Special Partner Event Assembly where we will Recognize donations for Project Echo

Rotarians, please bring your partner, your husbands and wives, to the meeting.

Enjoy a meal with your Valentine! 

We hope to have a great attendance for the Feb. 12 Assembly meeting as we will also be recognizing the donations for Project Echo.

Jan 22 Meeting

We enjoyed another meal and meeting at the Selkirk Golf and Country Club.

Next meeting, Feb 12 is Assembly & Project Echo Cheque Presentations!!!!

The Club was saddened to receive a letter from long time member Russell Skalesky.  Russell has decided it is time to retire from our Club. Wishing you all the the best, Russell!

Al Curtis ran the 50/50 draw.  President Lee's ticket was drawn, but did not pick the Ace and win the pot. Better luck next time! Pot was $86.

Sergeant at Arms Gayle Halliwell, acting on behalf of Rhonda Grochowski, did a bang up job fining everyone in attendance,

Rotarian Ron Knight introduced our guest of honor and recipient of the Vocational Award, Kelly Lewis.  Kelly is the owner of Packers Fashion, and is the past Chair of the Selkirk & District Community Foundation.  She is also the past Vice-chairperson of the Selkirk Food Bank and Chairperson Selkirk Biz.  As well as past board member of the Waterfront Development Corporation.  Kelly thanked the Club for the honor, and her parents for teaching her the importance of volunteerism in the community.  She also thanked her husband Larry for allowing her the time to volunteer and make this a better place to live, work and play.

To Selkirk Rotary Club Members:

I received this ... from Dave Bennet who is District council chair of the Rotary Friendship Exchange.    As I had offered to be his contact for our club, he is sending me all the info.  There are other exchanges he is working on such as Iceland, Texas, the Maritimes but this one is set.  If Rotarians are interested they can get in touch with me as I have applications forms, etc and the deadline is March 31/18 as you will see below.  These exchanges are a wonderful and I experienced that when I went to South Africa.  Rotarian Irwin Kumka and his wife Karen went to India a few years ago and they were treated like Royalty.

Thanks, Elaine

Dear Elaine Elliott,

ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO DISTRICT 3040 IN INDIA

Friendship Exchange is an international reciprocal exchange program for Rotarians, Rotarian Partners and Friends of Rotary that allows participants to take turns hosting one another in their homes and clubs. It provides the opportunity to experience other cultures and see the scope of Rotary in other countries. What a wonderful way to meet Rotarians from around the world.

This is a Call for Applications to join a Friendship Exchange team going to District 3040 in Central India early in 2019 with a team from 3040 returning to our District in summer 2019.

The dates are as follows, however there could still be a slight change of a day or two once the participants are selected. DO NOT BOOK ANY FLIGHTS UNTIL CONFIRMATION IS GIVEN.

Dist 5550 goes to India Jan. 21 – Feb. 2, 2019.

Dist 3040 comes to Canada June 29 – July 11, 2019.

A description of some of the places in District 3040 and an Application Form is attached.

This Friendship Exchange is open to Rotarians in good standing, and Partners. Our Exchange team will consist of a combination of couples and singles to a maximum of 10 people. Outbound team members must be physically capable of about two weeks of intensive touring and travel. You are expected to represent your Rotary Club, District 5550 and Rotary International as ambassadors. Team members are also expected to be genial and considerate in sharing a fellow Rotarian’s home and hospitality.

Interested members should complete an application and send it to Rotary Club of Neepawa, Box 1515, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 by regular mail along with the required cheque (see below). The application form is attached (Page 1 for singles, Pages 1 & 2 for couples). The team will be selected by many factors (leadership, past participation, date application received, location in District, Rotary involvement, etc).

All applications must include a cheque (Couples $200,Singles $100), refundable if not selected or for health or medical reasons. Cheques should be made payable to the Rotary Club of Neepawa. These funds will be used for expenses pertaining to the Friendship Exchange program. If insufficient members sign on for this Exchange, all applicants will get a full refund.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN SET FOR SATURDAY, March 31, 2018