Brighton Rotary Service Wheel Feb 21 2020 (Feb 22, 2020)

Member Birthdays

Ricardo Melendro

February 7

CLAY SAMIS

February 8

Victoria Weir

February 18

Join Date

CLAY SAMIS

February 14, 1997

23 years

Rudy Wagner

February 20, 2015

5 years

Brighton Rotary News Feb 21 2020

Members: 6

Guests: Inbound Exchange Student Daniella from the Faro Islands and Gary Sharpe

Correspondence:

none

Smile:

Announcements:.

Next club directors meeting will be Tuesday March 24 at 6:30pm at home of President Daniel.
POD#1 to organize speakers for March!!

Upcoming Rotary Events:

D7070 Foundation Grant Writing Workshop will be held at Whitby Public Library Saturday February 29 from 9am to 2pm. Lunch provided.
2020 Rotary District Conference theme is 'Heroes and Champions' and will be held at Toronto Weston Prince Hotel October 23-25, 2019.
Northumberland Sunrise holding 'Men Who Cook vs. Women Who Sizzle' fundraiser at Port Hope Recreation Centre, 62 McCaul Street, Saturday March 28th at 6pm. Tickets $45 each. R Steve cooking.

Daniella's Report:

Daniella shared report of her activities the past week.

Daniella's Bucket List:

Play hockey

Niagara Falls

CN tower

Algonquien Park

See a moose

See a beaver

See a possum

See a bear

Play in the snow

Volunteer (animal shelter?)

See leaves change color

Ottawa (skate on the Rideau canal)

Go skiing

Swim in Lake Ontario

Cliff jump (?😬)

See the northern lights

Go to New York City?

See a baseball game

See a rugby game

See an american football game

See a ice hockey game

Try beaver tail (not from a real beaver)

Song: Pick Up Your Troubles

Sharing: won by R Rudy who donated funds to Youth Bowling.

Happy Bucks: for speaker and bowling program, to see Eloisa, for exciting weekend, for R Jeff's singing

Rotary Minute: February is Peacebuilding and conflict prevention month.

New POD's for 2020

POD#1 - Murray, Chris, Joyce, Victoria, Mark, Jeff W and Steve

POD#2 - Ricardo, Jeff P, Emily, Craig, Rudy, Liesje, Clay

Presquile Lanes Bowling Alley

Gary Sharpe, owner of Presquile Lanes Bowling Alley explained the Youth Bowling Program.

Presquile Lanes is the oldest running bowling centre in Ontario. It opened in 1946. Gary and his partner purchased the bowling alley in June 2000.

Gary has personally won some championships.

Youth Bowling Canada is for kids ages 3 to 20. There are 30,000 to 40,000 members across Canada. Everyone participates, no one sits on the bench. They have a coaching program that is very involved and Gary is a qualified coach.

Brighton has 35 kids this year. The program is very affordable (registration and weekly fees). Contributions and donations such as provided by Rotary greatly appreciated. These funds mainly help with tournaments but also subsidize some kids. The program features special events and an annual banquet. Gary does fundraising to offset costs and to assist some families.

Gary thanked Rotary for ongoing support. His thanks includes a gift certificate for an evening or afternoon of two hours of bowling party for the Rotary family for up to 36 people.

Service Above Self