Day Seven- June 20, 2010 Tampa to Montreal Tour

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RGHF (Rotarian Global History Fellowship) Meeting Sunday June 20 7:00-8:30am

Palais des Congres de Montreal #525

Important Note: the buses don't start to run until 7:30am and then are often late, so we basically got to the breakfast just as it ended. They were very gracious and still had the kitchen bring up hot breakfasts for us both. Unfortunately we missed the tribute to us for becoming the 500th members of RGHF.

We get to the House of Friendship and are amazed at how many service groups and fellowship booths there are. There is so much about Rotary we Rotarians do not know!

ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that has delivered over 500,000 emergency shelters to people affected by disasters worldwide. My club, Rotary Club of Tampa- Hyde Park, has bought many over the years.

Colin and Judith and Jan are fantastic recruiters and stay busy with the ACHAFR booth. Brando and I do our best to keep up with them, and only have a few opportunities to relieve them so they can go to see some of the opening and closing ceremonies.

At opening ceremonies the entertainment includes Cirque Du Soleil. About 100 million people in 200 cities on five continents have been amazed by Cirque du Soleil.

At the opening plenary session, the Boy Scouts of America present flags from Rotary countries and geographical areas during the flag ceremony.

The vocal group Celtic Thunder is the featured entertainment during the open plenary session.

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Photos

RGHF
Rotary Global History Fellowship

Palais de Congress
conventioncenter set up in Canada styled wilderness

Friendship Quilt
each square is from a different country with a Rotary Club in it

Shelter Box
a 6 month supply of food, water and sanitation pills, pots, sleeping gear for a family of 6 in any disaster location

Watching soccer at the convention
The World Cup drew crowds at the Rotary International Convention

RI President John Kenny and wife June
the end of his Rotary Year as President