November is The Rotary Foundation (of Rotary International) Month The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
There are as many reasons to support The Rotary Foundation as there are ways to do good in the world. Through the Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) initiative, your contributions of any amount to the Annual Fund or the PolioPlus campaign are the primary source of funding for Foundation programs. Every Rotarian is encouraged to participate in a Foundation project and make a personal gift to the Annual Fund every year.
Festival Coffee Thank you to the 17 Rotarians who immediately stepped up and volunteered to sell a case of coffee. We are looking for another 20 Rotarians to help out. If we all sell a case of coffee, a case containing only 6 bags ($10 per bag) it will be a very easy fundraiser for us. You can pick up the coffee from the London Convention Centre during the week of November 20th. All funds support youth activities and area schools.
Eye Glasses for Mexico As part of their Avoidable Blindness Project the Rotary Club of Burton, Michigan, who are in our District, have been taking 2-3,000 pairs of eye glasses (regular and sunglasses) to Mexico each year for many years. Under the leadership of Stu Eberhard and Ramon Marti, we are looking for used glasses which we will forward to the Burton club. Please bring your glasses to our next meeting and leave them at the registration table.
62ndstart.ca Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction, Monday, 12 February 2018 The 2018 Dinner will be held at London Convention Centre.
Confirmed head table guests include Christine Sinclair (Canadian National Soccer Team), and Trish Stratus (retired hall of famer wrestler). Karen Phibbs will be the 2017 Sports Person of the Year (President, Ontario Hockey Association/Hockey Canada).
Tickets, a great Christmas gift, are $150 per person and may be purchase through the Dinner’s website at: www.ldnsportsdinner.com
Stay tuned for more program information.
The Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction supports the work of Thames Valley Children's Centre and is proudly sponsored by the Rotary Club of London and the London Sports Media.
The Rotary Foundation Contribution Information Annual Fund: Your gift to the Annual Fund helps Rotary clubs take action today to create positive change in communities at home and around the world. Your contributions help to strengthen peace efforts, provide clean water and sanitation, support education, grow local economies, save mothers and children, and fight disease.
PolioPlus: The support of Rotary, donors, and governments remains critical in the final stages of polio eradication. Every $1 Rotary commits to direct support for polio immunization will be matched 2-to-1 (up to $35 million per year) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
There are two easy ways to make a contribution to The Rotary Foundation:
a) give your cheque or credit card information to Sandy at Monday’s meeting and we will forward your payment to The Rotary Foundation (Canada). As an FYI Cdn $1.27 = US$1 for the month of November.
b) make a donation through the RI website: login to Rotary.org
On the home page click on “GIVE” – upper right corner of the page
Go to “I WANT TO SUPPORT ROTARY’S CURRENT WORK” and/or
Go to “I WANT TO SUPPORT A POLIO-FREE WORLD” and click on “GIVE NOW”
Under Annual Fund click “Annual fund – SHARE”, click “Continue”,
Under Polio-Plus Fund click “PolioPlus”, click “Continue”,
For both scenarios enter your Amount, and Frequency (One time, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual), click “Continue”, And fill in the information requested and proceed to the payment page.
If you wish assistance with this please contact Jim Belton at jimbelton@rogers.com or 519-858-1210
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of London Board will be held on Friday, 15 December at 7:30 a.m. in The Salvation Army Centre of Hope Boardroom.
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:.....Juan Ignacio Martinez Rivera, Santa Cruz la Sierra, Bolivia (juanimartinez2002jimr@gmail.com) Members:
Hon. Ray Lawson Rotarian of the Year:.....Heather Broadhead
Jack Burghardt Community Service Above Self Award:.....Jim Belton
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