WE HAD A GREAT INSIGHT INTO HOW OUR LOTTERY FUNDS WERE GENERATED AND SPENT PRESENTED BY DON COUTTS.  HEARING THAT OUR CLUB WAS ABLE TO DONATE OVER $200,000 TO THE COMMUNITY TO A WIDE RANGE OF VERY WORTHWHILE AREAS SUCH AS FOOD BANKS, SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS, SENIORS ACTIVITIES, FAMILY ACTIVITIES PLUS HELPING OUT CHILDREN IN NEED JUST REINFORCES THE REASON WE ARE ROTARIANS.  THANK YOU TO DON FOR ALL HIS CONTINUED DEDICATION AND HARD WORK TO ENSURE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO GOOD IN THE COMMUNITY.

 

DON DID MENTION THAT HE DOES NEED A FEW MEMBERS ADDED TO HIS BINGO COMMITTEE SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND CAN SPARE A FEW HOURS A MONTH, PLEASE CONTACT DON COUTTS TO LET HIM KNOW.

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JEFF CELENTANO, SHELTERBOX COMMITTEE CHAIR, WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE ALL THANKED AND CONGRATULATED FOR THE SUPPORT FOR SHELTERBOX.  OUR CLUB RECEIVED THE BRONZE HERO AWARD AND THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SHELTERBOX CAME DIRECTLY FROM OUR MEMBERS.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS VERY WORTHWHILE PROGRAM THAT HELPS SO MANY VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, VICTIMS OF CONFLICT ALL AROUND THE WORLD.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON SHELTERBOX, PLEASE DO CONTACT JEFF CELENTANO.

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MAURICE SWITZER TALKED ABOUT THE MISKWAADESI SITE IN NORTH BAY AND WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE AN OFFSITE MEETING SET UP BUT AS IT IS OUTSIDE, WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SPRING.  PLEASE DO VISIT THE SITE AS IT IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL AND WORTH SEEING IN PERSON.

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THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO BROUGHT IN SOCKS..... I WILL HAVE THE "SOCK BOX" AT EVERY MEETING SO PLEASE DO REMEMBER TO BRING A PAIR OF SOCKS WITH YOU - WE WILL GET THEM TO PEGGY MORRISON AT THE OPEN ARMS CAFE ONCE A MONTH.

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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE UPDATE ABOUT A MISSION TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH HHART IN NOVEMBER.  IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING AN INTERNATIONAL MISSION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  THIS WILL BE 13 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT AND I HAVE TOLD MANY PEOPLE THAT I ACTUALLY BECAME A ROTARIAN ONCE I TOOK PART IN MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL MISSION.  HERE IS THE WEBSITE IF YOU WANTED TO GET MORE INFORMATION: