Thanks to everyone who joined us for our weekly breakfast meeting at Second Home Restaurant on Tuesday. We had 25 Rotarians and guests join us for the jam-packed morning.
President Elect, Mirjana Komljenovic, provided the Rotary Moment. Brenda Hamilton announced the weeks birthdays and anniversaries. David Wu from Taiwan provided the club with an update on his week in review. Busy times for our inbound Rotary Exchange Student!
Miss Rotary, Jessica O'Gorman, visited the club and provided a recap of her weekend and the Summerland Blossom Pageant. Jessica was crowned a Summerland Princess and was also named Miss Congeniality. Well done, Jessica! Jessica's mentor, Ann Kemp, said a few words about Jessica and how hard she worked over these past eight months. Afterwards, Ann presented Jessica with a framed gift of photos taken over the weekend. Thank you for all of your support, Ann!
Ellen Walker-Matthews spoke about the Giants Head Grind, taking place next Saturday, May 19th. There is still time to register but don't delay as registration ends soon! Visit www.giantsheadgrind.ca to sign up for this year's event!
Our main program of the morning included a special guest presentation by Kim English and Aaron McRann from Community Foundation of the South Okanagan | Similkameen. Kim and Aaron provided an informative presentation on the community foundation, discussing what it is and the various organizations and charities it has supported over the years. Thank you, Kim and Aaron, for the wonderful presentation! Our morning ended off with two Rotarians winning the "Who's Reading the Rotary Newsletter" prize. Keep reading our weekly bulletin everyone!
This week's 50/50 winner was none other than President, Chantelle Meriam, herself. Chantelle walked away with $10 for winning the 50/50 then had the opportunity to win the "Chase the Ace" jackpot if able to draw the Ace of Spades from the deck of cards. And wouldn't you know it - she drew Ace of Spades and walked away with the jackpot of $190. What luck! Congratulations, Chantelle!
More photos from the morning breakfast meeting can be found on the Rotary Club of Summerland Facebook page here.