Thank you so much to all the members that joined in for last Friday's event at Churchill's to award Kevin Oschefski with Rotary's Paul Harris Award. Kevin's contributions to the community were presented by speakers and an amazing video. Special thank you to the committee for putting on a great event - lots of hard work and planning made this a memorable event! Thank you to the sponsors who helped take us to the committee's goal of $20,000. Donations are still coming in so a final update will be communicated at a later date.
Bingo Stuffing Party is November 17th. Come out to enjoy some fellowship while stuffing those Bingo envelopes then relax while stuffing yourself with some Pizza and yes, there will be candy! Rorab Shriner Hall 1260 Brooks doors open at 4:30.
November 18th - this will be an off-site meeting at the YMCA. Our club is sponsoring the lunch being provided for2025 YMCA PEACE Medal Ceremony. Start time is 12:00.
The PEACE Medal celebrates individuals who demonstrate the values of Participation, Empathy, Advocacy, Community, and Empowerment—and we are proud to continue this tradition of honouring local changemakers both individuals and groups in our community.
The Youth Exchange committee will be presenting to a group of students from Chippewa High School on Wednesday, November 19th at the high school about Youth Exchange. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend. If you know of anyone interested in hosting an exchange student or having their teen do an exchange, please let either Bill Hagborg, Gisele Lynch or Grace Doiron know. We hope to have at least one student take part in next year's exchange. This is one of Rotary's best programs and truly is a step towards world peace by fostering understanding between different cultures/peoples. We will need to find host families so please do think about helping out in this way!
Now, to put you in the Christmas spirit, there are a number of activities happening on November 28th. The City of North Bay's annual Downtown Christmas Walk. Rotarians will be helping out at the fire pit with roasting marshmallows and having some festive fun - stop by and say hello - we will be working outside of Valin Partners - 105 Main St. W. Here is the web site to give you more information:
November is Foundation month - if you wanted to see how Rotary Foundation uses your contributions to help the world be a better place, check out this web site where it gives you an idea how the funds are used. Remember, any contributions you make towards Foundation's Annual Fund will be invested for 3 years then ½ of that comes back to the District for the clubs to use for grants. Here is the web site:
Please join me in congratulating Usha and Mukti Suvedi on their 19th wedding anniversary on November 24th!
Birthday greetings and best wishes to Mike VanderVlist celebrating his birthday on November 24th!
We have three Rotary Anniversaries:
Chuck Verge - 16 years on November 23rd
Trudy Lang-Flumerfelt 11 years on November 24th
Ralph James - 22 years on November 24th
If we are missing your anniversary or birthday it is because the information is not input in our database - not that we intentionally missed celebrating you! Please do let either Bill Hagborg or Grace Doiron know that we have missed your special day and we will get it input into the database.
