Last weeks meeting
Mary Lou introduced our speaker Jeffrey Golby the CEO of ACTS for water.. ACTS mission: Partnering with Ugandan's to deliver the benefits of clean, safe water: for life. As he stated "it all starts with water". Jeff described one of their projects in Uganda. He talked about a 10 yr old Ugandan boy that Jeff had accompanied on his daily 3 hour treck to fetch water that leaves you sick! Lack of clean water affects Health, Education, Equality and the Economy. Jeff explained the connection to each. He shared a video that conveyed the joy and celebration of "turning on the taps" for a project started in July 2017 and completed in March 2019. He welcomed any and all support. He invited everyone to their Steveston "Walk for Water" event on Sept 9. For more information go to www.acts.ca Belinda thanked Jeff for his presentation.
24 members in attendance
Visitors
- Jeff Golby (speaker)
- Joe Peschisolido
- Ralph
Sergeant At Arms Tidbits
(Brian SAA)
- Amanda is back from an exciting trip to her (and mine) home province. Always good to have reports "from the Canadian Prairies"!
- For the record: "Kal was away the previous week". Recorded in "the minutes" as per special request!
- According to Elena, 6 am is the best time to go biking as there are fewer people to run into!
- Peter informs us that the Richmond Therapeutic Riding Association (www.richmondtherapeuticriding.com) are needing volunteers. Please pass the word along....
- Sandra suffered a torn ligament last week necessitating a splint and use of a cane for a while. She was not keen on having to use a cane. Garth later explained the advantages of carrying a cane in that people tend to move out of your way!!
Meanderings
- On Friday July 12th at the Life Center a number of Rotarians attended the Celebration of Life for our dear departed friend Paul Rollo.....
- Some of you may have noticed that last weeks bulletin displayed June birthdays etc instead of July. For you information that was caused by a broken "widget" now repaired....
July is Rotary Literacy month
Upcoming Events
(new items in bold)
July 22 - Board meeting 6:30 p.m. at Debbie M's home.
May 1, 2020 - Annual Auction
Committee Updates
Today's Chuckle(s)
- There is a good chance some of these are repeats - my apologies,....
- An old guy in his Volvo is driving home from work when his wife rings him on his carphone. "Honey", she says in a worried voice, "be careful. There was a bit on the news just now, some lunatic is driving the wrong way down the freeway". "It's worse than that", he replies, "there are hundreds of them!"
- A redneck calls up the White House and tells the receptionist: "I'd like to become the next President of the United States." The receptionist: "What are you, an idiot?" Redneck: "Why, is it required?"
