President Jennifer opened the meeting and welcomed our members and guests. She proceeded to read a Land Acknowledgement given in the spirit of reconciliation

A toast was made to the King, Canada, and Rotary. 

Mary led us in the singing of O'Canada (even with a sore throat)

 

Guests: Aneta Jandekova (Exchange), Drew Markham (Honourary), Lynne Strickland, Fran Mitchell, Nikki (daughter of Katy), Dr Hector Roldan, Juan Carlos Vasquez, Bruce Templeton (project photographer)

Anniversaries: Sandy M celebrated 11 years as a member of our club on April 11

Birthdays: Jane (wife of Henri) April 2; Bill Sibeon April 30

 

Jen's Words of Gratitude: 'If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough!'

 

Ron's Comment: PDG Ron came up and reminded us (through a couple of unanswered questions) that we should be reading our monthly Rotarian mag. We might actually enjoy it (and learn something)

 

A reminder for those that want to help the morning club make perogies. It happens this Friday and Saturday at Trinity Church kitchens. Come out and support for a few hours, or buy a dozen  for $8

 

The Board had a constructive meeting on Monday night and are looking at revising some of our committee structures and Board makeup. Details and club discussion to follow.

 

The Club vote on the donation to our sister Twilight Club was approved with a strong majority of 20 Yeas and 2 Nays. A cheque will be presented at their next meeting

 

We agreed to send $2,000 to the District to support their Misko Aki project at the Muskoka Wharf.

 

Support for the Hospitals Capital and Operating campaign was discussed. A motion was made that will be sent out to membership over the next week or so.

 

President Jen outlined the support this year for International projects Including; $2K Support for HHART; $2K for the Nepal Water Project; $1K the Laos Water Project; $3K Zambia Health Clinic (Global Grant); ongoing support for Kiva and $1K for Shelter Box in Turkey

 

A reminder about Aneta's departing BBQ July 4 at Jens.

 

There are a group of Youth working under direction from a teacher at Montessori that are looking to do some community work. Talk to Jen if you can suggest a project

 

Katherine Strang from One Kids Place has invited us to a Business After Hours 5:30-7:30 Thursday April 27

 

Introduction of Guest Speaker – PDG Ron introduced Adrian by saying he really needed no introduction. He commented that Adrian still hasn't got the Dental Profession right, as he is still practising Ba Da Boom!

 

Adrian opened by introducing our esteemed guests who are working with him on the Optimum Services Project in Jocotan, Guatemala. They include local surgeon Dr Hector Roldan; Guatemalan Manager Jaun Carlos Vasquez and local photographer and archeologist Bruce Templeton

   

The Club has been supporting this long term project for a couple of years. Having Adrian on the ground has been a major asset. The final project will include a dental clinic, a medical clinic and a school. At this point the dental clinic is up an operating, primarily due to a major donation of dental equipment from a retired dentist in Texas, among others. The region is very poor and have no facilities like this within their Province. Our donations so far have allowed them to install an air conditioning system in the Clinic and build two washrooms.

 

Adrian has been down once before to perform various dental procedures and will be travelling back there in mid May and mid November. At that time it is expected that local professionals will be able to take over and run the clinic.

  

The next phase will see the construction of the Medical Clinic which will house a day surgery type facility, an endoscopy room along with patient exam rooms. Dr Roldan will lead this phase of the project. Juan Carlos is the man on the ground who has worked tirelessly to access funds through charitable givings and supporting Dr Musters and Dr Roldan. One of the most attractive aspects of the project is the educational component. Dr Roldan is working with local medical students and students from our area medical school NOSUM to give hands on experience, while supporting this special clinic.

  

Along side this phase the second school building will be built. The first building is already up and the plan is the build a similar second arm with a covered sports facility between the two wings. 

 

As part of the project a water filtration system was erected and in addition to having safe drinking water for their purposes the clinic will be able to provide for surrounding residents

 

All in all the project is a major accomplishment to date and with the energy of the team leaders should be something that our club can follow and support into the future

 

 

 

 

 

        

Date	Caller	Ph 1	Ph 2	Tech	Money Pickup
25-Apr	Will	Jen S	Rob S	Dave	Rob
02-May	Deb	Dione	Julia	Rob	Rob
09-May	Pamela	Jen S	Bryan L	Len	Pamela
16-May	Rob	Trish	John D	Peter	Rob
23-May	Will	Bill	Henri	Dave	Will
30-May	Deb	Rick W	Jamie T	Rob	Rob
06-Jun	Pamela	Rob S	Rose E	Len	Pamela
13-Jun	Rob	Dione	Julia	Peter	Rob
20-Jun	Will	Jen S	Bryan L	Dave	Will
27-Jun	Deb	Trish	John D	Rob	Rob
04-Jul	Pamela	Bill	Henri	Len	Pamela