Top (L-R): LEFT: New Rotarian, Megan McLeod, with fiancé, Tim Gray, with President, Chantelle Meriam, and Past District Governor, Garry Hollingshead / RIGHT: David Wu
Bottom (L-R): LEFT: Lisa Jaager / RIGHT: Paul Barber, Megan McLeod, Tim Gray, and Garry Hollingshead
Thank you to everyone who came out and joined us for our first Rotary meeting of the New Year on Tuesday, January 9th, at Second Home Restaurant (formerly Santorini's) in Summerland.
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Top (L-R): LEFT: Roch Fortin with New Rotarian, Nancy Wilson, and her husband, Mike Kosmack / RIGHT: Carolyn Huston, President of CLAP
Bottom (L-R): LEFT: President-Elect, Mirjana Komljenovic / RIGHT: Bob Van Balkom with David Wu
We had over 35 Rotarians, spouses, and guests in attendance for an exciting dinner meeting where we:
• Heard from Rotarian, Lisa Jaager, as she opened up the meeting with her Rotary Moment
• Listened to inbound Rotary Exchange Student, David Wu, from Taiwan, as he spoke about his holidays and his last few weeks in review
• Had Director of Membership, Paul Barber, induct two new members into the Rotary Club of Summerland. Welcome Megan McLeod and Nancy Wilson!
Megan, who was joined by her fiancé, Tim Gray, is a Lawyer at Pearce Schneiderat in Penticton.
Nancy, who was joined by her husband, Mike Kosmack, is the President/Director of CNJ Lighting Solutions and is a retired member of the RCMP.
• Listened to Director of International Service, Aart Dronkers, as he introduced our special guest speaker, Carolyn Huston
• Learned from Carolyn Huston about her project in Bangladesh called Canadian Leadership Assistance Program or CLAP which provides a way for the next generation of Bangladesh to look forward to a better tomorrow
Later on in the evening, Aart Dronkers presented Carolyn Huston and Holly Walton of CLAP with the coveted Rotary Club of Summerland mug as a thank you for being our guest speakers for the evening.
President-elect, Mirjana Komljenovic, spoke to the group about exciting draw she has organised to raise funds for our Club. Each $5 donated gets your name entered in to win tickets for two (in the ABK Restoration Suite) to any regular weekday draw at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Available draw times include 9am, 2pm or 7pm from January 29th until February 2nd. The draw for the tickets will be made at our evening Rotary meeting on Tuesday, January 23rd!
At the end of the evening, Rotarian and Director of Youth Services, Bob Van Balkom, presented a late Christmas gift to David Wu. A Team Canada hockey jersey :)
Thanks again to everyone who came out. Additional photos from the evening can be viewed on our Facebook page here.