Rotarwrites May 24, 2019 (May 23, 2019)

Kathrin Matadeen
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Dec 03, 2019

Vocational talks

Dec 10, 2019

Christopher Loat

Shelter Box Canada

Dec 17, 2019

Christmas Social and Celebration

Dec 24, 2019

No Meeting

Christmas Eve

Dec 31, 2019

No Meeting

New Year's Eve

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Rotary Connects The World

We meet Tuesdays at 12:00 PM

The Salvation Army - Cascade Community Church

35190 DeLair Road
Abbotsford, BC V3G 2E2
Canada

District Site

Venue Map

Updated Speaker Schedule

My 28^th – Nancy Bartlett – Emergency Prepardness(Life472)

June 4^th – John Vissers – Light Rapid Transit

June 11^th – Randy White – Rotary and the impact it has had on his life and career

June 18^th – 20/20 Vision: A sneak peek at the year ahead (President Elect Bruce Beck)

June 25^th – Installation

Abbotsford Fire Fighters Association Harvest Festival

On behalf of the the Abbotsford Fire Fighters Association.

September 20, 2019 we are planning a Harvest Festival Dinner and Dance to raise money for our Abbotsford Fire Fighters Association Charitable Society.

This year our primary beneficiary is the Starfish Pack Program in Abbotsford.

The plan is for a fun social evening, a little less formal than the two other gala's in Abbotsford.

- Dinner by "Culinary Touch Catering"

- Live Music by the Tanner Olson Band

- MC & Standup Comedy by Sunee Dahliwal

- Octoberfest Entertainment including Hammerschlagen and Axe Throwing

- Silent Auction

Full event Info at https://www.abbotsfordfirefightersassociation.com/2019-harvest-festival

Take advantage of the opportunity to support our local heroes AND the Starfish Pack Program we helped create

Halloween Bash Update

2019 Sponsors update:

Gold Sponsor : Can Western Bank

and anonymous donor

Silver : Berryhill

Bronze: Baker Newby ; Abby Duty Free & Vedder transport, Dignity Memorial, Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service

Table sponsors: Triple C; Dr. Venier & Aldergrove Credit Union

Costume sponsor: Amy Badesha DJ sponsor: Ken Funk

Cash donation: Les Squire

2019 Sponsorship $ 24,000 to date

2018. Sponsorship $ 24375

2019 Sponsorship Goal $ 28750

There’s still plenty of work to be done to reach the 2019 target. I am asking every Rotarian if you have not done so to reach out to your business contacts and ask for sponsorship.

The cut off for the Gold Silver & Bronze sponsorship is the third week of June so there are only thirty days left.

Thanks for your support

George Ho

John Friesen

Fund Raising Chairs

My Rotary Story – William W. Bramwell

It was 42 years ago when Rotary first became a part of my life and I joined the Rotary Club of Ladner. I found Rotary through an old time Ladner resident and have never looked back since. I had always wanted to be involved in the community where I could make a difference both locally and, in the world, and It is through Rotary that I was able to achieve both of these goals. As I moved around the Province in my career, I was a member of the Rotary Club of Saanich in Victoria, the Rotary Club of Burns Lake and the Rotary Club of Kamloops. When we moved back to Tsawwassen I again became a member of the Ladner Club of which I am a Past President.

It was 12 years ago when we moved to Abbotsford and the club here welcomed me as a member where I am currently the Club President. Again, I found a club that is working hard locally, regionally and Internationally. This is an active and dynamic club and I found this to be the case with the other clubs of which I was a member. One of the aspects of Rotary that has made it such a success is its family nature. Since inclusion is so important in Rotary, I have always found it easy to find a place where I could serve. As always it is the memories of the past experiences in Rotary along with the service opportunities that has added depth to my life.

One of the many things that I have enjoyed about my involvement in Rotary is the way in which we work together in things such as Polio Plus, Wheelchairs for Guatemala and the Starfish program to name just a few. Rotary is a part of my family and is like home to me. The theme of Rotary International President Barry Rassin for the year is - “Be the inspiration” and for me this has always been my goal.

Bill Bramwell

Rotarian 1977 – Present

Change in Dues

At the April 2, 2019 Club Assembly, the membership in attendance unanimously approved a change in annual club dues. Please note that dues have not increased in price in over ten years.

Effective July 1, 2019, the new annual due schedule will be:

Members Age 40 and under: $240

Members Over Age 41: $340

Corporate Members First member $340, additional members $275

If the new dues provide a financial hardship for any individual club member, please contact a member of the board. A small amount of financial relief has been set aside to assist active club members.

Invoices will be provided to club members in June.

Sunshine Report

November Sunshine Report

Happy Birthday!

Nov 7 - Cors Delint

Nov 7 - John McFaul

Happy Anniversary!

Nov 6 - Ursula & Lance Viney

Nov 15 - Marilyn & Harvey Goodwin

Nov 16 - Grace & Dave Loewen

Will you be on the bus?

On March 5th, our board voted unanimously in favour of partnering with our other Abbotsford Rotary clubs, the Chilliwack club, and potentially, several other clubs in a wheelchair project to Guatemala for 2019 and 2020. The proposed project is intended to resource a local manufacturer in Antigua, Guatemala to not only manufacture chairs, but also provide ongoing maintenance for chairs already distributed. The project’s ultimate goal is to build sustainability into the manufacturing of wheelchairs for a local Guatemala company. An integral part of this two-year project will be active participation by members of our club in 2020, as a way of marking our club’s 70th anniversary.

Start planning your vacation time now for early 2020. More details to come.

New Rotary Global Rewards App

To learn more about this app, please click here.

Join Us on Facebook and Twitter!

Posted by Stacey Irwin

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 NEW 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

We look forward to those members of Rotary that currently publish a social media page to link to one or both of the sites listed above. Thank you.