september 15th meeting (Sep 18, 2015)

September15, 2015 Meeting

Guests: We were happy to see our district governor Rose and her husband Leon. we also welcome guests Liz Kawahara and Toni Wheeler.

Announcements

The Harvest festival project collected $817.00
The breakfast was busier then ever!! Thanks to everyone who volunteered
Derek spoke of the need for funds for San Mahara for his hike up Mount Benson to support Nepal relief; the hike will take place Saturday Sept 26.
Paul spoke about the youth exchange program and our new inbound exchange students Daniel from Colombia and Sako from Japan

Program

Bev Hilton our Assistant District governor was present to introduce our district governor Rose but was under the weather so Lee did the honours
District Governor Rose gave a wonderful inspiring speech about her life in rotary. "Are you a member of Rotary or are you a Rotarian?"
Rose feels now like a Rotarian after her amazing trip to Africa to place a water project for 10 villages

DOOR PRIZE: Jeff brought a bottle of wine and drew his own name! He redrew and past president Greg won the prize.

Next Meeting : September 22. Speakers TBA