Announcements:

• PRESIDENT JACKIE presided.

• PRESIDENT JACKIE thanked the Board of Directors for their support throughout the year.

• RON DENHAM updated us on the progress of Rotary’s water projects in Nakuru, Kenya and Jinja, Uganda from where he had just returned. He also reminded us of the troubles in Kenya.

• LARS HENRIKSSON discussed the need for volunteers at Bingo and provided the club with the schedule. Next Bingo is Tuesday, February 12 at 4 pm.

• WALTER WELLS reminded us of the upcoming Chinese New Year Celebration, February 7 at Sangho Seafood Restaurant. Please confirm with Julie Wang Morris at (416) 567-5128.

• JAYNE GRESHAM invited members to attend a fundraiser for the Canada Methare Education Trust which provides scholarships for secondary school students in Kenya. We support four students through this Foundation.

• DOUG ROBERTSON spoke of the Rotary Foundation Benefactor Gift Commitment. Currently 50% of our members are benefactors. Our goal is for 100% of members to become benefactors.

• KATHRYN HOPE updated the club on Tibor Gregor. We are encouraged to contact him even if only with a brief phone call.

Speaker of the Week

MIC JORY introduced our guest speaker, Carolyn Acker, currently Executive Director of Pathways to Education Canada. Carolyn began her career as a registered nurse and, after obtaining a Master’s degree in Organization Development, she held senior positions at St. Elizabeth Visiting Nurses. In 1992 she became Executive Director of the Regent Park Community Health Centre and a member of the Wellesley Central Hospital Board.
A vision of community succession developed at the Regent Park Centre led Carolyn to take on the challenge of developing the Pathways To Education program. This initiative is funded privately and publicly to invest in ensuring that at-risk disadvantaged youth graduate from high school and have access to post-secondary education or employment. The program’s success is outstanding. The drop-out rate in the Regent Park program lowered from 56% to 10% and post-secondary attendance rose from 20% to 80%. Carolyn shared some success stories that spoke volumes to the need for this program and the important place it has in our disadvantaged communities.

PAT ROBERTSON thanked the speaker.

* Many of our projects depend on Bingo money
Note: All Bingos for at least the first half of the year are on Tuesdays at 4 pmm.

(Volunteers: please be there at least two hours before the start)

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