Wed Feb 17 - Greg Brady "God's Hope School Project - Haiti"
Greg Brady is the co-founder of the Christian elementary school in a slum area of Petion-Ville, Haiti. The school comprises 3 levels of kindergarten through grade 6. it is government registered and monitored. Since its opening in September 2010, students have been graduated successfully in the government graduation exams. Read more
Hilton is fully booked those two days and we will be meeting at the Richmond Nature Park - Kinsman Pavilion, 11851 Westminster Highway (map) Luncheon to be catered by Continental Seafood.
Travel to over 130 Countries by Wheelchair...
not only does it sound fascinating, it is almost unbelievable. Stricken with Multiple Sclerosis Linda McGovern was confined to a wheelchair, but she decided she had a choice, to wallow in defeat or still pursue her travel dreams. She followed her belief that accessibility was a matter of her attitude. She bought a ticket to Beijing to get on the Great Wall of China and although not easy, and with some help, she achieved her goal. After that she achieved many other goals, Machu Pichu, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, India, Antarctica with the Penguins and Mount Everest too! One way or another, she got herself and her chair to all these places, and more through sheer resourcefulness and dogged determination. We were fortunate today to enjoy a fabulous presentation by Linda McGovern. Linda was introduced by Nancy Yurkovich and thanked by Kenny Chiu.
Many thanks to Dixie Tang who provided some Valentines candies, a Chinese New Year red envelopes, valentines napkins and red sprinkles in celebration of the Chinese New Year Feb 8th and the upcoming Valentines Day Feb 14th. Sgt. At Arms Harry Minci did a masterful job reaching into our jeans for some crisp $5 bills and Toonies. We were happy to see our visitors today, Lincoln Yeung, Tony and Nancy Yurkovich.
Feb 23 Rotary 111th Anniversary
On 23 February 1905, Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago. This was the first Rotary club meeting. They decided to call the new club “Rotary” after the practice of rotating meeting locations. Within five years clubs had formed across the country, from San Francisco to New York. Read history of Rotary International