banner
Upcoming Events
Speakers - Kim Moldowan & Constable Justin Lee
Richmond Nature Park
Feb 24, 2016
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Board Meeting
Accents Inn Vancouver Airport
Mar 10, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
St Patrick's Day Luncheon
Hilton Vancouver Airport
Mar 16, 2016
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Speaker - Greg Brady
Hilton Vancouver Airport
Mar 30, 2016
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Board Meeting
Accents Inn Vancouver Airport
Apr 14, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Links
Rotary International News
District news
Meet Our members
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
Sage

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     
Change of Venue Today
Richmond Nature Park
Kinsmen Pavilion
12:15 - 1:30pm
11851 Westminster Hwy
Richmond, BC V6X 1B4
(map)

Feb 17 & 24 Change Venue

 
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

The first four Rotarians (from left): Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul P. Harris, circa 1905-12.
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