
On Saturday, 05 April, a small convoy of Norfolk Sunrisers proceeded to the D7090 Annual Conference at the Club Italia, just outside of St Catharines.
The Conference was a wonderful experience for all of us; a real chance to renew and make social connections, an opportunity to be updated on Rotary issues and an experience in understanding the impact we have on others around us. The theme was 'Volunteering in the 21st Century' with a sub-theme emergent to 'Just Ask'! Clubs were invited to bring representatives of their partnering community organizations to the conference, and the organizers selected speakers from various sources who are considered leaders in their ability to engage volunteers. The Key-Note and Guest Speakers were excellent.
We had our own impact; sponsoring information tables for the RCNS, the HIP and for Polio Now. Our exchange students led the way in collecting funds to meet their travel needs. Co-President Ross remarked that "I was proud of our Club with 8 Rotarians and 3 exchange students attending, the best participation rate from our Club for several years".
Note the Sunrisers gathered together for a group photo at the event - Front Row; local exchange students Katelyn Pilgrim (headed to Italy), Oliver Tilson (going to Finland) and Ronyn Coelho (off to Taiwan) - Back Row; Sunrisers Lisa Bishop, Keith Jones, John Wallace, Marjorie Dawson, Ross Gowan, Wolf Lindemann, Jim Dawson and Jim Simpson. A few extra photos are given at the 'Read more ...' tab below.
Congrats to District Governor Dave Alexander - you pulled it off!