At our October 3rd Zoom meeting we heard from Allison Lasocha of the City of Vancouver’s Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability Department. Allison has served on the Housing Policy Team and has also worked on the Vancouver Plan. Allison spoke about 'complete neighbourhoods' including small-scale shops and services in residential areas, missing middle housing and Vancouver's unified land use strategy.
On October 8th we were pleased to help serve Thanksgiving lunch at Salvation Army's Harbour Light. Thank you Tim, Jan, Juliet, Hans, John, Ruth and Yoonhi!
At our Arbutus Club lunch on October 10th Leigh Higginbotham inducted our two new members, Dr. Sriram Ananthan and Donna Webb. Welcome!
Our book drive got a boost from St Philips church during their terrific Fall Book Sale on October 14th. So generous of them to offer to assist our 1000x5 project providing books to the Vancouver School District's Early Learning Program for needy families with children aged 0 - 5 years.
On October 17th we enjoyed a lively talk by Conner Da Silva, the Community and Education Program Coordinator for Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. Connor talked to us about the influence of the 331 cruise ships that bring over $3,000,000 into the city each year as well as the types of containers they handle. For instance Vancouver's port imports 100% of all Asian cars that arrive in Canada, they're in containers are referred to as 'roh rohs'. He also informed us that cruise ships now use city power when they're in port which reduces pollution and noise.
On October 24th a group us enjoyed a tour of the Hastings Mill Store & Museum (Vancouver’s oldest surviving building c 1868).
Also on the 24th of October we attended the Polio Walk! See the Proclamation and further information at World Polio Day Proclamation
Hans is pictured here with our District Governor, Shirley-Pat Chamberlain. And you'll also see the hardy group that faced the rainy weather and did us proud! (thanks to Michael Cowhig for the terrific photos)
At our Zoom meeting on October 31st we heard from our esteemed member, Leigh Higinbotham who urged us "To do good in the world". Leigh spoke about the need for strong support of the Rotary Foundation, took us to the donation site:
and urged us to do the needful. PolioPlus and the Annual Fund are particular areas of focus. Donations of a fixed sum or those made on a monthly basis are all welcome.