The meeting of January 29th

Today we welcomed guests Roy Sheldrick, Terry Cooke and Lisa Kammerer.

We were reminded of the Winter Carnival at the Driving Park on Saturday February 16th and the HARRRP Gala on February 22nd (tickets from Paul Clifford) before launching into Happy Dollars. Bruce, Viola and Harold reminisced about the great cruise from which they had just returned. The visit to Haiti was an eye-opener for them all. Viola noted that there was an organized group of Rotarians on the cruise - could this be an idea for the Club?  George passed on thanks from St Matthew's House for the Christmas toys and Paul informed us that they were re-opening a much improved Food Bank this week. Jan returned from a week in Punta Cana and earned a significant number of credits for clearing Ralph's driveway of snow. Dave C is off to visit his Mum in the UK and then for a week skiing in Switzerland.

Following Happy Dollars, Barbara Busing presented a cheque for $1000 to recent Queen's Jubilee medal recipient Roy Sheldrik towards the Water Walk. In thanking the Club, Roy re-iterated the positive contribution Rotary is making to Haiti. His project has now drilled 240 wells and is now working on digging latrines and teaching about sanitation. He quoted one Haitian as saying "When Rotary came to our village, babies stopped dying".