Guest
Capt Jeff Arkell from The Salvation Army
Announcements
- Golf Update: We hope to have a final tally on Golf revenues very shortly.
- Joan will update our member’s list with names, addresses and phone numbers.
- Joan thanked the Club members for their support during her two year reign as President. More thanks to come at the Change-Over Dinner next Wednesday, 26 June at Beyond The Pale at 6:00 pm. Please let Joan know if you will be attending the dinner.
- Lebanese Festival – July 17 – 21/2019: Sam has arranged for us to share a tent at the Lebanese Festival to promote our club. We will display our banner, hand out pamphlets and perhaps have a raffle. We will need members to man the table.
- National Car Show on 28 July 2019 at Wesley Clover Park we are responsible for serving the alcohol. If you do not have your Smart Serve yet and you are planning to help out at the show, you need to get your Smart Serve ASAP!
- We would like to take this opportunity to recognize Ian and Monique Warrack as valued Rotarians for the many years they have been active members.
Happy Bucks
President Joan collected our happy bucks.
50/50
Sam’s number drawn once again but no luck winning the pot.
Guest Speaker
Captain Jeff Arkell – Ottawa Flood Response 2019
First, Capt Jeff gave us a quick update on the Christmas Kettle Campaign. It was a very successful campaign, raising $73,000. He thanked the Club for helping out.
Flood Response:
The Salvation Army was present at three sites:
Cumberland
Britannia
Constance Bay
Salvation Army food trucks came from Orillia, Oshawa, Brampton, Peterborough and Ottawa.
20,000 meals were provided and 40,000 snacks and drinks were distributed.
There were 300 volunteers on the sites and over 6000 volunteer hours were accumulated.
Captain Jeff was part of the Emotional and Spiritual Care Team.
