The father of the family, Mohammed, is the store manager at Sobeys Foodland in Tatamagouche and was regrettably unable to come.
The children are Peace, age 7, who is the youngest of the family and is a Grade 2 student French Immersion student at Truro Elementary.
Eniola is 18 years old, graduated with Tobi this year from CEC. He is an IB student, basketball team player, long jump athlete and will be joining the Dalhousie Halifax team in Sept. Eniola and Tobi are both registered for science courses this fall at DalAC in Truro.
The family also has twins Omolola and Bisola who are Grade 9 students, and Biola who is in Grade 11. These three are booked for a camp sponsored by the Black Nova Scotia Assoc. during the meeting time so were not able to attend the meeting.
The Oshikoya children and mother Rasheeda all thanked for club our support and talked about how they had found a home in our community that offered them opportunities for a better life.
Keith Gillis thanked the Oshikoya family for coming to speak to the club.
The Oshikoya family also give the club a very touching thank you card.
Speaker: Rod Jones took the opportunity as Club Foundation Chair to talk about the Rotary Foundation and the impact it has had over the decades. The Foundation has contributed $47B in aid during its 100 year life. Over $87M was committed in 2018 alone.
This is all powered by donations from Rotarians such as us so it important to think about the RI foundation as our Charity. Rotarians in our district give over $250K annually to the RI Foundation.
Rod described the various methods of giving to the Foundation, the easiest being through the Rotary.org Website "Donate" button. As little as $100US per year will qualify a Rotarian to be a sustaining member.
He thanked members for their past contributions and while many members of club are already regular donors, some newer members may not know about it and he encourage everyone to ask if they would like more information.
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