March 23rd 2016 Meeting
Posted by Carlos Obregon
on Mar 23, 2016
At last Wednesday's meeting we had 11 Members and 4 Guests- our 3 guest speakers and Jason Blank, a guest of Cleo. Our guest speakers were: Tanya Colledge, Elizabeth Edward and Peggy John.
Lawrence recited the 4 way test.
Rotary Moment:
Bill S. gave us a couple of ideas to change up our Sergeant at Arms program: defamation dollars, which will allow members to poke fun at other member for a fee and incremental dollars to allow the next member to announce something for an incremental fee. Sounds like fun!
Announcements:
1) Seniors Christmas Luncheon. Matthew is still looking for options for venues and to raise the necessary funds for this event.
2) Guess Who is Coming for Dinner- It wa a success, Diana and Matthew report having had a great time at Abigail's. All other participants also reported having had a blast.
3) Lawrence invited us to consider attending a container loading, keep an eye on your inbox for future opportunities.
4) Hoop a Thon- Gary announced that Global TV is onboard and will be participating in the event and giving it TV coverage!
Guest Speakers - Our guest speakers were from the BC transplant society.
It was a very interesting and a very moving presentation, one of our speakers, Elizabeth, is actually a heart transplant recipient. Some of the highlights from the presentation were:
- They are part of the Provincial Health Services Authority.
- They manage organ donations from end to end.
- There are 3 transplant centres in BC. Saint Pauls, VGH and BC Childrens.
- There are 2 donation formats: living and deceased.
- There is no age limit to be a donor.
- A heart can live outside the body for 6-8 hours.
- To become a donor all you need it to have your personal health number and register here:
http://www.transplant.bc.ca/
Pics from the meeting:
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