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President Heidi then began her Year in Review! And what a year it was - we witnessed a fantastic presentation of pictures, showing just what we, and Rotary, were able to accomplish in the 2020-2021 Rotary Year. Some of the highlights: - 44 of 48 clubs in our District continued meeting with Zoom throughout the year - RI provided $7 million in COVID relief to poorer countries - RI raised $408 million for the Foundation! - we had 16 real life meetings, out of 50 total - many of us helped out at the Coping Centre twice - Jenifer Jones, a Canadian, was chosen to be the first female RI President, in 2022-2023 - Roses had a great year at 462 dozen, beating our goal by over 50% - we had our first Wilf Rieck Pitch Day - a great success, thanks to the Erica's T excellent effort and persistence. - Toasty Toes was again supported, thank you Rena - Linda B and Ivana S did an AMAZING job with our on-line auction; blowing our initial goal of $10,000 out of the water by hitting $40,000!!! - Lang's Christmas Dinner was a blast, with tonnes of us helping; special note to Jeff H, Santa John J, and MCs President Heidi and Paul McM. - Ivana S really came through helping Roger and Rena with a grant application, changing $8,000 into $16,000 - we raised about $7,000 for Coldest Night of the Year - thank you Rena H - we added 5 new members!!! - Unfortunately, we lost Dave Sopha, but will likely continue supporting his initiative Portraits of Honour - Internationally, we support projects in Mexico, Malawi, and Guatemala - AND Roger was instremental in sending over $120,000 from 7080, over $250,000 from Zone 28 to assist India with COVID response President Heidi then signed off, with a huge thank you to all members; being President is a real fun and rewarding experience - especially when you're in a club like ours :) Great Job President Heidi!!! So.... are you doing the bulletin next week? It's a freebee :) |
