We have a Brighton Rotary Channel.
Members: 8
Guests: Jan Hoselton, soon to be a Trenton Rotarian
Correspondence: none
What did the father buffalo say to his son as he left for school? 'Bison'.
Oh how we miss Rotarian Craig.
President Joyce really misses R Craig as that is how she learns what trouble she got into the past week.
- R Liesje is looking for pictures, particularly any related to Coats for Kids
- Next board meeting Tuesday September 22 at the home of R Liesje, 6:30pm at 16 Anne Street in Brighton.
- RI Global Grant for Brazil water project G-2165 has been approved.
- Our next bottle drive scheduled for Saturday October 17 at King Edward Park. Details to come. We are looking to advertise.
- In process of organizing District Governor visit / presentation. Likely will be via Zoom.
- We may be fine at Smoke House for this fall season.
- R Liesje is organizing the purchase of some new Rotary clothing. Let her know if you are interested.
- Rachelle Breton, former outbound exchange student who went to Taiwan in 2018/19, contacted club. She has another year at ENSS and she wants to give back to Rotary. She is interested in photography, social media and is interested in communications. R Liesje is in touch with Rachelle to see if she can help with our social media etc.
- We are now selling raffle tickets to an exclusive Garden Party with Bentwood Rocker - The Spirit of Applefest. To be held on Saturday September 26th in Brighton. Tickets now available, one for #10 or 3 for $20. There will be 25 lucky winners who will be chosen Tuesday September 22 at our next board meeting. Each winner will be allowed to bring one guest to location to be disclosed. It will start at 7pm until 10pm. Guests will bring their own chair, refreshments and food.
- We are holding Interclub Karaoke singing contest virtually. All clubs in District will be invited to submit video by Sept 30. R Liesje prepared guidelines and poster for clubs. Brighton Rotary will judge.
- R Emily is looking to initiate Coat for Kids at schools soon.
- Looking for those interested in working with Jan Hoselton to develop special ornament for Rotary fundraiser.
Upcoming Rotary Events:
- 2020 Rotary District Conference theme is 'Heroes and Champions' and will be held now April 9 to 11, 2021, at Pan Pacific Toronto (formerly Weston Prince Hotel).
- Rotary District 7070 is going to the Dominican Republic March Break 2021. A service opportunity - sweat equity.
Song: Caissons Go Rolling Along
Sharing Pot: $17 R Liesje is sharing it with the club.
Happy Bucks: to be hear, mom no radiation only small pill, to making money, golf tournament, presentation, Janet doing better following incident, family home and working from table, friends lost in woods were found, working with Jan, friendships, Hoselton story and good friends, women's purses to loose things in, gift from Jan.
Rotary Minute:
WASRAG - Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group
Helping Clubs everywhere build a better future for their communities.
Rotary projects improve quality of life such as:
- implementing rain water harvesting
- building toilets and sanitation systems
- digging wells and drilling boreholes
- building dams and gully plugs, recharging the aquifer
- building local capacity, changing behaviour
- working with NCOs, CBOs to create self sufficiency
- setting up factories to build slow sand filters
- creating opportunities for entrepreneurs in the WASH supply chain.