2. Agenda
Member of the Week (1 min)
Happy Quarters (5 min)
Singfest Update (3 min)
Festival of Lights (3 min)
Club Business & Committee Updates
(15 min)
Activity (15 min)
3. Member of the Week
Lorraine Menezes
Organizing Adopt-a-Road
Good job!
4. Happy Quarters!
“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…it’s
about learning how to dance in the rain!”
- Vivian Greene
5.
6. • Audition on Youtube before May 25th
• www.singfest.ca
Next Meeting:
Thursday May 16th - 7pm
@ the Clubhouse
Call for Auditions!!!
We need 14 to 24 year olds who want to sing!!
Have any brothers or sisters
in high school?
In-laws who are teachers??
8. Festival of Lights
For 9 years, Rotary has lit up downtown Mississauga during the
holidays
Companies sponsor a tree and Rotary lights it up and hangs a
plaque for approx. 8 weeks
There are 13 indoor trees and a handful of outdoor trees to be
placed around the Living Arts Centre
They have raised up to $10,000 for their club!
9. Festival of Lights - Timeline
Sponsorship: get corporate sponsors, many that
will come on again from previous years
Set up: light all the trees in late November – need
a team of 20-30
Reception: for the sponsors around the holidays in
December
Take down: in mid-January
10. Festival of Lights - Next Steps
Put together a team
Plan what we want to offer
Put together the sponsorship package
Outreach to companies
Interested in getting involved?
Talk to Himali
11. What: A gala to celebrate
an awesome year!
Where: Maple Banquet Hall
When: Friday, June 14,
6 pm - 12 am
How much: $40
Send us your prom photos!
Purchase tickets at:
rotaractmississaugaprom.ev
entbrite.ca
or at the next general
meeting
15. International Meeting
Pot-Luck!
Save the date:
Wednesday, June 12th @ 7:30pm
(during regular general meeting)
Join us for games, music and good food while
we recap our club’s international impact over
the last year!
Pot luck sign-up sheet
coming around
22. THE DEETS:
That’s right baby – we got the HOOK UP!!
FREE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS!!!
Saturday, May 25th
Departing tentatively at 12:30pm
23. ITINERARY & COST
Arrive in Niagara and go to:
Maid of the mist - ($20) OR a Wine Tour ($20);
Casino and Buffet ($20 and up); then
A Club (optional) - $20; then
The Hotel Party!
Gas is $10 each - we can all carpool
TOTAL = Approximately $80
Well worth an OVERNIGHT TRIP
24. SIGN UP TODAY
ONLY 12 SPOTS AVAILABLE!!
Contact Jackie by Sunday, May 19
jackie.ankomah@rotaractmississauga.com
for more information
27. YLCC
Youth Leadership Camps Canada –
Orillia
10am – 8pm – Full day of FUN!
Included lunch AND dinner!
Various challenging outdoor team
building activities
A great indoor reflective and intellectual
workshop!
32. Reasons to Be Jacked for
Next Year!
Many workshops and events to look forward to
this year
We’ve built a relationship with YLCC and can
tailor their programs to our needs- throughout the
year
FUN!!
Sweet Sixteen Activity – A lot of self-learning, and
discovering new things about each other
Exercise and enjoy the outdoors!
35. What is it?
Week long conference and retreat for progressive, high
potential youth: 18-24 yrs
District 7080 – sponsored by a Rotary Club
Live with 35 other young professionals
Learn and develop new skills, and make connections
Great Outdoors
GREAT food
GREAT FUN/MEMORIES
36. What Did You Do?
Workshops, Speakers,
Presentations
Everyday was jam packed
with guest speakers and
activities
Personality mapping,
presentation skills, project
management etc.
Wake up @ 6am – Sleep... HA!
Fitness every morning
Speakouts
Rotary Meeting Tuesday Night
How did you Develop
Committees
PR -Welcomes
Marketing - PPT
Yearbook - Memories
Fitness – EVERY morning
Social – Awesome
scavenger hunt &
campfire
Leisure – AWESOME
activities
Super fun, we will all do!
37. RYLA Wrap Up
Great to meet other Rotaractors from other
regions
Successful young people
Made great contacts for our club – and PD!
So rewarding in so many ways.
Learn about myself and others.
Fun time in a safe environment
DO IT!
38. The rest of the year….
Event Date
Singfest audition deadline May 25 – see Jodie
International themed
general meeting
June 12
Year end gala – Prom 2.0 June 14
Singfest semi-finals June 15
Relay for Life June 21 – see Wendy
Ribfest July 18 to 21
Singfest 2013 July 20
42. QUESTION:
•This is the name of a very, very successful Rotaract
fundraising event that happened in February at the Failte
pub.
ANSWER:
•Catch a Match! Not Your Average Dating Event
43. QUESTION:
•In 1988, Rotary clubs take on a project that helped more
than six million children in the Philippines.
ANSWER:
•End Polio Campaign
44. QUESTION:
•This event helped us raise over $400 alone, and $1200 with
matched funding!
ANSWER:
•Pennies for Polio
45. QUESTION:
•These 3 Rotaracters have been part of the executive team
for two consecutive years
ANSWER:
• Jodie Merrill, Christian Ocampo, Larah Opena
46. QUESTION:
•These are the only three polio-epidemic countries left.
ANSWER:
•Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan
