One of the highlights of the Rotary year, is the annual club visit by our current District Governor. This year's governor is Kurt Kowalchuk of the Rotary Club of Calgary Downtown.
Kurt and his partner Manon Mitchell (who is a member of the RC of Sarcee) have experienced a lot in Rotary, and Kurt shared his Rotary story with the club. It was a wonderful tale of adventure and discovery in the Himalayan mountains, and discovering your Rotary passion. He is very committed to this year's Rotary theme of "Creating Hope in the World", as they found an opportunity to do just that.
Kurt was introduced by our local Assistant Governor, Sharon McDonnell with the Rotary Club of Medicine Hat Saamis.
Kurt spoke about working for continuity in the District, by sharing information along the whole DG stream. They all need to be aware of the challenges facing clubs and provide long term support.
He has the idea of continuity working through meetings, committee and the planned District conference. He had to "pause" for a minute during his talk, to read an invitation to the 2024 District conference in Drumheller delivered by "Aurasaurus", the official Drumheller mascot. District conference will be held May 4 - 5, 2024 in Drumheller. He promises a great time, and encourages us all to plan to attend.
The meeting concluded with the traditional presentation of this years "theme" banner to President Bruce Shepard and the handing out of theme pins to all those present. Don't worry if you didn't get one, there are plenty!! President Bruce gifted Kurt with a Rotary coffee mug, our traditional gift for visiting speakers!
We truly thank Kurt for his inspirational talk and his visit to Medicine Hat, and we look forward to seeing him again soon.