Volume 48 Number 2                                                                              July 15, 2004

 

Rotary Club of Toronto West

 

Rotary Grace – O Lord, we stand for every race, for 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 – July 8, 2004

            It was a real treat to have the following new members join us from the old Rotary Club of Etobicoke Sunrise: Mark Dawber, Barbara McDowall, Susan McCoy, Lynne Remigio, Chris Ostrovski, and Paul Chillingworth.

            President Jagjit started off the meeting by giving us an updated list of the new Board of Directors, (see the back page, for the full list), the new members are: Susan McCoy, Vice President, Barbara McDowall, Secretary.

            In this centennial year, we are aiming to go back to Paul Harris’s original intention “Getting  fun back into Rotary.”

            Lynne Remigio presented President Jagjit with a cheque for $1,074, being the balance of our portion of the receipts from last years Awards Dinner Night.

            We were then asked to have each member in turn, stand and briefly introduce themselves.

            The opportunity was then taken to have Earl LaBerge present the Earl LaBerge plaque to the club member who over the years has contributed most to the furtherance of what Rotary is, and what Rotary does. This years recipient is Albert Kezes. Albert responded by thanking the club for the selection, and by dedicating himself to continue to work for the best interests of the club.

            President Jagjit was disappointed that no one had stepped forward to accept the position of Sergeant at Arms, a position that is most important to the clubs operation. He is the right arm of the president at all the meetings, and most certainly assists in the smooth running of them. A volunteer is worth a hundred conscripts.

            We heard that youth will be one of our main focuses during the year, with a continuance of the Youth  Impact Awards dinner, and we will be working together with the World Youth Centre, to find activities suitable for us to be involved in.

Membership drives will continue to be a major project, and committees will be formed to get involved in the clean water project, and we will continue to be a part of the Habitat for Humanity project.

           

Wine Draw:

            To start the year off, Willis Rudy was the lucky winner. Congratulations Willis.

           

 Habitat for Humanity

            Bryan Pett as Chairman of the Habitat for Humanity project gave us an update on the project saying that construction has actually started on the first ten town houses, and that if anyone would like to go down and swing a hammer or try their hand with a saw, they would be most welcome.

            This is a very high profile project in the community.

 

This Week:

            To be confirmed.

 

Classifications:

Medical Services.    

Postal Services.

 

Easter Seals Regatta for the Blind

            Keith Oman is collecting donations to support the above regatta. The first response was very encouraging and almost meets his target.

 

Wine Tour and Show

            Remember to keep the date of September 19th. free, or better still get your tickets now from Brian Crookes and make sure that you will attend.

 

Birthdays & Anniversaries:

            Joined Rotary – Doug Ford Sr. – July 12th.

 

Arts Etobicoke

            One of the last acts of the Rotary Club of Etobicoke Sunrise was to receive a plaque from Arts Etobicoke acknowledging their appreciation of the clubs involvement with their PROPS Youth Theatre Project.

           

Members News:

            We are still anxiously awaiting news that Danelle’s new addition has arrived safely.

            Both Terry Vango and Mike Newediuk are away on vacation.

 

Next Week-  July 22, 2004

            We will be pleased to have as our guest speaker, Janet Alilovic, Registered Massage Therapist. Janet will talk to us about “The importance of good posture and massage therapy as an important component of our health and well-being.

 

Spoke Joke:

            A tearful woman phoned a reducing salon to wail that her husband had just given her a lovely present and she couldn’t get into it. The operator gave her an appointment and added, “Don’t worry, madam, we’ll have you in that dress in no time.”

            “Dress?” the matron added. “It’s a Porsche!”

 

World Youth Centre

            The World Youth Centre exists to recognize, serve and enhance the youth movement worldwide.

            Their mission is:

            To recognize, galvanize and enable the global, youth driven social change movement.

            To incubate, and offer boundary-breaking perspective to, social change projects, ventures and campaigns.

            To provide the environment and opportunity for young people from around the world to share, learn, try, teach and significantly influence public thought and action on issues that matter most to them.

            To build alliances and partnerships between youth serving organizations to raise their visibility security and capacity.

            To encourage a practical, sustainable approach to social change.

            To promote Canada as a progressive, multicultural, socially conscious country active in youth development and the peaceful advancement of international relations.

            World Youth Centre is a very ambitious endeavor and is being thoughtfully developed in achievable stages to ensure success.

            The pilot project, is an example of their realistic strategy. It is a deliverable project that will help develop World Youth Centre programs, goals and networks.