War Child

Rotary Meeting September 7, 2016 - Rocco Colangelo

Attendance: 16 including guest speaker  

President Basil opened the meeting

 

Anthem: Gordon Brown

 

Grace: Peter Masson

 

Toast to the Queen, Canada and Rotary – President Basil

 

Guests: Speaker Cameron Becker

 

Frank Allison asks everyone to solicit for sponsorships for the upcoming TV Auction.

 

Donna advised her group to assemble for their group meeting following this one.

 

A reminder of the District Foundation Walk on Sunday September 11th. Our Foundation Chair Madhavi gave us the details of the District Foundation Walk which is Sunday September 11th in Brighton Ontario. The location is The Brighton Community Centre at 75 Elizabeth Street in Brighton. Registration is from 8:30 to 10:00, with the walk or car rally starting between 9:30 and 10:30. Lunch is from 11:45 to 12:30 and the whole thing ends at 1:00. President Basil asked Madhavi to circulate the District pledge sheets to get pledges to sponsor our president for his walk.

 

President Basil reminded us that our District 7070 Conference takes place October 21st and 22nd at the Sheraton Parkway at Leslie and Hwy 7. Registration on Friday Oct 21 starting at 4:00 PM; welcome party at 6:30, and several hospitality suites. Great speakers, check out the District website for more information.

 

... Also Habitat for humanity Women's Build Wednesday September 14 to Saturday September 17th, and Tuesday September 20th to Saturday September 24th.

 

 ... September is Basic Education and Literacy Month.

 

... How about Joe Roberts and Push for Change? The Skid row CEO is pushing a shopping cart across Canada to raise awareness and money for homeless youth.

 

... With Dave Hardy's help, the Institute for New Sub urbanism is being launched on Thursday Sept 15th at JC's Banquet Hall at 1686 Ellesmere, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

 

... Dinner and a Song starts up again on September 22nd and October 1st. 

   

Marbelous Draw: Alan Meredith  conducted the draw, the luck was on Alan's side when our guest speaker Cameron pulled his ticket, but that's where the luck stopped when he couldn't find the lucky marble and had to settle for the consolation price.

 

S@ Arms Gordon Brown drew fines from anyone that hasn't purchased any beer yet, yours' truly got away by promising to get in the action soon. Then he switched to happy bucks, there were many happy individuals including vacationers, especially Rocco happy to have spend 3 weeks vacationing in Italy but most of all by not being affected by the 6.2 Magnitude earthquake while there. Rocco also thanked all for their concerns while waiting for developing news, especially to President Basil.

 

Maddy introduced today's guest speaker- Cameron Becker, the topic of the presentation was "War Child"

 

War Child is a non-profit organization, that helps raise awareness and support of war affected children globally through local and international initiatives.

War Child's mission is to help children in war-affected communities reclaim their childhood through access to education, opportunity and justice.

 

Arthur Retnakaran Thanked Cameron for his interesting presentation and presented him with our 50th anniversary scotch glass. CHEERS

To hear Cameron's full audio presentation, please follow the attached audio link.

 

With nothing else for the good of Rotary, President Basil closed the meeting.