Bulletin June 14, 2012

Posted by David McKellar

on Jun 14, 2012

Bulletin of the
Sackville Rotary Club
Thursday June 14, 2012

Ken Draper, President

Editors: David M & Susan F

NEXT WEEK'S MEETING
Thursday, 21 June, 2012 “Club BBQ” at Gayle’s
5:30 for 6pm & bring a chair
Note: No morning meeting
Bulletin Editor: David M CHAIRPERSON Ken

• Greeter was David M
• O Canada led by Pam H
• Blessing by Ken
• Breakfast
• Positive thought for the day: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

VISITORS None

GUESTS None

MAKE-UPS Pat: RYE Meetings in Fredericton

BIRTHDAYS Wynn missed his birthday and the wearing of the magic BD hat.

ANNIVERSARIES Dale and Linda on the 15th of June (10 years)

PIN PAL
None

50/50 DRAW by Sandy

Won by (a very Happy) Kathy

HAPPY DOLLARS Kathy: overwhelmed with her win
Pat: related a lengthy story about

live trapping ground hogs and skunks – which resulted in quite a lively discussion about where she was letting them loose
Gayle: public service announcement that she was selling tickets for a Diamond Jubilee Tea being held at the Bell Inn on the 28th of June from 2-4 – scribe missed where the proceeds were going?
Ove: had to leave early to go to Moncton to do his 6 hours compulsory professional development
Wayne: something about being ‘long in the tooth’ re JR & Dallas and episodes on Bravo?
Sue P:

was happy until she found out where Pat was letting her little friends loose
Ken: happy that Pat made him laugh

COMMITTEE REPORTS Wayne: Thanked Marita for taking over as the weekly host starting in July. He thanked Barb for doing the hosting function for the last 2 ½ years.
Pat: Presented Felix with a card

signed by all members as it his last meeting before the TC bus tour. Pat had sad news that Beth our outgoing student bound for Australia has backed out of the RYE programme. Pat is not yet sure what impact this will have on us re the two incoming students etc. Our second outbound student Dylan is still going.

UPCOMING MEETINGS Administration: right after today’s meeting RYE Committee: right after today’s meeting

PRESIDENT’S TIME
President Ken did a slide presentation on the Rotary Fellowships as June is Rotary Fellowship month. More info can be found at http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/MakeConnections/RotaryFellowships/Pages/ridefault.aspx

CLUB ASSEMBLY - Ken

“As another year of Rotary draws to a close and my time as President of the Rotary Club of Sackville ends I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on the past year. First I want to say thank you to the club for allowing me the privilege to serve as President. It truly has been an honor and an experience that I will always hold dear to my heart. We accomplished some things together, started on others and of course certain things never developed. But that is what the future is for.
Secondly I want to say thank you to a fabulous group of individuals who comprise the Board of the Rotary Club of Sackville. Your support has been phenomenal and special. Each of you carried out your respective roles with enthusiasm and always with what was best for the club. So to Vice President and President Elect Patricia Edwards, Secretary Pamela Bowman, Treasurer Darrell Harvey, Past President George Woodburn, Club Services Chair Wayne Harper, Membership Chair, Andrew Rose, Foundation Chair Sandra Harper, Director Dale Creelman, Fundraising Chair Gayle Key, and Sergeant-at-Arms Mary Sears and Patricia Belliveau, RYE Chair, I once again want to say thank you for being you and for all you do for Rotary and the Rotary Club of Sackville. It goes without saying that this thank you is extended to all those who serve on the various committees the aforementioned people chair. Nothing happens without you!

I also want to acknowledge one of the unsung members of our club. This person serves as a decorator, sends cards out for all occasions, is a great ticket seller and has dedicated many hours over the past number of years working with our RYE students. Whether it is picking up students at the airport, arranging drives for them or being a listening ear, she has always been there for them. That person of course is Diane Oulton - Thank you Diane. A special thank you also goes out to Barb Jardine for keeping track of us every week. So what has happened in our club over the past twelve months?

One of the highlights of the club year is the arrival of our exchange students. This year is no exception, when in August we all had the opportunity to meet Felix Szilagyi from Germany and Pernille Musen from Denmark. Once again our lives have been enriched by these two fine young people. We wish them well in their stay with us and may they know the greatest of success throughout their lives. Our hats off to Pat and her team for managing this exciting program.

Our fundraising year began with the second annual golf ball drop. This project is growing and has the potential to be a major fundraiser for the club. A special thank you to Gayle and Mary for leading the way with the ball drop. We held our semi- annual breakfasts in early December and mid March under the direction of Dale and Kathy and we are pleased to say they were a great success. What would a Rotary year be without the nail biting experience of our wine and beer tasting event. This year was no exception in the loss of nails but when the wine and beer bottles were empty we had pulled off another great event with four hundred tickets sold and close to $13,000 in net revenue. We continue to offer the grocery card program and we thank Ove for making this happen. This fund raiser is a no brainer and we need to make it bigger. We are very excited about our four new members to Rotary. We welcome Josh Cormier, Marita Webb, Susan Fisher and David McKellar to the Rotary Club of Sackville. We trust that your Rotary experience will be a rewarding one. Your efforts in Rotary will help to make the world a better place. The membership committee held a wonderful membership evening in early March where interested persons were invited to hear the Rotary story. We thank Andy, Dale, Frank and Ove for their dedication to this project. We also send out a big thank you to Senator Dr Marilyn Trenholm-Counsell for her stirring talk on volunteering.

Under the direction of Sandy the Foundation Committee is experiencing another great year. In November we held our auction and raised in excess of $2,000 in thirty minutes. This together with our personal commitments has raised over $7,000 to date for the Rotary Foundation. On February 23rd we celebrate our Paul Harris evening. At that time two club members who had earned one thousand points received their first Paul Harris Fellow and others received recognition for multiple Paul Harris’s. The club presented a Paul Harris to Sandy Harper for her hard work and dedication to Rotary. Congratulations to all our Paul Harris fellows.

What can we say about club services? This is the committee that holds everything together. Under Chair Wayne and his committee a myriad of things happen every week that most of us are not aware of. Things like attendance, Barb, club set-up
Mary, the bulletin David and Susan, speakers George, club runner Dale and Wayne etc all come under the direction of Club Services. In addition to the weekly events they also are responsible for the social side of the club. In September we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in PEI taking a tour of Confederation Bridge. Thank you Frank for this gift. In December the Laing’s invited us to their house for our Christmas gathering. In February we gathered at the St Anne’s church hall for our Paul Harris evening. On June 21st they will host the BBQ at Gayle’s. They will round out our year with the awards meeting.

Of course we raise money to help others in need throughout the world. Patricia and her team do a fantastic job managing the limited funds they have to work with. The key is they do it with love and care. Each year we assist with attendance at camp, the swim club, Christmas Cheer and a host of other local endeavors. I believe the highlight this year is the purchase of as second Smart board for Salem Elementary and our participation with the other four clubs in South Eastern NB for the Mulonga Village Farm Training Centre Project in the Dominican Republic. The works continues.

Finally I would like to extend a super sized thank you to a committee of one and that is our treasurer Darrell Harvey. We are very blessed to have a treasurer the caliber of Darrell. He carries out his work with professionalism and under that semi gruff exterior is a man with a heart of gold. I know from personal experience the time and effort Darrell has injected into the club. I would also like to thank Brian and Trish for their work on the 300 pound gorilla we have been working with called CCRA.

In closing, once again thank you for the opportunity you afforded me to be President of our club. I am excited by what lies before us as Trish assumes the Presidency of the Rotary Club of Sackville. I know she has some wonderful ideas and initiatives she would like to see undertaken and I look forward to hearing more from her in a couple of weeks.

Thank you and know that you are one and it only takes one to make a positive difference in the world.”

President Ken then recognized Pam H for her leadership and perseverance on the Dominican Republic water project.

With a cost of $115 for each water filter she has raised over $9K to date. Club has agreed to purchase one in Pam’s name. Ken then presented Pam with a certificate of recognition from the club. Pam’s response was “with Rotary on your side everything is possible”.
Ken then gave us an update on Charlie. Apparently he fell and passed out and Jean found him. They have done all sorts of tests but still don’t know what happened. He’s OK sitting down etc so to play it safe he’s taking a well deserved break from the weekly meetings. Ken encouraged members to call and
send cards. President Ken adjourned us with the stating of the 4-Way Test.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
Thursday, June 28, 2012 Chairperson: Susan F Greeter: Frank Change over Meeting & Service Awards Bulletin Editor: David & Susan F

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