Rotary Club of Nanaimo North
February 15th, 2022
By Zoom. Hopefully our last!
Colin's History and Rotary Minute:
The 1978/79 year started with a talk on Pigeons! Rotarian of the year was Jim Turley. The District 502 conference was in Nanaimo with 1200 delegates. In 1979/80 we held a Bavarian beer garden that was rained out. It took the club five years to get rid of all the beer steins! Bert Labonte was the President and Mike Mah was the Rotarian of the year.
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Interact is the Rotary youth program and was launched in 1962 with a Club in Melbourne Florida. This program encourages youth to work together in a world fellowship of service and international understanding. Today there are more 7200 clubs with more than 155,000 members in 88 countries.
Guests:
Rene and Keven Jones are checking out our club. They have retired and recently moved from Edmonton.
Visiting Rotarians:
Libby Wier Jasper
Greg Fenton Jasper
Announcements:
- We also held a very short business session to officially elect Bill Grace as President Elect for 2023-2024. Congratulations Bill - we're all looking forward to your year!
- Jim told us that the Upside Guys will be here on the 17th to help promote the golf ball drop. Thanks Jim! Ian reminded us to work on sales. They will also investigate selling tickets at the mall. Thanks Ian!
- Larry reported that Loaves and Fishes will be held next week on Tuesday. Note that it will be from 6 - 8 pm.
- Rob let us know that March 12th will be our next breakfast. He also let us know that the Coldest Night of the Year walk team did well. They raised $1,600 and had 11 walkers. Well done Derek for raising $300 of that himself.
Birthdays:
Anniversaries:
Membership Anniversaries
Comedy Corner:
In Canada, friends with benefits means a neighbour with a snow blower.
Program:
Bill Grace introduced our speaker. She was none other than our own Chelsea Marshall. Her presentation was on the Port Alberni Association of Community Living where she works as a vocational counsellor.
Chelsea had all sorts of interesting details about the issues of workplace diversity and inclusion. The goals for employers are to develop a sustainable workforce, create a positive workplace culture, attract talent and to enhance the company brand by increasing the diversity of customers.
Embracing this concept is not only the right thing to do but also the right thing to do for your business.
Chelsea Marshall
Thanks Chelsea - great presentation!
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We also had a second presentation this week. Libby and Greg spoke about one of the projects their club has undertaken. Since Covid has negatively impacted many of the international projects, their club is fundraising for low income country Covid vaccinations. They pointed out that not only is Covid itself an issue but it has also slowed or halted many of the programs that would benefit these countries.
If you would like to donate click below:
Libby and Greg
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