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Aldergrove

Service Above Self

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Fridays at 7:10 AM
White Spot Best Western
3070 264th St.
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Aldergrove, BC V4W 3E1
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Emily Bakgitah, Kisumu Rotary Club Winam, Kenya
Mar 31, 2023
Rise to Shine Education Foundation
Heath MacKenzie
Apr 14, 2023
Cranky's Bike Shop
Alicia Rempel, Langley School Foundation
May 05, 2023
Past Speakers
Gus Hartl
Mar 17, 2023
Member I.D. Talk
Brad Hendy
Mar 10, 2023
Bard in the Valley
Cecelia Reekie
Mar 03, 2023
Part 2
Howie Vickberg
Feb 24, 2023
Member I.D. Talk
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President's Message

Jayne Pilot

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I am honored to have been selected as Aldergrove Rotary’s President for 2022-2023.

This is a very exciting time for Rotary as our International President, Jennifer Jones is asking us all “to dream big”. I’d like to share her vision to “imagine a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference”. I believe each one of our members has the 3 Cs to build on our dreams. “Concerns” for community; “Connections” to make things happen and “Commitment” to act. Aldergrove is in an agriculture zone and I believe together we can support many worthwhile projects tied with food for those in need, due to the rising costs of food and
transportation.

I look to Rotary members sharing ideas about our areas of focus to establish projects as “together we can make a difference” in our community & our world. I hope at the end of my term, that we as members have had a year of fun and fellowship, and that we feel good about what we dreamt about (our vision) and what we were able to act on.

Thanks TOL
Langley Township helps support Langley Meals on Wheels (LMOW)
 
Thanks to a grant from the Langley Township, we were able to provide 40 insulated bags to Langley Meals on Wheels for their Meals on Foot program. Through a partnership with Langley School District #35, this LMOW intergenerational program includes a team of local elementary school students who work with their teacher to deliver meals connect with LMOW clients and receive a free meal themselves. Thanks TOL for helping make this worthwhile project possible.  
 

 
RibFest's New Leader
Rick Davis, the new Chairperson of RibFest Langley,  rallied the troops at Aldergrove Rotary's breakfast meeting February 3rd. Enthusiastically describing new and innovative plans for 2023, Rick fielded questions from the event's seasoned volunteers and elicited support for the up-coming event. Promising to be even bigger and better than before, RibFest Langley offers a weekend of admission-free family fun with music, kids zone, delicious Bar-B-Q ribs and craft beer.  RibFest Langley is hosted by Langley's four Rotary Clubs at McLeod Park from August 18-20.
 
Thanking him, Janet Ingram-Johnson presented Rick with the "coveted" Aldergrove Rotary Club coffee mug. 
Thank You for Caring Tea
 Volunteers from the Aldergrove Rotary Club Starfish Backpack Program receive a cheque for $14,000.  The exceedingly generous donation came from proceeds from the Thank You for Caring Langley Christmas Tea, a community event created by the late Debbie Froese, who was the wife of Langley Township's mayor Jack Froese. Originally called The Mayors Wives' Tea, the annual Christmas celebration was designed to benefit the local Christmas Bureau and other charities. In 2019 the name was changed to expand the organization's reach and help more families in need.  On behalf of the 84 Aldergrove students from families in need, who are taking home nutritious and easy-to-prepare Starfish Backpack meals, THANK YOU for Caring.
More Toques and Scarves 
 The holidays got warmer again this year as 65 toques and scarves, hand-knit by Carol Metcalfe and friends, were included in the Starfish backpacks this week. This is the fourth year that the knitting elves dedicated their spare time to helping Aldergrove kids in need weather the cold. 
 
Many thanks to Carol's group and to the hairdressing students at Aldergrove Senior Secondary for adding the special gifts to the holiday packs. 
Smiles All Around for Starfish students
Thanks to Dr. Lana Vohra - Aldergrove Smiles, students receiving the first Starfish Backpack of the new school year went home with gift bags of new toothbrushes and toothpaste. The hairdressing students from Aldergrove Secondary School were back on the job in September, volunteering to fill the 70 backpacks needed by Aldergrove families in need this school year.
 
Thank you so much Dr. Vohra for your continued support.  And thanks too to the hairdressing volunteers.
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