Past President Maddy opened the meeting

Anthem: Frank

Grace: Arthur

Toast to the Queen, Canada and Rotary – Past President Maddy

​Attendance: 11 including 2 guests

Guests: Maddy’s daughter Diya and Kevin Manuel’s wife Sharyn

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          Gordon announced that there will be a Club Service Group meeting at Carolyn’s tomorrow Thursday September 10^th at 7.00pm  

Marbelous Draw:
Peter conducted the draw and Maddy’s daughter drew the ticket which was claimed by Sharyn Manuel, but she couldn’t find the mutant marble so was given $5 as a consolation.

Sergeant-At-Arms:
Kevin Manuel didn’t fine anyone, but just asked for Happy Bucks: Kevin Moore contributed as he was happy to be in attendance. Jack Holman was happy to be 84 today. Dhanni contributed as she had recovered from an accident involving her thumb and a blender and having to have quite a few stitches! Peter was surprised last Saturday at the Baton Rouge with a surprise 80^th birthday party for him with a lot of family members. Yet another birthday contribution from Arthur who was taken to a Blue Jays game for his birthday. Maddy was happy her daughter was back from a lot of traveling- including being at a music camp. Kevin Manuel was happy that Sharyn joined him for dinner and contributed the $5 that Sharyn just won! 

Program:

Our speaker today was Past President Maddy with her ‘TV Auction Kick Off’.
(Before she gave her presentation she reminded us of the Foundation Walk on September 20^th at Morningside Park.)
The Auction this year is on November 27, 28 and 29 (the 29^th being just for ‘pick up’). Important dates to be noted:
item entry and sponsorship deadline is October 30^th
 delivery of items is November 6^th
and sorting November 7^th.
There are 5 teams this year and she will be e-mailing everyone in the next few days advising of the teams.
Maddy gave out some packages with information including a flyer that can be used, sponsorship information and item entry form. She advised that if you want to buy some hockey tickets (at cost) and then donate them you can contact Al Meredith. Maddy also advised that she had confirmed with Doug that tax receipts can be issued to individuals (not companies) for items that have a ‘clear value’. Dhanni is the sponsorship coordinator, so any sponsorships should be given to Dhanni.

 

[The noise from the birthday party next door during Maddy's presentation has made listening to her difficult. Here is the link]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zwh7zx6b7iylvad/Maddy%20TV%20Auction.MP3?dl=0

 

Dhanni thanked Maddy for her presentation and the hard work she had done (and will be doing) for the Auction.
 

 There being no further business Past President Maddy closed the meeting.

Chairperson: President Gerd Wengler

National Anthem: Dave Hardy

Grace: Carolyn Nicholson

Attendance: 13, no guests

 

Basil - thanked all those who participated in the Ribfest last weekend; this was a success!

Dave – during Ribfest ten people expressed interest in potentially joining Rotary, one attending

Scarborough Twilight’s meeting tonight; we also had three Rotarians from Belleville who were

interested in the Renewal Campaign.

Gordon – Group 1 meeting later this week

Gerd - The President’s party will be held on August 22. Please respond to the invite if you have not yet done so.

Gerd - Our meeting on September 9th will be a dinner meeting starting at 7pm.

Gerd - The Foundation Walk will be held on September 20th; we still need sponsors & support.

 

Marbelous Draw: Jim had the winning ticket, however the lucky marble eluded him; the consolation

prize was donated back to the pot.

 

SAA – Peter Masson gave the group a brief overview of the Civic Holiday; August 1, 1834 is also known

as “Emancipation Day”, the day when slavery was ended in the British Empire; this holiday is celebrated

in many former British colonies in the Caribbean. Peter then proceeded to collect happy bucks as

follows:

        - Danny: celebrating his son’s recent wedding

        - Danny: recently selected to join the Regional Advisory Council for the Rouge Valley Hospital

        - Jack: appreciated the article on the front page of the Sun, regarding a previous co-worker

        - Carolyn: on successfully passing an exam and is now a member of the Canadian Academy of Floral Art.

        - Basil: appreciating his great grand-father’s trip from Africa to St. Kitts, allowing Basil to ultimately migrate to Canada

 

Gordon introduced Danny Cassidy, our guest speaker this week. Danny shared his experiences

regarding the Ride to Conquer Cancer, proceeds of which go to the Princess Margaret Hospital. The first ride in

Toronto in 2008 raised $14.0M, in 2015 this increased to $19.6M; Danny estimates that he has cycled

over 224K KM during these rides.

 

Statistically Cancer is the leading cause of death amongst Canadian men and women. In 2015 it is

estimated that 41K men and 37K women will get cancer, with lung cancer being most prevalent form of

the disease for both sexes. The focus at Princess Margaret is on individual therapies versus “generic”

treatments. Danny then entertained the group with details of his 2015 ride, which included being stung

by a hornet, falling off his bike and ending up soaking wet in the rain.

 

Gerd thanked Danny for an entertaining presentation and presented him with a token of our appreciation.

He then concluded the meeting by wishing everyone a happy week.

 

Here are the links to listen to Danny's presentation

 

Next Week’s Program: The Blackhawk Air Cadets, Speaker: Cecile Thompson