D5040 NEWSLETTER Sep 2007 ISSUE
I can’t believe that August is over and I have relaxed enough to enjoy
my “Official” visits to the Clubs.
It has had been an amazing adventure and passed in the blink of an
eye. I suspect that this will be the
nature of this year and that before I know it, my year as DG will be over. As the Youth Exchange Students always tell
you – “this is the best year of my life”, so for me – this will be year of such
fun and adventures that I too will remember it as a banner year.
My adventures started when together with PDG Sonya
Wolowidnyk and the Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Vancouver Cambie, I stood waiting at the airport for the arrival of RI
President Elect DK Lee, his wife Juang and their
aides, Mike and Mary Pinson . . . and it just kept building from there. RI President Wilf
Wilkinson arrived that evening and I had the honor
of spending 3 days with him while he was in
I have to catch my breath just thinking about this very busy time, yet
President Wilf Wilkinson was always on time, always
smiling, always willing to share. What
an amazing President we have. . .
. . . . .and what amazing
clubs we have. The first club I
visited was the Rotary Club of Vancouver Quadra. I cannot believe how nervous and concerned I
was – and they put it all right for me!
Thank you for listening intently, applauding vigorously and giving wise
advice! Now that I am over the nerves, I
am vastly improved and loving every minute of my visits.
This past weekend was spent in the hurricane energy of 26 magic young
people and the facilitators of RYLA North. Despite dire weather predictions for
This week I visit further clubs around Vancouver and next week am off to
the Sunshine Coast to see how Rotary fares there and to enjoy their
Annual “Hunghai”.
I hope you are all able to enjoy September, this last slow month of
Summer/early Fall, and wave to me as I pass on this
great Rotary road.
. . . no traffic jams, reasonable weather (just
enough rain to keep the grass green) and affordable house prices. The 5
Rotary Clubs in the Cariboo (2 in Quesnel, 2 in Williams Lake and 1 in 100 Mile House) can
definitely be classified as Cariboosters. They all
have contributed greatly to improving their communities. The Quesnel Club sponsored both the Williams Lake Club and the Quesnel Sunrise 2000 Club and the Williams Lake Club, in
turn, sponsored the 100 Mile House Club and the Williams Lake Daybreak Club.
Some of the recent community improvements include the Quesnel Club’s indoor soccer fields, the Quesnel Sunrise Club’s clock tower in
downtown Four Corners Square, the Williams Lake Club’s log picnic shelter in
a local park, the Williams Lake Daybreak Club’s management of the Stampede
Parade during the Canada Day weekend and the 100 Mile House Club’s management
of the old local arena which they’ve transformed into an agriplex for horse shows and the Rotary Fall Fair.
The president of the Quesnel
Club is Brian
Harrison, a bank manager. Their new officer installation was held at a Japanese
style community hall which the Club helped construct several years ago. Yes,
you have to remove your shoes when you enter. Their weekly lunch meetings take
place at a Chinese restaurant in
Quesnel
(Pic from City of
Both Quesnel Clubs have an interesting
practice of keeping their fines separate from their happy and sad dollars which
are donated periodically to a local charity. The two clubs jointly sponsor a
Rotary Exchange student.
The 100 Mile House Club’s president is
Douglas Dent, a lawyer. They hold their lunch meetings at a German restaurant
with a very civilized tradition of serving wine and/or beer prior the meal and
another civilized tradition of serving your meal at your table. One of their
members is a former mayor of 100 Mile House.
The Williams Lake Club also held their
installation at a local golf course but they were there only for the food. The
installation, this year, was performed by the oldest member of the club who
felt truly honoured in being selected. He installed Don Urquhart as President.
Don owns and manages a local printing shop which is advertised in the District
5040 directory. The Club meets for a buffet lunch upstairs in a former Chinese
restaurant which has a magnificent view of the lake.
Their interesting tradition
is to form a receiving line at the beginning of each meeting so
that, as the members and guests enter, they greet and shake hands with all the
people present and then stand at the end of the line and greet people who have
entered after them. Their Rotary Exchange student this year recently
arrived from
The club’s Picnic Shelter project started in 2005 is officially open, Mayor Scott Nelson stated that the Rotary Club's
contribution to the community is very welcome. "You are an ambitious group
who puts their hearts in the community," he said. "Your organization
has been absolutely critical in projects in
The Williams Lake Daybreak Club held
their installation outdoors at the house of one of the members. They put on a
barbecue and organized an informal pot luck dinner. They meet for a buffet
breakfast at a local restaurant on the ground floor of the Cariboo
Friendship Centre which has an excellent view of the sunrise (if you can focus
at 7:00 am in the morning). The
president this year is Ingolf Sandberg who owns and
manages a local office machine outlet. Their fundraisers include selling of
pre-numbered “Bronco Buttons” during the aforementioned Stampede and
organizing a Duck Drop in conjunction with the Williams Lake Club
Williams
Lake Daybreak Rotary’s 2nd Annual Williams Lake Stampede Parade
The Daybreak Rotary Club of Williams Lake produced our WL Stampede
Parade on Saturday, June 30th – and it was great! Our club
organized this 83rd annual parade (our 2nd parade
as organizers) as a community service because our community really enjoys this
parade and it has become an integral part of a very busy weekend for
This year our parade had over 150 registrants entered in
the parade itself – each with its own set of volunteers. We counted just over
1,000 participants in the parade itself. The parade route covers 2 Kms through downtown
The District’s Youth
There were at least 2 Daybreak Rotarians participating in the parade. President
Elect Ingolf Sandberg was showcasing his amazing musical
talents while marching with our own Williams Lake Community Band. Ingolf also showed great dexterity in avoiding the various
“deposits” made by the equine entrants!
Speaking about those “unwanted equine deposits” our very own Rotarian
Christine Wagner was in charge of cleaning up those deposits! Christine had a great time following the last
of the horses to go through the parade, dressed in a lovely French Maid costume
with a large shovel in hand – happily scooping as she walked the route! Our “Daybreak Madame” Pooper Scooper had a
wonderful time performing this essential community service – which is how
Rotary should be – Service with Fun!!
Organizing and overseeing this parade takes many, many hours of time and
effort. It is all worth it though when you see the smiles, when you see the
generations of our community getting together, and when you see our community
pride come through. We are starting work on next year’s parade
already! - Daybreak Rotarian, and
2007 Parade Marshall,
Erik Zwiers
DG Dean invites all Rotarians to come and support our Rotary Foundation
Hellenic
Centre -
Cash bar at
6pm and dinner at 7pm. Ticket $70/person. Program includes Silent
Auction, Raffle draw and DJ.
An important
aspect of the Foundation Dinner is to raise funds through a SILENT AUCTION. We require your assistance to make the silent
auction a financial success.
Each club is
asked to provide 2 auction items worth $100 or more. A good way to do this is for clubs to create
theme baskets. Club members can bring
items that are grouped together to create a basket worth more than $100. Ideas for the theme baskets include, but are
not limited to:
Also, gift
certificates are always good items for a silent auction.
ALL DONATIONS ARE GRATEFULLY
ACCEPTED. If you give
us cash, we can make up the baskets for you.
Contact PDG Mary Watson for more information by phone at
604 952 7044 or via email at
marywatson7@gmail.com.
Foundation
Dinner Chair: Don
Kavanagh 604-929-8580 or don_kavanagh@hotmail.com
TICKETS: Peter Beynon
604 434-5158 or peterbeynon@shaw.ca
DG Dean invites all D5040 Rotarians to join her and Rhino May 15 to 18,
2008.
Check out
the District website Event and Conference page for program details.
Watch the promotional video of RI President Wilf and
DG Dean. Register now online or by mail. For more information, contact
Conference Chair Magdalen at 604-214-8833 or by email mleung@westernmba.ca
Interesting
Speakers:
Locations
DGE Bob Blacker and DGN Gordon Dalglish are now finalising plans for future
Conferences. Please note the following dates and locations:
May 1 - 3, 2009 -
May 7 - 9, 2010 -
District
5040 is looking for progressive Rotarians interested in working as AG
Requirements
as follows:
Send Resume
by Sep 30, 2007:
To:
Executive AG Sue Smith
Email:
suesmith107@shaw.ca
Mail:
Interviews
to be conducted by:
District
Governor Elect Bob Blacker
District
Governor Nominee Gordon
Dalglish
Training:
The
successful applicants will shadow the incumbent Assistant Governor for their
area immediately after being selected.
The District will provide training for AG.
4 Positions
available:
Apply before
September 30th, 2007
Registration is limited to 30 people per course. Each course is
$85 including meals, breaks and training materials. For registration form and
further details, visit the events pages on the District website at www.Rotary5040.org.
Oct. 20,
2007 – Part I at the Delta Airport Hotel in
Jan 26, 2008
– Part I & II , location
to be selected.
May 15, 2008
– Part I, II & III in conjunction with District
Conference
Additional courses will be offered at any location in District 5040
where there are a minimum of 15 candidates and appropriate facilities.
Established in 1994 to assist in improving the Rotary knowledge and
leadership skills of the future leaders of clubs and districts, the Rotary
Leadership Institute is a multi-district program already functional in 110
districts around the world.
The
institute offers a training program in three full-day sessions, followed
by graduate seminars. Trainers are carefully selected from among
Rotarians with outstanding leadership abilities and prepared to conduct
innovative and participatory course sessions. The Rotary Leadership Institute
is a recommended unofficial affiliate of Rotary International.
AG Penny
Offer D5040 Rotary
Leadership Institute Committee Chair Phone
604-940-9365 PennyOffer@telus.net
Attention!!! Host Families and Volunteers who will
be with Youth Exchange students unsupervised need to
have background checks, which includes criminal record checks completed. Forms
can be downloaded in District website under Youth Programs. ClubRunner Clubs
can download directly from their club website under Download links.
Presidential
Membership Conference Aug 10-11,
2007
Over 400 Rotarians packed the Conference hall in
In ending the conference President Wilkinson said, "The way each
club approaches membership needs to be the right way for that club.
There isn't going to be any one approach that works for everyone.
"But over the course of this conference, you have gained the tools and the
ideas which will help you and your club will decide what's
the best way for you."
Conference Chair Chris Offer challenged the Rotarians
attending to walk the talk and lead by example by personally sponsoring a
new member.
You can download the free
Conference report or order a spiral copy for $10
including shipping and tax at www.RotaryEvents.ca
STEP UP THE CHALLENGE
RI President
Wilf Wilkinson is encouraging all Rotarians to help
strengthen Rotary's membership by bringing at least one new member into Rotary.
He recognized his team with a new member sponsor pin and encourages clubs to
adopt the same recognition incentive for their members. For Rotarians who
sponsor more than one new member, additional recognition can be displayed with
a numbered tab that attaches to the pin. Pins and tabs can be ordered from RI
Official licensees.
GET READY
FOR 2008 The
Guidelines for Outstanding Club of The Year Award are in the 2007-2008 District
Directory on page 50.
Criteria and
form can be downloaded in District website. Each Assistant Governor should be
nominating one club in their area by april 1st, 2008
The very first Number 1 Outstanding Club of the Year Award in District
5040 went to New Westminster Royal City for meeting and exceeding the
criteria set forth and for the way they put together their
presentation. The banner hangs proudly
on the wall at their club weekly meetings.
This new award was instituted by PDG Kevin Conway last year and asked Assistant
Governors to nominate ‘The Most Outstanding Club’ in their area.
To be the most Outstanding Club takes a lot of hard work and effort on
the part of the entire club and also requires the Assistant Governors to take
notice.
You can be sure that
The runner-up Quesnel and honorable mentions
- PDG Sonia
PP Matt Coenen
RI Director Monty Audenart, Club Pres. Linda
Wong and PDG Del Paterson presented Matt Coenen with
a diamond Paul Harris pin and engraved crystal in recognition of his commitment
to The Rotary Foundation and the Bequest Society. Matt has made a
significant bequest in his will for TRF.
PP Bill & Marilyn Brambell
Ladner
Club (ex-member)
RI Pres. Wilf Wilkinson presented Bill a Bequest
Society Crystal for becoming a Rotary Foundation Bequest Society member
and Benefactor. Bill was immediate Past President of the Ladner Club,
but has recently moved and has transferred to the Abbotsford Club.
PDG Chris Offer
Chris was presented with the Rotary Foundation
Service Award for a Polio-Free World by RI Pres. Wilf
Wilkinson to recognize his outstanding contributions to the polio eradication
effort. He is currently Zone 22 PolioPlus Partners Program
coordinator.
Recognitions Total as of
august 2007:
Major Donors: 8,707
Bequest Society: 5,590
Benefactors: 74,791
Paul Harris Fellows:
1,068,741
Warren Buffett,
The reason? So he
could actively participate in his philanthropy and help shape the programs
important to him.
Many other donors have also discovered the benefits of lifetime
philanthropy through planned gifts such as the charitable gift annuity and
gifts of appreciated property. Those plans allow you to make your influence
felt today while, at the same time, you receive tax savings and other financial
benefits.
Consider a planned gift to The Rotary Foundation (TRF) as part of your
personal philanthropy. Explore the many ways you can partner with Our Rotary
Foundation and help shape the programs that are important to you.
Karen J. Bierman
director of planned and major gifts, TRF
Ph: 847-866-3100
Speak to her about the many
trf donation opportunities available
The Rotary Friendship Exchange program gives Rotarians and their families
the opportunity to experience other cultures firsthand, by participating in
reciprocal visits with Rotarians from other countries
and their families. Introduced in 1984,
this program aims to advance international understanding among Rotarians. It provides Rotarians with the opportunity to
form personal contacts and make long-lasting friendships while exploring
different areas of the world.
District 5040 has been invited to join in an exchange with District
7630. This is an exciting
opportunity for Rotarians who would like to visit the Atlantic coast with other
Rotarians. We will limit the group to 12-15
people and will plan for our trip in April of 2008. I am including the information on the
district which was sent to me by Don Blouch, the
Friendship Exchange Chair of D7630.
“District 7630 is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the
Please
let me know if you are interested. It
would be great fun to have the return trip of the D7630 Rotarians during the
time of our District Conference in May.
PDG Mary Watson
phone: 604 952 7044 email: marywatson7@gmail.com
GRoup study exchange to d9200
Applications
for TEAM LEADER have now closed. Official cut-off date for prospective TEAM
MEMBERS is Sep 15, hurry up and apply now! There may be an extension after due
date.
Visit this website of the Rotary Global History Fellowship. This
much-used site contains the most comprehensive collection of Rotary’s
history over the past 100+ years with over 3,000 pages and 10,000 articles on
the history of Rotary International. Hopefully, anything you ever wanted to
know about the movement is here within this website. Explore and enjoy!
You can read about Rotary’s Paul Harris and find wonder in his messages,
essays and books. You can also learn about Rotary’s famous 4-Way Test or take
our Rotary history tour. In addition, we offer “What Paul Harris Said”
and “Why I Am a Rotarian,” along with a monthly Rotary Foundation
newsletter about Our Foundation. You will learn a great deal from our global,
Rotary, hoped-for future, such as: essays on the journey toward Peace. Our
highest compliment is for you to say, “Wow,” after a visit!
Anything you can’t find – visit our history search page. Want to talk
about a subject – visit our www.rghfforum.org where members and
visitors may post comments (our visitors via our RGHF comment form). Want to
contribute – visit and then join us! We need new members-new ideas-new
explorations into the essential elements of Rotary. We extend an invitation to
all Rotarians to come and join this dynamic project, Rotary Global History
Fellowship.
For
further information about membership and to contact our
membership committee, just use our comment page at www.historycomment.org.
Fellowship
Promote Rotary through media is one of the most
effective public relation tools.
Clubs
and Rotarians in our District have been featured in local newspaper throughout
August and September, RI President Wilf
Wilkinson was featured twice during his
·
Tsawwassen
Rotary on Public park pond clean up.
·
Tsawwassen
Interact Club for collecting 2,500 toothbrushes for
·
Jill Moore of Tsawwassen
heading to
·
Eleanor McWhannel
of Tsawwassen promoting
GSE to
·
Peter Dandyke
of Tsawwassen architecture
and designer of
·
Quesnel
Sunrise Rotary featured 3 times on BC
·
RI President Wilf
Wilkinson.
·
RI President Wilf
Wilkinson visiting New Westminster Rotary.
·
Magdalen Leung of Richmond Sunset her
work as full time volunteer.
·
Williams Lake Rotary on
their Picnic Shelter project.
·
·
Tsawwassen
Rotary on the
Read all
media coverage at www.rotary5040.org
under Media Mention.
Please
send media articles in pdf or forward the link
To
Editor Becky for posting on the district website
editor5040@hotmail.com
When I asked Bryan Kelly of Tsawwassen Club what is his secret of getting all these
media coverage, he generously sharing some of his secret…
The
full version can be downloaded under Media Mention in www.rotary5040.org
1. To
provide stories to fit the press’s mission statement.
2. Take
pictures that tell a story and are of publishable quality and write the story.
Hand them a complete ready to publish error free package – picture, caption,
headline, sub-head and press ready story.
3. To write the story, have a hook, the head turning item
to ‘hook’ the editor’s and reader’s attention, provide the answers who, what,
why, when, where and how. Have all names and contact information relevant to
the story and hand it over without restrictions (demand no credits).
4. Don’t
push Rotary, rather push the key event benefit that is
the subject of the story. Families sheltered, pain relieved, park made safe,
education provided etc. Always make it personal - put an individual front and
center – they are the window to the story. Rotary always comes in as a secondary mention.
5. Finally, Club support is important. Officers,
directors and members must cooperate and support the effort.
Interesting
Speaker - Chris Harris,
Canadian freelance/adventure photographer
Chris has devoted his time to
sharing his love of photography and nature with people of all ages. He
has published 9 books in his series Discover British Columbia Books.
Chris has a number of presentations for a wide range of audiences and/or
events. His presentations are informative, upbeat, entertaining and inspiring. Contact
Info - Country Light Publishing,
Attendance
Report is being posted on the last page of each month’s District Newsletter
For the first time in two years - we are providing all members with the Attendance
and Membership figures in the District Newsletter in order to place proper
emphasis on the fact that the District numbers are ever declining - and that each
Rotarian needs to focus on Membership and Retention to bring about a positive
change. This is not just urgent but essential for Rotary's future.
Through the District Website - ClubRunner - each club can report their
monthly changes in membership and attendance. This needs to be done by
the 5th of the month following. In this newsletter, the July figures are
printed. As you can see - some clubs are still not reporting and some reports
are inaccurate.
As your District Secretary - I have been in touch with every club in
5040 to remind them to report on time and instruct them how to do so. If your club's July figures are not correct, I urge the
President, Secretary or Designated attendance keeper to update your club's info
IMMEDIATELY - so that we all know what *OUR* district figures actually are -
and know whether we are in a positive or negative growth position.
If any club does not know how to do this - please make one
phone call to me - and I will walk you through it. It is not difficult.
Thanks for your cooperation,
Nancy Nikolai, District Secretary
Need
help to enter the membership figures in the District website?
Call
Nancy Nikolai, District secretary at 604-524-2144
RI Literacy Resource Group
Rotarians
are encouraged to celebrate International Literacy Day on Sep 8, 2007 in cooperation
with the International Reading Association and
support literacy
projects during Literacy Month in March 2008.
Visit
RI Literacy Resources
at www.rotary.org for supporting materials or contact District
Literacy Chair Leo Nimsick at nimsick@telus.net
September 8th is an occasion to give hope to the millions of
women, men and children who cannot read or write even their own name. This day
reminds us of the importance of literacy for individuals, families,
communities and whole societies.
International Literacy day was started in 1965 by UNESCO United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. This year the theme is “Literacy,
key to good health and well-being”.
The link between low literacy, poverty and poor health is common knowledge.
By bringing literacy to adults and children, we are bringing hope and a
powerful change in their life and in their society for achieving social
progress.
Literacy affects about 800 million people in our world and some
of those people are in our own community. Many Rotary clubs have already
participated in literacy projects in the past, for those of you who have
not, here are a few ideas:
·
Do a local survey on literacy;
·
Adopt a project at home or
Internationally;
·
Donate books, money or time;
·
Volunteer to be readers, tutors or
mentors;
·
Work with refugee and immigrant
population to assist with second language learning;
·
Share your ideas with the district so
we can all expand our knowledge of literacy projects.
-
PDG Soni
During their visit to
Upon their return, they started
initiating a joint club project. As of to-date, Magdalen is very happy to
report that a total of 276 wheelchairs have been donated, 50 from Richmond
Sunrise, 53 from Richmond Club, 155 from Richmond Sunset and
20 from Vancouver Sunrise. One third of these wheelchairs are for children and rest for adults. Cost per wheelchair is
CAD $110.
The wheelchairs will be shipped
in a container from the manufacturer directly to
“Rotarians are encouraged to go
to
We wish to take this opportunity to
thank all the Rotarians, friends and families who have generously supported
this initiative and congratulations to District 5040 for a successful Joint
Club Project!”
– PP Magdalen Leong,
Recognizing the need for wells
to provide clean, safe water of rural communities in
When the Rotary Club of Kakamega heard about the Rotary International Matching
Grant wells project, they were eager to support it. President
Robertson Osangale and Secretary Mrs. Grace Kavenghan from the Kakamega Club
worked hand-in-hand with Joseph Mutamba, Director of
the LIFA (Literacy for All) schools, and Sandra Harper, from the Vancouver
South Rotary Club, to plan and supervise the digging of the wells.
A well-digger, named Nixon, dug
each well and lined the walls with cement rings and installed a sturdy, metal
hand pump. Then each community had a commissioning to celebrate the
opening of their first public well. The Chief and other community
dignitaries, parents and students, and Rotarians gathered together to mark the
opening of their well, giving access to clean, safe water.
Speeches, songs, dancing, an
official cutting of the well’s ribbon, pumping out the first stream of water
and the planting of 6 trees to commemorate this very special occasion
took two hours. At each location, the Kakamega
Rotarians donated a water storage tank. The eyes of the children and
adults sparkled as they burst into songs of thanks for the first well in their
community. The miracle of easily accessible water had finally reached
their lives.
Many people in the world are
only familiar with turning a tap and getting clean water instantly to
use. But to see four rural communities in
Life in these four communities
has changed. All through the efforts and support of
Rotarians and a Rotary Matching Grant to
provide a simple pump, a well, and a water storage tank. What a contribution Rotarians
- living half a world apart, but working collaboratively together – have made
in assisting the lives of other Kenyans.
-Sandra Harper,
One Sat Aug 18, Ladner Rotarians spent
a fine morning at the Rotary World Help Network warehouse, loading the
container that the club has co-sponsored for
“This RWHN project initiative is one of the coolest things we can do
as Rotarians. Our discarded hospital
and computer equipment and supplies are treasures in third world countries.
This is my second time at Riverview.
Thanks go to Larry Pretty for organizing it on behalf of
the club and Barry and Melissa for being there. We Rotarians are making a difference.
The
last time, our club sponsored a container to the
On Aug 6, Rotarians from Centennial Club demonstrated exceptional
sales skills at the Taiwan Festival in
Over 30
organizations participated in the festival, there were
music, songs, dancing and ethnic food
A Tsawwassen
Rotarian work party set to cleaning the pond behind the concession building
of trash, brush and weeds.
The good humor
of the members made the activity seem more like fun than hard work.
“Whenever this group gets together there are many laughs. They even make fun
while fishing debris from a pond”, said VP Gerry Beltgens.
“Grey skies and the muck doesn’t dim their humor.”
“What can you expect when you put men, mud and a boat together?” laughed
Rotarian Gail McEwan.
“We appreciate the Rotary help”,
said Doug Petersen, GVRD Park Operations Supervisor. He directed the cutting of
brush and provided the boat and trash bin while Rotarians contributed the work
party and fun, followed by a BBQ party.
(They even gained media coverage at the South Delta Leader. If you have
a good story, send it to the press!!)
ON
Aug 17, Vancouver Chinatown held their Annual Golf Tournament, 23
golfers were teed off at about 4 pm. Another 13 Rotarians and
guests joined them for the prime rib dinner. They had a ball. Thanks
to member Lincoln Yeung who sponsored the $10,000
hole in one prize at the 13th hole. Unfortunately no
winner.
On
Aug 17, joined by Richmond Sunset Rotarians,
Thanks to a very generous donation to the Foundation dinner in November
2006, we were the lucky winners of a two night stay at the
Alpine Meadows Resort (just a hundred km north of
What a wonderful place – a warm greeting by gracious
hosts Debra and Tom Fennell set the tone and we were quickly settled in our one
bedroom suite in a duplex chalet overlooking exquisite
Visit www.alpinemeadowsresort.com for details and
when you visit, please remember the generous support of the Rotary
Foundation.
Jane
LePorte and Peter Scott,
Rotary
Club of
LionsGate
rotary now meets on Thursdays
Starting Sep 13, they will meet on Thursdays from noon to 1pm
at
Cheers Restaurant, 125 East 2nd Avenue, North Van.
Rotarian Elena Agala, Rotary Club of
Richmond Sunrise, has just been announced as a recipient of an Award of
Achievement, to be presented by Her Excellency Gloria Arroyo, President
of the
Elena was nominated by an organisation known as Katiguban
Samarenos Ha Leyte (KASALE) - residents of
Elena has been a Board member of the Rotary World Help Network - and
personally involved with many shipments to the
Our Congratulations to Elena for all she has achieved through Rotary and
for receiving this well-deserved honour from President Arroyo.
- Gordon
Dalglish
Assistant Gove
Subject: From Barrister Dezi
Daniel
Address:
Re: Last and Final Notification of Bequest.
Summary: Advising recipients they are being
made a beneficiary to the bequest of the estate of a late Rotarian Mark Andreoni, who was President of Rotary Club of Abingdon-England, with Club number 000003980, District 1180. This
bequest is to support activities, humanitarian services and help to the
less-privileged.
To enable them to conclude the legal duty, the
Rotarian should forward personal information specified and the biodata page of their international passport or drivers licence as a proper identification.
Unfortunately a recent e-mail scam, and some other forms
of Internet fraud, have been targeting Rotarians. Rotarians to be
vigilant about deleting any e-mail that appears suspicious
The British Columbia Youth
Parliament’s 79th Parliament will be held in
Each group or organization
may nominate two applicants. Each applicant who is accepted to
attend as a member of BCYP must pay $155 towards their registration fee,
this year due to generous donations the remainder of the $280 fee is being
covered for all members. Members will sit and debate in the Legislative
Chambers for five days and will be accommodated for four nights at the
Harbour Towers Hotel in
All
applications must be received by October 24, 2007. Applicants will
be notified whether they have been selected in early November
Interact
Students Pack Smiles to
The newly chartered Interact Club of Tsawwassen is already on the news not just once, twice!!!
After learning Tsawwassen Rotarian Jill Moore with
Why Your
Club should sponsor youth to attend RYLA?
Adam Briglio:
...We met people that were from all parts of the globe
and others who were just from different parts of B.C. Meeting new people gave
us a fresh perspective on the world we live in...
Sean Bosa:
...Adam and I learned that the camp wasn’t just about
learning how to be a good leader but to see that there are lots of
different and interesting people out there. That we are not just restricted to
the confines of our school and home, the experience of meeting new people was a
life lesson in itself. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to attend
RYLA...
Rachel
Li and Stephanie McEwan told
their experience with pictures….
UBC Rotaract on the Move
Four members of the UBC Rotaract
Club went on a fact finding mission to
Rotarians can help Young people reach their full potential through the
many Rotary programs available. Get involved, sponsor
Interact, Rotaract, Youth Exchange and RYLA.
It’s worth it !!!