Newsletter May 14th 2014

Hello fellow Rotarian and friends, this week I’m very late sending the Rotary Newsletter from last week. My apologies. Time really flies.

This week we were 12 members and one visitor, Steve McGrandle.

Rotary Moment

Today John tested our knowledge about vending machines. He asked as a few difficult questions about vending machines and the different products they sella round the world. We learned that the first vending machine was designed by a Greek mathematician back in 215 B.C. Another interesting fact that we learned is that in 1926, cigarette vending machines were invented in the USA. There are some vending machines around Los Angeles that sell caviar. In Italy there are vending machines that make pizzas from scratch in about three minutes. There was a lot of fact about these machines that we were not aware of.

Announcements

Hoopathon! It is only a few weeks from now. Please save the date. June 14th. Have you signed-up? Please email your friends and your contacts and ask for pledges. Let’s make it happen. Together we can get to our goal.

On May 28th, we will have a Hoopathon practice, from 4 to 6:30 pm at the Strathcona Community Centre. It will be fun!

This year’s Change Over Dinner will be a day after the Hoopathon, on June 15th. More details to come in the next few days.

The speakers for May 21st will be Rotarians Peter Wing and Claire Weeks ,  A training, spinal cord injury hospital in Katmandu, Nepal.

Thought of the day

Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt.