Bulletin - May 5, 2011

Posted by John Murchie

on May 05, 2011

Kendall kindly greeted us outdoors as the weather was almost spring-like.

Chair

Wayne

Visiting Rotarians

Ben

Marco aka Paulina’s Dad!

Guests of Rotarians

Paulina introduced her family

Diane introduced Ben’s wife

Make-ups

Pam was here & there spreading cheer & promoting the cause

Birthdays

Louise

Pin Pal Stories

Diane & Kendall both had stories

50/50 Draw

Laing took home the loot 14 bucks

Happy Dollars

Another pretty happy bunch this week.

Of course, LAing. But also Peter, Kaye, Ken, Diane, Pam, Trish and Paulina’s Mum who was

grateful and happy that her daughter has been in such good hands.

Next Week

Club Assembly and we were told Lesley will greet although I thought it was to be John

Committee Reports

Gayle on behalf of the Wine/Beer Tasting Committee thanked everyone for all their efforts to

make our biggest fundraiser of the year a success. More information will be forthcoming when

everything is reconciled.

Upcoming Meetings

Club Admin Committee - May 10th 7:15 pm Wayne's

Executive Committee - May 11th, 5:30 pm Gayle's

President’s Time

Ken reported that the District Conference will be held in Fredericton this weekend. The

Club’s 2011/2012 budget will be the subject of the upcoming Executive meeting.

Guest Speaker

Ken introuced the guest speaker Heather Patterson and Ruth Buckinger from the Tantramar

Association of Grandmothers who spoke on The Stephen Lewis Foundation and Turning the

Tide on AIDS in Africa.

Heather presented some devastating statistics on AIDS in Africa where the life expectancy for

young persons aged 15 - 24 has dramatically dropped since 1990. In Canada we can expect to

live 80 years but in sub-Sahara Africa the expectancy is something like 31 years.

There are something like 14 million orphans in sub Sahara Africa most of who are parented by

their grandmothers - women with no one grandchild to take care of but as often as not 3 or 4 or

more.

The local Association is working to raise money and awareness on these issues. They will have a

fundraising walk on June 11 in Sackville.

For more information on the Stephen Lewis Foundation, see

http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/

For more on the Foundation’s Grandmother campaign, see

http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/get-involved/grandmothers-campaign