On February 22, we celebrated a special birthday milestone for our longest-serving and most distinguished member, Vicente Asuncion. Joining us for this very special occasion were Vic's wife Maryanne, son Ben, plus former club mates from the Rotary Club of Vancouver Quadra: Hans Doge, Dawn Sadler and Don Yerba.  

 

Thank you for giving us a wonderful excuse to have cake with our coffee and breakfast Vicente! 

 

Our hats are off to the inspiring young members of the University Hill Interact Club who launched their new club with a successful Toque and Sock Drive for the Homeless - pictured here with members of Vancouver's Park Rangers whose work brings them into contact with members of the city's homeless population.

 

February kicked off with a visit from District Conference co-chairs Bob Mackerricher & Roy Prevost to promote the event to club members. The theme for this year's Rotary District 5040 Conference is "Connecting Clubs and Communities," and it's being hosted at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, just a stone's throw from our regular meeting venue in Coal Harbour.  

 

The highlight for this year's conference will be a feature presentation about our signature community project, the Rotary Hoop-A-Thon for Local Communities.

 

For more information, check out https://rotary5040.org/page/2023-district-conference.