This week we welcomed 15 members, we had no guests this time.
Rotary Moment:
James Fox brought us the Rotary moment today, he spoke about how after fleeing conflict in their own countries, a group of young Rotaractors is healing wounds and bringing cultures together in a Ugandan refugee settlement. Full article here: https://www.rotary.org/en/rotaract-club-opens-refugee-settlement
Announcements:
* Our changeover lunch will be on June 23rd from 1-4 pm. Make sure you let Alfredo know if you are attending as the number of atendees is crucial for planning the event.
* 2019 Rotary Peace Fellowship. Applications are due to the district by May 31st.
* Register for the District Conference. All the details can be found here: http://rotary5040.org/page/2018-district-conference. Our club is sponsoring 3 Interactors to attend the conference.
Last Week's Meeting Program: Our member Ted MacCormac spoke about the very valuable work that the Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay in, Hawaii, has done to place rescue tubes on popular beaches. There are over 220 Rescue Tubes surrounding Kauai today. Thanks to the effort on Kauai, there are now Rescue Tubes guarding the beaches of Hawaii and Maui.
Please visit this website to learn more about this life-saving project: https://www.rescuetubefoundation.org/
Meeting Program: This week our speaker was our member Sheila Anderson. She told us about her recent trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos islands. She brought a vere interesting presentation full of really good pics.
Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Its diverse landscape encompasses Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands. In the Andean foothills at an elevation of 2,850m, Quito, the capital, is known for its largely intact Spanish colonial center, with decorated 16th- and 17th-century palaces and religious sites, like the ornate Compañía de Jesús Church.
Thought of the day:
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Norman MacEwan
Next Speakers:
| 30-May | Mystery Guest Speaker | ||
| 6-Jun | Students | RYLA |
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