President Margie began the meeting with thanks to all those who attended the Classification talk of Dan Kammerer and plant tour at Prairie Gleaners. It was an great visit, and nice to see so many partners joining us for the event. Hopefully, everyone enjoyed the morning.
Margie also made a point of announcing well in advance that our regular club meeting of Monday October 7, 2019 will take place at the Medicine Hat College. Arrangements are just being completed, with a talk scheduled by the new College President, Kevin Shufflebotham. Hopefully there will be an opportunity for a tour and a good question and answer session.
President Margie also mentioned that Malcolm Sissons will be presented with an honorary PHF at next week's meeting, and that District Governor Christine Rendell will be present for her "official" visit to the club. It promises to be a "not to be missed" meeting.
Membership Committee:
The club membership committee on Tuesday Sept 10, hard at work!
Rotary Club Information:
Upcoming meetings:
See the club calendar adjacent or the club website.
Housekeeping:
Please bring club draw items. It is an important part of our meeting.
If you have a Meeting Minute, please send President Margie a note (email, phone, in-person)
Board minutes can be found on ClubRunner, under Club Documents.
Upcoming Rotary Club. District and International Events:
Saturday October 19th is the annual District Grant Qualification webinar. Remote attendance by club members is mandatory for access to District Grants. Register for the webinar now, through the District Newsletter or the District website.
Dieter Brand has planned the next Fireside Chat will be on Oct 22nd at the Cypress Club.
World Polio Day is Oct 24 - a day to celebrate the eradication of polio effort, and the work of Rotary
Next District 5360 convention May 1 - 3, 2020 in Calgary.
Next Rotary International Convention, June 6 - 10, 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Future Programs:
For more Club activities, to keep up with events and stay in touch, check the Club website at: www.medicinehatrotary.com
Our Program coordinator is Jillian Koch. If you have any future program ideas, please email Jillian at jkoch@jmhca.com
The Rotary Club of Medicine Hat welcomed Danielle Skogen ( a new member of MH Sunrise Rotary) to the club meeting and the podium today, to speak about her experiences in Guatemala. Danielle is the founder of an NGO in Guatemala named SERnina (which means "to be a girl" in Spanish).
Danielle grew up in Medicine Hat from the age of 5, and graduated from high school here in town. A teacher by trade, Danielle has always believed that education and empowerment are the keys to ending poverty. She picked up stakes at age 23 and moved to Guatemala. Danielle met many resilient, brave and hopeful young girls in the countryside, and took action to help them reach their full potential. Alongside REALgirl Empowerment Program, Danielle co-founded SERnina to provide leadership, self-esteem and empowerment workshops to at-risk girls and women. It has reached thousands of girls and is growing every year.
Danielle has moved back to Medicine Hat and is now launching a life coaching practice to support local women and girls and help them become the best version of themselves.
Danielle Skogen, a member of MH Sunrise and our guest speaker.
Natasha Carvello, Executive Director of the MH Women's Shelter.
Deb Best, a former club member and guest.
Birthdays:
Herman Wahl Sept 22nd.
Anniversaries:
None this week.
Weekly Draws:
The attendance draw this week was Doninique Hirsch, who has NOT present and didn't win a free meal.
The club draw this week was a well packed surprise, and was won by Jack Snedden.
Club 500:
No draw was done this week.
Make Ups:
Doug Fleming noted that 10 members of the club worked a bingo on Wed Sept 11.
Family of Rotary:
Adolf Seiler advised that Lavar Payne had an unexpected visit to Calgary to have a couple of stints installed, and is now home and feels great.
Minute People:
Mike Christie is helping facilitate some fundraising planning with the Rotary Music Festival Society. Please make time to attend the meeting at the Baymont Inn, on Tuesday Sept 24th starting at 6:00 pm if you are interested, a meeting invitation has been sent to the club.
For those that missed the "minute" by Les Scholly, PP of the MH Sunrise Club a couple of weeks ago, Sunrise is currently doing a fundraiser with coffee packaged especially for them by the Roastery downtown. The coffee cost is $9.00 for a half pound (ground) or $17.00 for one pound (whole bean). Orders can be paid for when the coffee is delivered. They order when a "batch" is spoken for, which is 15 lbs of coffee and it takes between 1 - 2 weeks for Mad Hatters to complete the roasting and packaging. Please contact Les at lscholly@pritchardandco.com if you would like to place an order and support their work.
Dave Panabaker advised the club that DG Christine Rendell will be in town in two weeks, on Monday Sept 23rd, to make her official visit to the club.
Dave also mentioned that he and Heather Bach will give some Clubrunner training at our next business meeting on Monday Sept 30th. If you have a laptop or an iPad, please bring it along to follow the presentation. We hope to do some "on the screen" examples of EVENTS, so the members understand the value and the power of the clubrunner software..
Dave also mentioned that this years District Grant qualification is Saturday October 19th, registration is now open through the District website.
Lisa DesRoches advised that she has taken on the challenge of organizing a "Random Act of Kindness" by the MH Rotary Club. It will take place on Friday Nov 1, please contact her to help plan this fun event.
Sandy Mackay is working to celebrate World Polio Day, on Thursday Oct 24 with presentations and information at the MH Public Library from 4 - 8. Please see him to volunteer and help out.
Ann Carrier mentioned that the MH High School Interact club has kicked off their year again, they meet every second Wednesday at noon. They had 15 students at the initial meeting which is a great sign for club participation.
Teresa Schile had three short minutes. A Certificate of Appreciation from Canadian Humanitarian for participating in Hues for Humanity, next she advised that the club has contributed $1,000 to the Hurricane Dorian relief in the Bahamas and then advised that with our recent District Grant money, we have contributed $10,000 to the "Make them Smile" project in Sri Lanka. Thanks to all who helped make that possible.
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