--JUNE IS ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH-- Rotary Clubs encourage members to become engaged in safe and approved fellowship activities that are properly socially distanced. --PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR MEETING ON JUNE 14th--VIA ZOOM-- Here are the details:
Time: The Zoom meeting will “open” at 11:30 am for those that want to socialize before the meeting which starts at 12:00 pm.
Login: https://zoom.us/j/666121982?pwd=ckhwQTN1RFNsbkJBUWxqYkY0SWtLdz09
Meeting ID: 666 121 982
Password: 030500
If you want to dial in via telephone — you can use: +1 647 558 0588 Canada Our guest speakers on June 14th will be David Knoppert-Rotary Club of Hyde Park & Dr. Doug Thompson. They will talk about a joint initiative between the Rotary Club of Stratford Charitable Foundation’s COMMIT – a group of volunteer doctors, nurses, medical professionals and others from Southwestern Ontario dedicated to helping the less fortunate in Nicaragua – and the Rotary Club of London Hyde Park. The Nicaraguan Stove Project is meant to address the health, safety and environmental risks associated with the widespread use of open-fire stoves in villages across an impoverished area of the country, south of Managua. We will hear about the money raised by the local COMMIT members that will build 750 of the $147 stoves for Nicaraguan families and plant 9,000 saplings. To raise that money, David Knoppert and four Stratford-area residents decided to embark on months-long bike or walking trips without ever leaving Southwestern Ontario, including Dr. Doug Thompson. Doug, a Rotarian for 43 years, is a recipient of 2 Paul Harris Fellowships, a family Doctor in Stratford for 42 years, semiretired and now managing a Nursing home, and Co-founder of COMMIT 9 years ago. David Knoppert is a retired Neonatal Pharmacist from London, Ontario. In 2014 David joined the Rotary Club of London Hyde Park. He has been Club President and currently serves as Club Secretary. In January 2017 David took his first trip with the group COMMIT to Nicaragua. He has been virtually riding across Canada to raise awareness and funds for the people of Nicaragua. Their talk is titled “How to buy an electric car for $300.00” --Make-A-Wish When Stars Align Dinner at Home, Thursday, July 22, 2021-- Note from President Dianne--Following Erin and Erica's presentation May 31st, Erin emailed me today thanking us for the opportunity and included the link to the Make-A-Wish When Stars Align...At Home event scheduled for Thursday, July 22. Here is a link to the event if you would like to attend. www.makeawish.ca/athomedinner [makeawish.ca] --Every Child Matters-- F rom D.G.-David-Last week the world learned that 215 bodies of Indigenous children were found in an unmarked mass grave on the property of the former Kamloops Residential School. This is a horrific reminder of a time in Canada's history that saw children torn from their families and placed in the residential school system. There are thousands of children still unaccounted for from this time. While we may be tempted to say this is in the past, over 7 generations of Indigenous people continue to feel indescribable effects of personal and intergenerational trauma to this day. This is not just a historical issue; it is a current issue. Speaking as a descendant of settlers, we need to sit with the discomfort of our country's actions, that though we might not be directly responsible, we still greatly benefit from colonization in Canada. The discovery of the bodies of lost souls underscores the need for us to begin the work of understanding and reconciliation. Our May Noon Zoom featuring John Currie ED of HIP, and Clay Melnike District 6330 HIP Co-ordinator was a first step in what will be a journey through some dark places on the way to enlightenment and unity. Here is the link in case you missed it; https://youtu.be/T5EqxoiqxNQ To honour the lives and spirits of those 215 children, I encourage you to wear orange this week.If you are able to, please take a moment to pause @ 2:15pm and remember the children that never returned to their families and communities. Yours in Rotary, David Elliott --ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON BOTTLE IS THIS WEEKEND--JUNE 12TH-- If you are a volunteer don't forget your times/location assignments. --Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction-- For more than 60 years the Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction has brought incredible sports entertainment to the London community. While fun, the event also successfully contributed to enabling a promising future for children with a wide-range of special needs and disabilities at TVCC (formerly Thames Valley Children’s Centre). Right now the Dinner committee should be announcing celebrities and selling tickets to another fun-filled evening, but the pandemic had different plans. While the committee will not be able to transform the RBC Place London into the sports enthusiast dream that all were hoping for, they won’t let that stop them from ensuring that children and youth have the support they need to achieve the highest quality of life. TVCC needs us now more than ever. That is why the Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction Committee decided to pivot their efforts into an online, virtual silent auction – “Bid for Kids!” We invite you to be part of this initiative by generously donating an item or experience. All proceeds from Bids for Kids will support TVCC to help clients and families. Our Rotary Club was very instrumental in the founding of the TVCC in the late 1940s-early 1950s and has jointly sponsored the Sports Celebrity Dinner with the London sports media since 1956. The Bid for Kids Sponsorship Form is attached. Your completed forms(s) can be mailed to Children’s Health Foundation, 345 Westminster Ave, London ON N6C 4V3, emailed to jbaxter@childhealth.ca, or faxed to (519) 432-5907 Thank you for your consideration of this opportunity. Through your involvement you will help bring play, fun and living beyond disabilities to the families at TVCC when they need it most. --SAVE THE DATE--PRESIDENT'S CUP GOLF-- Sept 11th-WIDDER STATION Golf, Grill & Tap House THEDFORD
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