Chair: Danny Cassidy, Vice President
Land Acknowledgment: Danny Cassidy
National Anthem: Peter Masson
Toast to the King - Canada and Rotary: Danny Cassidy
Attendance: Present 13 including guest ADG Susan Roper, plus guest speaker on Zoom - Luke Vosterman
Program – “Hippo Roller Project" (Zoom Meeting)
Barry Smith - introduced Luke Vosterman, a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Gibson BC, District 5040.
Luke launched “The Roll a Hippo Foundation” whose mission is to put the simple innovation on the world stage. Luke is an avid advocate of the Hippo Water Roller project launching the Clubs 1000 Hippo projects across District 5040, the project appeals spread across Canada, the U.S., Australia, and South Africa in collaboration with over 125 Rotary Clubs.
As an international project, our Club has been looking at this project and figured we need to know more about it to consider possible support from our Club. Today, Luke joined our Rotary meeting from BC Via Zoom, to talk to us about the Project, which was followed by questions and answers.
In the video presentation, Luke demonstrated that a simple ‘flip in thinking’ to transport water in rugged terrains with less effort than traditional carrying buckets of water from rivers and wells into their family homes.
Many girls and women around the world, particularly in poor countries, focus much of their lives on carrying water for their families, from rivers and wells to their family homes. It is physically demanding, thankless work. The hippo water roller addresses this problem. It moves 90 to 200 liters of water by rolling it on the ground. The hippo water roller can transport more water, more easily and in less time than carrying 20-liter buckets on the head.
Arthur Retnakaran thanked Luke for the presentation.
Please follow the link to view Luke’s video presentation.
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Announcements:
VP Danny, announced the board meeting is next Monday, Sept. 30th 6:00 at Floga.
Dhanni Ramdeen gave an update on the Gala progress and reminded us the event date is October 18.
ADG Susan Roper reminded us of the following events:
Foundation walk on October 6th at Fairy Lake in Newmarket from 10 am to 2 pm
Learning Tuesdays – check schedules
President’s meetings
DG dinner October 17, 5:30 to 9 at Floga $35 PP
District Conference Oct. 25-27 at Nottawasaga Inn
Sergeant @ Arms:
Frank asked for happy bucks
Suresh - Happy to have replaced his lost Paul Harris pin
Susan - her grandchildren are back to school
Barry - is enjoying the retirement
Arthur - Happy good news from his son
Danny - happy the Zoom system worked well
Gerd - showed us a poster containing both the Green and the Great Blue Heron birds
Frank - was glad to donate in exchange for the poster presented to him by Gerd to add to his bird collection.
Vice President Danny adjourned the meeting.
