Blue & Gold Bulletin

Guests

Tanya Perry

Fourteen members were absent or excused this week:
Renee B; Angie; Pauline; Reg; Don g: Don H; Linda M; Dennis R; Terry W; Excused - Paul M; John R; l/o Shelly A; Geoff S; Ted W.

Make ups were provided by:
Kevin A (2), Don, Wayne (2), Steve C (2)

"There are none this week," said Chuck to President Dennis. And that was that!
Make up meetings can help you achieve perfect attendance. If you attend Rotary Committee meetings or meetings in other areas please keep track and keep Chuck informed.

There were no birthdays to celebrate this week.

There were no anniversaries to celebrate this week.

Doug Park, a deserving fellow, was pleasantly surprised as he was announced as the winner nest week!

· Trinity Church is having a fundraiser featuring Elvis Impersonator Ron Moore November 29.

· The Special needs Christmas party is December 7th. Tickets are $20 per adult. All children under 18 free as well as parents of the special needs children. Set up will take place at 9:30 am in the morning

· Next Board of Directors Meeting on January 31, 2009. at the Village Inn. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting starts promptly at 5:15 pm. Supper following is optional and at your own expense.

· Rotary members and wives Christmas party to be held Tuesday December 9 at the Beech - in lieu of morning meeting.

· Christmas tree arrivals to take place on Nov 26 and sales start Nov 28. Roster being circulated - let Ted Watson know when you are available to "sell the timber" and "get a replacement if you can't be there!"

· District Governor "Mike" Phelan is our guest speaker on December 30th. President Denis is hoping that everyone will be on there best behavior.

· Ross paid a couple of bucks to force us to listen to him "publically sucking up again" as he expressed Judy's delight in attending the last couple of meetings, having to drive the "little fella to breakee!" If you recall last week in a weak moment, he said she wasn't worth a buck - mistakenly.

· Sue reported that Andre told her that Renee was fine - surgery went well and she was feeling fine. If she did what Fred did she'd likely be at the Christmas party.

· Don Welsh threw in a sad buck and related how much he missed putting up the snow fence for the trees. Ted Watson and friends got it up!

· While visiting his son and grand kids I guess Wayne had been speaking of the recent election in the US. As kids do so often, one of his grand-daughters must have been listening. Later on that week during a phone from his daughter-in-law Wayne found out just how much she listened. Asking her mom a question as they set up the nativity scene, her daughter asked "Mommy where is Joe the Plumber?"

This week Brett Graves is in the spotlight. He joined Rotary November 25 , 2005. Thanks Brett for all of your help in making our community an even better place to live, work and play.

Tanya Perry talks about ShelterBox Canada

Kevin Anyan (L), Tanya Perry, and Ted Mann

This week our guest speaker was Tanya Perry, a Rotarian from the Sunrise Club in Whitby. In his introduction, Ted Mann related how Michael Jones, a former exchange student from Yorkshire from years gone by came from the Rotary Club that started this valuable initiative years later. Truly this is a "small world".

Having attended the National Conference in Salt Lake City, Tanya Perry was moved by a Project called "Shelter Box". After witnessing first hand the networking and the passion she observed that people had for various initiatives she decided then and there to become involved. She now volunteers as an Ambassador for Shelter Box Canada.

During her presentation Tanya informed us of the following:

· Shelter Box is ready to provide immediate relief, often where no one else can.

· Is a planned response to unpredictable disasters.

· It provides shelter, comfort, dignity…survival.

· One box cost $1200 and provides help for 10 people-shelter, means to clean drinking water and equipment for cooking.

· Since its inception it has collected $60 million and provided help for 500,000 people all over the world.

· Response Teams work closely with Regional Rotary Clubs.

The pamphlet details statistics, accomplishments and how easy it is to contribute. Being a charitable organization it is tax deductable. 97% of the funds raise go directly to the support victims. "Shelter Box - truly Rotarians Serving Humanitarian Aid Worldwide."

Kevin Anyan thanked the speaker eloquently, ending with "When will we help?"

The draw this week was for $1300. "Dr. Al Sylvester" owned the lucky ticket. He was quick to draw an eight of Clubs leaving the pot for next week's winner who might be you. Good luck!

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."
     - Yogi Berra: An American League Baseball Player and Manager

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Prepared by Fred Mandryk