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Always a Rotarian

Always a Rotarian

Carl Golletz was always a Rotarian, in both word and deed. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Brandon for over 50 years, beginning in 1970, when Russell Strahl invited him to join the club. The club at that time had 83 members and contributed significantly to community service in many aspects of life in Brandon. As the club evolved since 1970, Carl participated in almost all of the Rotary Projects during that period from HighwayCleanup on Grand Valley, to Hazardous Materials Disposal, Burger Days and most significantly the Rotary Book Sale. Carl was an avid golfer and always participated in the Rotary Food For Thought Annual Golf Tournaments. He was always a big supporter of Grey Cup ticket sales, Rotary Christmas Cake sales and $100 Rotary Fun and Leisure ticket sales.

On his 50th Rotary Anniversary, Carl said “Rotary has given me the opportunity to be of community service and to enjoy the fellowship with Rotarians. It has been my pleasure to have been associated with The Rotary of Brandon for my past 50 years”.

He was a very conscientious Rotarian. President Alan Moulin remembers Carl apologizing for not working at the fall Book Sale in 2024, due to his physical limitations. Carl was an enthusiastic supporter, contributor and promoter of the Rotary Westman Foundation. His ability to work with, and socially connect with fellow Rotarians and the community, was one of his many strengths.

President Alan believes that Carl’s perspective on life, and his deeds, is reflected in his belief in the Rotary four-way test.

Of the Things we Think, Say or Do,

Is it the Truth?

Is it Fair to all Concerned?

Will it create better Friendships and Goodwill?

Will it be Beneficial to all Concerned?

Carl will always be a Rotarian.

Thank you Carl, for over 50 years of community service as a member of The Rotary Club of Brandon #1344.

Rotary Ripple Effect Program Third Quarterly Report for 2024/2025

The Rotary Club of Brandon has contributed to District 5550 Ripple Effect program in Guatemala. Our support has been focused on the Hector Barillas Orantes School.

The project is the construction of two new classrooms, sealing between the wall and the ceiling in the existing classrooms for pest control (rats and pigeons) and the construction of 46 meters of perimeter wall.

Status:

Construction is 100% complete. The interior of the classrooms was painted by Rotarians, Rotaract and Interact members of the club. The classrooms are fully furnished with whiteboards and desks.

Rotary Wine Festival presented by Manitoba Liquor Marts

Rotary Westman Wine festival presented by Manitoba Liquor marts is coming soon!

We plan to have Public Tasting Tickets available for $44.95/ticket in all Manitoba Liquor Marts stores by Spring Break.

Strathclair Theatre Chorus

Thanks to everyone who attended, Knox United Church, Charles who was there for all the questions, The In-Betweenes for their delicious cookies and hot coffee & tea & the amazing Strathclair Theatre Chorus! What a wonderful way to spend a cold afternoon. 🎵🎶🎵 Extra special thanks to Abiola Odutola for the excellent article and photos in the Brandon Sun!

Happy New Year 2025

Induction of New Members

September 24, 2024, we inducted Connor Branson Morand and Saheed Olanrewajou Osho into The Rotary Club of Brandon #1344.

Saheed is from Lagos, Nigeria and is married to Seun. They have two young daughters Kimberly and Jade. Saheed came to Canada in 2024 and is a permanent Canadian resident. Saheed worked in the Nigerian Communications industry as a brand strategist and account planner.

Connor was born in Vancouver and grew up in central Alberta. His family farmed in the Strathmore area. Connor is middle child of 3 children and is single! He graduated from the University of Lethbridge with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. Connor volunteers extensively and brings loads of leadership experience.

Paul Harris Fellow

A Paul Harris Fellow

The Rotary Club of Brandon 1344 recently honored Tracy Baker with a Paul Harris Fellow. Tracy
has a long standing involvement with Child and Family Services which evolved into becoming
part of the Winefest committee hosted by The Rotary Club of Brandon 1344 and this project
has raised over $250,000 for the 2003 Special Olympic Summer Games, Elspeth Reid Family
Resource Centre along with other local Rotary Club of Brandon projects. Tracy’s attention to
details, creative ideas and willingness to “roll up her sleeves” have been significant
contributions to Winefest!
Tracy has been involved as a Board of Directors Member with the CFS Foundation, She is
currently on the Board of Directors and Finance committee with the ACC Foundation, Co-Chair
of the Rotary Westman Wine Festival committee and is the Founder and Hostess of the
Women’s Professional Networking group in Westman.
Tracy recently received the YWCA Westman 2024 Women of Distinction Award for the Business
Leadership and Entrepreneur category.
Married to Shawn, she has two adult children, Kale and Kendall.
Tracy’s very successful professional achievements have shown the trust, commitment, honesty,
care and client focus she always demonstrates!
Tracy is a jewel in our community and a Paul Harris Fellow will recognize her tremendous
contributions to the Rotary Club of Brandon 1344 Winefest project!

Respectfully submitted, Don Partrick

PHF Presentation

Simeon Norton, PHF Chair - Rotary Club of Brandon 1344 shown presenting a Paul Harris Fellow pin to Rotary Club 1344 member Hairu Elewuro with 4 year old daughter, Almas.

Hairu actually achieved the PHF for his daughter Almas!

Fall Book Sale Thank you

The Spring Rotary Booksale will be

April 3rd, 4th & 5th 2025

Special thanks to our Volunteers

Over 60 volunteers helped us with the Fall sale!

Thank you Victoria Inn for our awesome venue and support!

Thank you to all the volunteers for

helping us manage the 35 pallets of books

that were picked up, sorted, stored, unloaded and unpacked

for the sale!

Rotary club’s display cases in the Main Concourse of the Keystone Centre club’s display cases.

The cases, gratefully provided to the club by the Keystone Centre, now offer the public updated information about our club and its ongoing activities in Brandon and Westman.The display also contains some of the club’s cherished artifacts, such as our original Charter, signed in 1921.

“If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to check it out, possibly you might find some time to take a look,” says Don. “I think you will find it interesting. The display cases graphically encapsulate just how active The Rotary Club of Brandon #1344 is.”

Any questions or comments are welcome, contact Don 204-729-7188

Ripple Effect is a Rotary District 5550 program through which Rotarians and other organizations and individuals in Canada can reach out to countries where children’s education is at risk. The program works in partnership with Rotary Clubs and communities in Guatemala to help build, equip and support schools for children in grades K to 6. Your donation to the Ripple Effect Program will help build and/or equip a school in Guatemala.

The Rotary Club of Brandon, along with other Rotary Clubs in Ontario and the Prairies have worked together to build a school in San Miguelito, to help reduce the incidence of illiteracy and poverty among the people of the area. Guatemala is not only one of the poorest countries, (Guatemala is geographically south of Mexico), but has the lowest literacy rate in Central America. The school has taken several years to build, with all work done by local people and supervised over all by local and Canadian Rotary clubs. Presently there are 5 classrooms, a computer lab, kitchen, washrooms, principal's office, storage along with a cemented playground, fencing and retaining walls. Needless to say, the school has become the meeting place of the town with a market and place for sports and recreation.

The ShelterBox program is an unbelievable program to give the opportunity to an individual or a group to be able to step up and give a huge amount of help to people in need.

For example, the Shelterbox provides sustained shelter for people dealing with disaster in the Philippines.

Shelterbox already has two response teams on the ground in the Philippines who are working with the help of Rotarians to provide emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.

ShelterBox delivers, the tent boxes shown above, or specific Shelter Toolkits for areas where repairs to homes are needed.

Some 90 countries have received ShelterBoxes. And more than 130,000 ShelterBoxes have been deployed since the Rotary Club project since 2000.

For some more info, see: http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/