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Announcements:
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PRESIDENT BILL
was in the chair.
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April 24 is the Trump AIDS Walk. The club is
looking for at least three more team captains. The proceeds will
be split between the Stephen Lewis Foundation and the Teresa group.
- Welcome
back to BILL ISBERG who had double by-pass surgery,
a new heart valve and a mini-stroke while on the table. Except
for some minor issues with his short-term memory, Bill is back
to good health.
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The fundraising event scheduled for May 13th has been
rescheduled for November.
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WALTER PSOTKA was given a sponsorship pin for
sponsoring BRENDAN ASHCROFT into the club.
- Thursday,
August 12 will be our golf tournament
co-sponsored with Toronto Sunrise and Toronto Parkdale. Cost is
$225.00 and includes golf, cart, driving range, lunch and dinner.
The location is the Royal Ontario Golf Club
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KATHRYN HOPE announced that the Bingo held on
Tuesday, March 2 brought in $5,836.00. Participating were KATHRYN,
BOB NORTHEY, MIRIAM ROGERS and two student volunteers,
Peter Chai and Kelly McCleary.
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KATHRYN HOPE did the Rotary minute on Brushamania.
For over a decade, Brushamania, a Rotary initiative based in Toronto,
has grown to incorporate 180 schools representing over 55,000
students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6. This year, packing
day will be March 19 while April 9 will be Oral Health Day. If
you are interested in getting involved, WARREN MORRIS
is the club lead.
- HAPPY
BUCKS: DOCTOR DOUG for his and his child bride’s
52nd anniversary. With tears in his eyes, he begged for forgiveness
and said what a saint Pat is. (We have all known that for a long
time); DAVE SAMPSON for being in Miami and taking
his grandkids to hockey while he was down there; RON WILD
for taking part in the Artists’ Project Show; ROBERT
GOODING for getting healthy and losing 30 pounds (I think
I know who found them).
Speaker
of the week
JOANNE
SMITH introduced the speaker, David Locket, co-chair of
PACT, a charter member of the Parkdale Rotary club, and a Paul Harris
Fellow. David mentioned that the government is not moving forward
in looking after its most needy citizens and that there is a greater
need than ever for organizations such as PACT. He said that PACT
is part of the Urban Peace Initiative and takes an integrated approach
for their 11 programs. One program discussed is life planning coaching
for teens at risk. This is one-to-one mentoring and has been so
successful that Rotary International has made a film of it and will
be showing it at the International Convention in June in Montreal.
David made a call to action for Rotary to get behind all 11 programs
($60,000, which is 20% of the PACT budget, was donated by Rotary).
He said that a strong PACT can attract new young members to Rotary.
BOB
VERNON thanked the speaker.
50/50
Draw: RAE
COWAN won the bottle of wine for the second week in a row.
Quote
of the Week
A
woman once went up to Adlai Stevenson and gushed, “You are
the candidate of intelligent people.” “That’s
fine,” replied Stevenson, “but I need a majority.”
- Toronto Star, February 21/00
Program
Schedule: |
| Mar
10 |
Club
Assembly - Bill Martin |
| Mar
17 |
Norita
Fleming - "The Irish Connection" |
| Mar
24 |
April
Begg Goodis, R.N. - "Alzheimer’s" |
| Mar
31 |
Tessa
Bell (Belleville R.C.) - "Rotary Experience in Africa" |
| Make-up
Locations: |
| Tues
7:30 am |
Etobicoke
Sunrise: Valhalla Inn, Valhalla Drive, Etobicoke |
| Wed
7:30 am |
North
York: Loblaws (upstairs), 5095 Yonge St., Empress Walk |
| Thu
7:30 am |
Don Valley:
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Belleview Café |
| Fri
12:15 pm |
Toronto
Club: Royal York Hotel |
| Duty
Roster for March: |
| Banner
Editor |
Stephen
Stein |
Cashier |
Walter
Psotka |
| Sgt-at-Arms |
David
Sampson |
Reception |
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| Attendance |
Warren
Morris
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Weekly
Draw |
John
MacLean |
| Regalia |
Walter
Psotka
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| Birthdays: |
| Mar
4 |
Laura
Wanot |
Mar
12 |
Fred
Dharamshi |
| Mar
14 |
Joseph
Marques |
Mar
19 |
Bob
Northey |
| Mar
28 |
Walter
Psotka |
Mar
31 |
Lars
Henriksson |
*
Many of our projects depend on Bingo money
(Volunteers: please be there at least two hours before the start)
All Bingos are on Sundays at 10 am and Tuesdays at
4 pm
Sunday, March 21 @ 10 am
Sunday, April 25 @ 10 am
Tuesday,
May 4 @ 4 pm
Sunday, May 23 @ 10 am
Sunday, June 20 @ 10 am
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