Brighton Rotary Service Wheel Jan 31 2024 (Jan. 31, 2024)

Whats New at Brighton Rotary today:

Announcements:

Next board meeting will be held at R Steve S's home February 20th
Gabriel's bucket list - skiing, skating, a hockey game, and theatre. He has been invited on a ski trip by Trevor and Shelly Hagerman mid March.
Gabriel did the Polar Plunge in Campbellford on Saturday. He raised $485 that will be matched by a local donor. He said it was terrible. There are pictures - check our Facebook page.
No Frills raffle being organized in March with draw to be March 24th before Easter. We will start selling tickets March 1.
R Chris circulated duty roster for Vegas Night / Monte Carlo Feb 24th. Also list for donations to bucket of 'Cheer' raffle. Tickets are available for $50 each.
Loyalist College Bursary Fund at $12,965. R Joyce and R Daniel will attend thank you dinner on Feb 16th.
R Rob Pope, our AG from the Campbellford Club asked Brighton if we would support a re-start of Camp Enterprise and who would be lead from the Club. Camp Enterprise is for grade 11 and 12 students, it is a business development program held at Trent University.
Elizabeth and her children have had their medical check ups and all well. She has an appointment with Canadian officials Feb 15th. Things are moving quickly but still no confirmed dates for coming to Canada.

Gabriel's Report: Gabriel participated in Campbellford's Polar Plunge raising $485. He said it was terrible, but mission complete. His family think he is crazy. School is great, but in exams this week. This weekend the exchange students are going to Matawa for the first orientation weekend for the new outbound students.

What are we Happy About: glad to be here, son in car accident but okay, Gabriel participating in Polar Plunge, mild winter, no reason to be unhappy, sad no winter / snow, trip to St. Martin's, enjoyed speaker and presentation, now know what to do with all the old pill bottles.

Rotary Minute:

Rotary's seven AREAS of FOCUS help to prioritize and address some of the world's most critical needs and are as follows:

Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
Disease prevention and treatment.
Water and sanitation and hygiene.
Maternal and child health.
Basic education and literacy.
Community economic development.
Supporting the Environment

In District 7070 we have asked Rotarians who have carried out one or many successful International Services projects to take on the role of Coordinator for one of the Areas of Focus Action Committees.

Your Area of Focus Coordinators are

Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
- Ian Lancaster, Past President of the Toronto Sunrise Rotary Club

Disease prevention and treatment.
- Charles (Chuck) Taylor, Past President of the Rotary Club of Uxbridge
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
- Richard Mewhinney, Newmarket Rotary Club
Maternal and child health.
- Maureen Bird, The Rotary Club of Toronto
Basic education and literacy.
- Joan Barrett, Past President of Rotary Club of Scarborough
Community Economic Development.
- Khalid Hasan, Rotary Club of North York

Supporting The Environment.
- Nilam Bedi, Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton

Members: 7

Guests: exchange student Gabriel, Rotarian Rob Pope, and Carla Stokes

Correspondence:

1. DG John Burns weekly news letter.

2. Good afternoon again, Lions Clubs of Colborne, Trenton, and the Rotary Club of Brighton,

Retired RCAF Brigadier General Jeff Brace has agreed to reschedule his visit to Brighton to February 26, 2024. The remainder of this email is a modified version of my invitation from last October. General Brace will speak about his experiences as Mission Commander of several Royal Family, Papal, Prime Ministerial, and Governor General flights.

General Brace is the former Base Commander, Canadian Forces Base Trenton and Commander of Canada's military air transport search and rescue forces. General Brace, at the time of his retirement in 1997, became the Executive Director of the RCAF Memorial Museum. He continued his volunteer career with the Canadian Cancer Society, and as a member of Rotary, and Probus clubs.

We are indeed fortunate to have such an esteemed individual, active in our community.

On February 26, we are gathering at the Own Gibb Community Centre (previously known as the Brighton Community Centre) with dinner at 7:00ish. General Brace’s presentation will start at 6;30 and is expected to last 30-40 minutes with an opportunity for questions following. General Brace will be bringing a few pictures and artifacts with him, so get to Brighton a little early to check these out.

Our regular Lions meeting will follow, and guests are welcome to stay for the rest of the evening or call it a night. It would be unusual for our meetings to extend beyond 8:00.

I hope to finalize the details shortly, including the size of room we may require and the firm cost for the dinner. Both of these items require a head count.

I am asking the clubs involved to let me know by February 12, the potential number of folks from your clubs who may be interested in attending. Family and friends are also welcome.

Once I have the final cost of the meal, I will let the clubs know and require a firm commitment from those attending by February 19, so we can advise the caterer. Past dinners have cost about $20, so $20-25

is anticipated. An eTransfer to my email address for the cost of the meal is a firm commitment (Sorry, Non-Refundable.)

Lion PZC Ted Cook

3. Adult Spelling Bee at Trenton Rotary April 15th.

4. Shelter Box request for support.

5. Skate Canada request for support.

6. Thank you note from Health Outreach for our support.

7. Camp Kennebec looking for support for campers.

8. Big Brothers / Big Sisters - We’re kicking off 2024 with the Bowl for Kids Sake Campaign and we hope you will choose to support and/or join us! You are invited show your support for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The Bowl for Kids Sake campaign runs from January through to May. You can choose to support as a sponsor or register a team and be a participant/guest or as a donor of an auction/prize item. We greatly depend on the support of the local community to maintain and continue our mentorship programs for children in need throughout our region.

Your support as a sponsor will be recognized for the entire campaign including at these bowling events:

- Big Bowl Cobourg - Wednesday, March 6 at 6:00pm to 7:30pm at Northshore Lanes, Cobourg

- Bankers Challenge – Wednesday, March 20 at 6:00 to 7:30pm at Northshore Lanes, Cobourg

- Local Heroes – Wednesday, April 3 at 6:00 to 7:30pm at Northshorn Lanes, Cobourg

- Campbellford Bowl – Wednesday, April 17 at 6:00 to 7:30pm at Trent Lanes, Campbellford

- Brighton Bowl - Wednesday, May 15 at 6:00 to 7:30pm at Presquile Lanes, Brighton

9. Wellington Rotary Maple syrup Fundraiser: This is the third year of our Rotary Maple Syrup fundraiser. We are selling 750mL bottles of local maple syrup for $20 each - this is really a bargain as we have not changed the price in 3 years. The proceeds are going towards the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation and other local wellness initiatives. The bottles will be ready sometime in March, depending on Mother Nature and the sap flow, but we are taking orders.

No need to exchange money until you receive your bottles which should be ready for distribution some time in March. Exact date to be determined by Mother Nature.

10. Good morning Rotary friends,

Please accept the attached Save the Date for our upcoming celebration Gala, where we remember and celebrate 100 years of Service above Self in Bowmanville. Please share with your club.

We would love to see many of our friends from around district join us.

Please mark your calendar (April 27th) and stay tuned.

Rachel Boyd

PP Rotary Club of Bowmanville

Smile:

An RCMP officer stopped at our farm yesterday. He said, 'I need to inspect your farm for illegal growing of drugs.'

I said, 'Okay, but don't go in that field over there.'.

The RCMP officer verbally exploded saying, 'Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me!' Reaching into his rear pants pocket, the arrogant officer removed his badge and shoved in in my face. 'See this badge?! This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish... On any land!! No questions asked or answers given!! Have I made myself clear?... Do you understand?!!'

I nodded politely, apologized and went about my chores.

A short time later, I heard loud screams, looked up, and saw the RCMP officer running for his life, being chased by my big old mean bull... with every step the bull was gaining ground on the officer, and it seemed likely that he'd sure enough get gored before he reached safety. The officer was clearly terrified.

I threw down my tools, ran to the fence and yelled at the top of my lungs, 'Your badge, show him your badge!!'

Song: I've Been Working on the Railroad

Sharing Pot: $16 won by R Steve S who is donating to the Elizabeth Fund