Canadian Blood Services

Rotary Club of North Scarborough
Rotateller for August 13, 2014 

Hailu Mulatu of Canadian Blood Services

President Madhavi opened the meeting
Anthem:     Arthur Retnakaran
Grace:         Dave Hardy
Toast to the Queen, Canada and Rotary – President Madhavi
Attendance: 19 including 2 guests 
Guests: James Burchell and our speaker Hailu Mulatu

(During our lunch Madhavi showed photos of the party last Saturday)

Announcements: 
·    Gordon announced that there will be a Group One meeting at his house on Monday 18th as the meeting scheduled for last Monday 11th had to be postponed.    
·    Dave Hardy advised that there will be a Scarborough community meeting on September 30th hosted by our Club.  Agincourt Club is hosting one on September 23rd and Twilight at a date to be determined.    
·    President Madhavi announced that 31 people attended the President’s Party / Dockside Party / Backyard BBQ. Everyone had a great time and $1,330 was raised for ‘Because I’m A Girl’.    
·    Madhavi also announced that the joint Scarborough Clubs’ annual BBQ scheduled for August 23rd has been postponed indefinitely.  Also volunteers have been requested to help cook breakfast 6.30 to 8.30 on the mornings of September 15th to September 21st to feed volunteers at a Habit for Humanity site. She will be sending an e-mail with further details and anyone who wishes to volunteer should contact her.
      
Marbelous Draw: Rocco conducted the draw and our guest James drew the ticket which was claimed by Peter, but Peter couldn’t find the mutant marble – he was given $5 as a consolation.
Sergeant-At-Arms Basil asked for toonies from anyone who had been at the party. Quite a few donations were collected with comments such as “the food was absolutely incredible” (Gerd Wengler), “the ribs were better than any at our Ribfest” (Frank Allison). Kevin Manuel donated as he was in Kitchener and could not attend. Dhanni donated and announced that the hosts of the party were having birthdays today and tomorrow – Samir today and Madhavi tomorrow – a rendition of “Happy Birthday” followed. Basil stated that (in reference to a photo in Madhavi’s slide show) Dorothy could substitute him with a dummy!! Gordon donated as he was happy that those suffering from World Cup withdrawal can look forward to the start of the football (soccer) season starting in England and the rest of Europe this coming weekend.

Presentation from Canadian Blood Services Territory Manager Hailu Mulatu

Dhanni introduced our speaker today, Hailu Mulatu from Canadian Blood Services. He told us that this year 900,000 units of blood are needed. There are 422,000 active donors and the CBS goal is to attract 90,000 new donors. In 2016 their goal is to attract 100,000 new donors and have 500,000 active donors. He asked us to think about what we do in one hour – watch a favourite TV show, have a coffee with a friend etc. – it takes just an hour to donate blood as well. He then introduced us to Canadian Blood Services ‘Partners For Life’ Program whereby Rotary can ‘attract’ new blood donors. Details of the program and more information can be found at their website: www.blood.ca

A link to the recording of Hailu’s presentation follows at:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ez7sderyhvr2ng/Cdn%20Blood%20Services.MP3

Peter Masson thanked Hailu for his presentation and gave him a certificate from Operation Eyesight confirming the restoration of a lady’s eyesight in India.
There being no further business, President Madhavi closed the meeting.

Next week: Dr. William Chemiak to provide an update on the R.I. District Grant project in Uganda