Meeting minutes march 9/05

Posted by Pieter Stam

The meeting was presided by President Steve, and called to order at 6.30 P.M.
Our guest for this evening were: Carol Hemsworth, Wendy Johnston(prospective member)both guest of Terry, Piers Evans and Renan Barrios(inbound and outbound exchange students), Tom thirtle and Wendy Jennings.
--Please contact Steve if you want to go to the Chicago Convention June 18-23, there are 6 signed up already.
--Rick Kiers got called upon to receive his Paul Harris for the second time, the first time his name was misspelled.
--Pieter Stam got fined one dollar for every airplane he was on since December.
--Happy Bucks, Doug V. for his trip to Mexico, Arizona, California and his divorce settlement.
Terry H. for his prospective member Wendy, John Garton for his daughter in curling, because she is doing better then him and is going to the provincial competition, Keith Sherman for his third anniversary of being out of the hospital and still alive today.
--Blue tribe member Erik brought a special screwdriver to be raffled off and Byron won it(it cost him an extra buck because he did not have a ticket to prove it, bur no one else claimed it)

Wendy Jennings and Tom Thirtle, our guest speakers were introduced by Keith Sherman
They are from the London Hyde Park Rotary Club and they thanked us for having them today.
Here follows a summary of what they talked about, and showed on video.
We are here to talk to you about a special project our club has taken on. This project is called StreetKeepers.
Dr. Jim Thompson is the founder of "StreetKeepers international for Children",
an organization that rescues orphaned or abandoned children from the streets in India.

These children face extreme perils such as slavery, prostitution, disease and death. There are no safety nets for these innocent victims but with our help we will be able to make a significant difference.

Dr. Jim is a Rotarian with the Trillium club in Guelph and together with the help of the London Hyde Park Rotary Club we have created a special and innovative project to help StreetKeepers save the lives of these children. Dr. Jim has adopted three of these children to add to his family that already included three of his own children.

With the help of his fellow Rotarians Dr. Jim embarked on this project in partnership with the Good Shepard Sisters who shelter, clothe, feed, educate and care for these children in a loving environment until they are old enough to support themselves.