Chair:         Incoming VP Basil Dias

O Canada:  Peter Masson

Grace:         Kevin Manuel

Attendance: 17

Guests:       Jacqueline Smith – Goodwill Industries, Debbie Cumber & John Lorenz – Cottage Dreams

SAA:             David Seemungal

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Announcements: 

Change of Venue: EFFECTIVE 8 JULY, 2015. We will be meeting at Baton Rouge Inn (Formerly The Old Scott House), 520 Progress Ave, Scarborough, ON M1P 2K2. (416) 296-2222
 

Markham Ribfest will be held from Friday June 26 to  Sunday June 28, 2015. Please turn out for your assigned time slots to assist. We will be sharing in any profits.
 

Jacqueline brought us up to date on the Goodwill Rotary donation drive. They will be weighing all our donations and she will advise us of the result. She also invited us to tour their Distribution Centre.
 

James Burchell was inducted into our Club. He was provided with  "The Four Way Test", "Objects of Rotary"and his new member pin by David Hardy, Chair Basil Dias and David Seemungal, and heartily welcomed to our club.  James has ably assisted and championed the Rotary Clubs in Scarborough Renewal Campaign.

Marbelous Draw: Arthur arranged for the attempt at the Mutant marble. It’s poor relative drawn by Basil….again!
 

SAA/Reporter (assisted by Dhanni) and anything else anyone-needed-doing-person David S. ,relieved new member James along with Doug Strype and Dave Hardy of appropriate fines for shunning the rest of us by sitting in a corner with their backs to us.

He also collected the odd Happy Buck from others.

Program:

Gordon Brown introduced Debbie Cumber of Cottage Dreams whom he had met through his old friend and client John Lorenz. She told us of the work of her charity helping families of cancer survivors get to know each other after the stress of treatment in beautiful cottage surroundings.

The attached recording has these and the rest of the proceedings.
 

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6p2ksk5p41urkz/Cottage%20Dreams%20Cancer.MP3?dl=0

                                                       and   
 

http://globalnews.ca/video/781039/cottage-dreams-come-true-for-cancer-survivors
 

Debbie was thanked for her presentation and Incoming VP Basil declared the last meeting at Delta Toronto East closed.