At the October 21, morning meeting of the Rotary Club of Hamilton AM, the fruits of club fundraising came to bear! The meetingf was chaired by President-Elect, Elizabeth Ward.

The club’s very successful Ruby Gala held on August 7, netted $65,000 that is now available for the club’s community grant program.
At this meeting, The first two cheques were presented; the first to Vince Kuber for the STAC Program for $10,000. The second cheque for $2500 was presented to Sheba Khan of Wesley Centre.

The third cheque for $10,000 will be presented to “An Instrument for every Child” at a future meeting.

 

Jayne Eastwood is at it Again!
Hamilton AM Rotary members enjoyed a sold-out performance on October 18 of “You Had to be There” at the Playhouse Theatre.  This is a film about the making of “Godspell”, the Broadway and Toronto hit musical in 1972.

 

Godspell not only spawned a new genre of comedy such as Second City in Toronto and Saturday Live in New York, but it also launched the career of comedic greats such as Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Mike Myers, Dave Thomas, Gilda Radner and Jayne Eastwood and musical mastermind, Paul Shaffer.

The movie included many interviews with the cast who formed  a very strong bond because of the Godspell experience.  They are still meeting to celebrate, over 50 years after the completion of the production! Following the showing of this excellent movie, Jayne Eastwood participated in an animated Question and Answer session.  This is Jayne’s second such appearance at the Playhouse Theatre and truly the audience loved her!

 

 

 

Marvin Ryder, Associate Professor at McMaster University is one of the most popular and entertaining speakers at Hamilton AM Rotary morning meetings!

Marvin can explain the world of tariffs, interest rates GDP and other complicated economic terms so even Rotarians can understand them!

 

He was able somewhat to allay our fears about the possible negative consequences of recent USA challenges to Canada’s sovereignty and  economic freedom. He was able to clarify that Canada's economy was not in a "Recession"!

 

He feels that the federal governments efforts to diversity trade exports, say to the European Union, are a very good move.

 

 

During his tenure, Marvin has mentored over 10,000 graduate and undergraduate students, explaining his popularity. He has written over 70 case studies and appears frequently on radio and television programs.