President Rajbir started the meeting at 12:30

Ivanna did the 4 way test and Dr Tom did the invocation

President Rajbir had us all raise a glass to Rotary and Rotarians around the world

President Rajbir let us know there were  9 live Rotarians and 2  Zoom., along with our speaker Jayne Herring..

 no draw

 

President Roger Is looking forward to his grand kids coming for a visit.

 

Rena has sold 70 dozen roses.

 

September 9th is a 3 club celebration and invites have been sent out

Vanessa - Has created a program for reduced rates for Rotary members at her hotel.  Again, a separate communication has been sent.....thank yo Vanessa

 

BBQ at Suki's  house September 11  230 -530  Pls let Roger know   .  Guest and spouses welcome.

 

Rena is looking for volunteers for Good Food Market.    

 

Todd is looking for bingo volunteers. Bingo starting Nov 1 

Rena mentioned a lunch at the coping Centre   Sunday September 19th

Randy is looking for Golfers for our tournament.

 

Roger spoke about Shutter Box .  Apparently Rotary Burlington North has been involved.  My understanding is they drop emergency supplies in to a disaster area.  Haiti comes to mind.  ( forgive me but all I could think of was the scene from WKRP where they dropped  live turkeys from a helicopter.  "Honest I didn't know they couldn't fly"

President Rajbir introduced Jayne Herring who is a Trustee for the Waterloo School Board.  

 

Jayne informed us that the Waterloo School Board is one of the largest in the province..  There are over 64000 students combined.    7 % of students for various reasons have signed up for on line learning.

Secondary students will  be allowed to leave the school during lunch. They will also be allowed to use their lockers.

 

Music and art teachers will rotate through the  grade school.

 

Alot of money has been spent on ventilation systems over the summer.

 

She also spoke about Cambridge Poppy Project.    Knitted or crocheted poppys have been solicited from around the world .  The will be displayed at various spots in Galt Hespeler and Preston.

Poppys can be worn  October 29 through to noon November 11

 

Roger gave the official thanks for Jayne speaking to us today.