September 15, 2016
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WESTWARD-HO
September 15, 2016
Opening:
President Vince ran the meeting and Nii said The Four Way Test and Father Gerald said grace in Spanish. Here is our President’s Quote Of The Week;
I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.
Maya Angelou.
The 24 words that make up “The Four Way Test”
1 Is it the truth?
2 Is it fair to all concerned?
3 Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
4 Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Attendance:
We had a full house or next to it we had many guests and they were Ahmed, Ian Goring, Andrea Flutsch, Ben Aknidenor, John Yeats ( Too old and big to call him Johnny) Tom Rebelo and our speaker Father Gerald Veilleux. The members present were Mahesh, Ramesh, Kathie, Pietro, Vince, Nii, Hair, Gene, Michael P, Jim, Jamie, Michael L, Ron, Marco, Kim and Doug. We also had our pianist Linda at the meeting.
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Rotary News:
District Conference in Ottawa October 28
RI Convention Atlanta June 10-14 2017
Club News:
Vince congratulated Dr. Nii for the award he was presented last week.
September 29 11:00 Board Meeting
November 4th – Oyster Party, Montreal West Town Hall, 6:00 PM - $60, partial tax receipt
Friday December 16 – Rotary Christmas Party
Birthdays & Anniversaries:
We had one birthday that was announced and the birthday boy was present and we did sing to Past President Ron.
Speaker:
Mr Adventure introduced our speaker Father Gerald Veilleux who is no stranger to the club. Father Gerald is a Roman Catholic missionary with the Society Of Foreign Missions. He was born in the Beauce and and went to high school in Rigaud at College Bourget and did his university at the University de Montreal. He left Canada in 1974 for Pucallpa Peru. He has been president of the human rights office in Pucallpa for the last 27 years. He is a founding member of the Rotary Club Of Yarinacocha and was president in 2012-2013. He has gotten many wells dug and even got a couple of Quebecers to build two schools and named them after their wives. Peru is very lucky to have him. Father Gerald thanked us for all our support and our big hearts. he wants us to visit Peru and would welcome us with open arms. He said when he arrived in Pucallpa in 1974 it was a town of 60,000 people now it is over 500,000. He showed many photos and talked about the two medical and dental clinics per year that he runs for children. He said the clinic runs from 8:00- 13:00 and has eight doctors and staff and nobody is payed. The cost per treatment is $3 US. He said that our club has sent over $26,000 the past few years to support these medical clinics and has supplied a few wheelchairs and water filters.
Marco thanked our speaker and said he knows how hard it is there in Peru and told Father Gerald to keep up the good work.
Vince, Father Gerald, Mahesh and Michael L
Happy Dollars:
Nii, Vince, Marco, Doug, John, Tom, Ron and Jamie all put up Happy Dollars.
Wine Draw:
Marco picked his own number and is on a two week win streak but again did not take the wine home as he donated the bottle to our speaker Father Gerald.
Closing:
The meeting ended at 13:45 with the singing of O’Canada.
Yours in Rotary,
Jamie
We had a cheque presentation after the meeting ended as the club presented a cheque to the NDG Food Depot for cooking classes.
Daniel Rotman NDG Food Depot And Vince
Here is Dad’s Email of The Week;
