone, please let Sandy know. Mostly looking for people to start at 7:30pm.
Merrilyn congratulated Kelly who won the Canucks tickets.
Rick Molstad mentioned youth services that are being provided by Rotary, so if you know any young people that would be interested, let Rick know. Activities include: adventures in forestry, tourism, film, etc. We are looking for people who can participate in RYLA.
Monica mentioned that we are looking for advertisers for the Heart of the Matter.
Kathy spoke about the Heart of the Matter auction items: gift certificates are always great.
Gloria spoke about the water project in Laos, a project that was spearheaded by Dawn's Rotary club.
Paul Leo is now staying at Paul's place, and Paul is very happy.
Quinn reminded everyone about Heart of the Matter raffle tickets.
7:20 Toonie Bucket winner – Lorna
7:30Guest speaker - Travis Johnson, spoke about the Vancouver Circus School
Travis grew up in New Westminster.
His mother started the Vancouver Circus School.
Travis came to speak about his program called "Social Circus".
Social Circus focuses on teaching circus in third world countries.
He spoke about a circus school that they set up in Thailand.
His friend has opened over 20 locations in Afghanistan to teach circus to children.
Travis spoke about the amazing developing that he has seen in the youth in these countries (the best jugglers in the world are in Afghanistan, and they're only 11 years old!).
They also have a project where they go around rural areas in BC for a week long and teach the at risk youth about circus.
They opened up, "Social Circus Day", which takes place on the first Saturday in March, and they had 68 organizations that participated worldwide!
Please find links at the bottom of this bulletin to download the Project Sheet Page, Sponsorship Form and Auction Form for the 2019 Heart of the Matter.
Parking Note: There will be fewer surface parking spots so any NON over height vehicles should try to park underground on the hotel side of the parkade in stalls 001-164. Reminder that parking is free until 8:30am.
7:00 O Canada
7:05 Breakfast
7:10 Introduction of Guests
Leo, our exchange student. This is our last day with Leo, he will be going on a month long tour of BC before he leaves for Germany.
7:15 Minutes at the Mic
The century bike ride got cancelled.
July 16th is the pot of gold tournament.
Gloria spoke about the Rotoractors are wanting to do a project with the two new west clubs, so this Monday, the 24th at 7pm there will be a maintenance, "painting fish" project on 10th avenue on the fence of the Our Lady of Mercy School.
Gloria also spoke about peace fellowships: we had nine applicants and we endorsed 4 (two international and two local).
Alana spoke about today being the last day for foundation contributions.
Monica is looking for volunteers for the pot of gold tournament.
Rick Molstad reminded everyone of the committee meeting next week for the pot of gold tournament.
Leo thanked everyone for being a part of our club for the past 11 months. Leo reflected on his time with our club.
7:20 Toonie Bucket – The winner was Quinn!
7:40 Guest Speakers
Monica spoke about the rotary club of Burnaby's Rotary resolution to have an, "act of kindness day" on or around the birthday of rotary founder, Paul Harris (Apr. 19th).
Monica spoke about the installation dinner. Dr. Faizal Mohamedali received a Paul Harris award. He was surprised and excited to receive the award.
Monica spent the next day volunteering at RCH golf tournament and did great work bringing awareness to rotary and our golf tournament.
Greeters are the first point of contact for guests, potential new members, and our members. Making all who attend our meeting feel welcome is the responsibility of all of us as we all take turns being greeters. All greeters should arrive no later than 6:40 am and be prepared to assist in setting up and preparing for the meeting. If a greeter cannot be present for their day of duties, please contact another member to fill in for you. Greeters will:
ensure that the sandwich board at the entrance.
ensure that flags and banners are in place.
welcome all members and guests and make them comfortable with the proceedings and surroundings, i.e., seating, coffee, schedule of meeting etc.
greet and sit with the speaker to gather information useful in providing a respectful and meaningful introduction of the speaker and the program.
thank the speaker and present the certificate of appreciation for their presentation. (Note: The certificate is NOT a contribution of $20.00 in the speakers’ name. We donate $20.00 to the Rotary Foundation in recognition of their presentation at the meeting.)
assist in taking down the flags, banners and place the sandwich board back in Kathy's office.
The Good Host program is how YOU can get involved - you are invited to help out by meeting, greeting and sharing cultural experiences with our Youth Exchange student. Leo Wolff (Germany) is here and deserve to see and experience Canada to the fullest.
Any one of us can be Good Hosts by simply sharing some time with Leo. A phone call, lunch, dinner with family, sporting event, cultural outing, almost anything goes. However - all who host our youth exchange student unsupervised - even for a day event - must have submitted their Criminal Checks online prior to hosting. Submit the report to Rick Molstad.
Please remember to include our youth exchange students in any activities you and your family participate in. Please speak to Leo directly or contact him at:
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