ROTARACT CLUB OF TORONTO
Meeting #4 Agenda
August 20, 2012
@torotaract
Rotaract Club of Toronto
WELCOME – Members and Guests
Guest Speaker: Kurt Henry and Mickey Hutchinson, Life Experiences
GENERAL UPDATES
1. PPFP – Cheque Presentation
- GM: September 5th at 6:30 pm
- Followed by presentation on End Polio campaign updates by Bob Scott
2. Presenter and Campaign Training Session with d'Arcy Lunn
- Date & Time: Saturday 25 August afternoon session from 1pm to 5pm;
- Location: 211 Ontario office – Suite 220, 543 Richmond Street West
- Why: this is a great chance to go deeper into the topics and issues of extreme poverty and share how we
go about it with our presentations and campaigns - like The End of Polio and the Global Citizen initiative.
- Very limited spaces for this training so please RSVP directly at: darcy@globalpovertyproject.com
Specifically the session would cover:
- Global education, campaigns, advocacy, ambassadors and action
- ‘Your Story’ how to develop a major tool you have for engagement and action
- Presenting skills and style and our 1.4 Billion Reasons presentation
- How to answer the hardest FAQs on poverty related topics and issues
- General Q&A, tips, thoughts, tricks, trade of info and little bit of information and inspiration
3. End Polio Now – Dinner
- Hosted by the Rotary Club of Montreal: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:00 to 10:00 p.m
- Montreal Chinese Community & Cultural Center: 1088 rue Clark, Montreal, QC H2Z 1K2
- Featured Speakers:
The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, Former Prime Minister of Canada and polio survivor, Paul Beaulieu – Master
of Ceremonies and Rotary International Coordinator Zone 24 East, Wilfrid J. Wilkinson – Chairman, The
Rotary Foundation, Robert S. Scott – Chairman, Rotary's International PolioPlus Committee,
d'Arcy Lunn – The Global Poverty Project and The End of Polio campaign, Ramesh Ferris – Canadian
polio survivor and Rotarian
- Price: $75.00 per person – RSVP: by August 25, 2012 to Manon Lennon, District 7040 Polio Plus
Committee Chair manonlennon@videotron.ca Phone (514)-862-2392
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
1. RCT Golf Tournament
- 1 more volunteers needed!
- all day event 10 am to 10 pm – dinner will be provided: Thursday, August 23rd
2. District Rotaract Committee
- Representative needed! Eric M. has kindly volunteered to be our club’s representative. Thanks, Eric!
- Responsibilities: 1) To represent their home club ; 2) Increase and promote communication and resources
between the clubs and the District , and 3) And to help organize District-wide Rotaract events
- email netila.demneri@gmail.com by Tuesday, August 21st if interested
3. Call for Committee Members
Each Director will have their own subcommittee, such as: Communications, Club Services, International
Service, Community Service and Professional Development. We highly encourage you to participate!
- International Service: Aislynn aislynn.austin@gmail.com; Community Service: Maria maria.shibaeva@alumni.utoronto.ca; Club Service: Neisely - neiselyeugene@hotmail.com; Professional
Development: Ben - benjamin.sinclair@rogers.com; Communications: Andrea - anget09@gmail.com
PROJECT UPDATES
Community Service - Director: Maria
● AFCY Centennial Project
- September 4th meeting to discuss projects/involvement for the year
● Service Projects for the Year
- Update: results of brainstorming discussion groups
International – Director: Aislynn
● CraftingKind Jewelry
- Pathways to Literacy program with CRCID - for kids education in El Salvador!
- Necklaces, earrings, bracelets for $20 each - Email craftingkind@gmail.com to place order
● Rotary-UN Day
- 168 tickets left for Rotaractors worldwide - 6 Club members registered so far. Registration cost is $25.00
USD.
- information package from Aislynn is coming
Club Service - Director: Neisely
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Members survey
- Please fill out the members survey in case you have not done so already
- New members: please fill out your survey in your member package
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Fellowship Club Social
- August 19th at 1 pm at Esplanade
- With Rotaractor from Lithuania
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CNE - Club Social
- Thursday, August 23rd at 6/6:30 pm at Wine Garden in CNE
- Tickets $5 – join us for tons of fun rides and delicious food (crispy cream burgers. Tiny toms, deep
fried ice cream etc) and bring your loonies and toonies for games! Please email Chialing at
chialingku@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
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Annual Club Retreat
- September 8th at 1pm, Toronto Centre Island
- there will be team building exercises, scavenger hunts, food, drinks and lots of fun
- optional evening social
-e-mail Neisely at neiselyeugene@hotmail.com if you would like to help plan the event and if you
would like to attend.
Communications – Director: Andrea
● We will be putting the members' vocation/professional interest as a general post on our website to
facilitate professional networking within the Club members
● Updates: Twitter: 307 Followers, Facebook Page: 151 Likes, Website Views to Date: 8, 759, Top
Country Views this Month: Canada, the USA, and Germany
● Upcoming conferences:
o Ontario Rotaract Conference – October 13-15. Registration cost is $50-75 CAD (not including
hotel and food). Stay tuned for details.
o Rotary District Conference – October 19-21. Registration cost is $299; however, we will be
receiving subsidy, so please stay tuned in order to find out the final cost. We are receiving
$500 from our sponsor club and some subsidy from the District as well.
Professional Development – Director: Ben
● Upcoming guest speakers
o Many club members will be our featured guest speakers at our next few meetings. Look forward to
hearing from Faiyyad, Felix and Jana (hopefully!)
Treasurer/Secretary – Directors: Andrei/Katie
Member dues: Member dues are payable to “Rotaract Club of Toronto” via cheque or cash only
Treasurer: Finance update
Rotary News:
Rotary Club of Toronto Luncheon: Friday, August 24th from 12-1:15 pm to celebrate their donation of $100,000 to
Youth Employment Services and to listen to their guest speaker Zach Paikin, a Political Activist. We will split the cost
of tickets! Please e-mail netila.demneri@gmail.com if interested.
Rotaract News:
Good Bye Pârty for Shelly! Saturday August 25: 7 PM - Korean Village, 628 Bloor West; 9ish PM - XOXO Karaoke, 693
Bloor West, 11ish PM - whatever we feel like
Guest Speaker: Kurt Henry, Life Experiences
Experience Life was established in 2007 and was supported by the Ontario government for 2 years as a pilot project.
This non-profit organization provide young boys and men with life experiences like leadership skills, professional
development opportunities and offering a positive male role model to help them develop into well-rounded men.
Currently, Life Experiences offers two programs: 1) ROPE (Right of Passage Experience) a 13-week program for 13-18
year old boys to provide life experiences; 2) ROPE Alumni is a program that provides ongoing support for ROPE
graduates and the program connects alumni’s with professionals in the community.
We could potentially bring alumni’s to our meetings or have our members present on their professionals at one of their
weekly Saturday evening meetings at Kingsview Public School. Some members also suggested that we invite them to
some of our volunteering initiatives in the city as a way to socialize with our members and to contribute to their
community.
The program is launching again on September 15, 2012 and will welcome new students based on their current referral
process. Students look forward to an established curriculum that focuses on helping students with learning about their
identity, responsibilities and the role they play in their family. Life Experiences organizes activities to help build selfesteem and also provide parenting skills sessions to parents to teach them the necessary tools to help raise their
children. Mickey mentioned that the most difficult challenge their organization faces is the parent-child conflict. Many
of their enrolled students come from single-parent homes and do not have positive male role models in their lives.
Currently, 40 percent of the students have graduated high school and are pursuing post-secondary education. The
other 60 percent are working towards attaining their high school diploma and looking forward to applying for
University or College.
Our club engaged in a lengthy question and answer period and seemed to be very interested in bringing in some of
these young men to our meetings or events. Thanks to Kurt for being a trailblazer in his community and speaking to us
about his work.