Reporter: Tom Croft
Membership
Development Month!
With Ryan
on cash and Lynne M on 50/50, the Garron was kept entertained and Ryan balanced,
good work Garron.
Lorna
Curtis filled in for President Lori who is vacationing. She opened the meeting at 12:20 sharp! Lorna is asking us “Why did you join Rotary”?
O’ Canada
was sung a capella and led by Neil Rawnsley.
Grace was
provided by Janna “Small acts performed by millions of people can transform the
world!”
Neil
Rawnsley, Tav MacPherson, Tom Croft, Mary Canty, Perry Bamji, and Victoria Pitt
all provided their varied reasons for joining Rotary.
Lorna
handed out business cards, “The First Lunch is on Us”. Membership packages were also left on the
tables to encourage us to invite more friends and prospective Rotarians for
lunch. All Rotary Clubs will have the information packages by the end of
September.
Visitors
were introduced by Tav; Jean Dickson, Colleen Force, Donna Chow, and Thuli
Kamohelo our guest speaker.
Announcements:
- Pub Crawl for Polio; eradicating polio one step at a time is August 27th, 2016. Get tickets on line at ride.c/pubcrawl. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Downtown Victoria.
- District Governor Salmon BBQ, August 20th, last call for tickets.
- Joan Peggs, Youth Services Committee, thanked everyone for donating $650 for sponsoring lunches for Rotaract and Interact.
- Mary Canty: Pablo coming up from Mexico, to perform with his quartet and is looking for billets from Sept 5 to 9th.
- Janna, baby pool 50/50 for Rotary
- Anne Mac, Westjet raffle tickets $20 for anywhere they fly, draw is Sept 10 proceeds of Soap for Hope.
- Wendy, Social Committee 5th meeting dates, this month will be a surprise at the Victoria Lawn Bowling Club, (do we have to wear our Whites?)
- Janna announced a new Fireup Bell project.
. Rule of 85, combined years of
membership plus age, with a 20 years minimum membership .
. Club flexibility to change meeting
schedules, must meet twice a month.
. In person, on line or both; check
out E-Club of Canada One.
Lorna
Curtis thanked the Oak Bay Collector Car show volunteers, it was a great
success again.
Celebrations
Master/Sargent at Arms, duties were performed by Joan Firkins. Canada’s first medal? Rotary’s
other motto? “Those who serve first serves best”, Who wrote the President’s
message? the President John Germ.
Birthdays: Ryan Gisler.
Anniversaries: Wynne and Sanjay. Club membership: Lynne and Don 16
and 17 years respectively.
Happy Sad
Dollar: Dallas thanks for taking over as CM, Lorna Happy for granddaughter’s 6th
Birthday and Disneyland; Tav – women’s Rugby, Heather – finally a CFP, Lynne 100% attendance
over the 16 years. Vicky happy because her niece was called to the bar. Draw was won by Brian.
Guest Speaker:
Nadia
introduced our speaker Thuli Kamohelo whom she met in Lesotho. Thuli began with a song called “This is my
story, this is my song”, “I am praising my saviour all the day long”.
She told us
the story of her very difficult life, her father and mother died at a young age,
she became the head of her household. Nadia and Helga helped her by providing
emotional support during her struggles to find herself and raise her siblings.
She won an award for being one of the top 10 students in the whole country received
a scholarship to attend University which she has just graduated from in Nursing.
She will be returning to Lesotho in September, but even though she is a
qualified nurse she will not have a job when she returns there.
Thuli is motivated
to help her women of Lesotho gain access to health services and be there for
them. Her life experiences have given her wisdom to realize there are many girls
who like her, need help to get through school. "I want to be role model for
change in my country"!
Neil
Rawnsley provided a very thoughtful thank you on behalf of the Club. Expressing
many of our feelings that we are so fortunate to have had Thuli visit us and
tell us her story.
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