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The Start: Laurie led the club in the singing of O Canada and Larry led the club in a moment of personal reflection.
Chair: Larry Beazley
Attendance: 56%
Fun Fines: Spring has sprung and Rotarians who did not do some form of yard work over the weekend were asked to fill up Al's cup.
Happy Mug: Keith, Ed, Kevin, Judy, Joanna, Brian
Guests:
- Jean Morris, Occupational Health Nurse at Colchester East Hants Health Authority - Colchester East Hants Health Authority
- Tom Savary, CIBC Commercial Banking and Agriculture
- Shane Crawford, Manager - Rogers Communications, CAB Chair - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Wendy Sampson, Senior Fundraising & Development Coordinator, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Rotarian Henk van Leeuwen, Halifax Harbourside & President of Easter Seals NS
- John MacDonald, Director of Development, Easter Seals NS, Early Start Program
- Trish McKinnon, Family of School Supervisor - CCRSB
- Mindy Leblanc, CHB Coordinator - Colchester East Hants Health Authority, Early Start Program
- Brenda Chisholm, The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul - Immaculate Conception Church
50/50 Draw: Brian Matthews brought the winning ticket forward, but the joker was still vacationing in France.
Health Updates: Barbie recently had eye surgery and is recovering and Judy will be having a knee replacement in the near future.
Club Notices:
Yearbook - Next meeting will provide an overview of the yearbook process as well as an introduction to the new online tools.
District Conference - Volunteers needed for selling balloons at gala, guides for Sugar Moon Farms / Jost trip, Meal line attendants, balloon inflators
Club - Seeking volunteer to replace Meg as luncheon speaker coordinator
Directors Meeting - May 3 at Ted's house in Little Dyke, all members are welcome to attend.
Program: Guest Presentations
JDRF Atlantic : Shane Crawford shared with the club how his son Jack was diagnosed Type 1 Diabetic in July 2013. Since then he and his family have been committed to JDRF in raising funds and awareness about this disease, in hopes that one day Jack will see a cure. JDRF’s research is committed to improving the lives of every person with T1D and to curing this disease. JDRF's research goals are realized by the projects being supported in three basic areas: Cure, Treat, Prevent, The $10,000 donation that the Rotary Club of Truro recently made will go toward clinical trials of a new encapsulation device. The small device would be implanted under the skin and would serve to regulate insulin production and allow patients to lead normal lives. Currently, Shane's son Jack needs to check his levels 10-15 times a day and it can be very difficult to manage. Jack is very hopeful that he will one day receive on of these new devices.
Early Years Program : Trish McKinnon and Mindy Leblanc spoke to the club about the Early Years program, funded by a number of community partners (NS Health Authority, CCRSB, Maggie's Place, NS Public Library, Centre for Active Living, Municipal Gov.) which targets 4 year olds who are heading to school and addresses common readiness skills. The project is already underway in Hilden and the principal of that school is "over the moon" with the results. A $9000 donation by the Rotary Club of Truro will help the program to expend to Bible Hill Central Elementary and help ensure the youth in our community have the skills they need to be successful in school.
Easter Seals : John MacDonald and Henk van Leeuwen were on hand to accept a $25,000 donation which will support much needed capital improvements at Camp Tidnish. Easter Seals is the umbrella organization responsible for the operation of Camp Tidnish which offers a barrier free camping experience for children with a variety of disabilities. Henk shared that use of the facility is up and continuing to increase, but the infrastructure is in need of improvement. Henk thanked the Rotary Club of Truro which has been a long time supporter of Camp Tidnish through several improvements to facilities as well as an ongoing sponsorship of a large number of campers each year.
Adjourned: 1:19pm
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As part of the distribution of the Bethel Trust, the Rotary Club of Truro made a donation of $25,000 to go towards capital improvements to Camp Tidnish.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a $9,000 contribution towards the Nova Scotia Health Authority Early Years Project. This is an early intervention program at two schools in the NOVA family of schools.
The club made a $2,000 donation from the Bethel Estate funds to the St. Vincent de Paul for their community assistance program. DG Jim Goit presented the cheque on behalf of the Club to Brenda Chisholm.