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Our Weekly Club Bulletin

The Rotooter May 14, 2019

IIInnntttrrroooddduuuccctttooorrryyy TTTaaalllkkksss bbbyyy CCCooorrrpppooorrraaattteee MMMeeemmmbbbeeerrrsss A couple of excellent talks from two of our Corporate Members tonight:

Lisa, Angela and Sally spoke of their

personal backgrounds and outlined the

many services that BDO provide locally

and elsewhere.

They showed a video from their recent

Opening Day in their new premises -

the one with the great landlord!

Sally is retiring this June and moving to cottage country; thanks for all you've

done for RCO and our Community; best wishes as you transition to retirement!

Amanda, Sheri and Stan spoke

about the true 'Family' nature of

their firm, founded in 1996 and still

going strong today with some 30

employees, and many trades who

have been with them since day one.

Amanda is Operations, Manager,

Sheri is the Financial person and Stan is the General Manager of Construction.

Devonleigh has built more than 3,000 homes, mostly north of Hwy #9 and as far

afield as Huntsville Beeton, and Alliston. They are expanding to build Condos in

Collingwood and, soon, right here in Orangeville.

Both firms have contributed greatly to RCO with excellent Designees who have

stepped up often to participate in our Projects and Events - many thanks to all!

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UUUpppcccooommmiiinnnggg RRRoootttaaarrryyy MMMeeeeeetttiiinnngggsss::: Tue May 28 Youth Focus

David Nairn, Theatre Orangeville

Students from Camp Enterprise

RYLA & Adventure in Citizenship

Tue Jun 11 Business Meeting

Tue Jun 25 Presidents' Night and

Paul Harris Night

Be sure to attend this special year

end meeting with lots of great

things planned! Say thank you

Dave, and welcome Richard!

Wow, only 3 meetings left in Rotary Year

2018-19 - it's been a fantastic year!

TTTooodddaaayyy'''sss MMMeeeeeetttiiinnnggg::: Guests: One guest, Amie Zukowskie, involved with our Ribfest Volunteer portfolio.

May Birthdays: Doug Harkness May 7

John Russell May 15

Andrew Kidd May 29

May Anniversaries: Lynda Moore & Graham May 6

Doc Gillies & Nancy May 31

Attendance: 28 of 43 - 65.1%! - great turnout!

Sgt. at Arms: Sgt Margaret passed the hat and collected lots of Happy Bucks tonight - mostly about Spring!

50/50 Draw: Susan both facilitated, and won! hmmmmm!

OrangevilleRotary.ca

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More Projects Progress -Natural Playground & Hospital Pavilion!

Ribfest Poster & Name the Mascots Contest -Artwork by Mike!

Paul Harris Night - This year combined with Presidents' Night!

Save these RCO Dates! June 25th Presidents' Night & Paul Harris (special things planned, be sure to attend!)

July & August

Summer BBQs every week! (Potluck again this year with spouses and guests always welcome; just be sure to sign up each week!

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CCCllluuubbb NNNeeewwwsss::: MMMeeemmmbbbeeerrr DDDiiirrreeecccttteeeddd FFFuuunnndddsss DDDeeeaaadddllliiinnneee TTTooommmooorrrrrrooowww,,, AAAdddvvviiissseee FFFrrreeeddd Each Member in good standing has an

amount of $200. they can donate to a

Charity or Cause of their choosing.

The deadline is, May 15, 2019, so let

Fred know by email today.

SSSooouuuppp SSSiiisssttteeerrrsss (((aaa dddeeellliiiggghhhtttfffuuulll sssoooccciiiaaalll aaaffffffaaaiiirrr!!!))) 5:00pm Sun May 26th - $55 pp 24 places max.!

A fun outing with hors d'Oeuvres, a soup dinner, dessert, all

the while making a record amount of soup that was then

donated to Family Transition Place. Sign up with Fred.

PPPaaauuulll HHHaaarrrrrriiisss NNNiiiggghhhttt Tues June 25th For our newer members, Paul Harris was the

Founder of Rotary in 1905, and our club awards

Paul Harris Fellowships each year to worthy

community recipients. Members may also donate

funds individually and be recognized.

The primary reason for selection for an award is that the individual

chosen should have lived by the Rotary motto, Service Above Self and

made outstanding contributions in Community Service.

The award recognizes a donation, in the name of the recipient, of

$1,000US to the Rotary International Foundation.

Traditionally this is an RCO spouses night with a dress code of suit and

tie as we recognize Paul Harris Fellows from the past and welcome new

ones. Since 1974, The Rotary Club of Orangeville has awarded some 78

medals, 43 to Rotary Members and 25 to Community Individuals.

This year we will hold this event together with Presidents' Night as we

say thank you to our outgoing President Dave, and our incoming

President Richard - be sure to plan to attend this important RCO event.

FFFiiinnnaaannnccciiiaaalllsss::: Treasurer Lorna presented the Financials. Charitable is healthy and a number of

projects will see cheques issued soon as they near completion. General Acct. had a

loss for few months, but is now in the black. Good numbers Lorna!

Motion to accept the Report, Moved by Bill E., Seconded by Steve, Passed.

NNNeeexxxttt MMMeeeeeetttiiinnnggg --- YYYooouuuttthhh FFFooocccuuusss Tues May 28th Camp Enterprise, RYLA, Adventure in Citizenship Students as well as Theatre

Orangeville Artistic Director David Nairn will be our Program.

Mana Sawamori, Exchange Student from the Rotary Club of Komatsu Japan,

and PDG Will Pugh will also be attending. Don't miss it!

DDDiiissstttrrriiicccttt NNNeeewwwsss District 7080 is made up of 49 clubs with some

1,625 members throughout Southwestern Ontario.

It is one of many Districts in the world with

1,228,000 Rotarians in total.

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Last Weekend in Cambridge, Ont.

Two RCO folks attended, and Susan led one of the Sessions. As before, our members have always come back with comments about how much more they learned about Rotary and with a greater appreciation of what Rotary does around the World.

Plan to attend the nest Institute in October, your registration fees will be covered by the Club (or by 7080 if you are a member for less than 2 years).

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Sept 19th - 21st 2019 Niagara Falls, Ont.

Get all the details and arrange to register, on the 7080 website.

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CCCooommmmmmuuunnniiitttyyy NNNeeewwwsss::: Outdoor Markets

8:00-1:00 every Saturday

Blues & Jazz Festival May 31sth - June 2nd

all around Town!

Member Directed Funds2017-2018

• The Rotary Club ofOrangeville Foundation

• Polio Plus

• Orangeville SPCA

• Family Transition Place

• Grandpals

• Hospice Dufferin

• Orangeville Food Bank

• Headwaters Health CareFoundation

• The Rotary Foundation

• Orangeville ChristianSchool

• Westminster ChurchMilk Fund

• Dufferin Country CulturalResource Centre

• The Lighthouse SoupKitchen

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Yours in Rotary,

Don Voisey ,

Editor for today

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Work has started now that Spring is here. Activity

this month includes the carving of special benches

for deployment about the Playground.

Walking Group from PROBUS inspecting the Benches

DDDiiinnniiinnnggg aaannnddd LLLooouuunnngggeee FFFuuurrrnnniiitttuuurrreee PPPrrrooojjjeeecccttt::: A long time coming to fruition, but the remaining furniture

should be arriving this month to complete the project. Our

donation covers replacement tables and chairs for the Dining

area - to replace decades old, worn out furniture. In addition,

the adjacent Lounge/Living Room had furniture of a similar

vintage. FTP has also repainted and decorated the areas

ready to receive the new furniture.

NNNaaammmeee OOOuuurrr MMMaaassscccoootttsss CCCooonnnttteeesssttt::: The contest to name our two mascots is

soon to begin on MyFM. It is open to all

ages to submit.

Our famous pig has been around since

Day 1, but he now has a girlfriend!

Pass the word, or let your own creative

juices flow! Prizes will be Ribfest

Dinners.

HHHooossspppiiitttaaalll PPPaaavvviiillliiiooonnn LLLaaannndddssscccaaapppiiinnnggg CCCooommmpppllleeettteee::: Great work by Whispering Pines, thanks to Greg and his team!

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