The Rotary Club Of Festival City

President:  Dianne Yundt

Minutes of the meeting of April 9, 2013

Club email:  festivalcityrotary@gmail.com

Club website: www.festivalcityrotary.ca

Guests: Rob Ritz is from Stratford Rotary. Leticia Figueiredo is our exchange student. Dave William is from the Mitchell Rotary Club. Andrew McCardle, John Yundt, Carl West and Dan Smith are from Junior Achievement.

Door Prize: Wayne Young donated the prize won by Brandi Gillett.

Announcements:

  1. Board Meeting: April 18 at the home of President Dianne.
  2. Rotaract Banquet: It is confirmed that the banquet is Wednesday May 29 at the Arden Park. Tickets are $40. It is hoped that all members of Festival City Rotary will be able to attend. Rotaract is a joint venture of Festival City and Stratford Rotary Clubs.
  3. International Plowing Match: Dave William of the Mitchell Rotary Club is looking for service club volunteers to help with ticket sales and gates at the event taking place September 17-21 on Hwy 8 just east of Mitchell. Louise Spandler is the contact person for our club. Many volunteers are required as there are 5 gates with morning and afternoon shifts over the 5 days. The IPA usually pays clubs for the hours they volunteer.
  4. District Assembly: This is on Saturday April 20, 2013 at Medway High School 14405 Medway Road Arva. A PDF file showing the agenda has been forwarded to the membership.
  5. Bingo: The next Bingo is Sunday May 12. Volunteers are needed. Signup on ClubRunner or contact Vince Hill or Jack West.

Guest Speaker: John Yundt and Andrew McCardle, two students from St Mike’s Secondary School, are also members of the Junior Achievement Program at the school.

Junior Achievers meet each Tuesday at the University of Waterloo to develop a product and business plan for selling the product. The group of 18 students came up with the idea of T-bags involving the recycling of old T-shirts into tote bags. The business plan called for the selling of 50 bags. The project has been so successful that orders have exceeded 300 bags and the profit margin has reached 1400%. 10% of the profits go to charity, 50% to the Junior Achievers. Each Junior Achiever invested $10 and so far has earned $60. The group won first place in a recent competition for Junior Achievement. The boys showed a video which can be viewed at www.facebook.com/tbagsbyja

The Junior Achievers were thanked by Barbara Young.