A great breakfast was served by the Ash Brook staff and the sun was shining brightly. President Larry Langdon took over for Kevin McAlpine who is away until Thursday. No guests today as our speaker Colin Sanders was called away to Europe. We will re-schedule this amazing guy.
Announcements-
President-elect Larry reminds members of the District conference at the White Oaks Inn in Niagara on the Lake. Contact him for details.
Larry hopes POD 4 is ready for October.
President-elect Larry wants Rotarians to keep their thoughts on those suffering in the Carribean islands.
Petera Becker updated Sunrisers about Camp Enterprise. It is being organized in 2018 by The Rotary Club of Cobourg.
Karen Trizzino asks members to look over the different committees and sign up for at least two, if you haven't already. One committee should be a fundraiser and the other should be a spender.
Treasurer Cathy Cavanaugh announced that someone will almost certainly win the 50/50 draw today. There's only four cards left in the deck and three of the four will be picked today. Let's see what happens.
President-Elect Larry Langdon announced that the town of Cobourg won the 2017 Five Blooms Award. He's hoping that our hospital garden played a part in the win.
Mel Racine reminds members that our goal for Rotary Foundation is 100 dollars per member. We are having a fundraiser soon to get our club to that goal.
Scott Allison announced happy anniversary wishes to Kevin McAlpine and his wife this coming week.
Happy Bucks.
Cathy Cavanaugh is dragon boating this weekend and thanks those who sponsored her.
Petra Becker is excited about “Girls Gone Camping 2017” with 200 other girls.
Beth Brooke is happy to be back but has great memories about all her summer family fun.
Scott Allison had a great time at Connie's house on Sunday swimming and partying.
Guest Speakers.
Sunriser Extraordinaire Elaine Sheppard and her Canada 150 Trivia partner Blake Holton divided those in attendance into three groups. Questions were asked about numerous Canadian events, characters and geographic locations. Chocolate covered Fortune Cookies and Belgian Chocolate Truffles were given away as prizes.
50/50 Draw- What were the chances. Four cards to choose from. One a winner. Three cards pulled from the four card deck. No winner. Next week the first number pulled will be our 50/50 grand prize winner.
Best regards.
Blake