November 25th - Doreen McCaw Border City Rotary Club

November 25

Our guest speaker today was Doreen McCaw, President of the Border City Club, who gave the membership a brief overview of their club and all that it entails.

• Meet on Tuesday mornings at 7:00 a.m. at Harvest to Home

• Membership is approximately 30 Rotarians of which 35% is female

• Always looking for ways to attract and retain members

• The club made a decision a few years ago to narrow their focus and primarily support Youth Programs and Projects

• Major project of the club during the past three years is financial support to the Lloydminster Youth Centre for capital

• Glad to hear that the Youth Centre will be moving into the old RCMP barracks as their new Centre; they have been at St. John’s Anglican Church Hall for 12 years and have outgrown this facility and are very much looking forward to having a bigger place to carry on their work and programs

• Have been in discussion with Barry Davis of the Lloydminster Club to see what the two clubs can do to assist Megan Haycock in obtaining financial support through a global grant; Megan is planning to obtain her International Law Degree in International Studies and is very focused and determined in her goals

• Partnering with the Rotary Club of Vermilion to assist in their Books for Belize project; to date they have delivered 3-4 truckloads of books (23,000 pounds) and have at least 2-3 more loads to delivered; the Vermilion Club will be sending 60,000 pounds of books in a Sea Can to Belize for school and public libraries leaving at the end of December

• Major Fund Raiser is Irish Pub Night which can generate an average of $25,000 - $30,000.00; need to be realistic in what the Club can take on due to numbers

• Hosting Incoming Student Marlon Silva from Brazil; Marlon has provided the club with his ‘bucket list’ during his time in Canada, so if anyone can help out please let Doreen know

• Doreen extended an invitation for members to attend their club anytime; Randy Aston and Don Whiting are two of the regulars that do their make-ups by visiting the BBC

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THIS AND THAT

President Paul made reference to the following items:

• Salvation Army Kettle list is being circulated; please sign up and help the Salvation Army by taking your turn; Rob Saunders is chair of this committee so give Rob a call @ 780 871 2797

• Wednesday, November 27^th is Billiards night at The Sticks – 7:00 p.m.

• We’re not too sure where Gonzo is hiding out; please see that he continues to visit as many Rotarians (or others) as possible; our goal is to raise $1,000. for Polio Plus

• Question as to whether we want to have a Club Auction in December with funds to be divided between the Salvation Army and the Olive Tree; the membership voted in favor of an Auction

THANK YOU to Doreen McCaw who was the ‘surprise’ Sgt-at-Arms today and raised dollars by way of “How Do I Know Thee”.