The Rotary Club of Winnipeg West acknowledges that our meetings, held virtually or in-person, are held on Treaty One lands. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility in improving relationships between nations and to improving our own understanding of local Inuit, Metis, and First Nations Peoples and their cultures and rights.
We recognize that the clean water we are drinking is sourced from the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.
October 30 - Meeting Cancelled
The usual club meeting at Smitty's is cancelled in lieu of the special Paul Harris Awards Dinner at the Birchwood Inn at 6:00 PM
Never the less, we do have some news to share.
Rotary Club of Kerkyra, Corfu Welcomes Bob Foster
Bob and Marusia Foster have been away for the past month visiting the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands - Greece. With Rotary never far from his thoughts, President Bob visited the Rotary Club of Kerkyra, Corfu and was treated to a great evening. Here's Bob's report:
"Attended Rotary Club of Kerkyra this evening. Speaker before dinner was some important government person. Then four course formal dinner at 9:00pm. Club has 24 members but several guests tonight because of the speaker. Seated us at dinner with a pretty good English speaker so that was good. All club members are Paul Harris Fellows. Average age about 45, fairly evenly split men women. Meeting was at the Corfu Reading Society, founded in 1836. The building is Venetian dating from about 1770 and beautifully restored. I was given the opportunity to bring greetings from our club."
When asked what the meal cost was, Bob replied:
"I don’t know and I felt it poor form to ask. The waiters dressed in white tie and cutaways probably cost more than we pay in a month. This was I think the most elegant dinner I have ever attended, including the location in a beautifully restored 18th century wealthy Venetian merchant’s home. All suits and ties and classy dresses. This was kind of a special occasion but they really know how to do it up. Makes St. Charles CC look like a poor cousin."
Sound like it might be a bit of a step up from Smitty's 😂
No doubt Bob will be sharing more of his adventures at an upcoming meeting.
Type captioRotary Club of Kerkyra
Dinner is served
Bob addresses the Club
RCWW Recruitment Begins
Summer is out of the way and before the Holiday rush, RCWW has launched its fall 2025 recruitment campaign. With the upgrade in our web & social media presence, a lot of club activity ongoing, we have a story to tell and an opportunity to increase our club membership.
Beginning the week of October 20, our new ad campaign was launched across social media platforms. We've had some early success with lead generation and are now in the process of evaluating the potential candidates and hopefully welcoming some new members soon!
If you know anyone whom you think would be a good candidate, please don't hesitate to let them know we're interested in talking to them about becoming a member of RCWW.
Our ads will continue until through the 3rd week of November.
First Ad Set - Week of Oct. 20 - Social Media - Facebook & Instagram
Second week - Week of October 27 - Social Media - Facebook & Instagram
Paul Harris Award Dinner (Oct. 30)
Thursday night the Rotary Club of Winnipeg West is proud to recognize its Honourary Paul Harris recipient Jim Step of AGAPE table. The dinner is being held in conjunction with other Rotary Clubs to honour all the Paul Harris Award recipients.
We look forward to a full report of the evening's events.
WWRMW
Next draw date: Thursday, November 20. $500 will be given away!
The 2026 WWRMW draw tickets are being printed. Dust off your customer lists and start thinking of new prospects for selling the 2026 monthly draw tickets.
Reminders & Announcements
Regular Club Meeting - November 6 - Smitty's
Fellowship Lunch - Thursday, November 13, 12:00 noon - St James Hotel - 1928 Eatery & Pub
Regular Club Meeting - November 20 - Smitty's & WWRMW draw
Reminder for volunteers for AGAPE - November 27
Family of Rotary
Nothing to report today.
Homework For The Week - All Rotarians
Provide Bob with suggestions for alternate Community Service ideas - Agape is good but maybe something that doesn't involve early mornings!
Provide us with email addresses for those whom you would like to receive the WestWind Newsletter (spouses/partners/family/friends/prospects)
