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Action Against Hunger Canada
Attendees:  Sixteen including two guests, Danny Glenwright, our Guest Speaker and Mike Conway from the Agincourt Rotary Club.
 
Announcements
  1. International Services Team meeting after the Club luncheon - Gerd
  2. CYVS Team meeting after the Club luncheon – Donna
  3. The following were made by Basil:
  • February is designated the Peace & Conflict resolution Month. Feb 23rd is the 112th anniversary of Rotary. Join us for Pub Night in Ballantrae on Thursday Feb 16th at the Coach House Pub; we’ll be celebrating Rocco’s birthday. Please bring canned goods for a local food bank.
  • Board meeting at Dave Hardy’s on Thursday Feb 2nd.
  • Focus will be on getting the Interact Club up and running next week
  • $1000 collected from the Christmas Card Fund to support Toronto City Mission
  • Roaring Rotarian Beer fundraiser on hold as branding concerns are worked out between Peterborough Rotary Club, Publican House & Rotary Intl. Visit the Beer Store website to view available inventory – look under “Publican”.   
  • We need to focus on membership – please tap into your networks to see if someone might be interested in joining our club 
 
Other:
  • Saifoo distributed gifts to everyone in honor of the Chinese New Year – xie-xie!
  • James (SAA) fined all those who were not wearing their Rotary pins then proceeded to collect happy bucks as follows:
    • Maddy: for her daughter’s fourteenth birthday tomorrow
    • Gerd: for the opportunity to fly seven cats to safety last week
    • James: proud to be a member of our Club but especially proud to be a Canadian
 
Maddy introduced Danny Glenwright, the Executive Director of Action Against Hunger Canada (AAH). This is a humanitarian organization that was founded in France forty years ago and is active in 45+ countries. Their vision is to have a world without hunger. Noting that more than 3M children die of malnutrition annually, AAH specializes in addressing hunger and its underlying causes. Core areas of focus are:
  • Nutrition & Mental Health
  • Food Security & Livelihoods
  • Water & Sanitation & Disaster Risk Management
  • Advocacy & Awareness
 
Danny discussed his trip to West Pokot, Kenya in December 2016. This trip focused on Maternal & Child Healthcare, Mother to Mother Support Groups, Men’s Talk (Discussion) Support and the Lokitedel Garden Project that promotes fruit tree farming and garden growing.
 
Presentation: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39890853/Rotary.pptx
 
Gordon thanked Danny for a very informative presentation and presented him with a certificate from Operation Eyesight.
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