Rotary Rays - March 2, 2015
Posted by David Harris
on Mar 02, 2015
Rotary Rays March 2, 2015
Presiding: President Chris Cunningham
Location: Burtch Room Quality Hotel and Suites
Today's Meeting featured Dave Geunther from the Woodstock YMCA talking about the Strong Kids Campaign. Read more by clicking below
Announcements
1)Our outbound exchange student is Rotarian Stephen Sears son. He will be going to the Czech Republic for his 1 year exchange this summer.
2) We are supporting the Breakfast for the Unbroken on April 8th at 7:30 am. This is in support of Canadian Mental Health Association and will feature George Smitherman as keynote speaker. More information is available on the website.
3) Ted Beynen will attend his second PETS training day on Saturday
4) Ron Fraser is still in treatment and awaiting surgery
5) Gareth Price was Inducted as our newest Rotarian. Welcome Gareth! He is also now a member of the March/September Pod
6) We are organizing a bus to the Rotary International President Gala in Guelph on March 23rd. see the website or contact Don Stoddart for more info.
Birthdays - Olga McKellar celebrated a birthday last week and was able to make it to Rotary after her knee surgery finally. Only to find that the meeting room had been changed so that she had to scale the stairs. Thanks to Ted for helping her up!
Sergeant at Arms - Dr. Robt. Reid
No fines. Happy Bucks - Gareth Price - on becoming a Rotarian. Richard Holmes - tried to ski in Vail but found the weather more suitable for suntanning. Dave Harris - donated 10% of his $50 win from the 50/50 draw. Liam McCreery - happy to have won $10 on the 50.50 draw. Ted Beynen- thankful to have enjoyed a great 24th anniversary in Las Vegas and area with Jackie
Speaker - Dave Geunther Supervisor of Facilities Woodstock YMCA
Dave spoke to us about the upcoming Sweat for Strong Kids fundraiser for the Y. This is an area wide fundraiser but each community keeps the funds raised in their community. The proceeds are used to help the 33% of YMCA members who need financial assistance to cover membership. They do not turn anyone away for lack of money.
You can participate as a corporate sponsor or a participant on a bike. They will set up a tent on the parking lot of Your Neighborhood Credit Union on April 11th from 9am to 1pm. Participants will come down and spin on a stationary bike for 45 minutes and be led by an energetic trainer.
They have room for 90 participants in Woodstock and are aiming for $100 in pledges per person. Each registrant gets 20 day passes to the Y to "practice" for the big day. In 2014 YMCA raised $135,000 with 600 participants and 50 corporate sponsors in SW Ontario. for more information go to Sweat for Strong Kids Homepage