NEWSLETTER MEETING MARCH 26, 2014

ROTARY CLUB OF VANCOUVER SUNRISE

          NEWSLETTER MEETING  MARCH 26, 2014

ATTENDANCE

It was a cold and rainy day but we were 18 Rotary member, and this time, no visiting Rotarians.

    Our greeter for April is Gary Chomyn.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gary reminded us to mark to mark our calendars for this year Hoopathon 2014 that it is going to be better than ever. This year, it will be on June 15th at the Strathcona Community Centre. Once again, we are asking for 100 per cent participation to make this a big and successful event.
 
Diana is taking bookings for Luisa, our exchange student, since she has some availability. Luisa is up for everything, she would like to go to UBC to The Anthropology Museum, the Aquarium, etc.
 
Larry reminded us to sign-in every morning that we come to a regular meeting. Also if you visit another club, please do not forget to write it down as a make-up. Also, if you attend to a committee meeting, this also counts as an attendance. All makeups and meeting attendances must be to fill in absent  date either two weeks before or two weeks after.
 
SPEAKER

Jaydeen Williams, Executive Director of the Take a Hike program,  talked about this very special and unique program that is part of two schools here in British Columbia.
 
The Take a Hike program is a unique program made possible by a partnership between the Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation and the Vancouver Board of Education.
 
The Take a Hike Program is designed primarily for students who are between the ages of 15-19, grades 10-12 and who are at-risk of dropping out of school or who have already dropped out.
 
The program is specifically designed to address the learning difficulties and social/emotional needs of youth who are not able to cope in regular high school classes.  The adventure-based component uses outdoor and adventure-based activities to enhance established academic and personal objectives.  Students will be guided through simple group and individual tasks to situations requiring more complex skills.  The adventure-based activities will include activities such as canoeing, hiking, backpacking, orienteering, camping, snow shoeing, rope courses and trust exercises. Group and individual counseling is used to provide students with opportunities to learn new coping skills.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS FOR APRIL

April 2-   Tom Smith , Assistant Governor, Rotary Foundation ( TRF) Education

April 9-   Hockey Pool

April 16-Dr Wyeth Wasserman UBC –Sequencing your DNA  (Ancestry)

April 23- Business Meeting

April 30- RYLA Student Speakers

 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor