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Annual Holiday Dinner - Dec. 14, 2020

Your Charleswood Rotary Club is planning its Annual Holiday Dinner and invites you to join us on December 14, 2020. With COVID-19, our Holiday Dinner will be a little different this year but will feature a great dinner prepared by the chefs of Breezy Bend Golf Club, music on Zoom by Winnipeg Symphony violinist Elation Pauls and an appearance by the Principal of Westgrove School. Dinner details and sign up are provided via the registration sheet. You will be able to have your turkey dinner and wine, if requested, delivered to your home or picked from Breezy Bend.

As usual, we will be collecting breakfast materials for the Westgrove School breakfast program and street socks for the needy. Monetary donations are welcome too and may be made for a tax receipt by optional e-transfer to rcccfinc@outlook.com.

Please complete the form and send it with your meal cheque made out to Charleswood Rotary to:

Lloyd Talbot, Charleswood Rotary Club

2 McCallum Cres. Winnipeg, MB R3R2S6

If you have questions or wish to provide information, please call me at 204-831-9724

PS Please note that we have had to limit the number of dinners that can be be prepared to 60, so send in your order form as soon as possible. Friends and family are welcomed!!

Polio Plus Challenge

THANK YOU to those who participated in the Polio Plus Challenge.

26 club members contributed $1,983 and the club $500

There is a new challenge that was made by the Dryden Club during a recent Zoom ‘Talk Show’ meeting hosted by the District Executive. The challenge was to see what club in District 5550 could get the highest percentage of its members to make a donation of at least $20.20 to Polio Plus by Oct 24th, 2020.

These monies would be directed to the Rotary International Foundation in support of Polio Plus to help celebrate World Polio Day on October 24th. We are encouraged to submit our donations, $20.20 minimum (…no maximum!) to the Rotary Club of Charleswood Charitable Foundation (RCCCF). Tax receipts will be issued. Donations may be made in by e-transfer, cheque or by credit card. Click the following link for more information: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/1000/donate

To end Polio worldwide, the transmission of the wild Polio virus must be stopped in two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan

e-RYLA 2020

This is a reminder that organizers will be 'softly' closing registration for e-RYLA on Wednesday September 9th. They will still accept registrations after that date, however, participation will not be guaranteed. Information and registration can be found on the RYLA page of the district website (direct links below). Students wishing to be sponsored by our club may email wpgysrotary@gmail.com

Direct Registration Link: https://rotary5550.org/sitepage/ryla/eryla-2020-registration

Direct Link to eRYLA Information page: https://rotary5550.org/sitepage/ryla/eryla-2020-information

Rotary Podcast

Mandy Kwasnica and Peter Tonge have developed and will co-host a Rotary themed podcast called Talking Rotary. They have some exciting guests lined up, featuring Rotary stories both locally and globally. The trailer for the podcast is available now. Full episodes will launch in September. Subscribe now so that you don't miss the adventure. Talking Rotary can be found at the website: http://www.talkingrotary.org.

Podcast episodes can be found on the website media page or on popular podcast sites. To find Talking Rotary on popular podcast sites, please follow this link: https://talkingrotary.buzzsprout.com. For those who use social media, Talking Rotary can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please follow for regular updates.

Thanks for your support. Let's start Talking Rotary!

Shelterbox

We are very excited to announce our ShelterBox Canada Hero Status for Rotary year 2019-2020. We, like ShelterBox are impatient to see a world where no family is left without shelter after disaster. Our hero status shows our commitment to helping ShelterBox prepare for when disaster strikes. Learn more at ShelterBoxCanada.org.

Club Changeover

The club meeting on June 29, 2020 saw the changeover of the club Presidency from Mandy Kwasnica to Doug McKenzie. Club members and guests recognized both for their service and commitment to Rotary.

Mandy spoke about her 2 years as Club President and the remarkable successes, despite the recent challenges of the COVID 19 pandemic. She thanked the club for the support and the opportunity, which helped her personally and professionally. The long list of accomplishments over the past two years is remarkable

Doug McKenzie will be Club President for the Rotary year 2020-2021. Doug highlighted some of the club goals and projects. He also provided his ‘life and times’ for those who do not know him well beyond Rotary. Doug has been a member of the Charleswood club since 2014 and a member in Gimli during his time practicing Dentistry there.

The club Bulletin has more information about the changeover meeting and the exceptional presentations by Mandy and Doug (click here). The Club is fortunate to have leadership of this calibre.

Westgrove Family Resource Centre

Westgrove Family Resource Centre is a family resource centre for tenants of the local Manitoba Housing complex. Programming includes parental programs, sewing circle, card making, family fun evenings, laundry facilities, meetings, community store and food bank. During the COVID 19 crisis, the centre is focused on its community store and food bank. It is working in collaboration with other community agencies to fill gaps for Westgrove families. The Rotary Club of Winnipeg, Charleswood is supporting this effort by collecting supplies and food. Club member, Paul Brault, is working closely with Westgrove to deliver supplies and food and using cash donations to purchase more. Contact Paul at 204-612-9413 or pbrault@me.com to donate food/ supplies. For cash donations, send a cheque to Ed Thompson, 787 Haney St., Winnipeg, MB, R3R 0Y7 payable to “RCCCF Inc." (Rotary Club of Charleswood Charitable Foundation Inc.) Contact Ed at 204-832-0500 or edthompson19@gmail.com if you wish to donate via bank transfer. Donations over $25 will receive a charitable receipt. Thank you for your support!

2020 Lobster Night

We regret that the 2020 Lobster Night will not be held this year due to the COVID 19 crisis. The tentative date in 2021 is Saturday, May 29th. Thank you for your support for this important fundraising event. We look forward to seeing you next year!

If you wish to donate to a project in lieu of attending the Lobster Night, consider our current fundraiser to support the Westgrove Family Resource Centre (see story above).

The Club also supports a variety of other causes including: Assiniboine Forest, High School Scholarships, polio eradication, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Shelter Box, STARS Air Ambulance, Urban Stables, Westgrove School (literacy, garden program), World Community Service projects and World Peace Partners.

Golf for Literacy 2019

The Golf for Literacy fundraiser took place on Monday, 9 September. The weather wasn't ideal but the participants didn't let that dampen the fun. Click here for photos from the day.

District Conference 2019

Posted by Rod Delisle on May 06, 2019

The club hosted a successful district conference here in Winnipeg.

Click here to view some of the memories.

Garden Boxes for Charleswood School

The Charleswood Rotary Club recently completed a project to provide garden boxes at Westgrove School. The boxes allow students to learn about where their food comes from. Principal Troy Calder is raving about the benefits they already see from the gardens. The teachers and students are very excited about what they see as potential for the garden and further development of outdoor education programs. He is hoping in the fall to have parents come when they go to harvest the garden.
The students have in turn thanked the members of the Rotary club with giant cards. The club has done an excellent job in completing this project. It is very obvious the appreciation of school staff about the work completed. The site looks very impressive.