President's Message                            

More kudos to David Smith regarding the success of his Wellington Times Op-ed encouraging seniors to donate their windfall OAS top-up to the new Hospital build. Not only has it resulted in over $5000 in donations, but it found the support of Rick Conroy, whose Hospital build boosting article “Measure” in last week’s Wellington Times may generate additional contributions to our Club’s Hospital fund.

This past week, we received lots of positive press in the Wellington Times. There’s no question, we need to encourage publicity throughout the year to keep us in the public’s eye since it makes it easier for us to raise funds when the community knows how we’re using their dollars. The success of our white wine sales produced and sold by Lacey Estates has set the stage for our Domain Darius red wine initiative. Therefore, to keep up our momentum and public awareness, another key priority for this year, is setting out our next community project(s). Our community appreciates knowing that Wellington Rotary is continuing to enhance and increase the enjoyment of their town’s facilities and environs.

On another track, I encourage you to get your questions in to Dave for Marcia’s guest speak. My thinking is that this is a great opportunity to better understand the priorities of our County’s administration. Thank you Dave for making these arrangements.

In closing, our ZOOM session with District Governor Mark Chipman is set for Wednesday Aug 26 th at 07:00 am. Quinte Sunrise will be participating along with us. Please note, there will not be a regular Tuesday meeting on August 25 th.