Meeting of May 6, 2014
We welcomed our guest speaker, David Carter from Innovation Factory, as well as Bruce Eccles who returned from several months in the south. SAA Dave thanked Shirley and her team(Bob Morrow and Ralph) for organizing a great Paul Harris celebration. Dave also distributed donation cards from the club's visit to the Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice last week. President Jan followed up with a thank you letter from Tom Tustian one of the club's Paul Harris Fellows and a thank you from Sue Lowery for our visit to see David and the hospice. Jan thanked Bob Neibert for driving to the district assembly on Saturday and Wayne McHale, Bob Morrow and Ralph for attending with them. She circulated a flyer about a fundraiser for a young boy with a rare disorder. It is May 14 at Copetown Woods for anyone interested in going.
George and the club need volunteers for the fireworks on May 18. Please put your name and anyone else from your cirlce of friends who can work that evening on his list. We need close to 50 volunteers and our club does not have that many members!
Community Services director Bill moved that $1000 be donated to the Dundas Food Bank. Motion passed unanimously. Glen thanked all the wine donators but needs more for the draw at the Lobster Rib Fest on May 31. He has a few tickets left if you need more.
Shredding Day is this Saturday from 9 to noon at Eccles Uptown. There are 6 or 7 volunteers so far. Let Ralph know if you can spend an hour or so helping out. Ralph celebrated his birthday as did Alycia's fiancee Matt who turned 30, just 37 years younger than Ralph. Alycia and Matt have their Stag and Doe this weekend.
Ralph's unsung hero this week is Roger Stewart. He provided the trailer for our float in the Cactus Parade a few years ago, regularly does the wine and food for our socials and events, decorates the Christmas Tree at the rink, and provided the machinery and operator to build the Rotary Community Garden. Roger is always there to help.
Phil is off to university visits in the US and will take in a Pirates game. Carl is off to NYC where he will see the Mets play and Grant and family are off to a quiet and relaxing week at Disney World in Florida. Quiet and relaxing...yeah right!
Bob Morrow visited Olympia, Greece and ran (jogged, walked) the 212 m long track. And, Wayne Massey did his last, last minute income tax shortly before the deadline. He managed to get this done after planning a busy in-house retirement party for Helen on Saturday.