The Rotary Club Of Festival City

President:  David Moore

Minutes of the meeting of April 3, 2012

Club email:  festivalcityrotary@gmail.com

Club web blog: www.festivalcityrotary.blogspot.com

ClubRunner site: www.festivalcityrotary.ca

Guests: Rob Ritz from the Stratford Rotary Club. Dr. Geza Wordofa was also in attendance. 

 

Draw Prize: Bill Helmuth donated the prize won by Jack West. In a special Easter draw Lynne Ternosky won a chocolate bunny donated by Wayne Young.

Announcements:

  1. Fish Fry Dinner and Dance: A notice of this event was forwarded to club members. If you are interested in joining Lynne Ternosky please contact her.

Club Assembly:

Dianne Yundt spoke briefly about her attendance at the P.E.T.S. seminar. This is the President-Elect Training Seminar held recently in Sarnia. It’s a training course to help Rotarians fill leadership roles in Rotary. Dianne also indicated that this year’s District Assembly is April 21 in Sarnia. Registration is at 8:30 AM with sessions running from 9 AM to 4 PM. The cost per person is $20. Dianne will be driving and anyone who is interested in attending the Assembly and share the ride with Dianne should contact her.

Carol Rock announced that Leticia Queiroga di Figueirdo will be our new Rotary Exchange Student. She is from Brazil and will be arriving in August.

Jean Aitcheson gave a final report on the Spaghetti Dinner. All food items were donated except for the lettuce.  The hall rental was $200. Trevor and Susan Exnor of the Black Angus were essential in making the evening a great success.  There were 300 people who bought advance tickets and 60 tickets were purchased at the door. 93 takeout dinners were sold. There were 30 deliveries to city council, two factories and the hospital.  The amount raised was the most ever for the event with just over $6500 raised after expenses.

Lynne Ternosky announced that $1250 was raised at the spaghetti dinner through coffee sales and other donations. Left-over cupcakes went to ShelterLink.

Jack West announced that the splash pad project is moving ahead with discussions about grant writing and fund raising.

Bill Helmuth announced that the Board of Directors has decided to decline involvement in the food booth at the Rotary Arts and Crafts Show.  The funds raised were not worth the effort required to make the booth a success. The Stratford Rotary Club has been informed.

Ken Hansen announced that Ginny Dybenko, the Executive Director of the Stratford Campus University of Waterloo will be talking to our club on May 15. Her topic will be “What On Earth is Digital Media – And Why Should I Care”. Ken suggests that Rotarians invite others to this meeting who may be interested in this new program being developed in Stratford.

Rural-Urban Night This annual event put on by Stratford Rotary is April 12

Anna Sherwin in a separate email announced that the Bard’s Birthday Celebration is being cancelled for this year.