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Al Hamilton and Friends Golf Tournament: to be held at Cougar Creek Golf Course on Thursday, July 20, 2017; 7:00 a m for breakfast. All club members should expect to volunteer unless they are playing. Please contact Wayne Ellis if you wish to play. Brian Thompson will schedule all other members to work volunteer positions. Rotary Districts 5360/5370 Curling Bonspiel: Rotary Club of Edmonton West hosts February 22-25, 2018 at the Thistle Curling Rink and the Radisson Hotel. We need all Rotarians to volunteer that week. Rotary Club Central for Rotary International: each Rotary Club posts its objectives and tracks achievements. The site is to be updated in July. Social: Annie Mueller thanked the members of the club that worked the builders' open house at Wellspring Cancer Rehab Building. Upcoming events, in addition to those announced above: - -April 26 - Edmonton Food Bank;
- May 2 - deliver food stuffs to people whose children are in hospital for Simply Supper located at Rabbit Hill Road and 23 Avenue;
- May 7 - River Valley Clean Up at Victoria Park;
- May 10 - organize new storage room for Zebra Child Protection;
- May 16 - Grandview Extended Care Centre concert 6:30 p m;
- May 29 - Behind the Scenes at YONA Sistema;
- June 1 - Change over Meeting;
- July 22 - start at Ripley's condo then travel across High Level Bridge on Edmonton Renovated Street Car;
- August 25 - Tackle Hunger for Food Bank at Eskimos game;
- August 25 - hike to Stanley Mitchell Hut is full.
Finemaster: Jim Johnson fined snitch; anyone not cheering for Oilers Orange (new blue and copper) as the Oilers are in the playoffs; not wearing a tie; 50/50: Joe Lizotte and Doug Sollows did not match cards; $242.50 carried over.  Report on Eye Exam Trip to Guatemala; Congratulations to Ben Doz for another successful mission #20. Marly and Ben have worked with Dr. Carlos Solarzano for 20 years. The first trip was their honeymoon in 1998. Over the years 60 volunteers have assisted 15,000 cataract and other eye problem patients. Many medications and 2 -3,000 pairs of glasses have been dispensed. There is a good partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Edmonton West and Huehuetenango. The trip involves 1 day each way of flying with problem luggage (not your own and filled with prescription drugs); 1/2 day each way of driving; 5-6 days of eye exams in different villages. This year Marly, Ben, Al and Karen Sanderson, Darryll White, Lorne Proctor, Leslie Mackechin, Joseph Linzen, and Alana Barager (dispensing eye glasses) manned the mission. Then Al Sanderson presented a verbal and visual talk on the mission. Lorne presented a 1 pound package of Guatemalan coffee to Joe Lizotte. Darrel Ripley thanked the speakers. Dr. Carlos Solarzano will be a speaker at the 2019 District Conference. No Meeting next week due to Easter Monday.
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