Visiting Rotarians: Bev Hilton, Assistant Governor, Oceanside Rotary; Ken Hammer, Rotary Club of Nanaimo Daybreak.

 

Guests:  Ann Northwood, Jessy Zheng, an MBA student at VIU who as part of her internship is working with the Mid Island Group (MIG) to help tell the story of Rotary.  Jessy has a BA in Human Resource Management  from Tianjin University of Commerce Boustead College .  

 

  President Rob, Jessy Zheng, AG Bev Hilton & Ken Hammer

 

Foundation Minute - the subject was putting the fun in fundraising.  As an example, past RI President Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar auctioned off a reversible blue-and-gold jacket in Rotary’s and Sweden’s colors of blue and gold.

 

 

President Rob thanked Larry for sending the email to members about attendance.

 

Gill Campbell said The NanGo Grannies are hosting an Evening of Wine Tasting with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cheeses at Lucky’s (3296 Island Highway, Country Club);  she has tickets @ $20 and there will be both a live and a silent auction. Net proceeds of the event will be sent to Africa to support Grannies who are raising AIDS orphans, through the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmother to Grandmother Campaign.

 

Dragonboat.  Jim said he had received a cheque for $3,000 from Bob Lasota as the club's portion of fundraising at the event.

 

Youth Exchange  Paul said nine students had been interviewed for the 2 year-long exchange positions and 3 short-term exchange positions.  They are still in need of a host family for the student attending Wellington school.

 

 

Program:  Ken Hammer & Jessy Zheng  International Service and telling the Rotary Story

 

The subject was introduced by Dr. Ken Hammer with a summary of the structure in which International Service (formerly termed World Community Service) operates.

 

 

Then he outlined the history of the Mid-Island Group which was formed in 2007 to allow clubs to pool funds and develop larger projects with greater impact and to elevate the profile of international development work among Rotarians and the general public.

 

 

 

Ken said Jessy was hired to help MIG tell the international story.  Jessy said that the connections between Rotarians and youth affiliates such as Interact and Rotaract are not well developed. She said that Rotary youth would be very effective at informing the community about Rotary's work.

 

 

 

Next week:  Service Project at Loaves & Fishes warehouse.

 

A big thank you to Don Dempson for the images.