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BULLETIN - FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2018
 
There were lots of interesting Announcments and Happy Bucks at this meeting. If you weren't present, catch up on everything here.
 
 
 
 
Special congratulations to Ron Newton for reaching 65 years as a Rotarian! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today’s Program – August 17, 2018
“Happy Tails” from the Guelph Humane Society, presented by Deborah Lobbezoo and Alyson Reynolds. 125 years old in Guelph, this registered charity continues to provide care and shelter for an average of 3,000 animals each year, with some new and innovative programs to match today’s needs.
Scroll down for the report. 
 
Next Week's Program – August 24, 2018
Will not be held at the ICC! Instead, we'll meet in the big tent at Ribfest in Riverside Park. Here’s the link to print your coupon for $3 off a half rack dinner. 
 
Upcoming Events
 
Tuesday, September 4 at 6pm – Budget Proposal meeting for committees to put forward their funding requests to our Board for this Rotary year. Location to be advised.
 
Wednesday, September 12 at 6pm – Rotary Club of Guelph’s BBQ at Bob Ireland’s home. Purchase your $15 tickets from Ruth Thatcher.
 
Today’s Guests
Greeter Peggy Curry welcomed 3 guests today:
 
Deborah Lobbezoo– guest speaker, Guelph Humane Society, Director of Development
Alyson Reynolds– guest speaker, Guelph Humane Society, Assistant Manager 
Bill Winegard– son of Bill Winegard Sr.
 
Announcements
 
Paul Dredge explained the change for today’s program. Matthew Webster was scheduled to give his classification talk today, but Matthew's and Melissa’s twin babies arrived prematurely and both of Matthew’s hands are full. Little Maddox and Olive are healthy but need to grow a bit before they can come home. 
 
Paul Dredge reminded members about Rotary Guelph South club’s annual rummage sale, “Junk in the Trunk”, to raise funds for the birthing clinic they support in Haiti.  The sale takes place on Sunday, August 26, from 7am to 11am, at the Hammond Manufacturing Parking Lot (Edinburgh and Speedvale). Register here to participate as a seller and de-clutter as you’ve been meaning to. Or just come along and browse for hidden treasures to support this good cause. 
 
Roger Garriock asked everyone to please complete their sale of “Beer For A Year” raffle tickets and return their ticket book stubs and payments to him by Friday, August 24. The draw for winners takes place on Sunday, August 26, at 5pm at Ribfest in Riverside Park. Many thanks to all for selling tickets. The proceeds will benefit the Food4Kids weekend food program that all four Rotary Guelph clubs are supporting.
 
Terrie Jarvis gave an update on Food4Kids in Guelph. They moved into new premises this past week, at 404 York Road. Next week, on Wednesday, a professional company will record video at the new location for a two-minute promo as one of the top five finalists in the Oaktree contest which has a grand prize of $25,000. All five videos will go online for the public to vote on who should win the grand prize. Meanwhile, preparations are well underway for restarting this weekend food program when schools return after Labour Day. This week, Rotary Clubs from Orangeville asked us to share information about our Guelph program, as they are also interested in providing weekend food bags to children needing support in Orangeville. 
 
Nanita Mohan reported on the India Book Drive, a project of our World Community Service committee. Their target is to collect 1,000 books for the community being support in India. 400 books are already in hand, and another 400 may come through a teacher at College Heights.  Through Rotary contacts in Brampton, Fedex has donated a shipping crate for the books and also offered a good discount on the shipping cost.  Please contact Nanita if you can help source good books for children. 
 
Trevor Reid reminded all members about paying their annual club membership dues, and thanked those who have already done so.
 
There's still time to volunteer for Ribfest. Contact Darlene Carpenter or register online here.  
 
Happy Bucks
 
Clay Switzer, describing himself as a basically happy guy, was particularly happy about several things. He’d easily sold his full set of 10 tickets for the Beer For A Year raffle and encouraged others to do the same.  Last weekend, his only granddaughter got married in Toronto. It was a wonderful event and all his family was there, including his oldest grandson and his wife who arrived on their bicycles from Brooklyn, NY!  They had got married last August, quit their jobs in September, and started touring the US by bike, riding from New York to Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and Seattle, where they got on a plane and flew to Japan for two and half months of touring by bike there, arriving back in the States in June of this year. In September, they rode their bikes up to Canada to Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa, and arrived in Toronto in time for their cousin’s wedding. Clay is happy that they are safe and sound after all this adventuring.  Lastly, Clay is happy for his youngest son who has been promoted to Dean of the College for Social Science at The American University in Cairo. He and his wife were in Toronto for the summer for happy family reunions. 
 
Peggy Curry is happy about her mum celebrating her 96th birthday!
 
Ab Moore is happy to have ended a three month saga completing 13 files and answering 16 detailed questions regarding our grant application to support projects in Cameroon. After submitting all the above, RI responded very quickly that our grant is approved!
 
Judith Martin bravely ‘fessed up that she had to “eat crow” regarding her 20 year old son’s career. After berating him many times over the years for spending too much time on video games instead of other priorities, and telling him “You’ll never get a job playing video games” he now has a job in that very field. As a video game expert, he has become a “video game caster” and commentator for Pro League video game tournaments (similar to being a sports caster). This freelance work will soon take him to Montreal, to Austin, Texas, and to Valencia in Spain, all expenses paid plus daily salary. Judith says this is his dream job, and she is reminded of the career advice she has often given to him and others: Find what you love doing, and then find someone to pay you for doing it. She is really happy for her son!  
 
Liz Cooney is happy to be back in Guelph after a trip to the UK. She is grateful that she and Brad missed the incident last week near the Westminster Houses of Parliament, when a suspected terrorist intentionally drove into a group of pedestrians and cyclists before ramming into a security gate. Liz and Brad had been in that very spot just days before.
 
Brian Martin mentioned the coincidence of bumping into David Worthen at Starbucks last week. At that very moment in Brian’s story, all the lights suddenly went out at the ICC!  Rotarians were ever quick to comment:  “You brought the house down with your comments, Brian” and “That was a very impactful story, Brian”.  Aaahhhh … Rotarians!
 
Rotary Anniversaries
Ron Newton is celebrating 65 years as a Rotarian! 30 years with the Armour Heights Rotary Club in Toronto, 20 years with the Etobicoke Rotary Club, and 15 years with the Guelph Rotary Club. Wow. CONGRATULATIONS, RON!  You’re a hard act to follow.
 
Rotary Birthdays
Cyndy Forsyth - August 13
Rosemary Clark - August 16
 
Head Table
Michael von Keitz– introduced by Mahmud Hassein in 2018, with the classification Legal Services
Joanna Penfold– introduce by Terrie Jarvis in 2017, with the classification Education Business
Alyson Reynolds– guest speaker from the Guelph Humane Society
Paul Dredge– Club president, introduced by Don Parr in 1996, with the classification Real Estate-Commercial
Deborah Lobbezoo– guest speaker from the Guelph Humane Society
Helmuth Slisarenko– introduced by Bill Bell in 1996, with the classification Automobile Service Station
 
Sergeant At Arms
As usual, SSA Bev Trist-Stewart had a number of funny fines to raise funds for Polio Plus. You had to be there.
 
 
 
 
 
Presentation:
Happy Tails, from the Guelph Humane Society (GHS)
 
Helmuth Slisarenko introduced our speakers from the Guelph Humane Society - Deborah Lobbezoo, Director of Development, and Alyson Reynolds, Assistant Manager, as co-presenters today.
 
The Guelph Humane Society is 125 years old this year, making it the second oldest humane society in Canada. It’s a registered charity that relies solely on donations to operate, and it cares for some 3,000 animals per year.
 
Our speakers provided an informative presentation interspersed with heartwarming stories (“Happy Tails”) about successful outcomes for animals helped by GHS.  
 
They outlined the broad mandate of the GHS including the housing of stray and unwanted animals, managing lost & found services, care of animals removed from owners for cruelty and neglect, animal adoptions, and more. 
 
Their highest priority for funding includes purchase of high quality food for animals in their care, preventative care such as flea and tick mediation, vaccinations, spaying/neutering, diagnostics (blood work, x-rays), etc. Flexible funding is also necessary to respond to emergencies, such as large scale surrenders.
 
GHS also has some innovative new programs that the public is less aware of.  
 
Humane Education programs for children are important and a lot of fun, focusing on responsible pet ownership, animal safety, and compassion. Weekday Junior Humane Club, PA Day programming, Birthday Parties, March Break and Summer Day camps are held at GHS. It’s a good way for children to truly understand the long-term responsibility of pet ownership. After spending a day or a week cleaning out litter boxes, picking up poop, walking and brushing dogs, etc., some kids realize that owning a pet is not for them. 
 
A newer program is Pets in Transition.  In collaboration with Community Veterinary Outreach and Women in Crisis, GHS arranges for confidential foster care for the pets of women and children fleeing violence.
 
GHS also does triage for injured wildlife and collaborates with various rehab centres, such as the one for turtles in Peterborough.
 
After many years in its present location, which is now too small for this community’s needs (as well as the city wanting the space back), GHS will be moving into new premises to be built near the Hanlon & Laird intersection, backing onto protected green space.  The building has been designed by architect David McAuley, and the staff are looking forward to housing animals in more spacious, better designed cages, to reduce the animals’ stress levels.  
 
Deborah and Alyson concluded their presentation by saying this:
 
Animals add invaluable benefits to people’s lives. It has been said that the greatness of a community is reflected by its treatment of animals. 
 
We couldn’t agree more.
 
Michael von Keitz thanked Deborah and Alyson for their wonderful presentation, and presented a certificate of appreciation to them.  
 
 
 
50/50 Draw
Won by Jim Anderson