Proposed Member, First Notice: Richard Hebert, CEO of YMCA

November 18, 2002

The Vasilator is at the podium, Austin Fennell is at Piano and Mark is Greeter

Guests:

• Steve Shrout

• Bob Carey, who is transferring his Rotary membership from the Red Deer Club

• Richard Hebert (proposed Rotarian)

• Jack Snedden Medicine Hat club

• Callum Scott

• Connie Marie Riedlhuber

Rotary Foundation Donation

Forms on the table, the club will contribute $50 for each $100 donated by club members.

November Birthdays

Rotarians celebrating this month rose to receive a rousing round of happy birthday.  Bernie Carriere thanks all those concerned Rotarians who made his phone ring so many times to give condolences and congratulations on his fifty years of living.

FAS

Linda Storoz reminds us of her talk on the faces of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which was brought home to the community this last weekend with the death of a beautiful young girl who was trying to provide a service.  The immediate reaction was fear in homes serving FAS victims and in schools where they attend.  Linda reminds us that FAS is real and the victim’s only crime was being in the wrong womb while the mother was consuming alcohol.  We need to constantly make our younger generation aware of the danger of mixing alcohol and pregnancy.  Remember too that kids suffering FAS still need our help.

Seniors Xmas Dinner

Tom Dejager reminds us of this December 3 event in which he hopes to serve supper to 600 seniors, up from 450 last year.  More volunteers are required. 

• Call Tom at 327-8578 or email him at capfurn@telusplanet.net  

• Call Joe Montpetit 380-6991 or e-mail rjmontpetit@shaw.ca to help with Greeting and coat checking

• Call Brent Gateman 381-8359 or e-mail brent@integraair.com   He also needs about 50 wrapped gifts for door prizes and draws, please. 

• Call Dale Martin Jr. to help with buses and transportation.  382-2361 or dalejr@telusplanet.net

Yes, you can volunteer your spouse or partner for this Fellowship event too.

Book ‘em Kevin

Kevin Willoughby at 327-8521 or kevin_willoughby@hsbc.ca is booking volunteers for the Wednesday and Thursday bookmobile runs.  Wayne H  and Don Grummett will do this week’s run.

December 10

Harvey Heck reminds us of the Rotary Carole Festival at Southminster Church.  Frank Vasil has been paid not to sing.

Computer Club

Wayne says many Rotarians have e-mailed interest to webmaster@sunnyalberta.com to express interest in a computer club.  Many are interested in learning basic computer skills.  We need a place to meet and some Rotarians with skills to share. Liz Rossnagel has offered space and facilities at the public library.  Pre-requisite to join the club:  be able to play (winning not necessary) one solitaire game.

Kids Help Phone

Read more about this volunteer organization online at http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca  Kids Help Phone receives 26,000 calls annually in Alberta, (1000 daily in Canada) from kids that need advice on everything from school problems, bullying, abuse, abandonment.  You can learn more on Thursday, November 21, 2001 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM in the Lethbridge Police Service Board Room.  RSVP to Constable Blaine Stodolka 331-7829

SAA Report

Edourd has returned with his wit in fine form.  Gord Jong is happy the college fund raiser brought in $82,000.  A table full of guests figured out in short order that somebody better have a buck to be happy.  Incoming Rotarian Bob Carey was happy his daughter turned four.  Mary Bochenko is happy to be attending her first meeting as an official Rotarian.  Brent paid an umbrella buck to offer games packages to the Grey Cup (great stocking stuffers for the wife).  Linda is happy her son turned 18 this last weekend (Linda must have been a teenage bride).  Joe Montpetit is happy to cheer the Eskimos.  Gordon Lowe is happy to be on the receiving end of some regular government money. 

Myles Bourke is happy that 170 people are attending the scholarship dinner at the university.  Elisabeth is happy that Hanksi is in the sold out Pinocchio play, and will soon be back to joining the family after the plays are over.  John Hoopfer is happy his event raised $30,000.  Harvey Heck was glad to help his daughter haul home the gold this last weekend. 

Fine to be Rotarian

Karen Romolliwa paid a fine for not supporting the merchant’s need for bigger xmas sales.  Jamie Torry paid for being late.  David Hughes paid for flying low.  Frank the Vasilator was levied a looney for referring to fellowship instead of personship, and another $5.00 for arguing his case.  Pat Killoran is happy we have letter of thanks from the Fiji project and promises to give a more in-depth report at another meeting.  Where are your walking sticks Pat?

Bridge In Bridge-town

November 23 – 7:30 pm Bridge at Joe Montpetite’s

Live Free For A Year

Lorne Armstrong introduced a whole team of people who came to talk about the project.

Rotarian Jack Snedden from Medicine Hat started his pitch with a pitch for the 5360 Annual meeting to be held in his city on May 2-4, 2003.  Dr. John Patterson and Saskatchewan Gov General Linda Haverstock are speaking.  Pincher Creek is organising a talent event.

Jack says the Live Free For a Year project in Medicine Hat was a success because two recently retired idiots with nothing to do, spear-headed the project.  (Jack is one of the two.)  The project in cooperation with the Medicine Hat News was funded by swapping goods and services for advertising.  It is not a hand-out.  They had some work cut out for them convincing the Lottery Board that the project was viable, then everything else fell into place.

Ticket sales were easy and Rotarians were not allowed to sell tickets because they end up in the wash, lost, going to the dry cleaners, you know the excuses.  Ticket sales were handled entirely by the newspaper.  The city contributed property tax write-off and utilities as prizes.  They rounded up $240,000 in prizes at retail value, which made up four major prizes.  The 3/$100 tickets sold out in days, and the $50.00 each ticket sales slumped on Sept 11/2001. 

In the end, The News and the Rotary Club came away with $70,800 each.

Steve Shrout of the Lethbridge Herald gave a detailed PowerPoint™ presentation again on the way the fundraiser works.  Bob Carey  VP and General manager at the Herald explains his newspaper is providing about $300,000 of advertising with an expected return of about one quarter of that amount.  This money loosing project is a contribution to the community and an opportunity to be seen as doing good.

Download PowerPoint presentation-71k   Twenty seconds on dial-up, two seconds on ADSL.

Some companies are using coop advertising with their suppliers paying the whole shot.  If it works for you, do it.

Jack drew winner of $10.00 Dale Merchant and $5.00 to Gord Jong.

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