PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
President Natalie MacDougall
September is Basic Education and Literacy Month.
At last week’s meeting, someone had left little Canada Flag pins at each place setting. I have since learned that those pins came from Tim Salidas – it was a nice surprise! Thanks Tim for your thoughtfulness!
The 15 of us who will be heading to the district conference at the end of October had a great meeting on Monday night to discuss our costume strategy – thanks to Trudy for leading this initiative on this one!
Last week, the Past Presidents committee finalized the criteria for the North Bay Rotary Club Bursary for a social work student at Nipissing University. This stems from a gift from the North Bay Rotary Club of North Bay in November 2008. Through the Ontario Trust for Student Support Program, funds were available to match this gift in order to support the establishment of endowments.
Finally, I want to recognize a very active committee within our club, the “Bingo committee”, which includes Rotarians and former Rotarians who help out at the BINGO STUFFING and/or at the COGECO TV STUDIO (4 members each week) and/or are involved with the distribution/pick-up of the TV BINGO envelopes that take place every Thursday.
The number of people attending the BINGO STUFFING meeting varies from 34 to 40 or so – there are 7 BINGO STUFFING meetings per year. In addition to Rotarians, a number of children and teenagers join in to get their volunteer hours completed. Special thanks to friends of the Rotary Club of North Bay, including Dave Saad, Steve Sarlo, Jeff Serran, Helena and Marty Brown, and Arne Schmidt for their time and commitment to this fundraiser!
Of interest, our local Rotaract club will be joining other Rotaract clubs in the district for a tree trekking adventure in Huntsville this weekend.
Rotary polio plus singers are reminded that the next rehearsal is at Trudy’s home next week - Tuesday, Oct. 4th at 7:00pm and the final one at the Davedi Club on Wed Oct. 12th at 7:30pm.
The city has invited Rotarians to take part in the design workshop for the North Bay Downtown Waterfront Master Plan – September 27th at 1 p.m. at the North Bay area museum (second floor, 100 Ferguson Street); you must confirm your attendance by today. As well, Rotarians with an interest in the King’s Landing Wharf and Marina are invited to a Public Information Centre October 4, 2016 from 5 to 6 at the City Hall Rotunda.
REMINDER: The regular meetings for October 17th and 24 are being cancelled to facilitate your participation in the upcoming Polio Plus dinner on October 14th at the Davedi Club (between 11:30 and 13:00 - $30 per ticket) along with the 3-Club Wine and Cheese Mixer at Cecil's Map Room, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15 per ticket person.
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