What a great party it was!
Vancouver Sunrise celebrated end of summer with a superb Friday evening barbecue extravaganza on August 23. In true Rotary spirit, 33 club members, family and friends turned out to welcome exchange student Luisa Godoy to Canada. She arrived from Brazil on August 8 and has already visited Prince George, Burns Lake and Tweedsmuir Park with Rotarians there and other newly-arrived Youth Exchange students from around the world. Many of us have never been to Tweedsmuir Park, so how come she can go there her first week in Canada?
The party featured fun, fellowship, lots of great food--all in the lush surroundings of Abigail Turner and Jason Dyer's garden on Mount Seymour. Jason manned the barbecue, Emma organized a contest, Matthew served drinks, and everyone had a great time. Many thanks to Abigail and Jason for their wonderful hospitality. We had a corner of the garden for French-speakers, one for Spanish-speakers, a few of us spoke English, and Luisa rattled on in Portuguese. Our own United Nations!
After lots of tasty food, a birthday cake appeared and Luisa's 17th birthday became "official." Here she is opening her gifts.
It may look like Diana Theman won the lottery, but actually Matthew's announcing that she won the jar of jelly beans (nearly 500 of them!) in Emma's guessing contest. Just part of the fun at the club's August barbecue.