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.
Friday, July 31, 2009
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.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Another Rotary year comes to an end
Happy Canada Day!
On Tuesday June 23, Mac and Heather hosted the Club's annual fish fry and year end wrap up party out at their house on Lake Dauphin. This evening get together replaced our noon lunch meeting for that week. We had a wonderful meal with fish fried by chefs Brad and Ross and plenty of time to relax and visit with fellow Rotarians.
As part of the official business of the evening, outgoing Club President Howard Wirch said a few words and presented some awards to members of the club. The awards are as follows:
Fitness Challenge was awarded to Eric's team.
Certificates for outstanding achievement in youth services:
On Tuesday June 23, Mac and Heather hosted the Club's annual fish fry and year end wrap up party out at their house on Lake Dauphin. This evening get together replaced our noon lunch meeting for that week. We had a wonderful meal with fish fried by chefs Brad and Ross and plenty of time to relax and visit with fellow Rotarians.
As part of the official business of the evening, outgoing Club President Howard Wirch said a few words and presented some awards to members of the club. The awards are as follows:
Fitness Challenge was awarded to Eric's team.
Certificates for outstanding achievement in youth services:
- Karen Anderson - for coordinating youth activities offered through the club
- Karen Davis - for her work with bringing the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to our community
- Kathy Bellemare - for helping in coordinating youth activities offered through the club
Service Above Self Awards
- Bob Bettson - coordinating our lunch speakers, the Countryfest bar and for putting his name forward to serve on the board.
- Carissa Caruk - for coordinating the Friendship exchange and helping out with planning for the 2011 District Conference
Two Paul Harris Fellowships were awarded by the club this year and are presented to:
- Jean-Louis Guillas for too many reasons to be mentioned - a great role model for the rest of us Rotarians.
- The Dauphin Marketplace Mall for all their support of our semi-annual book fairs.
Rotarian of the Year - Heather Agnew
Perfect attendance:
- 1 year - Kathy Bellemare, Lorraine Hanson
- 2 years - Laura Coghill, Jean-Louis Guillas
- 3 years - Ed Froese, Heather Agnew, Harvey Hanson
- 4 years - Howard Wirch
- 6 years - Mel Wyshynski
And of course, the last official item of the evening was President Howard Wirch handing off the torch to incoming President Brad Sawyer (as seen in the first picture below).
Howard led his last official club meeting yesterday at noon. Thanks to Howard for providing great leadership and inspiration over the past year.
Looking forward to another year of Rotary. Our next club activities is volunteering to work the bar at the 20th Annual Dauphin's Countryfest this weekend. 
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