On December 3rd, the club inducted four new members, three of whom will be part of The Rotary Satellite Club of Dundas Valley Sunrise: “STamp Out Polio”.STamp Out Polio inductees are Pascale Tymen, Rebecca Reble, and Dieter Staudinger. Robert Scheiding second from left will join us as a breakfast member.
The club’s induction ceremony is formal and involves President Russ Powers, President Elect John Merrill (with Tom McLeod standing in that morning), Past President Phil Wood, Membership Director Ralph Montesanto and sponsors David Maciulis, Marnee Maroes and Sandra Gemin.
PHOTO (L to R): Pascale Tymen, Robert Scheiding, Rebecca Reble, Dieter Staudinger
On December 10, the annual St. Matthew’s House auction was held.
This is the 25th year the club has held the auction during its regular morning meeting – although extended by about 30 minutes to accommodate the live auction.
Items are donated by members who then try to outbid each other to purchase them.
Along with club members, their partners, and guests, we raised over $7000 in bids and donations, bringing our club’s grand total to over $150,000.
Our club member auctioneer Bruce Eccles, who manages to get the best price for each item, is shown with Denise Martins, Cindy Smyth and treasurer Jody Beck recording the sales.
Elf helpers not in the photo were Kathy Starodub and Scott Vance.
Mary Burnett, Chair of St. Matthew’s House, and Renee Wetselaar, the Executive Director ,joined us and offered a well felt thank-you for the generosity of the club members over those many years.