GUESTS:
Redcliff Youth Centre staff, volunteers and Board members: Janae Ulrich, Chris Corry, Sandra Cooper, Hayden Foss, Danielle Lank, Gary Soucey, and Carrie Longbottom.
Also Margie’s husband, Johan Booyens.
 
 
The Presidents of the Redcliff Youth Centre Board and the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat had a discussion about Board issues:
 
 
The Executive Director of the Redcliff Youth Centre, Janae Ulrich - a qualified Social Worker and Child and Youth Care worker -  made a great presentation on the Centre, past, present and future planning. Included were impactful video'd testimonials from a number of the youth themselves.
 
 
Rotarians enjoyed pizza and conversation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
We were given a tour of the facility which generated great questions and discussions.
 
 
 
 
 
Part of the facility tour included seeing the dishwasher bought with the donation of our Club. The stand-up freezer is on order.
 
 
 
CLUB DRAW: No draw today.
 
Please remember to contribute gifts for the weekly draw. The stock cupboard is looking a tad bare!
 
Makeups: None mentioned .
    Birthdays:
    • Glen Presley            April 3
    • Sarah Koch              April 4
    • Bernie Scott             April 9
    Rotary Anniversaries:
    • Dick Bide                      53 years     April 11, 1971
    • Terry Brekko                 35 years     April 01, 1989
    • Joe Hrankowski            24 years     April 03, 2000
    • Dave Panabaker           20 years    April 01, 2004
    • Don Davis                     13 years    April 01, 2011
    WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ROSE RUNNER FOR APRIL 2024
    Peter Mueller
     
    Minutes: 
     
    WHY ROTARY? EVENT: Wednesday April 24, from 6:30pm
    A reminder: Mike Christie is asking for volunteers to decorate the Stampede Grounds Ballroom. Interact members and selected Rotary Music Festival participants will be in attendance, as would members of the other Rotary Clubs in town. There will be a cash bar. Coffee and liqueur are included in the $30 pp ticket. The event will be run like a typical Rotary Club meeting. The Events Committee has found a few sponsors, but donations for door prizes are needed.
     
    Please let Mike know how many guests you will be bringing.
     
    BINGO
    On behalf of Gregg Martin, Dave Panabaker requested three floor workers for the forthcoming Bingo session on Saturday 30 March - evening session.
     
    CLUB PROGRAM: No meeting on Easter Monday, 1 April; the two thereafter at Ralphs, on 8 and 15 April.
     
    JAMES (JIM) MARSHALL Exhibit
    A reminder about the upcoming celebration of Jim Marshall’s 85th birthday and his wonderful art works. A reception will be held in the Yuill Gallery at Medalta Potteries on 10 April at 7pm, as the birthday celebration.  The exhibit is open from March 2 to April 27. Please come out and take in this fabulous display of a lifetime of work by this renown Medicine Hat artist, and a long time Saamis Rotarian.
     
     
    TEAM FREEWHEEL BIKE PROJECT
    A reminder that the spring handout of restored bikes will start on Thursday 4 April 2024.
     
    Family of Rotary
    • No mention of anyone today.
    • Please keep a Board Member informed about members health and/or any other changes, so that information can be provided to the club through the Weekly News.