Wednesday, July 7, 2010
New Year
July 1 signals the start of a new Rotary year. Our club welcomes a new president for the upcoming year, Jean-Louis Guillas. Watch for more details on this year's club activities. One of the main activities our club will be involved with this year is hosting the 2011 District 5550 Conference in Dauphin July 9-12, 2011.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Upcoming Club Assembly - Brazil Night
This Tuesday, April 13 is our club's next evening assembly. Topics for discussion and fun include:
- Presentation by our Exchange Student, Bernardo on Brazil
- District Conference planning update
- Lobsterfest Update
To attend, contact Mel by April 12th. Tickets are $22 each.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Finally back online!
Sorry for the break everyone. I seemed to have encountered technical problems with this technology...
2010 seems to be a crazy busy year for our club so far. We kicked off the year with our club's major fundraising project - a lottery to raise money for our $50k contribution to our community's new movie theatre. The early bird draw took place Feb 7, a day after our club's annual dinner.
Upcoming activities include a couple of speakers at our noon meetings:
2010 seems to be a crazy busy year for our club so far. We kicked off the year with our club's major fundraising project - a lottery to raise money for our $50k contribution to our community's new movie theatre. The early bird draw took place Feb 7, a day after our club's annual dinner.
Upcoming activities include a couple of speakers at our noon meetings:
- March 2 - reps from Dauphin's Countryfest
- March 9 - reps from Destination Dauphin
Other key dates to keep in mind and watch for updates:
- Book Fair March 17-21
- Club assembly April 13 with presentation and food from our Brazilian exchange student, Bernardo
- May 10-13 - our club will be hosting the GSE team from England
- May 13-16 - District Conference in Wpg
- end of may - Radio Days
- June 18 - Lobsterfest
And the list goes on and on... stay tuned!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
It's official... our club has committed $50,000 to help bring the movies back to Dauphin
Yes, it's official - our club has committed $50,000 towards the Dauphin Community Cinema project! This contribution will give us naming rights to one of the four movie theatres in the complex. This photo was taken during last week's club meeting by Jessica Rawluk of the Dauphin Herald and was included in the August 18th newspaper issue.
Watch for more details on the fundraising initiatives the club has planned to help make this project (and others) a reality this year.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Some creative brainstorming at today's club meeting
At today's club meeting, Heather led us through some group discussion around the mural project. One of our club projects is to have a mural painted along the back side of the Extra Foods building in Dauphin.
When the concept was originally started, we were looking at developing a set of 4 'history of Dauphin' panels that were going to be placed on the North side of the Rotary Arena. Due to some changes in that plan, we are now working on this other location and reviewing the design for the mural.
Discussion centered around ideas for the actual murals. A couple of decisions are needed before we can proceed:
1. What is the key message of the mural? Is it to promote the work of Rotary in the community? Is it a general community mural focused on the history and/or accomplishments?
2. What key elements need to be included in the design?
If you have any idea, comments, or concerns, please contact Heather asap to have your input included in the process.
When the concept was originally started, we were looking at developing a set of 4 'history of Dauphin' panels that were going to be placed on the North side of the Rotary Arena. Due to some changes in that plan, we are now working on this other location and reviewing the design for the mural.
Discussion centered around ideas for the actual murals. A couple of decisions are needed before we can proceed:
1. What is the key message of the mural? Is it to promote the work of Rotary in the community? Is it a general community mural focused on the history and/or accomplishments?
2. What key elements need to be included in the design?
If you have any idea, comments, or concerns, please contact Heather asap to have your input included in the process.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Are the movies coming back to Dauphin?
Last night our club held an evening meeting with a guest presentation on the new community movie theatre project.
The proposed state-of-the-art, multi-use theatre will be built adjacent to the Parkland Recreation Complex. The 4-plex facility with stadium seating will feature new release movies, the latest technology including 3D, private rentals, and special events/programming. The Dauphin Community Cinema Inc. was incorporated on April 29, 2009 as a non-profit organization. Membership is open to the public for a fee of $100. For more details on the project visit www.dauphincinema.ca
At the end of the evening, our club made an exciting decision...
Watch for more details in future posts and find out how you can help us bring the movies back to Dauphin.
The proposed state-of-the-art, multi-use theatre will be built adjacent to the Parkland Recreation Complex. The 4-plex facility with stadium seating will feature new release movies, the latest technology including 3D, private rentals, and special events/programming. The Dauphin Community Cinema Inc. was incorporated on April 29, 2009 as a non-profit organization. Membership is open to the public for a fee of $100. For more details on the project visit www.dauphincinema.ca
At the end of the evening, our club made an exciting decision...
Watch for more details in future posts and find out how you can help us bring the movies back to Dauphin.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
An Imagination Library update from a fellow Rotarian
Rotarian Karen Davis from our club has been hard at work this past year bringing the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to our community. Karen sent our club an update on the project which I would like to share a bit here with you. Congratulations Karen!
"I have had the fortunate experience to be part of the Imagination Library initiative and also gratefully acknowledge the support that this wonderful program has received in Dauphin. I know that the success of the Imagination Library is in part due to the generous support of the Rotary Club in addition to the members and their organizations who value this program as well. We are nearing 70% of registration numbers (almost 300 children), most communities take almost three years to get to that stage, and we did it in six months. " Karen
Some background information:
The Rotary Club of Dauphin is the first club in District 5550 to start a branch of the Imagination Library to provide free books to children from birth to kindergarten.
This program is the result of collaboration between Rotary International and the Dollywood Foundation. Rotary works with entertainer Dolly Parton to launch the Imagination Library whihc is a program that provides free books to youngsters from birth to kindergarten to give them a head start on reading.Under the agreement, Rotary clubs in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are encouraged to support the Dollywood Foundation's Imagination Library program, which provides an age-appropriate book each month to children from birth until age five, so that parents and other family members can begin reading to them as soon as possible.
Local Rotary club participation could include promoting the program within the community, helping to identify and register the children, and paying for the books and mailings. The average annual cost is $28 per child (CAD$60 in Canada; £24 in the U.K).Once a child is registered with Imagination Library, the Dollywood Foundation sends the child one book a month, beginning with "The Little Engine That Could." The books are chosen to match the typical childhood development stages. Appropriately, the final title is "Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come."
Since its launch in 1996, Imagination Library has provided more than 15 million books to preschoolers. About 115 individual Rotary clubs already participate in Imagination Library. For more information, visit www.imaginationlibrary.com.
"I have had the fortunate experience to be part of the Imagination Library initiative and also gratefully acknowledge the support that this wonderful program has received in Dauphin. I know that the success of the Imagination Library is in part due to the generous support of the Rotary Club in addition to the members and their organizations who value this program as well. We are nearing 70% of registration numbers (almost 300 children), most communities take almost three years to get to that stage, and we did it in six months. " Karen
Some background information:
The Rotary Club of Dauphin is the first club in District 5550 to start a branch of the Imagination Library to provide free books to children from birth to kindergarten.
This program is the result of collaboration between Rotary International and the Dollywood Foundation. Rotary works with entertainer Dolly Parton to launch the Imagination Library whihc is a program that provides free books to youngsters from birth to kindergarten to give them a head start on reading.Under the agreement, Rotary clubs in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are encouraged to support the Dollywood Foundation's Imagination Library program, which provides an age-appropriate book each month to children from birth until age five, so that parents and other family members can begin reading to them as soon as possible.
Local Rotary club participation could include promoting the program within the community, helping to identify and register the children, and paying for the books and mailings. The average annual cost is $28 per child (CAD$60 in Canada; £24 in the U.K).Once a child is registered with Imagination Library, the Dollywood Foundation sends the child one book a month, beginning with "The Little Engine That Could." The books are chosen to match the typical childhood development stages. Appropriately, the final title is "Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come."
Since its launch in 1996, Imagination Library has provided more than 15 million books to preschoolers. About 115 individual Rotary clubs already participate in Imagination Library. For more information, visit www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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