May 30 - VISIONING EXERCISE – 5:30 PM START. Sandwich buffet. Visioning from 6 pm to 9 pm. This is everyone's chance in our club to determine where we want to be in 3 years.
This is your opportunity to help pave the way to the success of our club over the next 3 years and help determine how we get there. Please complete the questionnaire at SurveyMonkey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VQLFXSM .
Please, send it out to the members of your Club. Please respond by May 21. We will then send a summary that we can distribute to the members. The team will not make any comments about the summary; however, it can be useful when we develop the Action Plan. Thank you.
JUN 6 - Regular Meeting – Past District Governor Ted Morrison will chair our Annual Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Awards Night at The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood. SPOUSES NIGHT. SIGN UP SHEET COMING SOON.
ACE OF SPADES DRAW: Conducted by our Sgt At Arms Bob Koski
Winner: Past President Lennis Trotter Card Drawn: The 8 of Hearts .
We are down to only 4 cards in the deck next week. The suspense and the pot grows.
DUTY ROSTER FOR MAY:
Greeter and Bulletin Editor: David Mankiewicz
Registartion: Robbie Larocque
Thank you all for your assistance.
(Editor’s note: If you cannot be on the door , please find a replacement)
NEXT WEEK: MAY 9, 2017
SPEAKER – Souma Sayah – Our Awardee who went to the Adventure In Citizenship in Ottawa sponsored by Rotary Club of Ottawa.
INTRODUCER: Robert Kipling
THANKER: Kim Boatman
HAPPY TOONIES
She also told us that Terry Giles is no longer driving. Alan Nason may not be able to participate in the club due to
health concerns. She also had lots of pens on the tables for us and talked to us about 278 Rotarians in the District
who are registered with the Trillium Gift of Life. Thank you all .
Bob Stewart reported that former founding member of the club John Adamkovics passed away.
Robert Kipling announced that 9 years ago today Souma , our guest speaker next week, became a Canadian Citizen.
Janice Coupland announced that she and Kris will be going to a Safari in Kenya, Africa.
Tim Dwyer announced that he will not be going hungry as he was lucky to capture 3 Turkeys last week.
ROTARY MOMENT
None tonight.
GUEST SPEAKER :
Ted Morrison introduced tonight’s guest speaker and craft talk by Rotarian Stanley Igboanugo.
Stanley was born in Nigeria. Arriving in Canada in 2004. Worked as a human Resources Coordinator for the Christian Horizons agency that helps support developmentally challenged children with Autism and other needs. He is a good friend of Emmy Ihem, Past President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and from the Durham Regional Police Association who was instrumental by introducing Stanley to Rotary.
Stanley’s father was a Police Officer in Nigeria and his mother was a head mistress (Principle) at a school and together they raised 7 children and were blessed with 14 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Stanley completed high school in Nigeria.
A Catholic Priest encouraged Stanley to go to Rome, Italy to complete his Master’s Degree in 5 years at the Vatican. While there he witnessed the 1998 completion of the 16th chapel renovation. In 1997 he gave a talk about the Last Supper paintings by Michael Angelo along with a tour of the history and meaning about the paintings; and witnessed a Popes death and a New Popes resignation. He spent 14 years of his life in the Vatican as a Walker/Guide and knows all the politics.
He left the Vatican after the attempted assination of Pope John Paul II, and returned to Nigeria for 1 year of active duty in the Military. During that time he met his lovely wife; got married and had 3 daughters.
Stanley arrived in Canada in 2004. Stanley learned many languages during his summer studies that include German, Italian, Latin, English, Igbo, and Pigeon English. His summer learning languages in Europe was a good experience. One reason Stanley choose Canada to reside in was from the endorsement of the Vatican for being the most neutral place in the world.
However, Canada proved to be challenging due to its quick lifestyle which made it challenging and a struggle to adjust to the different lifestyle. To help with the isolation of being a new Canadian Stanley dedicated his time to volunteering and Joining the Durham Regional Police Services Auxiliary Service to become involved in the community and the courts. He volunteered with the Sports and Olympics to do Anti-Doping Tests on athletes. Canada has the best anti-doping program in the world. Stanley’s wife is an elementary teacher and together they have raised 3 children who have been successful in their studies.
Kris Sachdeva thanked Stanley for his informative talk and presented a certificate towards Polio Plus for a donation towards the irradiation of polio in the world.
Meeting adjouned at 8:00 pm
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Robbie Larocque, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.
HERE’S A LIST OF SOME ROTARY CLUBS CLOSE TO YOU.
Please check the club website to make sure their location and time has not changed:
MONDAY:
Belleville – Ramada Inn – 11 Bay Ridges at Hwy 2 - 12:00 noon
Oshawa – Jubilee Pavillion Banquet Centre, 55 Lakeview Park Ave, Oshawa – 12:10 pm
Markham-Unionville – Al Dente Ristorante, 39 Main St.N., - 6:30 pm
Port Hope – Knights of Columbus Hall, 1 Elias St., – 6:00 pm
Richmond Hill – Sheraton Parkway Hotel, 600 Hwy 7 East, – 6:00 pm
Trenton – Holiday Inn – 99 Glen Miller Rd. at 401 - 6:00 pm
TUESDAY:
Whitby – Whitby Central Library, 405 Dundas St W - 7:00 am
Pickering – Bollocks, 736 Kingston Rd, Pickering – 7:00 am
Bowmanville – Trinity Church Hall, 116 Church St. – 7:15 am
Picton – Royal Canadian Legion, 347 Main St., - 12:15 pm
Scarborough Bluffs – Loblaw’s Superstore (upstairs) – 1775 Brimley at Progress – 7:15 am
Scarborough – Scarborough Golf Club – Golf Club Rd. – 12:30
Scarborough Twilight – The Olde Stone Cottage – 3750 Kingston Rd. - 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY:
Whitby-Sunrise – Royal Oak Pub, Whitby Shores, 617 Victoria St W – 7:00 am
Markham Sunrise – Delta Markham Hotel – 50 East Valhala Dr., Hwy 7 east of 404 – 7:00 am
Northumberland Sunrise – Ashbrook Golf Club – 7215 Dale Rd, Port Hope - 7:00 am
North Scarborough – Delta Toronto East – 2035 Kennedy Rd, Scarborough – 12:30 pm
Port Perry – Sunnybrae Golf Club, 1430 King Street, Port Perry, ON , – 6:15 pm
THURSDAY:
Ajax – (First Thursday of the month) at Public Library, 55 Harwood Ave S., – 12:15 pm
Ajax – rest of the month - McEachnie Family Centre, 20 Church Street North, NorthWest Corner Hwy 2 & Church - 7:30am
Agincourt – 6:30 pm at Rotating locations. Please contact Ron - rdhinchliff@gmail.com to verify location.
Quinte Sunrise – Bay of Quinte Golf Club, 1830 Old Hwy 2, – 7:00 am
Uxbridge – Wooden Sticks Golf & Country Club, 40 Elgin Park Drive off Concession 7 South of Uxbridge. – 7:00 am
FRIDAY:
Toronto – Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St, – 12:15
Cobourg – Best Western Cobourg Motor Inn, 930 Burnham Rd. at Hwy 2 – 12:15
Courtice – White Cliffe Terrace, 1460 Hwy 2 – 7:15 am