Penticton Sunrise Rotary
PO Box 1084 V2A 6J9 Penticton, BC, Canada

Be brave to see the light. Be brave to be the light.

Mayor Toni Boot of Summerland was our guest speaker this week. She gave an interesting presentation entitled "Building Resilience for the Challenges Ahead" and outlined some of the initiatives taken by Summerland & District Council during these challenging times. We also welcomed 27 members and guests Jeanne Lamb, wife of recently passed Rotarian Nigel, Cherry Fernandez, Sigun Kara, Fatima Al-Roubaiai, RN.

Manny Panghli, is the January 2021 Student of the Month. Manny and his parents and sister attended our meeting this week. Manny is a promising goalie, attending Okanagan Hockey Academy and Grade 12 at Pen Hi. He is from Merritt and his family now live in Kamloops. Congratulations and Best Wishes for the future Manny! #rotarystudentofthemonth

Congratulations to Manny Panghli, Penticton Sunrise Rotary's Student of the Month!

Club Business Meeting - Past President Joyce shared our Gold Presidential Citation Award for 2019-2020. Congratulations to everyone in working to achieve our goals. Pres. Mac gave an interim report on our progress on our goals this year!

At Rotary this week we were joined by 5 guests- Natalie Ferebee, our incoming AG from Penticton Rotary, Riikka Lahtinen, former exchange student, Abijeet Dhillon, our Nov. Student of the Month, Ruth Borland, daughter of WW2 veteran, Charlie Hamerton and Denise Reid, one of Riikka host moms. We listened to an amazing performance of "In Flanders Fields", performed by the Naramata Choir under the direction of Justin Glibbery, enjoyed hearing about our Student of the Month, and our special guest Riikka shared memories of her exchange in Penticton in 1999-2000 and her life now in Finland. Ron Obirek was also inducted as a new Rotarian! Welcome Ron!

A Rotarian is a person who digs wells from which they will never drink, A person who vaccinates children they will never meet, Who restores sight for those they... will never see, Who builds houses they will never live in, Who educates children they will never know Who plants trees they will never sit under, Who feeds hungry people, regardless of race, religion or politics Who makes crawlers walk half a world away Who knows real happiness, which as Albert Schweitser said, 'can only be found serviing others' #CountdownToHistory #Rotary #EndPolioNow #PolioPlus #DropToZero #WGMeal #Vaccinate #RotaryOpensOpportunities #VaccinesWork #VaccinesCauseAdults #TakeOutPolio

Penticton Sunrise members will be at IGA and Save On Foods on Nov 26th to collect food items for 10,000 Tonight. Drop off non perishables between 730am and 7pm to support this great project of Pen Hi and Maggie students and help the Salvation Army Food Bank!