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A
Weekly Publication
Tuesday,
January 5, 2010 |
Good morning from President Blake!
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Visitors
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Our guests today: Ruth
Howell, Gord Campbell & our
guest speaker, Brenda
Leclair
  
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50/50
Draw: |
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 Sheila
pulled an Ace for $10 !
And guess what? There was
sauerkraut -- for Keith,
this time
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Happy Bucks: |
 Nicole
is happy that the flame came
& went, with only a very few
kinks! Her 2nd
buck – she’s booked air
flights to Vancouver & the
Olympics, Feb 18-28!
Jim is happy to host the
Club for an After Christmas
Social at their home
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AFTER CHRISTMAS
BASH at the
NASH's |
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After Christmas Social at
the Nash’
All
our Rotary friends & spouses
& potential members
Thank
you to Laurie & Jim for
opening your home to us for
a great social evening.
44
Inshes Ave (Just south of the
corner of King & Inshes).
Please bring an appetizer,
any time after 7:00 pm
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Club Business: |
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Mardi Gras tickets,
$45 each from Bonny.
They’ll have a menu to
announce shortly. Active
Living Centre hosts are
putting together a fabulous
décor & setting for our
annual Mardi Gras. They’ll
run the bar, we pay the
bartender & the Club
receives the proceeds. Each
member is expected to gather
an Auction item. (John
Lawrence is collecting them)
Please sell your tickets in
tables, if at all possible.
Jackie’s looking for
bingo workers, Saturday,
Jan 23 7pm (Arrive 5:30pm)
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2010 MARDI GRAS
INFORMATION: |
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Friday, February 12,
2010
6:00 p.m.
Active Lifestyle Centre
20 Merritt Ave., Chatham
Featuring
Blutonium
Dinner and Dance
Live and Silent Auction
Beads and Coins
New Orleans' Style Fare
Coffee and Desserts
$45.00
per person
Purchase from your
Rotary Club of Chatham
Sunrise member
or call 519-354-5172
Credit Cards Accepted.
Proceeds
to support:
The new YMCA facility and
other Rotary sponsored
projects
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Guest Speaker:
Brenda LeClair |
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Blake
introduced our guest this
morning, Brenda Leclair of
Chatham’s Outreach for
Hunger. She thanked the Club
for our December donations,
our help with the Business
After Hours in honour of
Heather Bondy. We shall
miss her smile & her joy.
 Brenda
began at the Centre 21 year
ago & for a short expected
period of time. The Food
bank is now a permanent
fixture with last year
seeing a 30% increase of
users over the numbers in
2008. More than half the
clients are children. It
saddens Brenda to see the
numbers of children who
don’t attend school because
they have no food for
lunches.
Brenda
talked about her days at the
Centre. Most families are
down to the last when they
come to the Centre & most
often in a position that
they never thought they’d be
in. Brenda especially
enjoys the December times
when she sees the families
receive a candy cane for the
children or a can of shaving
cream for the father. It
usually works out that
donors will give what they’d
like to receive, so it
enables the Centre to do the
same.
Fortunately the Foodbank is
able to give food out
according to Canada’s Food
Guide & the volumes of
donations allow the families
to have some choices.
Brenda
thanked us & Chatham Kent
for reaching out, for
continuing to help those who
are struggling.
They
are open for donations
always – Monday to Friday,
8am to 3pm. Donations can be
dropped off or mailed.
Grocery stores all have
bins. And emergency
personnel of the Fire Depts
& police will always take
donations.
Ivan
thanked Brenda for her visit
today. We appreciate what
Outreach for Hunger Centre &
what Brenda does for this
community.
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Thought for the Day: |
Thought of the Day
Old friends pass away,
new friends appear. It
is just like the days.
An old day passes and a
new day arrives.
The important thing is
to make it Meaningful –
a meaning friend or a
meaningful day.
Dalai Lama
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BINGO:
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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.
JANUARY 23
- (Saturday) 7:00pm
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Jackie is looking for bingo
workers
FEBRUARY 21
- (Sunday) 6:00pm
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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
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Upcoming Speakers/Programs:
subject to change |
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January 9
After Christmas Bash with the Nash's
January 12
Children's
Learning
Disabilities - Betty DeBruyn
January
18
Board of Directors Meeting - 4:30pm
January 19
Club Assembly (offsite )
January 26
Classification
- Greg Kett
February 2
Choices 4 Wellness - Kim Isles
February 9
Bike Trails - Don Shropshire
February 12
Mardi Gras
February 16
L.H.I.N. - Gary Switzer
February 23
Classification
- Bill Dieleman
March 2
Roses for Rotary
Launch
March 9
TBA
March 16
Club Assembly
March 23
TBA
March 30 Classification
- Mark Jenkins
April 6
No meeting in lieu
of the Roses
Work Day |
