Rotary International currently has a competition for Rotary videos and the Kitchener club has the only entry from D7080 and we need your help in voting for it. The winner will be featured on Rotary.org, the digital edition of the Rotarian mag and on Rotary's social media channels. We need at least another 200 votes to win. Voting ends on MONDAY!
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mother's and Grandmothers out there. Hope the weather will behave for us. I bet a lot of us will be doing some gardening. I know I will.
Just a reminder at next week's meeting we had a great opportunity to celebrate the future of our club with the induction of our newest member Janette Sasso.
Next week we will be having our board meeting. This year's Community Paul Harris awards will be approved. The names will remain a secret until the June 23rd meeting where these will be presented. The recipients will not know that they are receiving an award.
David Grabb announced that our next inbound student, a young lady will be coming from Poland to stay here in Canada for a year. The Mississauga City Centre Rotary Club will be jointly sharing her with our club. If you are interested in hosting, please contact David Grabb for details and what is involved. This could be for anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.
Camp Enterprise is underway this week and our Club can take pride in its sponsorship and participation. To those helping this week, congratulations. And, to those who would like to know a little more about it, I suggest a visit to www.mississaugacampenterprise.ca On May 19th we'll be visited by some of the young participants from Camp Enterprise. Don't hesitate to drop by to observe or help. It is well worth your time. When you observe it, you will want to be involved. Even our exchange student Milk is attending!
Timothy Whitehead is once again is walking for a great cause for the Ian Anderson House. It is the 5th year anniversary of the passing of his late wife. Please give generously. A tax receipt $20.00 and over will be issued.
On April 28th, on Tuesday evening I was asked to be a judge at the annual Peel District School Board "Excellence In Eloquence", Peel's annual junior-intermediate public-speaking challenge and Rotary is one of the proud sponsors of this event. A few of you have already experienced being a judge at this speaking contest. This event is now in its 13th year. The Junior Semi-Finals were held on Thursday, April 28th which was held at Hazel McCallion's Senior Public School. The room was packed with parents, grandparents and siblings. The Finals were held this past Tuesday evening and I hope one of you were able to be a judge.
The speeches were judged based on Peel's oral language scales and the Ontario Language curriculum. Voice, facial expressions, mannerisms, organization, and content were important components of this evaluation. A mark of zero for None, never, or no effectiveness ranged to a four for all consistently, high degree of effectiveness. I found it difficult to give marks at times. They were all great speeches. There was even a timer. 1 point off was given for 5 seconds under 3 minutes and 1 point off for every 5 seconds over 5 minutes. At this evenings speeches there were no deductions taken off by any student. The top two students from the semi finals were automatically entered in the finals. From the finals one student advances to the Provincials. I sure hope it was one from the semi finals.
It was great to see many Fellow Rotarians with their guest(s) on Saturday Night at the PRESIDENT'S GALA. A big 'Thank You' for all who introduced recipients of a Paul Harris Fellow Award or any of the Night's activities. 1st up was Steve Ferguson who gave a speech, honouring Steve Crawford (PH+1). Tom McPherson gave a speech honouring Jan Gerrard (PH+5) who did not see that one coming!, and finally Jan Gerrard gave a speech, honouring Arnold Santos (1st PH). There was great Rotary fellowship! The DJ was great, the magician was amazing and Elaine Charal who did analyses on our handwriting.
There were some special guests in attendance at this year's President's Gala. Her Worship Mayor Bonnie Crombie and her husband Brian Crombie, District Governor Patsy Marshall and her husband Jim, Eileen Keown, Mississauga Orchestra (guest of Luis Moreno), Lalita, known as "Milk", our inbound exchange student, Mary Clarke (wife of the late David Pallett), Gloria and Richard Clarke (host parents), Alan and Sheila Fyfe (Rotarians from the City Centre Club) that hosts our inbound students jointly) and we cannot forget our very own past District Governor, Bernd Dinnert.
This celebration was to celebrate Mark Jeffreys as the President and to celebrate the Club as a whole. Without you all I could not have had such a successful year. This celebration was also a celebration of the outstanding "Service Above Self" work that we as Rotarians do, year in and year out.
I'd also would like to thank the Gala committee, who I could not have done without. All made this such a great event this year. They are (in alphabetical order): Antoinette Freeman, Julie Grabb, Lori Ingels, Marshia Hopmans, Steve Leitch, Tom McAuliffe, Helga Noyes, Timothy Whitehead, Merle Zoerb, and yes even our President, Mark Jeffreys helped out on the committee.
Also, would like to thank Pat Manna who treated each lady to a corsage for the wrist. They were beautiful. The flowers that wer presented to Leslie Jeffreys was also from Pat Mann. Lastly I would like to thank the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club. They work very hard serving and making the evening such a huge success.
Lobsterfest is only FOUR WEEKS away! Tom and Tony would like everyone to sell, sell and sell those tickets! Tax receipts available for a portion of the ticket. Tables of 10 can only be reserved by handing in your cheque to Murray and advising Tom.
The Lobsterfest is scheduled for Saturday, June 6th. The location is at the St. John's Hall located at 2185 Stavebank Road, Mississauga. Please mark this date on your calendar.
Also donations from Rotarians for the always successful raffle would be most appreciated. Please let Tony Collings know if you have any items.
If Rotarians have sons or daughters and their friends who would be available to help with serving the meal, please see Riki. He will be handling the volunteers.
Good Luck with you selling, Lets make this the biggest year yet.
Celebrate an evening of elegance "50 Years" of Community Service for the Rotary Club of Mississauga West. This event is scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 at the Lakeshore Convention Centre, 806 Southdown Road, Mississauga. Cocktails will be starting at 6 pm with Dinner and celebrations starting at 6:45 sharp. The guest performer will be Leslie Ashworth.
Tickets are $50.00 per person. There will be a cash bar. There are only 150 tickets available. If interested in purchasing tickets please email: mississaugawest50@gmail.com by May 3, 2015.
ROTARY CLUB OF MISSISSAUGA-AIRPORT
The Rotary Club of Mississauga Airport is hosting President Barack Obama’s step grandmother – 94 years old – for lunch on Tuesday May 12th at the Mandarin Restaurant on Hwy 10 and Matheson. The lunch is to support her Orphans and Widows foundation in Kenya. Please help spread the word and the work. Check this linkhttp://muslimobserver.com/?s=mama+sarah+obamaof a special interview with Mama Sarah Obama in the Muslim Observer USA
NON ROTARIAN EVENT:
STARRS ON THE CREDIT, scheduled for Thursday, June 18th. Cost is $125.00 per person, $1,000.00 per table. More information to follow. For more information please see Lucie Shaw.
PYGMALIONBy George Bernard Shaw - Sunday, June 21, 2015
The Niagara-On-The-Lake / Lewiston Rotary Clubs invite us to join them for an evening of great theatre featuring….
6:45 pm Garden Party, includes refreshments, food and entertainment 8:00 pm Curtains up! The Show Begins!
Date: Sunday, June 21st Evening Performance Price: $89.00 per person
Location: Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Contact Jan Gerrard to reserve your seats. Tickets are non-refundable once ordered. Please order early to ensure best seating. Call: 905-826-5099 after 6:00 e-mail: jangerrard@sympatico.ca
(editor not responsible for misspelling of names due to unreadable names on the sign in sheets)
Make-ups:
RIBFEST - Tom McPherson, Steve Ferguson, Rick Fawcett, Amit Karia, Steve Leitch, Bob Dzus and Lucie Shaw
David Grabb - Mississauga City Centre Rotary Club
Jack Lyons - South Floria Venice (3x's)
Timothy Whitehead - Meadowvale Rotary Gala
(the editor greatly appreciates all the make-ups!)
Thank you to those who reported make-ups. There are alot of make-ups not being marked in, such as members attending the Ribfest meetings, the committee meetings before and after the Rotary meeting, the existing and new board meetings. These all count as a make-up.
Regular Attendance at club meetings is at the very heart of Rotary fellowship and engagement. Recognizing that there will be times when attending a Tuesday lunch time session just will not be possible, members are urged to do a make-up by visiting another club or an on-line 'e-club' such as Rotary E-Club One www.rotaryeclubone.com. or The e-Club of New York at www.rotaryeclubny1.com. And, don't forget to record your make-ups - either on the sheet at weekly meetings or by email to Helga.
Share the gift of Rotary with others. Bring along a friend or colleaugue and introduce her/ him to a world of opportunity.
Bob Dzus's ticket was drawn. He picked the 4 of Hearts. The pot is still growing and next week it starts at $2,249.50! Just a reminder that this is only for members in our club. If anyone outside our club buys a ticket, and if that card is drawn that person wins $100.00.
