Rotary Weekly News - June 19, 2023 (Jun 19, 2023)

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE:

It was a different sort of meeting on Monday, as we relocated to the Team Freewheel bicycle repair facility in the old Knowles Electric Building. PE Bruce Shepard was at the podium (if we had one) and we enjoyed an hour of fellowship, a tour of the building and an update on Centennial Trail signage from Dan Kamerer.

Dan Kammerer gave the group an update on the Centennial Trail signage project, which he has been working on for many months. The signs are up in the Dunmore Park and on the Cypress County side of the Trail, so now it's time to install the sign on the City of Medicine Hat side of the trail.

Dan spoke about process and the lengthy period of time this has taken but is optimistic that both the trail sign and the smaller, Rotary "did you know" signs at each bench will be finished in the next few weeks. He had sort of "promised" this would be done for President Melanie Harty, but it might stretch out a little longer than her term.

Great work by Dan, we are grateful he has been patient and stuck with it.

Rotary Club "What-z New":

A few more meeting helpers are required to run cameras and sound during our hybrid meetings. Anyone wishing to help should contact Mike Christie 403 878 3311.

Rotary Club Membership Update:

Please consider joining the membership team. Check out a meeting of this team and see how exciting it is! The committee meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:00 pm. Contact Mike Christie to join in.

Rotary Club Information:

Housekeeping:
- If you have a Meeting Minute, please phone, text or email the President and it will be included in the next Newsletter.
- Board minutes can be found on ClubRunner, under Club Documents.

Upcoming Club Program, Activities and Meetings:

Monday June 26th - Board Changeover - in-person, at The MH Lodge (We will have a ZOOM connection)
Monday July 3rd - NO MEETING - Canada Day holiday.
Monday July 10th - Business Meeting (ZOOM)
Thursday July 13th - Rotary Bingo - Evening

Upcoming Rotary District and International Events

Rotary District Club Learning Webinars:
Registration is open for a Club Learning Workshop - Public Image on Wednesday 21 June at 7pm: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fCvhvaKDQIu9uaS5GQDrkQ

Ideas for Future Programs

The Rotary Club's Program Committee members are Jillian Koch (jkoch@jmhca.com), Dave Panabaker (d.panabaker@hotmail.com) and Margie Booyens (margiebooyens@gmail.com).
If you have ideas for future programs, please contact them.

The Social Side of Rotary

This week the club experienced the social side of being a Rotarian, with two events outside our regular meetings.

First, we enjoyed an evening of fellowship at the Medicine Hat Maverick's game, it was a nice night for baseball and we had reserved the Dugout Deck for the club. Unfortunately, the score in the game got out of hand very early, but it was still a great event.

On Monday at noon, rather than stay indoors at the Medicine Hat Lodge, we set up our meeting at the Team Freewheel workshop on Spencer St SE. A good group gathered to hear about this hard working bunch, who have sent over 300 bicycles out into the community for students, newcomers to the community and the needy. It's a great project and they are becoming incredibly skilled a bike repair. There are plans in the works to involve some students to teach them repair skills and perhaps involve some folks from Saamis Immigration. It is a great project and promises to get even bigger.

Meeting News

Our meeting today was attended by 23 club members and partners. It was great to see such a good crowd out to support the Team Freewheel workers. (I should have ordered more pizza!!)

Guests:

Johan Booyens, Joan Fleming and Carol Cooper all joined us today.

Club Draw:

No draw today.
Please remember to contribute items for the weekly draw as the stock cupboard is running low.

Makeups:

None mentioned

Birthdays:

Mike Christie June 07
Alain Guerard June 08
Terry Brekko June 09
Sandy MacKay June 15
David MacLean June 26

Rotary Anniversaries:

Mark Sorenson Jun 01 1998 25 years
Neil Mardian Jun 10 2019 4 years
Gwen Dirk Jun 28 2021 2 years
Melanie Harty Jun 30 2010 13 years

Wedding Anniversary Rose Runner for June 2023:

Anne Carrier

Reminders about important Minutes:

Rotary Bingo:

Dave Panabaker thanked everyone who worked the Sunday afternoon bingo on Fathers Day. We earned $414.25 towards the pooled profit and Dale Stein won the guess pot.

Sunrise Rotary E-bike Raffle Tickets

The e-bike raffle generates funds for the Sunrise Rotary Club to sponsor community and international causes, one of which is literacy, through the “Sunrise Rotary Ride the Road to Reading” program at the Medicine Hat Public Library, for grade 4 students in the city. Use this link to buy tickets with a credit card: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/18de336b-5b29-4ee9-8e0a-81ade75a8684

Canada Day Cake Cutting: CANCELLED: Anne Carrier provided the update that due to a variety of circumstances, the Stampede is not able to organize the cake decorating competition and there will be no "cake cutting" on Canada Day. Too bad, maybe next year.

Saamis Immigration Summer Events: Margie Booyens spoke about a number of "Explore Medicine Hat" events that are happening this month with Saamis Immigration. The program is for any client at Saamis whether their new or old, as well as volunteers and staff can join us to. The purpose of the program is to get out and mingle with other clients and volunteers (no structure or schedule to follow).

Terry Fox Run: Sunday 17 September: 10:30am: The Sunrise and Ignite Clubs are organizing the annual Terry Fox Run/Walk for this year, taking over from the Kinette Club which ran it for almost 40 years. The Run takes place every year in over 10,000 locations in Canada (communities and schools) and in 33 countries around the world. It is the largest event that supports cancer research.

All Rotarians are encouraged to take part in the event on Sunday September 17 at the Medicine Hat College, walking, running, or biking, starting at 10:30am.

It is a non-competitive event for families on the 3k Sunrise Rotary Trail.

Register at http://terryfox.org and help fundraise for cancer research in the name of one of Canada's great heroes, Terry Fox.

Saamis Rotary Club: 21st annual raffle: Tickets can be purchased on their website:http://www.winningticketlottery.ca

Meeting Room Setup

John John needs assistance setting up the meeting room on a go forward basis. The time commitment is about an hour before the meeting, starting at 11:00 am and about a half hour after the meeting, usually ending around 1:30 pm. If you are willing to help, please contact John or Dave Panabaker.

Family of Rotary

No update this week, however we are looking for anyone who is aware of Joan Sauve's situation. We can't contact her and her email is bouncing back.

Please keep a Board Member informed about members health changes so that information can be provided to the club through the Weekly News.