Brighton Rotary Service Wheel Oct 11

Members: 9

Guests: Terri Lynn and our exchange student Gabriel as well as our former inbound exchange student Eloisa. We also welcomed Jamesi who joined us this morning.

Correspondence:

1. DG John Burns weekly news letter. See attached.

Smile:

A man complains to his friend about having a headache. His friend says you should do what I do. Whenever I get a headache I rest my head on my wife's bosom and it goes away.

The next day the friend asks, Did you do what I told you to? The man replies yes Thank you, and by the way, you have a very nice house.

Announcements:

Meeting of October 18th will be an evening social dinner at Vito's at 6pm. No breakfast meeting. .
Next board meeting will be held at R Steve B's home at 101 Raglan on October 24th.
Foundation Walk Sunday October 15. 10am to about 2pm at Milne Dam Conservation Park, 8251 McCowen Road Markham. R Chris announced $670 from Brighton to Foundation. Thanks everyone.
Rotary Foundation Workshop, Nov 18, 9am to 1:30pm at Oshawa Shrine Club 1626 Simcoe St. North. R Daniel and R Steve B will attend.
District Conference in Oshawa Oct 20 to 22.
Next bottle drive will be Nov. 4. Duty list circulated and filled.
R Clay said Elizabeth is finding it too hot to sleep at night. (We only wish).
We are looking for way to get Gabriel to Polio Plus Global Classroom at Durham College Thursday October 19th
.R Steve B organizing trip to Port Hope theatre in December to the Panto. A few of us are going Friday December 1. If interested, advise Steve B.
R Daniel has talked to teacher at Brighton Public School about starting up an EarlyAct program. Teachers own children attend at Murray Centenial. R Daniel will visit school, possibly with R Jeremy from Trenton Club who operate the early act program at Murray Centennial.
R Steve S is organizing trip to Proctor Barn theatre on October 26th. He has tickets. If interested in joining us, talk to Steve S.
R Joyce and R Emily planning a Monti Carlo Night for Feb. 24, 2024.
Eloisa has created an Instagram page for Rotary Youth Exchange for our District.
Colborne Rotary Club is holding an on-line auction starting October 13 at noon and running to October 22 at 3pm. See attached flyer with log in info. Let's support Colborne Rotary
Rotary magazine costs going up in new year by 50 cents US.
Brighton Santa Claus Parade Nov 17. Look for Rotary float with the singing Grinch.

Song: Hello Rotarians

Sharing Pot: $26 won by R Steve B who is donating to the Rotary Foundation.

Happy Bucks: the presentation and great work in the community, nice day, looking forward to getting away for few days, learned what R Emily does, for our guests, for great birthday and trip to Niagara Falls, Eloisa going home for Christmas first time in five years, today's amnesty, great Thanks Giving and two turkey dinners, lots of turkey, Emily's presentation, for both exchange students, to be here.

Rotary Minute:

Districts may support a broad range of activities with their district grant funds. Examples of potential district-grant activities include:

Local or international service projects as well as service travel or disaster recovery efforts
Vocational training teams:
- No partnership or international requirements
- No restrictions on team size or length of training
- Teams travel to either conduct or receive training
Scholarships:
- No restrictions on the level (secondary, university, or graduate), length, location (local or international), or area of study
- No restrictions on the dollar amount for the scholarships