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Part 1 Ann-Marie B as our Chair for the Rotary Foundation, provided a brief update - over 2.5 BILLION children have been vaccinated against Polio... and we are very close to living in a polio-free world, with only Afghanistan and Pakistan still hosting a small number of cases. On November 18 at 7:00pm, there will be a District grant seminar - if interested in learning how to facilitate this process, please reach out to Ann-Marie B. Paul McM & Randy C - summarized our recent Golf Tournament - - a little rainy, but at least it was 18 degrees! - 120 golfers, with 24 veterans - Suzanne fired a cannon to get things going, but it sounds like they could have used a bigger one :) - special mention to newer members Vanessa and Ivanna who really came through to assist. - and special mention to Erica T for her very generous donation!! - we'll do it all again in May! Part 2: Erica T kicked off our 2nd Annual Wilf Rieck Pitch Day, in conjunction with Conestoga College. This was an EXCELLENT program, through the hard work of Erica and Rose from Conestoga - we heard from the 3 finalists: - Kwkly - a company that delivers commonly sought after grocery items for $1.99 delivery fee ** $5,000 winner ** - Repulp - a company that is going to patent their idea of removable/recyclable bubble wrap from padded delivery envelopes ** $2,000 winner ** - Bubblenia - a company that has created an app to help children learn their native Chinese language and characters. ** $1,000 winner ** Anna wrapped up the evening with a lovely dedication to past Rotarian Wilf Rieck - he was a very generous man, with his time, and his resources. His gift of $100,000 to assist small business in the area will hopefully live on for many many years. I'm excited - it was great to have a hybrid presentation this year, but hopefully by next year we can do it all again, with everyone LIVE! |
