Meeting Date: Mar. 31, 2025 at the Anglican Parish Hall. After a wonderful turkey dinner prepared by the ACW, Kees started the meeting by thanking the ladies in the kitchen
Correspondence:
- A very nice thank you card from Elaine Bolohan for the second Paul Harris Fellow Pin
- Letters from East Kent Celebrates requesting contribution for helping run the summer concerts
- A newsletter and request for funding from the CK Hospice Foundation requesting a contribution to help run the Hospice
- The next Directors’ meeting will deal with these two requests
Program: Kees introduced our speaker Beatrice Gideon, on her Chicken project in Kenya
- The chicken raising project is in Mbusyani, Kenya
- It started in Oct. 26th, 2024 with a $1390 CAD grant from our club
- The aim is to boost the income for local families allowing for egg and poultry sales
- It started with the construction of a sturdy and efficient chicken coop safe from animals
- They collected the building materials from around the area
- This was for the foundation and bricks, made locally for walls, wire mesh for the windows and roofing
- There are two areas, one for the chicken and one for the chicks
- The outdoor and inside walls are plastered
- There will be a system for the 150 layers, to be delivered in April 2nd
- Beatrice gave us a full budget breakdown, noting that they spent $479 CAD more than the club gave them
- The next step will be to purchase the chicks and the poultry feeding machine
- Future plans are to make it one of the largest such operations in the region
- It will benefit and improve the livelihood of as many families as possible
- It will be run by a group in the area with the coop built near the school
- They will get training from the government
- Beatrice thanked the club for all of our encouragement and financial support
- In answer to a question, the hope is that other communities may use this project as a guide to set up their own
- There are no Rotary clubs anywhere in the region, the nearest perhaps 600 miles away
- Once each chicken has produced 300 eggs, they will then be made into soup
- Several good suggestions were made, such as controlling lice in the chickens
Committees:
a) Bob: Car Show + 150 Anniversary July 13, 2025
- Paper work is started
- No luck so far in getting a “special Car” for the show
b) David B: Pancake Breakfast
- April 5, 2025
- bulk of planning & execution will be carried out by the scouts, with support by the Rotary in terms of “manpower” on the day of the breakfast
- The tables will be set up at 7:00 am
- David is sending out a sign-up sheet for members to help
c) Brian: Easter Egg Hunt
- April 19, 2025
- Not much change
- still need more toys, which Brian is looking after
- People are dropping off toys at the Independent
d) David Brian: About PELS Training in Kalamazoo for President 2025-2026
- Henny, Kees and David went to the “President Elect Learning Seminar”
- The theme was “Unite for Good”
- It was in Kalamazoo Michigan with 7 districts taking part from Indiana Michigan and Ontario
- Participants received a training booklet
- The key focus was on planning from now until June 30th
- Highlight focus was on membership growth, since our district has lost 20 members over the past several years.
d) David B: District Assembly, April 12th
- Hopefully each club will bring 2 members
- David B is going and hopes another club member will go
e) David B: A new single mother new to town with a young daughter in Cubs
- The mother cannot afford many of the costs for her daughter and Henny is hoping that the club can give her some funds
- The club will give her $300 to help keep her daughter in Cubs
Spring Fling: Thursday, April 3, 2025 - Dresden Wheelhouse - 6:30 - 9:00 pm
- Carpooling for Spring Fling
- We have 18 members and spouses going
ShelterBox: Kees brought up the great need in Myanmar
- It is one of the poorest countries affected by the recent earthquake
- Henny pointed out that it is a line item in our budget
Sergeant-at-Arms: David K: 50-50 and Happy Bucks:
- Paul $2 for Happy Buck since he is over the stomach flu
- Kees won the 50-50
Leader Kees asked if there was “Anything for the good of Rotary?”
Leader Kees closed the meeting at 8:00 pm
The next meeting is on: April 14, 2025, Speaker Jeff Geddes
The theme for the 2024-25 Rotary year is “The Magic of Rotary”
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