In view of the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 virus, our club has decided to suspend its weekly Monday noon meetings until the end of April. We can still be reached through our Contact Us menu item.
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Rotarian Mandy Hicks from the Rotary Club of Kelowna Ogopogo was our featured speaker on Monday 16 March. She told us about the Early Childhood Stimulation Programs in Honduras, which have helped 450 children in the Las Cuesta region to improve their lives and education opportunities through training in nutrition, health, playful behaviour, and parenting skills. The program has been successful in training Mother Helpers, and is now self-sustaining, making an opportunity for Rotary to develop the program in other areas of Honduras.
Healthy Lifestyle Coach Chris Johnson holds two of several vaping products she brought to our meeting on Monday 9 March. Chrissy spoke about the dangers of vaping citing the high nicotine content of all the products and its addictive qualities. She emphasized that vaping is anything but harmless, but that, sadly, more and more young people are trying it, egged on by big tobacco interests.
Our guest speaker on Monday 10 February was Carmen Massey, Project Manager of Tsutsweye, the Women's Entrepreneur & Innovation Network. The group's goal is to support entrepreneurship in the community. It provides support for women entrepreneurs to build skills, knowledge and networks and to improve and support women's business in the Shuswap.
Newest member, Andrea Horton, receives her pin and name badge from Membership Chair Maureen McTavish. Andrea, Publisher of The Observer, was installed on Monday 3 February.
New member Andrea Horton is all smiles as she is surrounded by Maureen McTavish and President Christina Lutterman.
Mirella Ramsey presented the Mirella Project to members on Monday 20 Jan. The project's goal is to "build more eco-friendly communities around the world by bringing people together for the common cause of saving our environment." She leads a group of seven enthusiastic, dedicated young people, who are committed to the protection of the environment in the areas of education, habitat, industry, renewable energy, plastics, waste management and local food. She has all sorts of ideas and ways we can all participate in the movement and spoke passionately for the cause.
Transitions Foundation in Guatemala operates a well-equipped workshop to manufacture new wheelchairs and repair or modify existing ones. This operation employs six to 10 technicians, mostly disabled, and builds rugged chairs well suited for the tough terrain of Guatemala. In December our club sent $4,000 US to Transitions to assist with the cost of shipping used wheelchairs and medical and rehabilitation equipment.
