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Centennial Interact Belize Fundraiser: Mike Ryan renewed the request that members buy tickets for April 25 from either Erin Wallace 780 298 3975 or Jarrod Chapman 780 218 6680
CleanScene: please call Mike if you can work casino on either April 25/26 or attend their fundraiser at Santa Maria Goretti Centre on May 17
Marketing Committee: Ingrid advised that the Capital Care newspaper had an article on the Tommy Banks concerts showing the Rotary connection. There have been several positive comments about this article. There is a concert on April 15, 6:30 p m, featuring the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Assistant Concert Master Virginie Gagne at the Grandview Extended Care Centre where all are invited to attend with the residents. She is a fantastic violin player and this should be an outstanding concert. Jim Spalding then added that Jerome's concert last Wednesday was a pleasure to listen to and was well received by the residents.
Surgery: Jerome was not at the meeting due to surgery being undertaken this week; we wish success to Jerome on this procedure
Cambodia: Darryll White advised that sufficient funds have been raised to build an additional 4 houses to the one for the farmer that donated the land for the lagoon
Finemaster: Doug MacDougall advised that this is only the second time in the 56 years of Rotary membership that he has been the finemaster. Thus, he fined everyone at least $2 but asked a lot of questions around the women leaders in Rotary that centered on Rotary Club of Edmonton West = some of them showcased the first woman in our club (Ann Orsini in 88/89 who also became our first woman president); Jennifer our second woman president; Sherry the third , Ingrid to be the fourth. Other notable women in our club have been Lily Fong as treasurer and Laurie Wilkie as secretary. He also mentioned Bill Young's initial opposition to women in Rotary but Bill apologized for that later that year
50/50: Sherry and Ed did not match cards; $262 carried over
Guest Speaker: Ron Hutchison introduced Anthony Lott as one of the recipients of this years George Grover Scholarship. See the home page for a full description of this scholarship. In the current format, scholarships have been given to 39 students at University of Alberta over 13 years in the amount of $281,000. The recipients this year are all from Faculty of Medicine. Two had compulsory classes that they could not miss but sent biographies that President Duane read alter Anthony talked.
Anthony has completed 4 years of science studies and 4 years of medicine. He is off to University of Toronto to study, as a resident doctor, a 5 year fellowship in internal medicine. Both of Anthony's parents immigrated to Canada about 26 years ago. His mother, at age 30, had a grade 5 education but attended Red Deer College for upgrading and is now a university graduate at the masters level. His father graduated from Leeds University in England. Anthony is an athlete, scholar and pianist. Currently he is president of the medical students at University of Alberta and has attended conferences in Ottawa at least 10 times during his tenure on the medical student board. If his fellowship studies work out, he plans to become an oncologist trying to rid Canada of the cancer scourge.
Notes re: Chris Novak, a second year medical student who believes in community engagement with attention to helping support those in need. He has taken on a number of leadership positions on campus and in the community. Six years working at Kamp Kiwanis, a residential summer camp for disadvantaged children, he recently worked as coordinator for teen leadership programs aimed at building confidence and leadership skills for at risk youth through outdoor pursuits. At U of A, he was Medical Students' Association Community Health Representative coordinating school presentations for skin cancer awareness, sexual health and blood donation through Canadian Blood Services. Sexual health presentations were given to marginalized youth in group homes (Chimo Youth Retreat). He follows Anthony Lott as president of the medical students. He aims to become a pediatrician specializing on working with children with disabilities and is preparing for that role by working as a research assistant at the Autism Research Centre. They want to identify early signs of autism to provide interventions sooner.
Notes re:Jenny Shi, a second year medical student, born in Tianjin, China, but resident in Canada since age 2. Leadership and service opportunities include Edmonton Healthcare Improvement Network, Shinera, MD Ambassadors, Big Brothers Big Sister and research projects. This summer she goes to Tanzania for a medical elective to work in Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam plus volunteering with Students' Internal Health Association in rural areas. Currently she plans to take a similar education path to Anthony Lott for internal medicine.
Duane thanked Anthony.
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