Last weeks meeting
Bill told us the background to the Dean Crain award. Dean Crain was a very good friend of Bill and Chris P. He had great challenges in his short life yet he was able to be a living example of a great human being thinking of others before himself. Dalbir summed up Dean's character as someone that lived through and conquered diversity. Debbie M did the award presentation. These are her words:
This year’s award is going to the Yes Man.
Anytime you ask this man to do anything the answer is an immediate yes..
Yes to all the numerous volunteer activities within our club, or offering his home for someone who needs a place to stay or helping strangers finding employment, then there are all the different oddball favours that many people wouldn’t even know how to help with, his answer is always - Yes I will take care of that.
I know from personal experience the extent of commitment to helping within his family friends and community that this man shows everyday is extraordinary. So when I was thinking of how to wrap this up I remembered a quote by Mohammad which said "A mans true wealth is the good he does in the world",
and the good this man does should make our winner the richest man in the world..
So it is with great honour that I have to present this humanitarian award to our very own:
Kal Mahal
Approx 30 members present
Visitors
- Ralph
Sergeant(Garth, note corrected spelling!)At Arms Tidbits
(SAA by Sandra)
- Debbie S has resigned as CEO, now has time to spend a month in Palm Springs (to start)....
- Dalbir is soon to be a Grandfather - Congratulations!!
- Pat has a big upgrade project on the go, re- plumbing her home!!
- Peter announced that the Richmond Therapeutic Riding Association has a new director - well who else but Kal Mahal!!
- Melinda and John are now officially residents of Tsawassen...
Meanderings
- Did you know?.... There are 52 Rotary Clubs in District 5040 with 1500 members
- From Pat and Paul: Please send any orders for additional "Rhinestone Cowboy" Auction/Gala tickets you might like to Paul and me, and also, please bring payment owing for the ones we have given you already, to Paul and me on Thursday morning.
Upcoming Events
(new items in bold)
Jan 16 - Auction committee meeting 6:30 - 8 PM at Joyce's at 10260 St John's Court. To get there turn south on Fortune off Williams between Railway and One road. Left on Gander then left on St. John's. If you haven't registered but are going please sign up... From John
May 3-5/19 - District Conference Sun Peaks
May 10/19 - Auction Gala
Committee Updates
From Elena, Chair Rotary Friendship Exchange D5040:
- 12 members from six different district 5040 clubs will travel to District 3810 Manila, Philippines from Jan 28 to Feb 17, 2019. Clubs represented are Vancouver Arbutus, Vancouver Fraserview, Burnaby Deer Lake, Ladner, Squamish and Richmond Sunrise. Elena, Joyce, Kathy (and Don) are going from our club. A return Rotary team will come from D3810 on May 13 - May 27. Go to www.rotary5040.org/sitepage/rotary-friendship-exchange for more information....
District 3810 has 113 Rotary clubs and 4100 members. In 2019 they celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Asia. Philippines was the first Asian country to embrace Rotary, the Polio campaign was started there, and RWH actively sends them containers.
We look forward to hearing about this Rotary Friendship Exchange trip upon their return....
Today's Chuckle(s)
Tiredness Can Kill
I saw a sign on the side of the road the other day that said, 'Tiredness can kill.' I didn't know that. Last Saturday, I stayed up all night watching Netflix movies. I could have died.
Acute Pain
And there's a reason for this, why men experience pain more acutely than women -- that's because there's always part of a woman's brain thinking about shoes.
