Rotarwrites: Week of December 17, 2024 (Dec. 17, 2024)

Deanna McIntyre
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May 27, 2025

Jamie Austin- Director of Utilities Operations

City of Abbotsford- Utilities

Jun 10, 2025

Sue Bossley

Castle Fun Park- Fundraising and Event Collobration Opportunities

Jun 17, 2025

President Doris

Rotary Year-End Summation

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Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m.

Ricky's Country Restaurant

32080 Marshall Rd
Abbotsford, BC V2A 1A1
Canada

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We meet in person as well as via Zoom. Please reach out to us if you are interested in attending in person, or to request a Zoom link.

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Weekly Club Meeting

Posted on Jul. 09, 2024

Topic: Our guest speaker this week is Bev Olfert. She will talk with us about her work with the Abbotsford Youth Commission.

If you have any suggestions for a speaker, please send them to Laura Midan (Laura.midan@archway.ca)

Venue for the meeting for May 20, 2025 is in person or on Zoom.

Ricky's Country Restaurant

32080 Marshall Rd
Abbotsford, BC V2A 1A1
Canada

Or by Zoom

Below is the link to the Zoom meeting that can be used to login. The meeting will open up at 11:45.

Abbotsford Rotary is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting (new link and Meeting ID)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89849372241?pwd=cDYrfQrBeG73ylAyspmW19bAIxa2BK.1

Meeting ID: 898 4937 2241
Passcode: 107441

Dial In: 778 907 2071 (same meeting ID and Password as above)

Monthly Themes

May 2025 is Youth Service month

The service project is Sponsor RYLA/YAIL

Meeting host for May: Director Ken Funk

Holiday party

Today is our Christmas celebration, our final meeting of the year. You are welcome to bring your spouse or a guest join in the festivities.

We thought it would be fun to do a gift exchange - please bring a wrapped new or regifted item of up to $20 in value. We will play a few fun games and perhaps even sing a song or two.

It would be wonderful if everyone could be there!

Volunteer Opportunities

Meeting Host

The hosts for the remainder of this Rotary year are:

May Ken Funk

June Doris Woodman-McMillan

Front Desk Duties

Thank you to Basma Elgreatly for greeting members and guests at the front desk. If anyone would like to take a shift, please coordinate with Basma directly.

Plasma Donation

In support of the December theme of Disease Prevention & Treatment, the club is doing a Plasma drive with Canadian Blood Services.

Please book an appointment and then let Blaine know. He will have your donation added to the club's total as part of the challenge to the other clubs.

The Abbotsford plasma donor centre is located: 32700 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford

Sunshine Report

May 2025 Sunshine Report

Happy Birthday!

No birthdays this month

Happy Anniversary!

No anniversaries this month

Happy Rotary Anniversary!

Milt Walker, 15 years, May 4

Doris Woodman-McMillan, 15 years, May 25

Blueberry Blitz

Thank you to everyone who sold Blueberries, were involved with the planning and carrying out of this fundraiser, and those who volunteered at either of the pick up days!

It takes all of us working together to make these fundraisers a success!

Community Bulletin Board

Posted by Deanna McIntyre

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)

May 29 - June 1, 2025

RYLA is an intensive training program for community youth leaders. Young people chosen for their leadership potential attend a fully sponsored seminar to discuss leadership skills and hone them through practice.

Rotary International Convention 2025

June 21-25, 2025

Calgary, Alberta

For details on the Convention, as well as direct links to the various websites and special events click here: www.rotarydistrict5050.org/page/rotary-international-convention

If you would like a presentation to your club on the Convention, please email Promotion Chair, Sean Hogan at shogan@buckleyhogan.com

Subject matter experts

Request for Subject Matter Experts

President Doris received this email recently:

Hello Doris.

My name is Jon Marks and I am the President of the Rotary Club of North Delta.

I am reaching out to you in the hopes that there are members in your club who are available and willing to consider participating in a valuable event at Sands Secondary School in North Delta.

The Rotary Club of North Delta is holding a Career Fair at Sands Secondary School in North Delta on Wednesday, February 5^th from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm. The purpose of the Career Fair is to provide students at Sands with an opportunity to learn about a variety of careers/jobs which they may be interested in pursuing in the future. All of the students in grades 10-12 at Sands are expected to attend this event which is being held during regular school hours.

The Career Fair will consist of 15 “Information Tables” each hosted by a “Subject Matter Expert” (SME). The tables will be situated in the school’s gymnasium and students will be encouraged to go to the tables to learn about the jobs which interest them. The SME will be someone who is either currently performing the job, has recently performed the job or supervises people who perform the job. I am hoping that a number of the SMEs will be Rotarians.

Below is a list of the professions/careers which the students have expressed an interest in learning about at the Career Fair. The Fair will be staffed by 15 SMEs who will each host an Information Table.

Nursing
Physiotherapy
Graphic Design
Digital Marketing
Social Worker
Paramedic
Architect
Software Engineer/Programmer
IT Specialist
Electrician
Welder
Plumber
Carpenter
Auto Technician
Civil or Electrical Engineer

My Ask of You

Please share this email with your members and ask them to email me at jonmarks@telus.net if they are a Subject Matter Expert in any of the professions/jobs listed and would be willing to consider hosting an Information Table on February 5^th at Sands. I will respond to the email and address any questions they may have. Hosting an Information Table is primarily about being at the table to answer any questions the students might have about their profession.

Thank you in advance for considering my request.

Best regards,

Jon

Jon Marks

President, Rotary Club of North Delta

604-788-6878

Don Funk awards

The Don Funk Awards were established in honour of the late Don Funk of the Abbotsford Rotary Club. He was an outstanding Rotarian and had been awarded the prestigious Rotary International “Service Above Self” award for arranging a large shipments of medical equipment to third world countries.

Last week the three Rotary clubs in Abbotsford gathered to present the 2024 Don Funk Award to a member from each club. The recipients this year were:

Darry Taylor of the Rotary Club of Abbotsford-Matsqui

Kris Foulds of the Rotary Club of Abbotsford-Sumas

Deanna McIntyre of the Rotary Club of Abbotsford

Thank you to President Doris and the other members of the committee from the three clubs for organizing this event. It was wonderful to see the room full and hear the buzz of many voices in conversation.

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Join Us on Social Media!

Posted by Deanna McIntyre

Rotary International continues to work on branding and communication of our organization throughout the world. They are pushing for greater exposure within the press, radio, television and social media.

To this end, we would like to encourage all members to participate, with contribution, on our social media sites.

The link for the District 5050 Facebook is: www.facebook.com/rotary5050/

The link for our Club's Facebook is: http://www.facebook.com/RotaryClub.Abbotsford

The link for our Club's Twitter is: https://twitter.com/AbbyRotaryClub

Look for our Club on Instagram at “AbbyRotary”

Spread the message and good works of Rotary with your network by connecting with the Club and posting your contributions and sharing our posts. Your efforts could reach a potential new member, a new sponsor or partner. Don't keep Rotary a secret - talk it up!

You are also encouraged to download the ClubRunner app. There you can search the clubs in our district, find meetings, events, and members - all from your phone!