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The funds we raise go to the community both locally and worldwide. Our major fundraiser is a July  4 day Ribfest which we run with the Mississauga West Rotary Club. We regularly get over 100,000 visitors to this community event! Our June Lobsterfest has sold-out for years, but we can always find a seat for the all-you-can-eat Lobster-chicken feast!

The Free Reading Program is a free online literacy program. The program serves children and improves literacy through fundamental skills reinforcement activities. Students can begin learning at any level and progress when they feel confident. We want students to gain the confidence and skills they need to be successful and motivated readers.

Are YOU the Missing Piece? For more information, look at www.rotary.org and right here, in Mississauga, contact our Membership Director at membership@rotaryclubofmissisauga.com . Click on More to see why YOU ARE THE MISSING PIECE.

The Paul Harris Fellow committee are looking for Community candidates for Paul Harris awards.

Do you know of people who have 'given' and 'volunteered' for our community who are not high profile in name but indeed?  We want to honour them.  There are Applications at the front desk for anyone wishing to nominate someone.  Please hand the completed application to Helga Noyes.  The Paul Harris Committee will be meeting early in April to consider possible recipients of this important award.  DEADLINE for applications is the first Friday in April.  Thank you.

 Helga

UPCOMING ROTARY EVENTS:

DISTRICT EVENTS

November 28th - Foundation Qualification Training

May 27th to June 1, 2016 - RI Convention - Seoul, South Korea

October 14-16th, 2016 - District Conference

OTHER CLUB EVENTS:

 VISITING ROTARIANS, GUESTS and MAKE-UPS

Visiting Rotarians: 

Guests:

(editor not responsible for misspelling of names due to unreadable names on the sign in sheets)

Make-ups:

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(the editor greatly appreciates all the make-ups!)

Thank you to those who reported make-ups. There are a lot 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.

Sharethe gift of Rotary with others. Bring along a friend or colleague and introduce her/ him to a world of opportunity.

SHARE THE WEALTH 

Helga Noyes tried her luck to pick the Jack of Hearts.  She picked the 10 of spades.  Next week it starts at $1,289.00.  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.  

OTHER CLUB EVENTS

Excellence in Eloquence

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.

Helga

PRESIDENT'S GALA

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.

Helga

Proposed Membership   by Lucie Shaw

I have great news!  The club will be growing by one more.

The following individual has been passed by the board and now the announcement

will be put into the Bulletin for the next two weeks being proposed for membership in our club:

Proposed Member:

Janette Sasso

Residence:     1905 Broad Hollow Gate, Unit 47

                       Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 5X2

Work:              Royal LePage Realty Plus, Brokerage

                       1275 Dundas Street East, Mississauga

Occupation:     Real Estate Agent

Proposed by:    Lucie Shaw

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.

Thank you.

Tony

SHAW FESTIVAL GARDEN PARTY

PYGMALION By 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

District 7080 Video

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!

Here is the link:  http://bit.ly/18E0qEK

The Rotary Club of Mississauga now is on Facebook.

The 2011 Ribfest is fast approaching.  For all the details please visit the Ribfest web site.

Our mailing address is: 

P.O. Box 340, Station A

ALL YOU CAN EAT - Lobster & Chicken, with Salad, buns & tea/coffee.

BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT : http://2015lobsterfestrotaryclubofmississauga.eventbrite.ca

or CALL  905-330-9033   or 905-625-0298

Saturday June 6, 2015

4:30 - Cocktails                 6:30 - Dinner

Receive a $40 Charitable Donation Receipt per ticket.

Reserve your table now

                             DAVID PALLETT Memorial Golf Tournament                  

Dear Friends of David Pallett:

We are excited to announce an opportunity to honor David, his life, his work and his passion for Hockey. Mark your calendars for our first “David Pallett Memorial Golf Tournament” at Piper’s Heath Golf Club on Monday, September 30, 2013.  Proceeds from the tournament will go directly towards the “David Pallett Hockey Scholarship” at the University of Guelph.  The scholarship will be awarded to a student-athlete that shows exceptional promise and leadership in and plays hockey at the University of Guelph.

This Rotary Club (and Rotary International) supports the pursuit of the United nations MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS and urges others to do so. Ask questions; lobby your MP and MPP.  Be proactive!

What are the UN Development Goals?  -- click on 'more'

The Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions was adopted by the Rotary International Council on Legislation in 1989 to provide more specific guidelines for the high ethical standards called for in the Object of Rotary: