--MAY IS YOUTH SERVICES MONTH-- Clubs give special emphasis to the many Rotary sponsored programs which serve children and young people. -PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR MEETING OF MAY 10th-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 speaker on May 10th will be Martyn Williams---Growing up in Liverpool, England, Martyn Williams has led an extraordinary life. He has 45 years of experience leading extreme expeditions including climbs of Mt Everest, the North and South Poles, whitewater rafting, and meditation retreats around the world. He was a founding member of the Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association (CRCA) in Winnipeg in 1975, the organization changed the name to Paddle Canada in 2006. Martyn has created global leadership projects for youth that inspired 65 million youth to participate. His prime time documentary was seen on national TV stations around the world. As a professional speaker he has spoken to audiences of over 100,000 people on all 7 continents. Most recently he has spent 7 years as a monk studying and teaching yoga and the enlightenment sciences to thousands of people, in India and around the world. Martyn is renowned for his bliss, his humour, energy and love of life.  ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON BOTTLE DRIVE POSTPONED TO MAY 29THPlease hold on to those empty bottles and cans or return them and donate your funds directly to Sandy Ronson. You can e-transfer funds directly to Sandy as follows: sronson55@gmail.com Include the password mybottles and note that this donation is for the bottle drive. Don’t forget to add your donation of $25 for a missed luncheon! All donations are greatly appreciated and very much needed to sustain club projects including our donation to Habitat for Humanity. Help us build a new home for an area family. ENVIRONMENTAL DAY IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO MAY 29TH AREA 4 ROTARY TULIP SALES  Start selling Rotary tulips to your friends and family. Boxes of 25 tulips are $25 per box. Sandy Ronson is coordinating sales so let Sandy know when you sell a box. Send her a note at sandyr@bell.net to confirm your sale. Funds are to be etransferred to Sandy at the following: sronson55@gmail.com include the password mytulips and again include a note that the funds are for tulips. The actual tulips will arrive in August for fall planting. Our club has 100 boxes in total to sell so the quantity is limited. Confirm your order early! SATELLITE CLUB TRIVIA NIGHT Thank you for everyone who participated in last night's Wet 'n' Wild Trivia, and congratulations to  ️TRIVIA TURKEYS  on their victory!  🥳 We hope you all had a great time! As a small thank-you for supporting our club tonight, we're offering you $15 off your registration for our Virtual Trivia Night - May Edition on Wednesday, May 19!  Simply purchase your team ticket by Saturday, May 1 by clicking here and using the promo code MAYEARLYBIRD at checkout. Don't forget, there are prizes to be won! 1st place: $100 in gift cards to the store of your choice! 2nd place: 25% of the proceeds from this event will go to the charity of the 2nd place team's choice!  The remaining proceeds will support our Rotary Club's projects.   - 1st & 2nd: Free entry to next month's trivia- Click here to purchase your team ticket, and remember to use the promo code MAYEARLYBIRD at checkout! Do you know someone else who would be interested in entering a team? A friend, family, coworker? If so, please forward them this email so they can register! The more teams we have and the more funds will go to ths charity the 2nd-place team's choice! As always, thank you for your support, and we'll see you on Wednesday, May 19!
SAVE THE DATE--PRESIDENT'S CUP GOLF Sept 11th-Widder Station--Thedford WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT UPDATE RCL Board/Foundation has recently agreed to fund a Communal Toilets project as detailed below (by Dale Hoyt Palfrey-4/29/21-Guadalajara Reporter) ---HEAD LINE--Needy Chapala barrio to get new communal bathrooms. The project may serve as a model for the village of San Pedro Itzican.--- While many lakeshore residents worry about community overdevelopment, few are disturbed or even aware of local underdeveloped issues. The exception is the long standing partnership between the Tepehua Community Centre and Sunrise Rotary Club in addressing the deficiencies in water and sewage services that plague families living in impoverished and heavily populated areas. The Tepehua Center has a long history of providing educational, medical and nutritional aid to the residents of the eponymous barrio located in Chapala's northeast sector. Director Moonyeen King cites a survey indicating that half of the neighborhood's 7,000 residents live without basis indoor plumbing. They have no rooftop tinacos to hold water supplies, no bathroom fixtures for bathing and relieving physiological needs, far less connections to the municipal sewage system. It means that hundreds of people urinate and defecate daily at any discreet spot outside their modest living quarters, causing a staggering sanitation nightmare. Initially King considered that placing portable toilets for the public to use at strategic points might be a viable solution. On analysis that approach was scrapped due to the onerous cost and maintenance factors involving heavy use of noxious chemicals. King then envisioned installing brick and mortar public toilets as a more practical alternative. A large street front storage room at the center perfectly fits specifications for a pilot project that is now underway. Utilizing the existing structure minimizes remodeling expenses and is estimated to run to around $4,000-USD. Sunrise Rotary has pledged financial support to convert the storage room into side-by-side bathroom modules, one for men with two toilet stalls, two urinals and a sink, and the other with two toilets for adult women, a smaller one for kids and a sink. Situated at a location already familiar to neighbors, the project is expected to fulfill its purpose and serve as a model for facilities on the drawing board for elsewhere in Tepehua and the distant, destitute village of San Pedro Itzican |
