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Present two Rotarian guests from the ex Quadra Club, Frances Kototyluk and Vicente Asuncion. We also welcomed 2 guests who were part of the Strathcona basketball program and are now in University: Naomi Morcilla and Justine Zhang. We also had a past scholarship recipient, Julie Aguilar, who is studying to become an accountant.
As well as our guest speaker Ron Suzuki.
The 4 way test was recited by the entire club in perfect unison.
Rotary Moment:
John Haley told us how poverty in developing countries has gone down from 46% in 1990 to 40% today. Poverty is defined as those living with less than $1.25 per day.
He also reminded us about a project from the Gibsons Rotary club called "Roll the Hippo". These hippos are water rollers that help women and children in Africa (http://www.roll-a-hippo.com/Rotary). Our club has pledged 3 hippos, please contact John to make your pledges. Each hippo costs only USD150.
Announcements:
1) The seniors lunch will take place on December 13th at the Coast Plaza hotel. We expect 250 seniors to attend.
2) The 2016 edition of the Hoppathon will take place on June 4th. Please let Gary Chomyn know if you would like to be part of the committee.
3) We are still gathering donations for our Christmas raffle, our goal is to have $5K in ticket sales.
Our guest speaker was Ron Suzuki from the Strathcona basketball program. We presented them with the cheque with the funds from the Hoopathon.
Some of the highlights of his presentation were:
- They currently have 500 participants in the basketball program.
- It has now been 8 years that we have been supporting them.
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