Events

Sunday Agyekum, is a Rotarian from Ghana, West Africa. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Cape Coast Central, District 9102. He was born in Ghana on 18^th March, 1983 and he is the oldest of six. He has a wife, Ellen and they’re expecting to welcome their first child in October this year. He is actually a boy and his name is Amiyine which means “He knows God”

Sunday migrated to Canada, January this year as a Permanent Resident to join his wife who is a Licensed Practical Nurse at the Moncton City Hospital. Prior to his coming to Canada, he worked as the Corporate Affairs Manager of Groupe Nduom, a multi-national company with over 50 companies in Ghana, Togo, Liberia, UK and the United States.

Sunday holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Studies from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana but for a fresh and humble beginning with his new life in Canada, he decided to go back to school to attain some Canadian Education. He is currently reading two programs; Supply Chain and Logistics at Eastern College and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management at Crandall University, both in Moncton.

Sunday has been a Rotarian for the past 4 years and for 3 consecutive years, he was the Director of Public Image for the Rotary Club of Cape Coast Central from 2015 to 2018. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and has attended 4 District Conferences and two International Conventions; South Korea 2016 in Seoul and Toronto, 2018.

Come out to a Rotary Social gathering and meet some Rotarians from around the Maritimes who are in town for the Rotary Leadership session on Satruday.  7:00 pm in the private dining room at the Glengarry.  Bring a friend.

The Club Holiday Social (8:00 pm) will immediately follow the December Director's meeting (7:00 pm) on December 4th.  You are welcome to come to one or both.

Bring along your favourite snack, finger food or hors d'oeuvre to share. Try to think of something that does not require the oven if possible. Beverages will be provided. Bring your partner or a friend (if you can) and help us launch the holiday season!

Always a good time!

COME JOIN US FOR SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER!

Price for Breakfast/Brunch Buffet

• Adults $17.50 
• Kids (5 - 12)  $8.75 
• Kids 4 and under FREE
• These price includes tax and gratuity
• Payment can be made to Judy at club meetings 

Breakfast/Brunch starts at sharp 10 am/Santa arrives at 11 a.m./Christmas songs etc

There will be gifts from Santa for children 12 and under

Please send names and ages of children to Judy as soon as possible.

Leslie Wilson is President and General Manager of Ski Wentworth. She’s also co-chair of Kerr Controls and on the management team at Wilsons Fuel. She sits on the boards of the Atlantic Snow Resorts Association and the Canadian Ski Council.

Leslie graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in physical and health education, and followed that up with a journalism degree from Humber College. Before hitting the slopes, she established her journalism career at the Truro Daily News before moving on to positions at CBC, Global, the National Sport Centre in Calgary and the Calgary Sun.

Leslie has been inducted into the Colchester County Sport Hall of Fame, for her achievements in Track and Field. She’s also in the University of Toronto Sport Hall of Fame and was Nova Scotia female athlete of the year in 1986. 

Lesley’s father Dave is recipient of the Rotary Club’s 2014-2015 Community Service Award. The Wilson family has always been great supporters of Rotary.

Warren and Andrea Manthorne will tell us about the wooden ships and boats they are bulding in Upper Onslow at the Eye and Batten Wooden Boatworks. Warren and Andrea have lived in Truro for about 27 years. Warren is from the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia (Seal Harbour, Guys. Co) and  Andrea is from St. John's NL. They have been building boats together for about 28 years and Warren has been building them since the young age of 13. Boat building has been in his family for at least 7 generations. 

You'll be surprised about the size of their operation right in our community.  Using traditional medhods, they are working on 2 schooners presently, their largest project is the 23-metre schooner Lena Blanche.

Terry Thorsen is a mathematics teacher retired from Cobequid Educational Center who now has the time to revisit his youthful pursuits of hiking, biking, canoeing and skiing. Since retiring he has walked the Camino Santiago, hiked the Grand Canyon from rim to rim, learned how to skate ski, walked Hadrian's Wall with his wife Patricia, and most recently completed a roadtrip across North America in a van that he converted himself.

Kathie Sutherland and Craig Miller have lived in Truro for 35 years and raised 4 children here. Craig retired in 2010 from the Nova Scotia Agriculture College, where he taught Soil Science. Kathie worked at Maggie’s Place Family Resource Centre, developing and facilitating prenatal and parent education programs.

Shared interests in travel and the enjoyment of walking led them to the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain. They walked a partial Camino (Astorga to Palas de Rey) in 2012. In 2013 they walked from St. Jean-Pied de Port, France to Burgos and in 2014 they filled in the gaps to complete the Camino. Since then they walked several side trails in France and Spain. In 2017 they participated in Camino Nova Scotia, a walk from Mahone Bay to Halifax.

Two words that Debbie Adams uses to describe herself is “workaholic and reluctant entrepreneur”. Losing her career as a solider because of vision loss was devastating and in spite of graduating from university with distinction at age 46, employers were still not willing to employ her. So, she did the one thing she had control over – she hired herself.

Debbie is not only the owner of PeopleCan Training in Lower Sackville, she also teaches other entrepreneurs to learn the lessons that she had to learn the hard way. She helps small businesses become profitable sooner and profitable again with her practical lessons that she earned at the school of hard knocks. She loves to talk about the elephant in the room – unconscious bias against making money.

Debbie may live with disabilities but she doesn’t let that slow her down. In 2016, she was chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year.  She is also a 3 time published author. Debbie travels the country speaking to people about tough topics like money, change and entrepreneurship. When she isn’t working, she enjoys connecting with her roots in the great outdoors. She is a Newfoundlander at heart but lives in Nova Scotia with her daughter Alyssa.