June 15th 2016 Meeting
Posted by Carlos Obregon
on Jun 15, 2016
At last Wednesday's meeting we had 13 Members. As well as 4 visiting Rotarians, Steve and Dawn Rutledge, Mike Storey from the Ladner Rotary club, Prakashchandra Shetty Chithur, president of the Kundapura Rotary club in India as well as Robert Ronald Fernandes from India as well.
The 4 Way Test was read by Carlos.
Rotary Moment:
Vicente told us that the Polio Plus foundation has donated 30M dollars to the Polio eradication efforts taking place in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Announcements:
1) Peter Fox is looking at an option for our outdoor exercise equipment project, stay tuned for more information in the next few weeks.
Guest Speaker - Our guest speaker today was Steve Rutledge, he grew up in Georgetown Ontario and spent his career as co-owner of a mid sized computer company in Toronto. Since retirement he has narrowed his focus on community support locally and internationally. For the last several years he has been serving the rural villagers of Laos with the most basic needs including water for villages.
His biggest accomplishment is the provision of water filtration for over 12,500 rural villagers, along with hygiene training for each family.
Some of the highlights of his presentation were:
- Each water filter is only CAD$110 and lasts for years.
- You can donate a filter and have a label with the name of the donor, makes a great gift for a loved one.
- Make sure you check out their website: https://adoptavillageinlaos.wordpress.com/
Pic from the meeting:
Important Links:
Set up your Rotary foundation donation via credit card: Just click here
We now have a proper website under our own domain name: rotaryvancouversunrise.ca