Gord Campbell, Tammy Chouinard, Ashley White, Nicole Gignac, Heather Sarson, Frank Vajdik, Ron Coristine with the local Community Living, & our guest speaker, Joe Dale.

Linda has two! Keith served up a delicious meal recently in Linda’s home, a purchase from the Mardi Gras evening. And Kimberly arrives Aug 21, for her inbound exchange.  Linda still needs 2 host families for after December.

Matt’s Blazin’ BBQ won 1^st Peoples Choice & 2^nd Best Ribs in Mississauga this past weekend.  And he was designated a Visiting Rotarian, during the Opening Ceremonies.

$37 added to the Pot, grand total $170.  Frank & Greg split on $9.

 Birthdays and Anniversaries:

We wish a Happy Birthday to Harry Verhey on July 10, Paula Reaume On July 23 & President Blake on July 20.

Audrey celebrated a Club Anniversary on July 17.

 Inductions:    Ashley White and Nicole Gignac

Rotary Club of Chatham Sunrise welcomes 2 new members.   Ashley White is the Special Events Coordinator with the Municipality & Nicole Gignac is curator of the Ridge House Museum.  Welcome, ladies.  We’re pleased to have you with us & proud that you’ve chosen to join.

 Paul Harris Fellows:    Bonny Pigeon and Kim Pierce

Paul Harris Fellows were presented today.  Bonny Pigeon received her 2^nd, accepting a stone in her pin from the Club in recognition for her efforts in 2008 09 with Rotary.  Bonny was one of 4 recipients in Jim Nash’s year where her work was truly significant to Jim’s success.

Linda Goldsmith had made a donation in honour of Kim Pierce.  Kim began Rotary as a GSE & has certainly picked up the theme and carried on.   Her enthusiasm, her hard work & physical labour makes her truly demonstrative of the Rotary “Service Above Self”.   It was an honour to see a Paul Harris given to this truly wonderful person. 

Congratulations, Kim & Bonny.

Kim was also presented with her Ambassador of Goodwill recognition from the District for her trip to the Honduras & the water project earlier this spring.

• We send our Thoughts & Prayers to the Family of Russ Gorham, as they grieve his passing a few days ago.
• Thank You notes have been received from Employer’s Edge (Joe Russello, Maureen Russello & Nicole D’Hondt) as well as Harmony for our Club’s donation in memory of Jim Stokely.

Paula introduced our Guest today, Joe Dale, a member of the Whitby Rotary Club.  Joe has been working with disabled individuals for about 30 years now.  He brought with him Ron Coristine of the local Community Living & John Gibbons, a local employer & client of this project. Joe’s Club works in promoting www.rotaryatwork.com in his District, now joined by our neighbouring Windsor-Essex & Sault Ste Marie.

 These individuals offer a vast array of benefits to a business – employee morale, reduced absenteeism, increased awareness of safety, an increased awareness of working with disabled people as your company’s customers.   It may not always be viable to create a job for a particular person but, when it’s the right thing to do, it certainly is proven that it pays itself.

 Positions do not have to be fulltime & can be flexible.   Helping place these people in our community gives them a sense of value and provides a way for them to contribute to their community too.

 Please consider this as an opportunity to get a competitive edge.  Contac the local project coordinator.  They will assist with any site-accommodations, pre-screening & orientation as well as on-the-job startups. Consider hosting a “Lunch & learn” with your colleagues to perhaps open some more doors & create a lead.

Terra thanked Joe for his message today.    Terra mentioned that the Aktion Club brought some of our hardest & most dedicated workers to our recent Ribfest.

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Next week’s Club Assembly – be sure to be out to help fill out the Committee’s List together.  The Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, July 29, Brown Bag lunch at the Comfort Inn.

              Thought of the Day –

                                 “Do not protect yourself by a fence – but rather by your Friends.”

As all members are aware, BINGO's are one of our best fund raisers and we need members to help out. The fellowship is a wonderful added bonus.  Please do your part to help by volunteering yourself during one or more of the following time frames.

JULY 29                 -  (Wednesday) 7:00pm  -   Bonny P., Roger K., Paula Z. & Laura Z.

AUGUST 9             -  (Sunday) 6:00pm and 7:00pm -

SEPTEMBER        - (Monday) 9:30pm        -   Linda G.

OCTOBER 16        - (Friday) 7:00pm -

NOVEMBER 3      - (Tuesday) 7:00pm and 9:30pm

DECEMBER 4       - (Friday) 7:00pm

You need to be there one hour and fifteen minutes before the start time. Remember you are awarded 3 make-ups for a regular bingo and one midnight bingo equals 5 make-ups.

Contact our Bingo Coordinator, Jackie Bray  at 354-0356 
or email   jacalyn.bray@rbc.com
 

July 28            -  Club Assembly

August 4         -  TBA

August 11        - Children's Treatment Centre - Art Stirling

August 18        - TBA

August 25        - Paragon Business Training - Reg Cousineau

September 1     - TBA

September 8     - District Governor - Judy Garver

September 15   - Japan Outbound Exchange Student - Caitlin

September 22   - Club Assembly

September 29   - Classification Talk - Terra Kitzul