Reported by Peter Johannknecht.
Greeters were Lynne Murray and Will Carter, with support from Markus Ludwig.
Prior to the Grace, led by Heather Aked,
Brian Lamb represented President Peter Lawrie well during his absence and
addressed the club, pointing out that January is Rotary Awareness month. Engage Rotary / Change Lives: this is the
time to clarify a unique sense of what it is that makes us
proud to be Rotarians, and to share it with others. On March 29/30, here in Victoria, there is a perfect
chance for any/all of us to find out more about Rotary, and increase our
awareness of Rotary. Victoria is hosting the District Leadership TrainingAssembly (DLTA). This is a great opportunity to very effectively and
efficiently find out more about the details, nooks and crannies as well as the
big picture of Rotary. Registration is $70. Our club has funds for registrants to help reduce this cost. You can pick and choose workshops and
customize your experience. For Registration, click here.
Everyone sang O Canada, while enjoying beautiful
images from all provinces projected on to the screen.
Guests and Visiting Rotarians were introduced by Lynne Murray:
- Rotarians: Rashna Charania, Leanne Stokes & Gordon Quigley, RC of Saanich
- Shannon Longwin, RC Comox
- Dave Murray, RC Victoria Harbourside
- Katie Sharpe, Jasmine Neville & Connor Trelawny, Rotaract Club Victoria
- Guests: Deborah Wakeham (speaker) and Tom Scinocca
Health of the Club: Eugen Bannerman reported that David Philip is feeling better and will most likely rejoin the
club meetings in about 2 weeks. He is doing so well, he enjoyed a
special single malt with Eugen!
Announcements/Help needed:
Joan Peggs: Please read our updated
facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubOfOakBay
[Editor's note: I especially like the FB post from the Sydney woman who always wears her Rotary Hat - literally!]
Tom Croft on Interact: Memory Café is starting again in February.
Tom Croft on Interact: Memory Café is starting again in February.
Katie Sharpe on Rotaract: Between $300-400
were collected through the bottle drive. Brian Lamb commented about remembering to collect all the bottles out of Jack Petrie’s car. Rotaract is meeting
with volunteers this Saturday at 10am at the Blenkinsop drop-off to pick invasive
weeds at Mt. Doug. Please join them! [For all Oak Bay Rotary events, click here.]
Batja Westler: It is Mardi Gras Madness! A sign in and to-do-list was circulated to
manage the work load ahead. Please participate as much as you can.
Club Anniversary: Ann Sims and David Maxwell - both 11 years!
The board approved Gordon Quigley for
membership subject to having his name printed in the bulletin. If any members
have any objections, please contact Secretary Wendy within 7 days. [Editor's note: Sabrina emailed Gordon's resume to all members last week.]
Fines
Master Jack Petrie started by fining Richard
Acomba for his gracious gesture last week. He won the jackpot and gave back
every penny to the club. [Generosity doesn't pay?]
Marcus Ludwig was fined for forgetting his
glasses as a greeter. His eyes had to come very close to some name tags.
Some tables were fines for lacking Mardi Gras knowledge. Jack will continue testing, so be prepared.
It was David Westler's birthday and a joyous
happy birthday was sung in his honour. He returned it with a cheque to the
foundation. Thank you David! We will sing more often for you.
Happy
$: Joan Peggs was happy for not getting a ticket
from an OB police officer, who stopped her for using her cellphone. Apparently
for ‘only a few seconds". She also thanked all her neighbors for donating
bottles to support Rotaract.
Vicky Pitt had the winning ticket but
pulled a black marble, which still put some cash in her hands.
Will Carter introduced our Guest Speaker Deborah Wakeham and Tom Scinocca, a guest
from Junior Achievement BC. Deborah was actually the first woman
accepted as a member in the Skeena Valley Rotary Club in Terrace, 17 years ago!
She has been with JA of BC since June, 2007.
She spoke passionately about Junior
Achievement BC, the world’s largest not-for-profit organization for educating
young people about business. With over 120 charters worldwide, JA brings a
diverse global view of business to local communities, reaching 10 million
students annually. Since 1955, Junior Achievement of BC has
partnered with educators, donors and volunteers to bring a real world
experience into the classroom. JA
programs give students in grades 5-12 the confidence and skills to
become the next generation of business and community leaders. The head office of JA BC is located in Vancouver
and there are regional operations on Vancouver Island, in Prince George,
Kamloops, Kelowna, and in the Fraser Valley.
Last school year, 1,114 classrooms
participated, reaching over 29,000 students. 800 business and community
leaders around the province volunteer annually. There are partners with
teachers in all 12 Island School Districts – in more than 85 schools. They provide
programming in 300 classrooms, reaching an estimated 8,000 students, with the support
of more than 150 volunteers.
JA develops programs in Work Readiness,
Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy. Any interested teachers register to
host a JA program in their classroom and JA recruits and trains business and
community leaders as volunteers to facilitate programs in the schools.
Programs are provided free of charge, with
coordination, curriculum and materials provided through JA. The programs provided in Elementary School
are:
Our Business World - Grades 5 & 6
A Business of Our Own - Grades 6 & 7
Business Basics introduces kids to the
fundamentals of business, such as Business Management, Organization, Production and Marketing, including retail Business Planning and Operation.
The programs provided in Middle & High
School are:
Dollars
with Sense - Grades 7 & 8 - students develop
financial literacy skills, such as Methods of Payment, Smart Consumer Steps, Basic
Investments, Interest, Budgets.
Economics
for Success - Grades 9 & 10 - encourages students
to reflect on the advantages of an education to develop skills, values and
interests to understand the available career options. Independent living and
on-line budget exercises complement the program.
Investment
Strategies Program – Grades 10-12 - introduces students to investing and helps them experience the markets, including an on-line
stock market challenge.
Company
Program - A Student Venture – Grades 10–12 - fosters
the entrepreneurial spirit of students as they create and run a business. What
an opportunity this is!
JA Titan - Grades 11 & 12. This is an interactive
web-based business simulation where students compete as companies in a
fictitious market. They learn about product pricing, production, research and
development, capital investment, marketing and charitable giving.
With all of these programs available and
having introduced the idea and concepts of what business means, Deborah
introduced Tom Scinocca, a Grade 12 student at Mount Douglas Secondary. He is a
JA program participant, a JA award recipient, and a JA Innovation Jamb Participant.
Tom is an excellent Ambassador to showcase the value and quality of the
programs offered through JA. He just finished the 2014 Innovation Jamb inVancouver, and has done a lot of JA programs over the last few years. He loves
the idea of business, and was taught: ‘Everything you ever wanted is on the
other side of fear.’
Deborah finished her presentation pointing
out the positive impact of JA on the Canadian economy: Helps youth stay in school, encourages entrepreneurship, teaches financial literacy.
The Boston Consulting Group calculates that
for every $1 spent by Junior Achievement, $45 is returned to Canada’s economy. For
some, Junior Achievement is a life-changing event. 65% of participating
students indicate Junior Achievement helped them stay in school and pursue a
post-secondary education. 70% of participants in Junior Achievement stated that
they had an increased desire to become an entrepreneur.
Participating
Schools in Greater Victoria School District 61:
Arbutus Middle School Braefoot Elementary
Campus View Elementary Central Middle
School
Discovery School Esquimalt
High School
Gordon Head Middle
School Lambrick
Park Secondary
Maria Montessori
Academy Margaret
Jenkins Elementary
Mount Douglas
Secondary Oak
Bay High School
Pacific Christian
School Pembroke Street School
Rockheights Middle
School Rogers
Elementary
St. Andrew’s Regional
High School St. Margaret’s
School
St. Michael’s
University School Selkirk Montessori
Shoreline Community
School Spectrum
Community School
Strawberry Vale
Elementary Victoria
High School
Willows Elementary
Brian Lamb thanked Deborah for her presentation. Tom Scinocca’s speech was the ‘icing on the cake’. He emphasized how
important it is to ‘Do something you are going to love’. Well done!
The singing of God Save the Queen brought the meeting to a close.
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