Program for Tuesday, Aug 19th
Hot Breakfast, Open Meeting followed by Board Meeting
One item of business will concern Rotarian Ramesh Ferris who is cycling across the country to raise awareness and funding for the eradication of Polio world-wide. His long route is an ambitious one from Brisish Columbia to Newfoundland. The Nova Scotia Leg Schedule - Halifax September 9th and 10th. Terry Pond will be asking for input on our club's possible involvement at the meeting on Tuesday. (for more detail, see the email sent out to all members by Terry on Monday.)
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Have you seen our new Website?
Cemal has done a fabulous job revising and updating the Club's website. Please visit it now at http://www.halifaxrotary.com
Lots of new information and an exciting layout.
I know you will want to visit it often!
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Time for School Supplies Donations
Every fall, Harold Clowater leads our campaign to donate school supplies to needy students in Spryfield. Each of us buys +/- $10.00 worth of school supplies and brings them to a Rotary Meeting. Harold distributes them to the organizations that distribute the supplies. Cash donations are also welcome. Deadline is August 26th, but it would be easier on Harold if you brought you donation to this week's meeting.
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Annual Club Social Corn Boil
The annual Rotary Corn Boil, organized by Roy Martin, will take place on Thursday, Aug. 28th at R.A. Park. Only $10 per person. How can you beat that?!?
Both the NorthWest and Harbourside Rotary Clubs have also been invited.
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Upcoming Tuesday Morning Meetings
AUGUST
26 Cheryl Hebert, Member of the Human Rights Board, speaking on Rotary International Peace and Conflict Studies Bangkok
SEPTEMBER
2 Ray Hunt a founding member of Condo Owners of Nova Scotia to tell us about some of the horror stories concerning condo construction
9 Carolyn Reardon – Rotary in Africa (intro Harold Clowater)
16 Open Meeting, Hot Breakfast and Board Meeting
23 Lt. Commander Pat Jessup CFB Halifax
30 Classification Talks from 2 new members.
OCTOBER
7 No regular Meeting – Canceled due to District Governor visit that evening
14 George MacLennan former CEO City of Halifax - (intro Brian Burnell )
21 Open Meeting, Board Meeting and Hot Breakfast
28 Anne McGuire CEO, IWK (intro Harold Clowater)
NOVEMBER
4 RI Foundation Month -- Jim Axell
11 Remembrance Day Speaker TBA
18 Hot Breakfast - Mary Simons, Aboriginal Rights. Contact: Terry Pond (Board Meeting Day)
25 Vacation Draw – no speaker
DECEMBER
2 Habitat for Humanity
9 Christmas Dinner (no breakfast meeting)
16 Open Meeting and Hot Breakfast (Board Meeting)
23 Joan Mikelson Meeting at RA Park (R.A. Park closed from Dec. 21 - Jan 6)
30 Classification Talks from Two Members Club will meet at Holiday Inn Select,
JANUARY
6 New Year’s Egg Nog Luncheon at Holiday Inn Select
13 David Lyons Meeting at R.A. Park
20 Open Meeting, Hot Breakfast and Board Meeting
27 TBA
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you have a speaker in mind for our club? If so, please contact Valerie White whitevj@gov.ns.ca or Bill VanGorder Bill@MRCassociates.ca to arrange an invitation.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Did you know - Facts of which Rotarians can be proud:
Our club donated over $12,000 to the Rotary International Foundation last year. Source: Jim Axell, Club Foundation Chair.
Parking Lot Fund Raiser for Keith Urban Concert.
Thanks to the generosity of Steve O'Regan and the management of O'Regan Automobile, our Rotary Club will be operating a parking lot of the O'Regans Robie Street property for the Keith Urban Concert at the Commons on August 30th. For information and to volunteer to help contact the Parking Fund Raiser Chairman, Terry Pond.
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Articles for the Weekly Update Needed
Do you have a notice you would like other Rotarians to view? Send it for inclusion in the Rotary Weekly Update to Bill@MRCassociates.ca
Did you know that the 2010 Rotary International World Convention will be help in Montreal, Canada in 2010?
Let's put a delegation together to attend.
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Annual Vacation Draw will be Tuesday, Nov. 25th.
Mark your calendar now. Tickets will be available soon.
For more information, talk to Vacation Draw Chairman Fred Were.
New Committee will Support Vacation Draw Ticket Sales.
There is a new committee of members who would like to plan and carry out new methods and technologies (email, websites, FaceBook etc) for selling tickets. Meetings will be held in late afternoon or early evenings.
Please contact Bill 4978073 or Bill@MRCassociates.ca if you re interested.
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Help your Communications Committee Communicate
Send suggestions to Alleyne Newcomb, Chairperson at alleyne.newcomb@gmail.com Send your information for next week's Email Update to Bill VanGorder Bill@MRCassociates.ca
Send your articles for The Spoke Newsletter to Brain Burnell brian_burnell@hotmail.com
Send your items for the Rotary Website to Cemal Esiyok cemal@eastlink.ca
Women of Rotary do not receive these emails. Sorry.
Banok La
Bill
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