Presiding – Richard Holmes (covering for Chris Cunningham)

Location – Quality Inn

Writer – Bruce Burbank

Announcements  

50/50 – Winner and card drawn  

Fred Fenton drew the Ace of  Diamond which is worth 10% of the pot

Birthdays and Anniversary’s

Don & Phyllis Stoddart are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

Sergeant at Arms -

• Fines  - James for wearing sandals, Craig for a long absence from meeting

• Happy Bucks  - Adam is in a play about over-the-hill beer league hockey players at the Woodstock Little Theatre.  Bruce B. reminded members that October is Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month in Ontario. Holly has a new puppy.  Don has made a donation to the Foundation as part of his 50th anniversary celebration.

Program – Introduced and thanked By: Melissa Pike

Heather and Jon Glendon from the Fusion Centre were guest speakers.  Jon is a former Rotary Exchange student who was posted in New Zealand last year. He presented about his experience and how he discovered a passion for photography while on the exchange which opened many doors for him. He shared some of his lovely photographs from his travels.

Heather spoke about the Sure Start program that supports young entrepreneurs who want to start their own business.  The program is run out of the Fusion Centre in Ingersoll and Jon has been one of the beneficiaries of this program.