Rotary Club of Wellington Tuesday, April 23 2024
Guest Speaker: Emily Swisher, Guatemala Learning Program
Meeting Notes by Roger Tessier
Meeting called to order by President Lyn at 7:07 a.m.
21 Rotarians were present; 1 person on zoom (Emily Swisher)
Guests: 1 Friend of Rotary, Liam Smith
President Lyn provided a Rotary minute.
Singing of O Canada
Invocation presented ty Rotarian David Hawkins
Updates on health of our members:
- Howard advised no change on Geoff;
- Ken stated that Peter is moving Josephine to Long-Term Care today;
- Liz Bozma lost her aunt this past week.
Lyn had a heartfelt message about Barry Davidson and his Celebration of Life.
Lyn thanked everyone involved with the beach clean up, including spouses and friends of Rotary.
Mary introduced our speaker, Emily Swisher
- Emily has been part of the Guatemala Learning Program for 5 years;
- 200,000 students are eligible for the Learning Program;
- Goal is to break the cycle of poverty through learning and the literacy program
- Literacy is the primary focus - books are supplied in Spanish;
- Textbook teacher training
- Computers and labs
- Tuition is required for grades 5 and higher;
- Also offer mental health service.
She will be supplying us with the information required so we can continue to assist through our involvement in the global grant.
It is very apparent that this young lady is a dedicated, intelligent individual who strongly believes in her career path.
Margo thanked the speaker.
Club Business:
Bottle Billy – all good until the end of April
Ken – President’s dinner will be June 25th. Margo is the lead for set up and looking for volunteers.
Ken also mentioned all the anxiety President Lyn is experiencing because of the Beach Mat project but we know Lyn will overcome!
Next Week: Club Forum
50/50 Draw This Week: $872 ++
The prize pot is getting larger.... We are getting down to the last cards...
Make sure you get your ticket this week!
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Bottle Depot Volunteers Schedule for This Week
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