There was a board meeting June 29th . There will be a list of all donations our club made over the last Rotary year , sent out to all members . The car rally raised $ 9000.00 from sponsors , and $ 2350.00 from tickets sales . Approximately $ 10600.00 was cleared from the event , after expenses . We all decided to keep the money in the bank , and later decide where it goes . Gerry reviewed the club's finances . We had only two fundraisers this year . Bingo , which raised an easy $10,823.00 , ( thanks Dave Thomas ! ) , and the car rally , which raised $10,600.00 The club has dispersed $10,000.00 to the International committee , and $ 5000.00 to CMH . Bingo may begin in person in September . The wind up BBQ is at Laureen's on Wednesday July 21st . Cocktails at 5:00pm , with a food truck dinner to follow at 6:30pm . Gourmet grill cheese sandwiches and soup . Larry will organize the salad and dessert selection form the membership . Please contact Laureen if you plan to attend Mike asked the club if we should pass on our golfer list to Preston Hespeler , for their golf tournament. The club decided to keep our list private . If members would like to participate , they can form their own foursomes. We may have a " Nine and Dine " next spring , as a golf fund raising event . Chase the Ace , is still being worked out with the other Rotary clubs , and may launch in August . Ken thanked President Laureen for her great job as President for the last two very challenging years ! Laureen in turn thanked the membership for all their hard work . She mastered her fear of public speaking , over the last two years . From last weeks announcements : Ribfest - August 7th. Rotary Sunrise is looking for volunteers and shifts will only be 2 hours. It is a one day event and will run from 10am to 7pm. ToastMasters/Rotary Open house Meeting is scheduled for July 22 @7:15pm by zoom. Pres Laureen will be sending a link about the meeting, you will need to purchase a ticket but it is free. We will need a representative to speak about Rotary for 5-7 minutes and a toastmaster coach will advise on how you did (nicely :-). Cluster Meeting (consisting of all 3 Rotary Clubs) - September 9th hopefully at the Galt Country Club, if we are unable to meet at the Club it will be on Zoom. We needed 2 members to sit on a planning committee, Sean and Pres. Laureen will represent our club. Preston Hespeler golf tournament is scheduled for Oct 4th at Whistle Bear Golf Cub. |