Agincourt Community Services Association (ACSA) Lee Soda

Posted by Arthur Retnakaran 
on Jan 21, 2015
 

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Lee Soda Director of ACSA

ROTARY LUNCHEON

JANUARY 21, 2015

  1. Chair person -  Gerd Wengler (Vice President)  
  2. National Anthem  -  Peter Masson
  3. Grace – Lise Soda (Guest Speaker)
  4. Toast to the Queen,Canada and Rotary – Gerd  Wengler
  5. Attendance -  10
  6. Announcements:
    President Maddy made a brief appearance and mentioned that she has been confirmed in her new position with the TD bank and unabashedly canvassed for new business! She had to leave early to pay her parking ticket.  Reminder about this evening’s  meeting at the Scarborough Golf and Country Club at 7 pm, “Scarborough Community Renewal campaign – Final report”
  7. Marbelous Draw:
    Gordon Brown. Roland List’s ticket was drawn but he failed to pick the magic marble. Everyone expressed their sympathy and he received the consolation prize of $5.
  8. Sergeant-at-arms:
    Mike Mushet.  He was thankful that we are almost halfway into winter and did not ask any onerous questions but instead went into Happy and Sad Bucks. Gerd Wengler was happy that the price of his aircraft went up because of the cut in the BOC interest rate but said that he was not interested in selling it. Peter Masson was happy to see Jack Holman back after his bad car accident. Roland List was happy that his ticket was drawn and donated the $5 to the club.
  9. Speaker:
    Lee Soda, Managing Director of the Agincourt Community Services Association (ACSA), was introduced by Peter Masson. She spoke about the services provided by ACSA. The demand for food items (29,000 requests in 2014) far exceeded their holdings even with the items provided by the Daily Bread Food Bank. She was exploring other areas including Super Markets to augment her food Bank. She was grateful for the funding we had provided for buying food items. She was also connected with “Second target” for collecting food that was going to waste.  She mentioned that there was 1 shelter in Scarborough for homeless people but emphasized that this was a band-aid solution. Low cost housing and aid for mental illness was the long term solution for this problem. She said they do provide pet food to homeless people with pets in answer to  Gerd’s question. Mike Mushet thanked her for her informative talk and she was provided with  a certificate for the funding provided in her name to restore the eye sight of a person in India.
  10. Conclusion:
    Gerd Wengler concluded the meeting by wishing everyone a good week.

Lee Soda's presentation is attached at the following link: 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jv6ny45emni46l2/ACSA.MP3?dl=0

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