The Ace Is Caught:

Rotarian Jennifer Schoenhals presents the cheque to the Catch the Ace winner Leonard Belanger of Niagara Falls.  Leonard selected lucky envelope number 7 when his ticket was drawn.  It contained the Ace of Spades, so Leonard now has a $1,634.  Based on the number of tickets and the 50 cards left, the odds of this happening was 1 out of 15,800. 

Congratulations to Leonard. 

The committee has agreed that the entire proceeds or $1,234 will be donated to the Rotary House for youth.   Thank you all for helping.  Next Catch the Ace will hopefully go beyond 3 weeds!

 

An Art project by our very talented Exchange student Anna.

One of her many talents. 

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The Presence and Power of youth was again demonstrated this morning though our speaker Jasmine Yaromich.  In 17 years, this young lady has accomplished so much to demonstrate the leader she will be in the future.  Her speech started by explaining the  drive she had even as a four year old to help others and do what was right.  If that was not enough to convince us of her powers, she completed her speech by giving us the TED Talk she presented at her school.  For those not present it is a 'must see' on Youtube... https://youtu.be/4jf-Lgnd__k   Jasmine is a victim of sexual abuse.  Her speech explained how through therapy, friends, faith and family she was able to recognize that this was not her fault; that she was a victim, that could become a victor.  

We were all impressed with this young lady.  She has demonstrated her leadership in the community, her church, and her school.  She has received a differed admission to the University of Waterloo, for a Bachelor of Social Work, because next year she will be in Australia doing leadership training and then hopefully will travel to Thailand for missionary work. 

What a great candidate for a membership in a Rotaract Club when she returns.

 

Jasmine Yaromich, flanked by her proud mother Tracy (left) and aunt Rotarian Linda Booth

 

Proud Rotary Member Dave Sebel, had a dream to get back to flying.  As a teen and a member of the Air Cadets, Dave got his gliding and VFR licenses.  It was a passion that gave him hundreds of hours in the air and pleasure.  Now a few decades later, he has requalified and is back in the air. Thank you Dave for sharing your excitment.