Guests: We were happy to see Toni and Liz again. Bruce joined us from the downtown club.Kathy and Jeff Boegel were here as our guest speakers from the Daybreak club. Daniel our exchange student from Colombia also attended.
Announcements
Paul spoke on tomorrow's student exchange info session at Beban Park at 6:30 pm.
The nanaimo kidney walk is September 27 at Maffeo Sutton park. Contact Darcie Olson through the website www.kidney walk.ca
The hike for Nepal is September 26th at 8:30 am. It is $20 and includes a t-shirt and water. Meet at Witchcraft lake and the after party will be at the longwood with the Daybreak group.
September 28th is the nanaimo food share AGM we are welcome to come and vote
Colin spoke on the Rotary Foundation group study exchange. It provides grants to send one Rotarian and 4-5 non Rotarian young professionals to study in host countries
Bill informed us of some needs from the Brechin school. One mother with 7 children needs funding for a larger place to live. Another family needs beds for 2 adults and 3 children. He is also looking for volunteers for the Brechin school ski/sport swap fundraiser
Doug was happy to tell us the funding for the St.Hubert's in Ghana water and electricity project has gone through.
Dino from the symphony by the sea sent a thank you note for our club's volunteer efforts
Liz Harakawa and Toni Wheeler have been proposed for membership. If anyone has a reason they should not be inducted please let the executive know.
As reported by Bob Moss, Jim Gural passed away at home in Kamloops August 17,2015 at the age of 86. Jim was the past president of our club in 1998/99 and brought Bob into Rotary
ROSTER UPDATE – 2015-2016 Roster booklets were available tonight
Program: Mid-Island Abilities and Independent Living Society. Executive Director Kathy Boegel
The society is a Nanaimo based organization which is there to support all persons living with disabilities to attain independence overcome barriers and attain their own goals with a positive experience
The Society provides a variety of supports for the community:
Information networking: Helping people identify and find resources to fill their needs
Advocacy and self-empowerment skills: Self advocacy is a main theme. It supports individual's choices, respects decisions as well
Peer support: Promotes goal setting. Fosters involvement in workshops social events and volunteer efforts. It encourages friendship within the community
Mid Island kids on the block puppet program: This special puppet program addresses a variety of topics for kids grade 2-5 and raises awareness on the challenges of kids with disabilities
The Nanaimo Seniors Visiting Program merged with this society in 2012: it offers an outreach program to seniors 55+ who could benefit from home visits, outings,phone calls and extension of friendship
HAPPY/SAD: Bill wins the happy (or sad?) prize for bringing the ripe green banana for Jim which brought a laugh. Ripe green bananas for someone who should maybe not still be refereeing anymore??
DOOR PRIZE: Past president Greg donated $15 dollars the the rotary foundation which was won by Bob Moss
Next Week: Club Meeting regarding 7-10 club issues so please attend if possible.
Our club together with Nanaimo Daybreak Rotary Club developed a grant proposal for the project. The district community grant application was approved by D5020 in the amount of US$3,500; this will be matched by contributions from the Mid Island Group, area clubs and the Techiman Rotary Club. The project will be administered by the Techiman club. The grant will fund construction of a well and installation of electricity for the St. Hubert's basic school in Akrofrom, a community about 70 km NE of Sunyani.
When the project is completed, it will give the children in St Hubert’s Basic School and the community access to clean drinking water as well as electricity. It should take six months to complete
The school was chosen because the community is expanding very quickly increasing the school population but the school lacks basic facilities like water and electricity. We therefore decided to use this grant to provide these basic facilities, to help improve their way of life thereby improving education and literacy.
