The Rotary Minute was about a former member of our Rotary Club, Stewart Hickey. He bought the Crowell's business downtown. He brought a lot of business to Cape Breton through his work on a provincial body.
4) Visiting Rotarians
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5) Visiting Rotaract / Interact Students
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6) Guests of Rotarians
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7) Happy Fines / Sad Fines
Brandon (Happy Fine) - this summer, he went on a vacation where his parents got re-married.
8) Committee Reports
50/50
- Hoyles picked the Queen of Spades
Fab Feb
- tickets now available
- draw date is January 14, 2020
RHS Interact Club
- Bob is going to first Interact meeting at RHS tomorrow.
- The club was involved with the Caleb's Courage fundraiser last week.
Conference Committee
- meeting this Wednesday
- Committee wants our Club to provide a contact person for fundraising and sponsorships for the Conference
- as our Club is sharing in hosting this year's Conference, Committee will be seeking up to $2,000.00 from our Club. Bob will prepare and send in the request form. Bob is the head of the Youth Committee. Hoping to remove the cap to welcome more students.
9) Other Business
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10) Secretary's Report
- John and Irene had an anniversary this week
- Dave and Sharon had an anniversary last weekend
11) Area Governor's Report
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12) President's Report
- Mattress Project
for International Students
there is a meeting tomorrow with the Salvation Army to see if we can partner with them
- Directors' Meeting
this Thursday at 6pm at Boston Pizza
- Rotarians in the Community
nice to see Rotarians at the Parkinsons Walk
13) Guest Speaker
-Brad Jacobs, of the Hospital Foundation
- he began by thanking our Club for our support over the years
- provided overview of the new Cancer Centre, which will be a new building located at the back of the hospital. ~65,000 square feet
- plan for construction to begin next summer/fall and be complete in 2023
- they are going to run a 5 year fundraising campaign
- he asked that we each go online and fill out the survey there at: http://cancercb.ca
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