Reported by Tom Lidkea.
Blessing: David Phillip gave us the Selkirk Grace, followed by a lengthy explanation of what it means.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests
Introduced by Sanjay Uppal.
Visiting Rotarians: Tom Kofin of South Edmonton, who it is rumored is looking for a club. Look no further.
Guests: Flori Ens, guest of Jenny Hildebrand.
Announcements:
- Apparently everyone in the club is healthy. On the health front, President Heather informed us that oregano oil is very good for us.
- Jim Force was presented with another Membership Circle, for bringing new members into the club, and also announced that the Youth Services Committee will be meeting at 4:30 this Thursday at the Penny Farthing. Speaking of the Farthing, Jim also announced that Thursday January 28 will be the 75th Club-In-A-Pub meeting and invited all and sundry.
- President Heather announced a Director’s meeting on January 18 at 5:00 PM in the library at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel.
- Mary Canty announced that a blog is now available for Guatemala.
Sergeant-at-Arms (AKA Celebrations Master)
Lorna Curtis levied $1.00 fines for those who have never attended Club in a Pub nor gone on MyRotary. Tom Croft was fined for being late, despite his strenuous and extended objection. Sabrina was fined for looking good. This seems unfair and counterproductive. We could raise much more money by fining people for NOT looking good. Jana was fined for wearing a hat. (Lorna, I seem to recall your president’s year involved the wearing of multiple hats).
She then fined all those of us who have never seen or bought a Jenny Hildebrand scarf, Steve Sharlow for being on the Knowledge Network, anyone who has not exercised recently, and anyone who has not submitted an article to the Rotarian (Lorna herself and Giles Bixler the only exceptions).
Finally, at last, Lorna fined a number of members whose table did not know the contents of certain specific pages of the most recent Rotarian.
Happy Birthday to one of the Joans and Sandy Currie. Happy 45 years of marriage to Steve Sharlow.
Sad and happy dollars: Heather was sad about a trip to Port Alberni where Alexander’s soccer team did well, earning a 0-0 tie against the Campbell River Riptides. Later she gave another dollar because she was happy about having passed something. (I had a similar experience recently in Bali, although I was passing rather too much). Joan Firkins was happy about a trip to Vancouver and a wonderful farewell tribute to Dallas Chapple’s father Dal Richards.
Tom Croft had $2 for something (perhaps a further protest against injustice) but Lorna shut him down.
Joan Firkins won the draw last week, but Lorna had lost her marbles, so Joan got to draw this week. Unfortunately, it was a black marble. Ron Cooley won this week, but he too drew a black marble.
Speaker:
Jim Force introduced our own Lori McLeod, who spoke about the history, work and goals of the Eldercare Foundation. The Foundation is now 34 years old, and in addition to running 4 hospitals gets involved in outreach programs for seniors. The Foundation is NOT funded by government, but relies entirely on private donations. They support over 700 residents in care facilities as well as running community programs.
Lori showed a touching video of the Art Therapy Program at Aberdeen Hospital, featuring among others a 101 year old artist. The works created are shown at an annual exhibition, and the artists have participated in the Moss Street Paint-In.
Another video showed animal therapy, featuring dogs Rowan and Cajun. The dogs are trained to interact with clients, who feed them, groom them and just plain touch them. Rowan has retired and adopted, and has been replaced by Cajun.
Brian Lamb thanked Lori for her presentation and her good work.
President Heather ended the meeting with a recitation of the 4-Way Test and the Zimbabwe national anthem.
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