May 30 saw "Okotoks Embraces Africa" dinner with African entertainment and good times. Funds from this go towards projects in the country of Burundi in Africa.

See the attached for more information on the project.

Burundi Project and country information

The Rotary Club of Okotoks welcomed to membership. Lynn Rooyakkers  at their April 1 meeting.  Lynn is excited to be involved with Rotary and is looking forward to working with the club to achieve their many objectives.  The induction was followed by a demonstration of Clubrunner by Vern Noble.  The club is utilizing this tool as a means to effectively communicate with the members, and Vern helped the club members navigate around the site.  All Committee Chairs were urged to populate the various headings with information to help their colleagues stay informed!

The Town of Okotoks, the Western Wheel and the Rotary Club of Okotoks have again partnered to select our Leaders of Tomorrow.  Young people from the Town are nominated by various groups - ie churches, schools, library, etc.  These students apply for the award and a selection committee carefully reviews the accomplishments of these applicants - looking for those future leaders in our community.  It is sometimes very difficult to select the top applicants as we discover that there are many outstanding youth in Okotoks which, by their acts, display leadership qualities.  We look forward to awarding these in April, and have continued our sponsorship of this worthwhile project.