Waneta Sunshine Rotary

Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no lies
Oliver Goldsmith

Man has his will, but woman has her way.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

The meeting was held on zoom at 7.15am with 6 members and guest Heidi Lum, from Colville Rotary present.

Music: Boredom by Lovin Spoonful

• Business
• Cooking at Trail YAN started on April 5th with Maddy and Theresa making Rice and lentil tacos. Juris will cook on April 19th any help is welcome.
• There is a meeting about Canadian Insurance at 6pm on April 18th on Zoom. Maddy is unable to attend. Graham will attend.
• No news yet from Carol on the Senior’s Games donation.
• We still have more gaming money we can give out. Maddy will contact Mary Martin to come and talk to us about the Memory Garden at Columbia View Lodge. We need to know it is sustainable.
• The STAC tour was attended by 28 people from Trail Rotary and Waneta. Very informative. Many exciting projects happening. Thank you to Jan Morton of the Trail Club for organizing.
• Supplies for Betty and Dan’s outreach program in Ghana came in under budget as Jay gave us a discount.
• Easter Food-drive was successful. 125 bags sold at Liberty’s and over $400 was raised for the food bank.
• Graham has a friend selling a tent suitable for us to use for markets instead of renting one. Motion by Graham seconded by Maddy that we spend $50 on it. Passed
• The Trail Farmer’s Market schedule is out. We will plan to make beaver tails at the Music in the Park events on July 20th and Aug 17th.
• Program – Colville Rotary Tanzania project
• Heidi Lum from Colville Rotary spoke to us. She started Advocates for Africa’s Children in 2006. Colville Club just applied for a District matching grant to partner with them to build a classroom in Tanzania. AAC operates in Eswatini and Tanzania. Supports orphans and vulnerable children with sustainable long-term projects. There are 2.76 million orphans in Tanzania due to aids, malaria, and TB. (Population of Tanzania is approx 57 million). AAC built a well first to supply the school with water and established a farm to provide food. They built a dining hall. Every year they add more classrooms. Had 64 kids in 2020 now 130. Very poor rural area. They have purchased vans to help transport kids. It is a Private school. 85% of kids need help with fees. To make it sustainable they need more paying students. Over 45 kids in each classroom. Starting a Rotary club too. Public schools are available but no transport for rural kids and no English taught which they need to get good jobs. It costs $10,000 to build each classroom. Invited us to a fundraiser on May 13th in Colville. Invited anyone to join them on their trip to Tanzania from Aug 1st. approx costs $4900 (USD). It is $35 a month to sponsor a child ($200 a year). School goes to grade 8. In the future, they want to build teacher’s accommodations and also dorms for kids who need to board. Currently no electricity at the site. The more resources, the more they can do.
• Upcoming meetings and events
• First Road clean-up tomorrow Saturday 15th April. Meet at Tim’s at 7.30 for breakfast, 8.15 to start.
• April 29th Spring assembly in Spokane. Pat will drive a few of us down for the day. Registration is now available.
• July 4th changeover meeting -more details to follow.
• Happy and sad bucks (not) collected. The meeting adjourned at 8.15am