Calgary West Rotary Club

May 2012

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Directors
	President Grant Ritchie
	President Elect Don Bateman
	Secretary Brian Wintonyk
	Treasurer Desmond K. DeFreitas
	Past President Saadat Keshavjee

Club Administration
Murray Hunter
Club Admin. Committee

Club Activities
Dick Brown
Club Activities Committee

Membership
Mike Carlin
Membership Committee

Youth
Frank Burns
Youth Committee

Fundraising
Marnie Cardell
Fundraising Committee

Service and Grants
Duncan Stanners
Service/Grants Committee

Rotary Links

Rotary International
Rotary District 5360
Youth Exchange
E Club One
Ripple Effect Program

Local Club Websites

Calgary
Calgary Centennial
Calgary Chinook
Calgary Fish Creek
Calgary Heritage Park
Calgary Millennium
Calgary Sarcee
Calgary South

"Stay the Course"

We meet Fridays at 12:15 PM
at the
Holiday Inn South
4206 MacLeod Trail South
Calgary, Alberta T2G 2R7

Grant Ritchie

Click here for "The Weekly Westerner" Bulletin

Rotary Everest Trek 2012
Photos and News about the trek, the school, and the Everest experience

Weekly Speaker Program
			May 11, 2012: Sheldon Kennedy, Sexual Abuse in Hockey. click here to read the article.

Youth Exchange Program
2012-13 Inbound Exchange Student: coming from Venezuela 2012-13 Outbound Exchange Student: Evan Volk
	Inbound: Knut Buene from Norway	Outbound: Lukas Larsson to Austria read his blog
	To learn more about Rotary Youth Exchange click on these Promotional Video links: The Rotary Youth Experience Part 1 The Rotary Youth Experience Part 2 and visit our Youth Committee page for links to our other Rotary Youth Programmes: Adventures in Citizenship (2012 rep is Breanna Owen), 4-Way Speech Contest (2012 winner is Khalid Keshavjee), Ambassadorial Scholarships, RYLA, RYPEN, and Scholarships.

Our Projects
World Community Service		Local Community Service

Recent Events Pictorials

December 2011	Hallowe'en 2011
Delivering Wreaths larger view	Costumes see the 17 photos	Magic see the 12 photos

Stampede Breakfast & Parade on July 8, 2011
Set Up & Entertainment see the 9 photos	Our Customers see the 23 photos new pics added August 11/11	The Parade see the 7 photos
Our Volunteers see the 13 photos new pics added August 11/11

Cheque Presentations new pics added Jan 24/11 click for the photos	Scholarships new pics added Nov 18/10 click for the photos	Paul Harris Fellowships new pics added June 20/11 click for the photos

Induction of New Members
new pics added Jan 31/12
click for the photos

Special Interest News

at our April 27, 2012 meeting:
Khalid Keshavjee, the Winner of our 2012 4-Way Test Speech Contest, will represent Calgary West at the Rotary District Conference in May.

previous news items:

Future Rotarian: Jailen Weatherall
Long-term Member Profile: Des DeFreitas
Social Event: New Year's Eve 2011
Long-term Member Profile: Sam Switzer
Drop-in Visitor: Yvan Botteron
Long-term Member Profile: John Rymes
Long-term Member Profile: Stan Cichon
Long-term Member Profile: Don Alexander
Long-term Member Profile: Verneil Martin
Jo Johanson Music Scholarship

Malawi School for Girls

Photos from the : 2011 Graduation Ceremony
view a photo update of the school taken in April/10

pictured left:
Memory Chazeza and Christie Johnson of the "Girls On The Move" school in Malawi visiting Calgary in November 2009.

Upcoming Speakers

May 18
Classification Talk, Rotary Rogue

June 21
Field trip to Rosebud

June 22
Brent Barootes, Sponsorship Marketing: Nationally and Locally

Upcoming Events

May 20 & 21
Casino Fundraiser
Elbow River Casino

May 25
Lunch meeting in Canmore

May 25-27
District Convention
Canmore, Alberta

May 30
Partners' Luncheon at Lougheed House

June 15
President's Ball
Calgary Golf & Country Club

July 6
Stampede Breakfast & Parade Fundraiser

--- 2013 ---
February 10 — 23, 2013
Safari to Kenya see details

June 23 — 26, 2013
Rotary Int'l Conference
Lisbon, Portugal

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