Welcome to our guests – Scott Moir, Gail Antaya(Chatham Kent Chamber of Commerce), Jim Moir (Collins and Barrow)  & Kimberley, our exchange student from Taiwan. 
      
  
              Scott Moir                                            Gail Antaya                                              Jim Moir

Kimberly
 

Jackie is happy to have welcomed Kim (our exchange student) to her home on the weekend. Kim’s met Jackie’s family & has 2 hockey games under her belt already!

Linda G sent a Buck! “Doug took 3 Rotary students (Kimberly, Alex from the Downtown Club & Veronica from Wallaceburg) to the Detroit Lions game on Sunday.  The Lions actually won!!”

Ivan & Jane recently celebrated their 41^st Wedding Anniversary.

Jim offers a Thank You to Kim Pierce for her leadership in the Pounders’ Club – her emails are hilarious!
 

Mary Frances pulled Doug’s ticket but he was lucky for only $10 – the pot was  $12! 

 Birthdays and Anniversaries:

Happy Birthday to Jim Nash on the 26^th & Mary Frances on the 27^th!    

Community Living Chatham-Kent (Ron Blommers) has sent a Thank You note for our donation, given in Appreciation of their Volunteers for Ribfest.

Weekly Programs. Contact John Schinkel with any ideas or contacts that you may have. We’ll work on dividing the Membership into months where those groups will assist with the Program for that particular month.   

Interact Club –Jen is still on Maternity Leave & is concerned that the Interact Club is needing some direction & assistance in her absence. Audrey & Nicole are working on this.   

We will be hosting Business After Hours, in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce & Collins & Barrow, Wednesday, 5-7pm, Dec 9, 2009.   The space will be the vacant space adjacent to Collins Barrow office on Keil Drive. This evening will be dedicated to the Memory of Heather Bondy with proceeds to Outreach for Hunger.    We’ll be accepting food items & cash donations that evening.    Gail’s Office will look after getting the message out to the Business Public – their Membership Newsletter, weekly email blasts & via the Radio stations. Ivan has come forward to assist with the liquor license. John & Matt will be working the food (a Ribfest theme, of course!) Need a volunteer to help with decorations of the vacant space (if you’re interested, then contact Sheila, Blake or Jim, please!) 

December 22 will be our Club’s Christmas gathering.    Friends, family & potential members are welcome.   We’ll look for Father Roy & his keyboard, maybe Heather & her violin.  There will be floral centerpieces for auction. & Santa too! 

The “now Annual Nash Bash” After-Christmas Social will be hosted at Jim & Laurie’s Jan 9 2010.  Mark your calendars – details closer to the date.  A casual fun evening amongst friends. 

Elections for the 2010 11 Board will begin in December, in Roger’s capable hands. Three spots will be vacant.

Mardi Gras will be Feb 19 2010. Mark your calendars to keep this night open. Auction items are needed & tables need to be filled. 

Ribfest 2010 – Mark & Matt are looking to fill names into Committee slots.

Where would you like to be on this list?

              Vendors
              Site Services with Harry Verhey
              Public Safety with Kim Pierce
              Kids Zone with Tammy Chouinard
              Finance
              Food & Beverage with Greg K & Bill Dieleman
              Entertainment with Bonny & Jim
              Marketing / Advertising / Sponsorship with Paul & Andrew Thiel
              Legal Committee with Jim N & Deborah Verhey
              Volunteers with Terra & Michele & Nicole

   Time’s already ticking by.       Come help make your contribution. 

Jan 19, 2010 is our next Club Assembly date.  It will be re-scheduled to an evening event & offsite from Smitty’s.  Friends & spouses are invited. Committees for the above list will be finalized. This night will be for everybody! 

In the battle between the cant's & the cans in Rotary, the cant's have never won a single permanent victory to my knowledge. The broad visions, the nobler purposes have always won.”

                                                                                                    Paul Harris, Message to the 1930 RI Convention, Chicago, IL

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.

DECEMBER 4       - (Friday)    7:00pm                     -

JANUARY 23         - (Saturday) 7:00pm                    -

FEBRUARY 21      - (Sunday)   6:00pm                     -

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

December 1            Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers - Doug Goldsmith

December 8            TBA

December 15          Fair Trade Coffee - Kia Groen

December 22          Sunrise Christmas Gathering

December 29         Classification - Matt Jenkins 

January 5               TBA

January 9               After Christmas Bash with the Nash's

January 12             Children's Learning Disabilities - Betty DeBruyn 

January 19             Club Assembly   (offsite )

January 26             Classification  - Greg Kett  

February 19           Mardi Gras            

February 23           Classification  -  Bill Dieleman 

March 16               Club Assembly  

March 30               Classification  -  Mark Jenkins