For President's Night this year our Rotary Club is Goin' International
Thursday, September 22 at 6 pm at the Phoenix Lounge
Enjoy international cuisine and entertainment, trivia contest, wine raffle and silent auction.
Prizes will be awarded for best dressed from your country of origin or favourite vacation spot.
Proceeds will be used for International Projects.
Tickets $50
As club members, we can support the event by:
• Purchasing tickets
• Donating a bottle of wine
• Donating an item for the silent auction
In 1962, the Abbotsford Rotary club provided the funding for the first airshow at our airport. The event was called the Abbotsford Rotary Air Show.
Our connection to this internationally recognized community event run deep.
This year, the Air Show has asked our club to provide volunteers for Hanger 13 again.
For new club members (or old club members who have never participated) Hanger 13 is a nightly social event for all Air Show performers, ground crews and volunteers. Volunteers are need each night from Thursday Aug 11 until Sunday Aug 14.
Volunteers drive cars of performers, ground crew and volunteers to local hotels (no Langley hotels this year) while they enjoy Abbotsford hospitality. Later in the evening, we transport personnel to their hotels or billets.
A shift typically runs from approximately 8:30 pm until 1:30 am
Volunteering for a shift requires that you consume no alcohol 24 hours before your shift and that you have a valid BC driver’s license and ICBC coverage. You will NOT be required to use your own car, although some club members prefer to do so and we are trying to arrange for that this year.
Club membership requires each of us to provide one community service volunteer experience each year and this event qualifies for that.
In addition, each club member who volunteers will get one club attendance make up AND the extremely valuable Presidential Pardon from the Sgt at Arms.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION OR CAN SERVE OUR CLUB AND COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING, PLEASE CONTACT BRUCE BECK AT bbb1771@shawbiz.ca directly.
Milt Walker has been nominated for the Director of Club Administration position on the Rotary Club of Abbotsford Board of Directors for the 2016-2017 Rotary year.
If you have questions about this nomination, please contact Sara Lawson, sara.lawson@dignitymemorial.com
You are invited to the Rotary (LEARNING) Leadership Institute - Mount Vernon detailed below.
Registration closes September 18th, so click here to register today.
We are offering RLI Parts 1, 2 and 3 at this opportunity.
The future dates for RLI are scheduled to be:
-November 19 – Surrey BC
-January 21 – Mount Vernon WA
-March 4 – Surrey BC
The Best Western has provided a “special Rotary rate” for the Friday night (and Saturday if you want to make a weekend out of it) at $119 USD plus taxes. If anyone is interested in staying there please call the hotel directly at 360-428-5678 and request the Rotary District 5050 rate.
With questions please contact Carol at Carol@Tichelman.com.
Event: Rotary Leadership Institute - Mount Vernon
Date: September 24, 2016 at 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Fee: $85.00 USD
Location: Best Western Skagit Valley Inn & Convention Centre
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2300 Market St.
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
United States
Rotary Leadership Institute
The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a series of fast-paced, interactive, one-day courses offered to refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their base of knowledge in Rotary. Courses are fun, topical, interactive, and geared toward busy business, professional and community leaders who want to be more effective leaders in their vocation and Rotary club and more knowledgeable Rotarians.
RLI is offered over 3 different sessions and at times a Graduate course is offered. Rotarians must take the sessions in order beginning with Part 1.
Registration is now open and will be closed September 18th
We would like to update our club directory with your photo and bio as soon as possible. This is one of the ways our club can get to know you and really assists new and long-time members with who's who in our club.
Could the following Rotarians please send me a headshot photo in jpeg format:
Janet Barrie and Greg Buck
Could the following Rotarians please send me a bio about themselves via email (no more than 2000 characters and there are some great examples in our online directory to view):
Janet Barrie and Harvey Goodwin
Please send your photo and/or bio to Stacey Irwin at sirwin@prospera.ca. I will happily update the directory on your behalf.
Please forward your ideas and speaker contact details to the Rotary Program Committee. Your assistance would be appreciated to help schedule upcoming programs for this Rotary year. Also, if there are suggestions to improve our programs, please let us know. Please reach out to Ingrid at iepp@thereach.ca or Marion at mmkeys@shaw.ca
Rotary International continues to work on branding and communication of our organization throughout the world. They are pushing for greater exposure within the press, radio, television and social media.
To this end, we would like to encourage all members to participate, with contribution, on our social media sites.
