The most powerful force in the promotion of international understanding and peace is exposure to different cultures. The world becomes a smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all people regardless of nationality desire the same basic things: a safe, comfortable environment that allows for a rich and satisfying life for our children and ourselves.
Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures. This plants the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding.
Monday we will be hearing from:
Damian Wegner, Don Bork, Rick Coates,
inbound student District 6330 Central States
from Poland RYE Chair RYE Country
Correspondent.
NOTE: We will be meeting at the London Convention Centre in Salon B,B1 on the ground floor.
50/50 Draw
$89.50 as of 24 September. Only 38 cards left in the deck.
Greeters for Monday 1 October:
Harry Joosten and Auckland Thawe
Greeters for Monday, 15 October will be John Stuart and Felipe Gomes.
October Rotary Economic and Community Development Month
Nearly 1.4 billion employed people live on less than $1.25 a day. Rotarians promote economic and community development and reduce poverty in underserved communities through training, well-paying jobs, and access to financial management institutions. Projects range from providing people with equipment to vocational training. Rotarians work to strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities. Our Club is providing school desks and supplies in Haiti and South Africa.
Youth Exchange Recruitment
Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people, aged 16-18, with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures.
If you know of a student who would be interested in participating in this program please pass this information on to Randy Harden at randy.harden@gmail.com or Don Bork at don.bork@gmail.com
“The 2017-18 Hon. Ray Lawson Rotarian of the Year” Award Nominations The purpose of The Honourable Ray Lawson ‘Rotarian of the Year’ Award is to recognize a member of the Rotary Club of London who is/has been highly involved in Club activities and may have also been active in Rotary District 6330 activities.
Each member is invited to make nominations for this prestigious Award. All Rotarians can make nominations.
This Award is open to all members of our Club except any Board Member who sat on the Board of Directors last year: (Stephen Knox, Jim Swan, Jeff Schiller, Harry Joosten, Rick Santos, Malcolm Cocks, Jon Ferrara, Keith Morrow, Kirk Patterson, Michel Kouassi, Bruce McGauley, Ian Wright, Kirk Langford, Ashley Carroll)
and previous recipients: (John Stuart, Jim Belton, John Eberhard, Brian Carroll, Bob Earley, Jack Scott, Keith Morrow, Bruce McGauley, Jan Delaney, Don Stevens, Rick Coates, Warren Granger, David Brady, Randy Harden, Elizabeth Harris, Marilyn Neufeld, Don Bork, Heather Broadhead).
The Nomination Form can be found on our registration desk or on our Home Page under “Home Page Download Files”. Please download and forward the Nomination Form by email to Past President Steve Knox, Stephen.knox.2016@gmail.com, with your choice for this prestigious award, the reasons for that choice, and he will present his recommendation to the Board at its 19 October meeting.
Start2Finish Running & Reading Club Volunteers Start2Finish is looking for volunteers to help, on a consistent basis, for our after-school program. The program runs at 5 TVDSB locations: Wilton Grove (Adelaide and Southdale) - Tuesdays Wilfrid Jury (Sarnia and Wonderland) - Tuesdays Woodland Heights (Springbank and Wonderland) - Wednesdays FD Roosevelt (First and Oxford) - Wednesdays Trafalgar (Trafalgar and Hamilton) - Wednesdays
All clubs run 3:30-5:30. The first half of the club is devoted to physical activity and the second half is literacy. All volunteers are not runners - there are ways to support the kids without actually running.
The highest needs, for volunteers, are at Wilfrid Jury and Wilton Grove. In particular, at Wilfrid Jury. They have a high percentage of UWO students, who are away most of December, reading week, and from spring exams on. Those times they are extremely low on volunteers at that club.
Start2Finish will be having a one-time orientation before clubs start (the beginning of October), and anyone is welcome to attend that. This information will be passed on when it's solidified.
Local Lager - Rotary Beer Fundraiser Here’s where you can stock up on your Rotary beer for all those upcoming summer BBQ’s!!!”
Only at these Beer Stores: 1199 Oxford St. W, London 1080 Adelaide St N., London 1005 Wellington St., London 1225 Wonderland Rd. N, London 1014 Talbot St., St. Thomas Local Lager is also available at the Marienbad Restaurant.
Breakfast of Champions Award Recipient This past Tuesday at the Breakfast of Champions, organized by St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation and the Middlesex branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), the two Champion of Mental Health Awards were presented by CMHA Middlesex. They recognize a group and an individual who make significant contributions to mental wellness in our community.
Mental health advocate Kristen Legault-Donkers, a psychology student at King’s University College, received the ‘individual’ award for the series of books she published on depression, anxiety, ADHD and bipolar disorder geared to children. Through a partnership with our Rotary Club the books will be distributed to 100 elementary schools in the Thames Valley District School Board. Congratulations Kristen!
District News: The 2019-2020 RI Foundation Training Seminars
Saturday - October 13 2018 - Mildmay - Mildmay Community Centre
Saturday - October 20 2018 - Imlay City - Countryside Banquet Center
Saturday - November 3 2018 - London - BMO Centre
To register - log onto the District Website - www.rotary6330.org - click on "Calendar" - click on the event you plan to attend. Registration fee ($ 40 CDN, $30 USD) to be paid at the venue.
The agenda is being prepared by incoming DEFC, PDG Martin Ward and DGE Tony Sheard. Sessions will be devoted to information about the Rotary Foundation; training on grant applications and additional information that will be of value to all attendees and their Clubs. All Rotarians in District 6330 are invited to attend.
Attendance by will qualify clubs to participate in the District Grants and Global Grants programs for the 2019-2020 Rotary year. If questions, please contact your Assistant Governor; Doug Burnard DRFC at dburnard@sympatico.ca (519-471-7789) or Martin Ward at martin.a.ward@gmail.com (519-671-6340).
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of London Board will be held on Friday, 19 October at 7:30 a.m. in the One London Place 2nd floor Board Room, 255 Queens Avenue.
Note:
- all members are welcome and encouraged to attend Board meetings
- to view the Club's Board Meeting Minutes go to our website, Member Login, My ClubRunner, click on View Club Documents.
Special Recognition Student: International Youth Exchange Student:....Damian Wegner, Bialogard, Poland Members:
Hon. Ray Lawson Rotarian of the Year:.....Heather Broadhead
Jack Burghardt Community Service Above Self Award:.....Bob Earley
The most powerful force in the promotion of international understanding and peace is exposure to different cultures. The world becomes a smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all people regardless of nationality desire the same basic things: a safe, comfortable environment that allows for a rich and satisfying life for our children and ourselves.
Nearly 1.4 billion employed people live on less than $1.25 a day. Rotarians promote economic and community development and reduce poverty in underserved communities through training, well-paying jobs, and access to financial management institutions. Projects range from providing people with equipment to vocational training. Rotarians work to strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities. Our Club is providing school desks and supplies in Haiti and South Africa.
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Start2Finish is looking for volunteers to help, on a consistent basis, for our after-school program. The program runs at 5 TVDSB locations:
Saturday - October 13 2018 - Mildmay - Mildmay Community Centre