This just in. District Conference 2022 has just passed a significant milestone.
When her family moved to Canada in 2011, Mary Anne Velayo has 20-plus years of entrepreneurial experience working in distribution of consumer goods and pharmaceutical products and has proven track record in the fields of enterprise development, finance, and marketing. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Business Management as well as her master’s degree in Education.
As a charter member of the Rotary Club Vancouver Mountainview (RCVM) since 2017, Mary Anne served as Club Administration Chair in 2018, has led major fundraisers and became Club President in 2019-2020. During her term as Club President, RCVM was given Rotary Citation (Gold level) and won D5040 Highest Number of New Members sharing the achievement with another club. She is a Paul Harris Fellow +5 and recently joined the esteemed Paul Harris Society.
Mary Anne has also been engaged in community services and newcomers’ settlement assistance and been extensively involved in helping non-profit organizations and community groups especially the Filipino community.
From The Prince George Citizen, July 11, 2021
Lorne Calder had a plan for his own retirement when he called it a career after 28 ½ years as an executive with Integris Credit Union.
On May 31, he packed up his desk, said goodbye to his colleagues, and shut the door to the office he occupied since 2014 as chief financial and risk officer at Integris.
But if you thought he went home to park himself in front of a TV sitting in his rocker to contemplate what he intends to do with all that extra free time on his hands, you obviously don’t know much about Calder’s volunteer spirit and desire to make this world a better place.
He’s as busy as he ever was during his working days now that he’s assumed his duties for the next year as governor for the Rotary International’s 5040 district. Calder was named to the position in December and began his one-year term on July 1.
Read the complete story in The Prince George Citizen.
As the Rotary year comes to an end Doug and I would once again like to extend our since thanks for all of your support and the opportunity to Serve you and our District. 
During the Live Virtual District 5040 Conference members and clubs of the District's Rotary Family were recognized during the awards presentations
 | A Legacy That will TransformThe Dave Hamilton Service Above Self Bursary will make it possible for students to reach for the stars and pursue their dreams after high school. This bursary will be available to any high school graduate of District 5040 and will be awarded to students who demonstrate:
There will be a formal application process. Details to follow. Please donate by using the donate button or QR code below:
Please contact Tanya Hall at tanya@tanyahall.org for additional information. |
Two Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Terrace Skeena Valley (Leah-Ann Rogers and Giselle Birch) set out on Jan. 27 to do a kind deed to the Northern Health Employees at Mills Memorial Hospital, McConnell Estates assisted living and Terrace View Lodge on behalf of the club.
Participating in Rotary’s People of Action campaign with help from Northern Health providing
some staffing numbers Terrace Skeena Valley Rotary ordered up 44 dozen donuts and 44 boxes of coffee from the South Side Tim Hortons in Terrace to give to workers in the various departments such as IT, maintenance, record keeping, stores, kitchen support, janitorial and housekeeping, office workers, care aides and more.
There are so many people who have been working tirelessly behind the scenes of health care and Terrace Skeena Valley Rotarians wanted to honour each one offering a Thank You for all they do.
While the Tim Hortons staff packaged up the 528 individually wrapped donuts and made up 528 cups of coffee for the morning delivery, store manager Devin Archibald told the Rotary members that Tim Hortons would donate the donuts and coffee to the Rotary club citing a community COVID-19 program Tim Hortons has. Without missing a beat and after some quick texts the money for the purchase of the treats was turned over to be used for Tim Hortons Kids Camp making it a true double/double blessing in the community.
Ladner Rotarian and Past District Governor Chris Offer appears in the January 2021 edition of the international Rotary Magazine. He has also been appointed to the Board of Directors of The Rotary Foundation Canada.
