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Ed Laverock receives a $5200 cheque on behalf of PAH Foundation presented by Adam Smith, Chair of the Community Services Committee, Bonnie and Bruce were visiting Rotarians from Whitehorse who knew one of the founders of the booksale. Elaine Cheung, city councilor spoke on the Farmer's Market pictured with Anthony and Nicole Cormier, Secretary of the Farmer's Market.
 
From inspiring community projects to heartfelt initiatives, this week’s meeting was full of purpose. Bryan Fast shared his reflections and passion behind β€œHanging Coffee,” a pay-it-forward effort gaining ground thanks to local support like Hillcrest Bakery. We also heard from Frankie LaSasso and his daughter Esmelda on Punch Out Parkinson’s, and Winston gave us highlights from the District 5050 Conference. πŸ’¬β˜•οΈπŸ’ͺ
 
πŸŽ‰ Big Rotary News! πŸŽ‰
Congrats to our recent 50/50 winner, Rick Friesen, who stopped by our field trip lunch today at Moby Dick’s, to collect his winnings from our spring Book Sale β€” a cool $2,600 (half of the $5,200 jackpot)! πŸ™Œ
And in true Rotary spirit, Rick generously donated half of his winnings β€” $1,300 β€” back to our club's charity account! That means the club walked away with a grand total of $3,900πŸ’™πŸ’›

PLUS, our new Square tap machine brought in an extra $1,151, which we would have missed out on last year when we were cash-only. For comparison, last year's total was $2,000 β€” so the tech upgrade paid off!

A huge shoutout to the amazing team who helped make this event such a success: 
πŸ‘ David Hothi
 πŸ‘ Roger Olson
 πŸ‘ Jan Rostkowski
 πŸ‘ Treasurer Linda D'Onofrio
 πŸ‘  Al Dahl, who had the honour of drawing the winning ticket!

We’re already looking forward to the next Book Sale and 50/50 draw in AugustπŸ“šπŸŽŸοΈ
 
The April booksale is in the record books (haha) and we are waiting for the totals from our volunteer leader and Master organizer, Keith Becker. Judging by the sheer number of books sold we should be in record territory for funds raised, giving us much needed cash to do our community projects. Thank you to the many volunteers who gave their time over the four day event!!!
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We are currently meeting for lunch at the Rotary Field House in the South Surrey Athletic Park on Tuesdays at 12:00pm, we are also broadcasting on Zoom. Please contact us for the Zoom link, or if you would like to attend the in person lunch meeting.
 
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Speaker List at Upcoming Tuesday noon Meetings

May 20
Community Safety 
Dianna Stocker
 
May 27
Rec for Kids
Fred Wickens
 
June 3
Youth Ambassadors Susanne Smith

June 10
Business Meeting

June 17
Nicaragua Project
Dave Wharton

June 24 
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Book Donations
accepted at the Rotary Fieldhouse in the South Surrey Athletic Park
 
Donations of books in good condition are welcome. We cannot accept magazines, textbooks, encyclopedias, manuals, or damaged books. Thank you for your understanding.
 
Books can be donated 24/7 at the Blue Bin on the North side of the Rotary Fieldhouse, located at 2197 148 St, Surrey, south of the Surrey Eagles Hockey Arena.  Large donations can be dropped off Monday or Thursday mornings 9-11.  We can help you unload directly into the book warehouse and not fill up the bin.  If you need help picking up a large donation of books, we can help.  Contact us at rotaryclub.booksale@gmail.com for assistance.
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