Minutes September 23 2009
Erik Tremblay presiding,
Announcements: Erik mentioned that WDDS is having their 50th Anniversary Gala on October 1 at the Quality Inn. Erik has send the invitation around, so you can find all info there.
Drive for Polio Eradication at the Woodstock Outdoor Farm Show raised over $2900.00, thank you very much to all that gave their time to sell the Golfballs at the Show.
District Conference coming up on October 23rd to 25th in Guelph, please sign up for this is always a good event. Speak to Erik or go on the District Website.
The Terry Fox run on September 13 raised $8881.00 It has been run by our Rotary Club for 27 years and the organizers, Norm and Helen Narancsik have been spearheading it most of these years, Thank you very much Helen and Norm and all the Rotarians helping out at this event.
Jantine will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on November 7 for Remembrance day.
The District Youth Exchange Weekend at Pittock Conservation Area was a great success again, we had 27 exchange students from 14 Countries and 9 of the students were Canadian, which just returned from a year away to these Countries.
To begin the weekend we had a Student Counselor meeting after which Boston Pizza provided us with lots of Pizza. In the afternoon the Woodstock Rotary Club provided us with a Dragonboat practice and Race and a BBQ and some soccer afterwards. http://picasaweb.google.com/pstam12/RecentlyUpdated?authkey=Gv1sRgCL64ndmez7a45gE#
In the evening we build a campfire and some of the students never saw their bed (tent).
Sunday morning we made breakfast and played some more soccer, the students had lots of time to get to know each other and it showed when they were leaving after lunch as there were some tears flowing already.
Thank you to Sally, Erik, Jack, Edie and Nick for cooking etc.
Our Speaker this evening was Hajra Wilson, she is a member at the Cambridge North Rotary Club and is realy involved in Polio Eradication. She showed us a video which you can click on here http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/thefinalinch/video.html it takes 38 minutes and is very worthwhile watching.
Here you can see how difficult it is to get all the children immunized. Hajra has participated in 3 National Immunization trips, she went to help in Camaroon, India and Burkina Faso and Togo and she is planning another trip to India to immunize children again.
If you want to go along, please contact us. Thank you Hajra for your presentation and your dedication to make a Healthier World for our Children. www.rotary.org/endpolio