TUESDAY, JANUARY 13th 2009

After a long hiatus, the Langara Rotaract website has gotten a slight facelift. You will notice the new Rotaract logo in the header. Last year Rotaract turned 40! Congratulations Rotaract! Here's to another 40 years of helping people.

Along with the New Year comes resolutions and one resolution that Rob the webmaster has made is to keep langararotaract.com more up to date than it has been this past year.

So check back often as we will have many more updates to come.

One very exciting thing to note is that the Aid In India Water Project has been completed.

MONDAY, JUNE 11:

As Summer approaches, things are heating up for Langara Rotaract. Many new developments have taken place. To give you a short list:

The "Shake your Buddha" fundraiser on April 26th was a smashing success! We had an amazing turnout and raised a whopping $1400 towards our Buddha Academy project. A big thanks to all that helped out for this great project.


SHAKE YOUR BUDDHA

The 1st Annual Rotaract BC Roundtrip took place May 11-21, 2007 and brought five Rotaractors from different countries to our beautiful province. Our guests included Francis from Phillipines, Naohiro from Japan, Tamara from Croatia, Hussam from Italy and Maricela from Mexico. They were all a delight to meet and we all had a great time with them. A special thanks to Gelati Ting from Richmond Rotaract and our very own Katie Stewart, who developed this exciting program and worked long and hard to ensure the visitors had a great trip. A huge thanks also to members from our club and from participating clubs who supported the roundtrip by helping out and participating in events.

This Roundtrip was the first of its kind in BC and possibly all of Canada. We can all be proud of this accomplishment.


BC ROUNDTRIP

For more information about the trip and for a highlight image gallery, go to the website at www.rotaractroundtrip.com.

We will also be holding a fundraiser at the ANZA club to fundraise for the Roundtrip. It will be held on August 16th, 2007. We would love your help for this event. Please contact us at langararotaract@yahoo.com if you want to participate.

Hope to see you all soon.

Rob Seebacher
Vice President

April 3, 2007

As Spring approaches, things are heating up for Langara Rotaract. Many new developments have taken place. To give you a short list:

"Shake your Buddha" fundraiser will be an exciting evening of local music at the ANZA club. Ali has been tirelessly working to bring together five local acts that will perform in benefit of the Buddha Academy project that

The 1st Annual Rotaract BC Roundtrip is planned to take place May 11-21, 2007 all over our great province. Gelati Ting from Richmond Rotaract and our very own Katie Stewart, along with a helpful committee, have developed a program that will see five Rotaractors from all over the world visiting our beautiful province. This is a great opportunity to meet and interact with Rotaractors from different backgrounds and cultures. There will be many events that are open to all Rotaractors to attend. For more information and the trip itinerary, check the website at www.rotaractroundtrip.com.

Ishwarya Chaitanya was awarded the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship by the Rotary Club of Vancouver Arbutus on March 5, 2007. The award was presented to Ishwarya for her outstanding efforts with the Rotaract and Interact organizations over the past many years. Congratulations Ish!!!

Langara Rotaract completed a two day seminar entitled Toxic Smart in March. The program is geared to making people more aware of the kinds of cleaning products are in our houses and how our cleaning practices might be having a negative impact on our environment. The course can now also be taught by the members who attended the seminar. Thanks to Christianne Wilhelmson from the Georgia Straight Alliance for teaching such an informative seminar!

Many of our members helped out at the 2007 Nepali Film Festival on Sunday, April 1, 2007. The event was a success and Langara Rotaract was able to raise awareness for Langara Rotaract and for the Buddha Academy project we are working on.


Rob Seebacher
Vice President


Jan. 18, 2007

Website updated with some refreshed looks! More to come, so stayed tuned!
Langara Rotaract is gearing up for a very busy year. Many exciting things are on the agenda this year:

Projects

Buddha Academy/TRAS project: We will try and raise $7000 for the vocational program to keep running for the next few years. For more info, please attend the club meeting on January 22.

Union Gospel Mission: We will continue our weekly support of helping with the dinner program on Mondays.

Fundraisers

Club Night: We hope to hold a club night around Valentines day to raise funds for our Nepal project ! More info at next meeting.

50's Rock&Roll party: This will be a big fundraiser for our projects. We hope to have a fifties themed live music and dance party with food and drinks. People will dress to the time period and there will be prizes for best dressed.

Socials

Langara Rotaract plans to have a lot of fun this year! We have many movie, Karaoke, bowling and parties planned for this year so check back regularly to see what is coming up!

So as you can see it will be a busy year. You don't want to miss out on the fun.

Let this be a truly happy new year!

Rob Seebacher
Vice President


Dec. 9, 2006

Ish and Rob attended the Annual General Meeting of our sponsor Rotary club, Vancouver Arbutus on Friday, Dec 8. They updated the Rotarians on the progress of our club and were thanked by the Rotarians for the wonderful work that Langara Rotaract has been doing. So, great job everyone!

We also had a great meeting on December 6th about the structure of the club and the role of the committees. We hope to fill the committees when we reconvene in the new year. Here are the highlights for the committees:International Service
The International Service committee is for the planning and implementation of service projects outside of Canada. The committee maintains records of these projects and updates the club of the project's progress.

Community Service
The Community Service committee is for the planning and implementation of service projects locally. The committee maintains records of these projects and updates the club of the project's progress. Personal/Professional Development
The Professional Development committee of last year has been expanded to include Personal Development as well. This committee will line up speakers in the business/professional world as well as arrange educational and fun speakers that will teach us other life skills. i.e. cooking, dancing, photography Promotions/Socials
This committee produces all promotional material including the newsletter and the Webpage as well as organizing fun social events. Fundraising
The fundraising committee decides on and plans fundraisers for our various projects and the club's general account. All members are unofficial members of this committee as the fundraising is such an integrated part of our club.

So think about what interests you over the holidays and look forward to seeing you all next year.


Rob Seebacher
Vice President


Nov. 28, 2006The meeting tonight was cancelled due to a shutdown of Langara College because of the snow. Apologies for any inconvenience. Langara Rotaract has decided to take on a joint project with TRAS to fund a vocational program at the Buddha Academy in Katmandhu, Nepal. The project will also possibly allow for an exchange of a few Langara Rotaractors to attend the academy to learn about the school and Nepali culture. More to follow, stay tuned...

The executive met this week to discuss the yearly structuring of the club. We will meet on Wednesday Dec.6th at Langara College to go over the structure of the club and to elect committee directors.

Don't forget to come out for Wallyball!Nov.13, 2006The meeting this week will be at Ilse's house in honor of her birthday. We will also be discussing many new upcoming projects.Nov. 11, 2006Bobbie-Rae Dalsaune-Wells steps down as current president. Upcoming meeting will decide the interim president and any other executive changes. Nov. 7, 2006It was decided that the money raised by Langara Rotaract for AIDS Awareness in Nepal will go to The Buddha Academy in Katmandhu, Nepal. The money will be delivered by TRAS and go to the purchase of educational books and seminars on AIDS prevention.