President-Elect Drew announced with regards to succession planning, Kim will be doing a second term as President while encouraging members to consider taking on a Director position on the Board. The decision to have Kim do another year is to properly prepare someone as President-Nominee for the year 2020/21. He also made a call out to any past leaders to consider taking on a Director position on the Board, as there will be two-three positions opening. Drew’s position of Public Relations will be one of the positions. The club will also be looking at a possible Radio fundraiser and more details of this idea will come later.
Gord encouraged all to come out and support the Salvation Army Kettle donation at the Liquor Store, on December 16th and 27th. Great cause, and all monies collected supports our local families in need. There were only a few time spots available which have since been filled.
Jen Simpson asked that all members planning on coming to the Christmas Party to include guest’s names and auctions donations. Auction donations can include meal preparations or fellowship opportunities with minimal out of pocket costs. An example was a meal package that takes you back to your childhood of mac and cheese with wine. Creativity makes this event very entertaining. PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO LUNCH MEETING DECEMBER 13TH.
HHART has turned into a family affair for the Simpson family. Please contact Jen if you wish to purchase coffee from Muskoka Roastery for $16 a bag. The Simpson family will be doing a Bottle Drive for the month of December. Please email Jen if you can assist her family in anyway. She sent out a sign-up sheet of possible donations needed to fill 5 hockey bags.
Foundation Moments was a video on Polio Eradication. It is encouraged that every Club have a $15000 yearly goal. Jen noted that many Districts have unspent funds. Bill and Linda Gates match funds 2:1 through their Foundation. The goal is to bring the polio message to local and social media outlets. We need to act like we make difference and a difference is what we will make.
Rob announced that Tuesday November 28th was Giving Tuesday. This announcement led into the Rotary Foundation District goal of $15 a month from each member. Rob handed out enrollment envelopes. If you need instructions on how to setup automated payment online don’t hesitate to contact Rob directly or follow the instructions on the Rotary.org website. Please email Rob the dollar amount if you donate online, so he can record our total Club numbers. All information about the fund is in the envelopes that were distributed at this weeks meeting. The expectation is that all Rotary members donate what they can.
There are plans in the works for this years major PR and fellowship opportunity on Family Day. This year the Rotary Family Day function will be held at Muskoka Heritage Place. Various activities will be planned to get people out and recognize what the Heritage Place and Huntsville Rotary Club is all about.
This Years parade had just over 50 floats. The weather brought out great attendance. Our clubs float contribution was amazing, and the effort put in was outstanding. Special thanks to all who collaborated and contributed to this effort.
Youth Services has been very busy. The HHS Interac club has done popcorn Friday and Hot Chocolate days. The money collected can amount to anywhere from $15-45 weekly. All monies are donated to Salvation Army and the Food banks. Madeline is excited for the year end trip.
BINGO
Our sale of cards is substantially down this year. We also need a new distributor outlet, because Pops in the mall will be downsizing to kiosk and unable to continue to sell cards. If anyone has any ideas of possible locations, please contact Rob Saunders. This year we handed out 1 Jackpot and 2 junior jackpots compared to last years 2 jackpots and 1 Junior jackpot. We have 11 different trust Disbursements we allocate money to from the Bingo Budget.