Chair: Gerd Wengler
Anthem: Gordon Brown
Grace: Arthur Retnakaran
Attendance: 15, including 2 guests: Justin Cummins, Kayana Vanloo
Announcements:
o Dhanni: First meeting of the International Group will be on Thursday, October 18th at the JC’s after the regular luncheon meeting. All members are asked of the group are requested to attend this meeting.
o Al Meredith: Reminded all members that the TV auction deadline is fast approaching, October 31st and we need 220 items. Barry informed the club that our newest member Avrum Liedermano brought in 2 items.
o Basil reminded everyone to please respond to his email request on volunteers for the TV Auction.
o Gerd announced that the District Conference is on October 27th in Prince Edward County to register.
Marbelous Draw:
Mike Mushet conducted the draw and Barry won the consolation prize of $5.
SAA – David Seemungal
Our two guests were from Barbados and SAA David fined everyone who did not visit the island of Barbados and those who did not wear a Rotary pin.
* Arthur was happy for a visit from his sister
* Basil being an Engineer was trying his hands on applying “Precision cooking” on baking a turkey for Thanksgiving. He did cook the turkey only to find out that he baked a frozen turkey using the thawed time instruction.
* David was happy to wear short sleeve at this time of the year.
Peter Masson introduced our speaker, Nevine Yassa to give us an update on ROOTA.
Nevine is a member of the Scarborough Rotary Club and an advocate for the kids in the impoverish areas in Egypt.
ROOTA – Rising out of the Ashes is a Canadian organization, currently working on its’ charitable status with CRA.
Nevine visits Egypt at least once a year to continue her work with the Zabaleen, predominately Christians who are garbage collectors. She personally visited the garbage site. Last year our club purchased one loom for the women there so they can earn an income to provide to their families by using the looms to weave rugs and sell them.
In addition to seeking out donations for purchasing looms, Nevine and ROOTA are working with the APE (Association for the Protection of the Environment) in Egypt on a Literacy program to help children get a base education. The government of Egypt provides free education to its’ citizen. However, children from this marginalized community do not go to school during the day as they are busy assisting their parents sifting through garbage from 6:00 am to 3:00 pm every day.
Video:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0o8syksu1cn3vtl/Mina_Final.mp4?dl=0
Presentation:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7vq5vbpmetzb4o/RISING%20OUT%20OF%20THE%20ASHESfinal1.pptx?dl=0
Gerd thanked Nevine from the bottom of his heart on the job she is doing. Nevine also donated items to the TV Auction.
Please listen and view the video. It’s an “eye opener”.
October 11, in history:
- 1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
- 1873 Toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to U of Toronto
- 1899 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain
- 1939 : Albert Einstein wrote his famous letter to FDR about the potential of the atomic bomb. In the letter, he argued the scientific feasibility of atomic weapons, and urged the need for development of a US atomic program.1975 The live comedy TV show Saturday Night Live premiers.
