We are participating with a few of the other clubs to assist with the serving the food and refreshments to the 600+ volunteers who will work the Abbotsford Airshow over the course of the weekend in August. We as a club are showing the volunteers that we care and appreciate their volunteering efforts.
Most of the food is precooked but some of it may have to be cooked but the menu has not been confirmed yet.
Between our club and any other of our sponsoring clubs in the area we will have to provide 15+ volunteers to staff the food tent each day (see schedule)
The schedule volunteering schedule is as follows:
Thu, Aug 8, 2019 - 6:30 PM to 8 PM (Orientation)
Fri, Aug 9, 2019 - 10 AM to 2 PM (5 people needed)
Fri, Aug 9, 2019 - 1 PM to 9 PM (15 people needed)
Sat, Aug 10, 2019 - 7 AM to 4 PM (5 people needed)
Sat, Aug 10, 2019 - 9:30 AM to 4 PM (15 people needed)
Sun, Aug 11, 2019 - 7 AM to 4 PM (5 people needed)
Sun, Aug 11, 2019 - 9:30 AM to 6 PM (15 people needed)
Thursday is completely voluntary but it would be great to get solid core of people out to get a good grasp on how things look and how they will run so they in turn can act as leaders while the event is going on.
Parking at the event is 100% free and once volunteering is done for the days we have been invited by the Airshow hosts to enjoy the show and roam around freely afterwards.
Directions to parking and key areas in the show grounds at a later date once we have an idea how many people.
Everyone who is volunteering must use the link below to register for shifts, see the following page:
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.
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.
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.
The team has been assembled, the date confirmed, the tickets purchased, and now the fun begins as we finalize our daily itinerary in Antigua. We will be a team of 11: Club members, Bruce Beck, Doris Woodman-McMillan, Blaine Bailey, Rod Thomson, Amy Badesha, & Dave Loewen, along with guests Lois Beck, Andy Bains, Estella Cumyn, and Dr. Zoltan Zeresztes (dentist) and Jane Zeresztes.
Dr. Zeresztes hails from North Vancouver and he has done several dental missions previously to Latin American countries. We’re very excited to have him join us to provide this important service. As for the rest of us, we’ll busy ourselves with some assignments yet to be determined by our host, Judy Bergen from Love Guatemala. We will likely be working with some house construction, feeding program, and distribution of wheelchairs and sewing machines.
As a result of our Halloween Bash in October, we will be presenting Love Guatemala with $10,000 and Transitions with another $10,000. Last year our club’s donations, of $9,000 each, provided a wide variety of material for Love Guatemala, and Transitions was able to provide 16 custom-built wheelchairs.
We leave on February 7th, 2020 and return on February 16th. We will likely be transporting a variety of supplies from here, in addition to the material supplied through our club’s fundraising.
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/