September 14 2016
Posted by Carlos Obregon on Sep 14, 2016
At last Wednesday's meeting we had 16 Members and a guest, Brian Silzer who is a friend of Bill Sheddy. The 4 way test was read by Cam Scott.
Rotary Moment:
Abigail tested our knowledge of Rotary's history with these 2 questions:
1) What month was Rotary founded on? hint, 2nd month of the year
2) What were the names and professions of the co-founders, other than Paul Harris? Gustavus Loehr (mining engineer), Silvester Schiele (coal dealer), and Hiram E. Shorey (merchant tailor).
Announcements:
1) On September 17 there is an invitation from the Arbutus club to our club for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kits-beach-cleanup-volunteer-bbq-free-tickets-20747851382
2) Ted is promoting the “ Rotarian save live-CPR/AED training and certification.” The session will be on October 29 near the Seabus terminal in North Vancouver. Please get in touch with Ted if you would be interested in attending.
3) Our District Governor will be visiting our club on october 12th, make sure to attend that meeting.
4) Our meeting on October 19th will be at the Food Bank, make sure you make a note of this.
Business Meeting - Today we had our monthly business meeting to discuss our club's 3 year plan. Thank you to all board members for their hard work!
We also saw a video about "Project Amigo" which is our International project. Please watch the video below:
Click here to learn more about Project Amigo: http://www.projectamigo.org/
Pics from our meeting:
Thought of the Day:
"A plan without a goal is just a wish"
Next 3 Speakers:
21-Sept Cheryl Borgmann Junior Achievement
28 -Sept Peter Browne Classification Talk
5 - Oct Denise Walker Kindness
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