Celebrating a Commitment to our Community!
A Message from the President We currently have 65 members and on our 65 year anniversary, that’s an interesting coincidence. Having Rotary, in our community, means that kids have playground Hugh Ellis equipment, youth President have leadership training, less fortunate children have food to eat, men and women in recovery have decent furniture to use, teens have access to food, shelter and guidance. These are just a few of the
programs we make available. We are proud of our many accomplishments with all the club members’ full participation, most notably in our community, the Million Dollar HoleIn-One Contest, and the Starfish Pack Program. Rotary has made great strides toward the eradication of Polio. Since 1985, Rotary and its partners have helped reduce the number of cases from 350,000 annually to fewer than 400 in 2014. While we are a local club we are proud to be part of a network of over 1.2 million members in over 33,000 clubs worldwide. I’m really proud to be this year’s
president of this distinguished club. We have a number of long-term members and some who have just joined in the past few months. We remind ourselves to remain engaged; relevant to new members and the community in a changing world. It’s a time when virtual E-clubs are starting. We all have busy schedules with time restraints and communication delivery options are expanding. While adopting to change and stay current with social media, we plan to continue to grow as a face-toface active club. It will be interesting to see the make-up of the club in another 65 years as our members, leaders and times continue to change!
Proud to support Abbotsford’s first Rotary Club! Abbotsford / 100 - 2548 Clearbrook Road / P: 604.855.4941 / cwbank.com
1950-2015
Club of Abbotsford www.abbotsfordrotary.com /RotaryClub.Abbotsford @abbyrotaryclub