Meeting:April 2nd, 2019
Guests:
Ann Northwood, Cassandra McParlan, Lt. Darryll Dudley, Chief Mike Martin,Chief Hanci Macllquham, Doreen and Julia (Students)
Foundation:
Colin spoke tonight about the Foundation Permanent Fund program. Donations to the permanent fund are invested and only the earnings from this fund is used to
fund programs.
Visiting Rotarians:
Ken Hammer (Daybreak), Wayne Anderson (Downtown)
Announcements:
- The City of Nanaimo gave us a certificate of appreciation for the tree planting last year.
- Rotary Rosters are out for 2018-2019
- An ETTA project cheque was presented to Paul from Doug for $650. Please don’t forget the ETTA presentation April 11th at Rotary Fields.
- Larry reported on the Loaves and Fishes. 10 members and 4 students showed up this last session. Loaves and Fishes made $22,000 from the recent hockey game. This translates into $131,560 worth of food!
- Wayne Anderson reminded us about the District Conference on May 9th, 10th and 11th in Victoria. A great place to learn more about Rotary and to have some additional Rotary training.
- Reminder of the Beer and Burger coming up April 30th! Get your tickets ahead of time since they will not be available at the door.
- The next Rotary breakfast will be April 13th
- Julia - living with her last host family. Doreen - staying with non Rotary family whose son was an exchange student as well.
Birthdays:
Anniversaries:
- Gill Campbell, Jim Shore
- Roger and Ann - 55 years!
Questions Answered:
A woman returning from a fishing trip with her husband told her troubles to a neighbour. “I did EVERYTHING wrong again,” she said. “I talked too loudly, I used the wrong bait, I reeled in to soon… and I caught more than he did.”
Program:
Lt. Daryl Dudley talked about the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps which is a group for boys and girls between 12 and 18.
Leadership, citizenship, community service are all goals for these young people. They hold training nights every Tuesday from September to June. Seamanship, marksmanship, drill and boating are some of the skills taught in the program. About once a month, there are weekend 'on boards' for additional training.
Cadets are eligible for scholarships from 750 to 5000 as well as various awards for excellence. There are also opportunities for international exchange and deployments aboard HM Canadian Ships and Coast Guard vessels. There are also summer training courses available for durations of up to six weeks
Chief Martin talked about the opportunity he had to train on one of the Orca Class Navy ships. Chief Macllquahm talked about the BC Cadet Honour Band. He went to Victoria for some intensive training and then then toured around the Island with a finale in Vancouver.
This was an excellent talk and the two young men showed how confident they have become.
Did I mention that you get to meet pretty girls too!
