Feb news

March 2nd is your chance to meet or see Rotary International President Tanaka! The flyer is on the "Downloads" area of our website and on the link in this e-news.  If there are a few people interested, there could be a group to car pool together. Please contact Jim Van Roon if you are interested.

Also, we are hoping our Club will put a team of 4 into the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids Sake in Grimsby. The games are being played on Wii Bowl on Sat Feb. 23rd. Please also contact Jim Van Roon if you can play on the team.

Some of our group will be busy Feb 23 preparing the Casablanca hall for our Gala that evening, but we are still hoping to be visible in the community at the Bowl for Kids event. Please try to volunteer during the day at either the Gala set-up or the Bowl for Kids Sake.

Ticket sales are going well, but we still have a number of tickets to the Gala that need to be sold in the next 10 days, so please contact Stephanie or Carolyn if you are able to sell a few more. We hope all of our Members will be there, as it is our only fundraiser this year.

Brian has given all of us a winery from which to buy wine for the big wine raffle, a major fundraiser, so please have this wine at the meeting next Tues, Feb. 12, or delivered to Clovelly Kennels by Feb 12. Silent Auction donations are going well, but more will be accepted.

Our pods have been busy lining up exciting programs for our Tues. Noon meetings! Last week, we heard from Vicki Baird, CEO of the WLMHospital, and Kurt Whitnell, Board Chair. On Tues Feb 12 we will hear from Rosa Ciccaglione from Advantage Waste Systems, and on Feb. 19th, from Bruce Wallace of the Grimsby Affordable Housing Partnership.

We have passed the half way mark in the Rotary year and are looking at plans now for spring and for next year. In the spring, we hope to run a Paul Harris event as well as social activities and great programs. Please think of associates you might invite to attend Rotary events so that we can introduce them to the benefits of beig a Rotarian. Also please consider volunteering for a Board position for the next Rotary year, so that you can have an impact in the projects and activities and directions of our Club.

Peace through Service,