A Weekly Publication                  Tuesday & Wednesday,  April 6&7, 2010

       Upcoming Programs or Speakers
 

April      13   Revisit Visioning Process - Jim Nash April      20   Rotary Giving's - Dave McGuire  April      27   Classification - John Schinkel

May     4     NO MEETING - Rescheduled to tomorrow  May     5     Inbound GSE  -  *see note below*  May   11     TBA  May   18     Club Assembly  May   25     Classification - Mary-Frances Kluka

* NOTE:  The regular May 4th, Tuesday meeting at Smitty's is rescheduled to May 5th, Wednesday in order to host the inbound GSE Team from Japan.  All eight Canadian Clubs in the Sector of District 6380 are joining for this joint presentation so we will have an opportunity for networking.     Cocktails at 6:00pm and Dinner at 7:00pm
 

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The regularly scheduled Tuesday morning meeting was cancelled in lieu of the anticipated enormous amount of effort necessary to pull off the Annual Roses for Rotary Day tomorrow, Wednesday. 

Even though the Tuesday meeting was cancelled it  was not a day of rest either as a few of the more dedicated members gathered at the Portuguese Hall to unload 1600 dozen Roses from the truck, set up tables, fold information sheets and generally prepare for the big workday.

The Wednesday turn out was fantastic as members, registered "Friends of Rotary", volunteers and even our District Governor - Judy Garver stopped in to work side by side to process 19,200 roses by moisturizing, fabricating clear cellophane bags, wrapping tissue paper, placing the wrapped roses into the clear bags, attaching the information sheets,  tying the bundles, stacking the bundles, counting and organizing the members orders, loading the vehicles for delivery and finally getting the flowers out to those people in the community who supported this project. As the day continued, it also took competent and diligent staff to co-ordinate the deliveries and keep count of just what was going out as well as managing the walk in pickups, keeping track of the money at the door this list goes on and on.  That was just the Wednesday work day, as there is always an enormous amount of effort to make this annual project the success that it always is.

Thanks to the Rose Committee, the volunteers, the Friends of Rotary and the members for making this another fun and successful event. Amazingly, every year it just gets more efficient, more streamlined.

Here are just a few photos from Tuesday the 6th of April and Wednesday the 7th of April.