June 8th 2016 Meeting
Posted by Carlos Obregon
on Jun 08, 2016
At last Wednesday's meeting we had a full house with 19 Members. We also had 2 guests, Peter Brown and our guest speaker. As well as 2 visiting Rotarians, Ted MacCormac who will soon join our club and Ranjana Mutsuddi from the Rotary Club of Kabitirtha, Calcutta in India.
The 4 Way Test was read by Diana
Rotary Moment:
Vicente reminded us about Rotary fellowships, which are international, independently organized groups of Rotarians, Rotarian spouses, and Rotaractors who share a common vocation or recreational interest. Rotary Fellowships give their members the opportunity to have fun, make new friends around the world, and enhance their experience in Rotary.
There are fellowships for yachting, wine collecting, and dozens of other interests. The full list can be found here:
https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/rotary-fellowships
Announcements:
1) Hoop a Thon. Gary brought us some excellent news, not only did we meet the goal or raising $15K but we actually raised around $17,000!!!
2) Don't forget to put our changeover dinner in your calendars, it will be this Sunday at 3pm.
3) Peter Fox asked us to please pay our latest invoices. Our club needs the funds.
Guest Speaker - Our guest speaker today was Tru Van Trieu, founder of Human Wellness, a company that helps individuals and employers to holistically address workplace stress and conflicts.
Some of the highlights of her presentation were:
- She had us all count our breaths in a minute, and then showed us how to relax our minds and bodies by focusing on where we all felt tension in our bodies. Amazingly, the number of breaths we all took in a minute decreased dramatically!
- She taught us how to breath focusing on the belly, watching it inflate and deflate with our breathing.
- Her vision is to help build world peace, one person at a time, inside out.
Thought of the day:
Raise your thoughts, not your fists
Matshona Dhliwayo
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