July 27th 2016 Meeting

Posted by Carlos Obregon on Jul 27, 2016
 

At last Wednesday's meeting we had 14 Members. We had one visiting Rotarian, our guest speaker Elena Agala from the Richmond sunrise club.

The 4 Way Test was read by Gary.
 
Rotary Moment:
 
Gary Chomyn asked us some trivia questions, such as Do you know how many countries in the world have Rotary clubs? The answer is over 200!!
 
What are the areas of focus for the Rotary Foundation? 6:
 
  1. Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
  2. Disease prevention and treatment
  3. Water and sanitation
  4. Maternal and child health
  5. Basic education and literacy
  6. Economic and community development.
 
 
Announcements:
 
1) Our new district governor, Lyn Stroshin, will be visiting our club on August 3rd. Please try to attend that meeting.
 
2) We are going to be scanning all the club banners from Rotarians who have visited our club in the past several years. We will be creating a photo album that we will share with everyone.
 
3) On August 27th we will have the trip to Abigail's chalet in Whistler, please make sure that you confirm with her is you will be going.
 
 
Guest Speaker -   Our guest speaker today was Elena Agala, she spoke about Rotary World Help program. Elena graduated with a bachelors degree in Education, she owned her own business for 20 years and she joined Rotary in 2000.
 
In 1997, a group of dedicated Rotarians from the Province of British Columbia, Canada established Rotary World Help (RWH), a non-profit, registered charitable organization that coordinates the shipment of used and donated educational, humanitarian and medical supplies to countries in need throughout the world. Elena is past director of RWH.
 
 
Some of the highlights of her presentation were:
  • Each container shipped touches the lives of 30,000 people.
  • The average container value is $350,000
  • She was featured in the Notaries Public of BC magazine. The issue can be seen here: http://www.notaries.bc.ca/resources/scrivener/Summer2016/pdf/Scriv%20Summer16-online.pdf
  • The official website of the Rotary Help Network is: http://rotaryworldhelp.com/
 
 
 
Pics:
 
 
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