Volume 52, Number 45                                                                                         June 24, 2009

 

Rotary Club of Toronto West

 

Rotary Grace – O Lord we stand for every race, from every creed from every place; to give our thanks and say our grace for food, for health. May Peace embrace the world through Rotary.

 

Last Week – June 18, 2009

            Before Stephen Thiele gave us an update on the work of the Rotary Youth Impact Awards committee, he posed a few Rotary quiz questions to the club. The results were not as close as would be expected.

            We then heard that club members Mark Dawber, Willis Rudy and Stephen met with Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Mr. Zeke O’Connor and Stephen reported that Mr. O’Connor would be taking a bronze sponsorship table and would try to secure Sears Canada and Tilley Endurables as two other new bronze sponsors.

            Stephen also reported that Mars Canada Inc. had already confirmed that it would donate two gift baskets to the silent auction.

            He urged all club members to contact potential corporate sponsors, silent auction donators now, so that the Club could get a good head start in building toward another great fundraising dinner event.

            The committee was looking at printing receipts for ticket sales so that Club members could approach friends now and sell tickets early as well. Furthermore, the committee had prepared a list of new potential corporate sponsors that they would be approaching on a “Corporate Sponsorship Day”.

            All of the talk about the Rotary Youth Impact Awards prompted John Hastings to announce that he would be taking a bronze level sponsorship for the event!

            Following Stephen’s update Club members provided some other good ideas to help promote the event and the Club. Ron Manfield suggested that we distribute some club information when potential sponsors are approached and that club representatives be able to speak thoroughly about the event and the club.

            A “Frequently Asked Questions” sheet has been produced in the past to assist committee members and Stephen indicated that this would again be updated.

50/50 Draw

            John Stevenson drew the chance to pick the Joker, but the joke was on him. Better luck next year John.

 

Visitors

            What a pleasure, to see the return of Jagjit Kohli from his teaching spell in London. Welcome back Jagjit.

 

This Week

The last week of the Rotary year, and what better way to celebrate it than to have our Presidents night, and to review the year that has just passed.

 

District Governor’s Visit

            Our District 7070 Governor’s official visit to our club is scheduled for July 23, 2009. Make sure that you keep this date open so that you can attend the meeting.

 

Classifications

1.         Probation Service.

2.         Transportation – Trucking.

 

Members News

            Paul Collier contributed $3.00 in happy bucks. One for having a birthday on the 7th. June. One for doing a make-up in Edmonton, the Wednesday before and thirdly for being able to participate in the 5 km run at the airport on Saturday.

 

Birthdays & Anniversaries

            None this week.

 

Photo’s for the Roster

            If you haven’t had your photograph taken for the new roster, please contact John Stevenson right away for an appointment. We want this issued for the new year.

 

Sponsorship Kit

            By now, we should all have received our sponsorship kits. Read through it thoroughly, and follow the instructions. “How much more easier could it be. The Sponsorships are the backbone of our Rotary Youth Impact Awards project. Make sure that you contribute. It’s that easy.

 

Next Meeting July 2, 2009

            Our first meeting of the New Year, when our President-elect Ron Manfield takes over as President for what is bound to be a challenging year.

 

Spoke Joke

            A teenage girl came downstairs dressed to go to the mall in short shorts and a spaghetti string top. Seeing her attire, her father objected, and a fight broke out.

            Her mother stepped in and reminded her husband that when they were young she had dressed the same way.

            “Yeah!” he said

            “Well, if you remember right, I had something to say about that, too!”

            “Yes ,dear,” she said, “you did. You asked me for my phone number!”

 

Today’s Quote

            What irritates us most about others is often what we dislike most about ourselves.

 

Opportunity Knocks

            Rotarians have almost unlimited opportunities to perform vocational service. Most Rotarians will go to work approximately 250 days a year. How many other people will the typical Rotarian contact each day? Twenty–five, fifty, a hundred or more? How many others will be influenced by daily actions or decisions? Hundreds, thousands or more? Opportunities abound for Rotarians to apply the principle of “Service Above Self” in the business world. Through concerted vocational service activities, Rotarians can be influential in raising ethical standards, improving business relations and elevating confidence and trust in business transactions.

 

Assisting the Spoke Editor

            The club bulletin is your bulletin and the bulletin editor needs your aid. In order to keep the bulletin informative and we hope interesting, he needs information from you.

            Every member is a potential assistant to the editor: one member might have ideas for improving the publications appearance; another could offer some exciting last minute news.

            Each committee chairman needs to keep the bulletin editor up-to-date regarding committee activities.

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