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Edmonton Strathcona

"The Friendly Club"

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m.
Woodvale Facility and Golf Clubhouse
4540 - 50 Street NW
Edmonton, AB T6L 6B6
Canada
Our Club meets every Tuesday at the Woodvale Club except for the last Tuesday of the month. A Meeting With A Twist is a meeting and social at a location, date and time to be determined. Members will be notified by email of the details.
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Lorephil Toledo with President Elect Loida Lumanlan
 
This past week we heard an informal talk from Lorephil Toledo, a local business owner and new-comer to Canada. Lorephil told us that she arrived in Canada from the Philippines in 2011 with no money and no English language skills.  She had only her hopes for a better life for herself and her family and a very hard working spirit. She first worked as a restaurant shift supervisor for several years before starting to do house cleaning as well. She found it quite lonely at first as she had no family here and had left her two small children with family in the Philippines to take this opportunity. Several years later, once she had obtained her permanent residency she immediately returned to the Philippines to bring her family here as well.  One day one of her house cleaning customers asked her why she didn’t start her own company as she was so hard working they thought that she would be able to make a success of whatever she did. At first she was scared of the idea, but after much encouragement she decided to go for it. She founded her own house cleaning company, Canajan, in 2016 and incorporated in 2019. Her business is doing well and she now has seventeen employees.
Lorephil said that she sees her success as having a responsibility to give back to others by giving them an opportunity to make a new life for themselves. She does this by helping other people to come here from the Philippines and giving them a hand up. She believes in doing what she can to make other people happy, whether it means taking the extra time to talk with a lonely senior customer or giving encouragement to other new immigrants that they can make a life for themselves here in Canada. She said that if she could do it, coming here with no money and no English, anyone can. Her hope for the future is that she will be able to expand her business to create more jobs that will build dreams for others as well.
Meeting With a Twist for March, scheduled for Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, will be a guided Walk Thru the Pyramids at the Muttart Conservatory in the River Valley at 9626 96A Street. The adult only event starts promptly at 7:00 and will treat you to the first real ‘taste of Spring’ with the ‘fresh’ aroma of tulips and narcissus. Tickets are $14.95 each payable at the door. If you arrive early you may wish to purchase your choice of a glass if wine or other beverage to enjoy along the way. This is a highly popular evening. As they require an approximate number of attendees in advance to ensure adequate staffing, please let me know if you plan to attend and I will provide that info to them. Please reply to me by Wednesday. March 20th. (Rose Marie 780-435-5224 or rmcon@telus.net) This is a highly popular event but well worthwhile AND proof that “Spring is on the way”.
Over the years our club has been a strong supporter of local youth through sponsorship and mentoring for school clubs, educational scholarships, opportunities for leadership training and the Rotary International Exchange program. Some of these program recipients are selected by the district or Foundation and then are funded by our club, either in total or in conjunction with another club.
 
Our club has supported the Rotary International Exchange Student Program almost since our club was founded. For almost every second year since our club has either sponsored or received a Rotary International Exchange Student. This program sends carefully chosen grade eleven High School students to live and attend school in another country as the guests of a participating Rotary Club in that area. Our Rotary District currently selects and sends several students each year to Rotary Districts abroad to a Rotary District that they have been paired with. Our club has provided funding for expenses and travel for many outgoing students and accommodations in their homes as well as many social opportunities for the incoming students to get to know Canadians and to learn more about Rotary, Alberta and Canada. This has proven to be a very rich and rewarding experience for many members of our club.
 
J Percy Page High School Rotary Interact Club where we sponsored and supported a Rotary Interact Club for High School students and supported them in many of their fundraising and volunteer service projects.
 
WP Wagner High School Rotary Interact Club where we sponsor and support a Rotary Interact Club for High School students in many of their fundraising and volunteer service projects.
 
Rotary Early Act where our club sponsored and supported a club for elementary school students at Riverbend Elementary School.
 
Rotary Adventures in Human Rights where our club sponsors a high school student to attend this five day event which is hosted by Rotary in Winnipeg.
 
Rotary Adventures in Citizenship where our club sponsors a high school student to attend this five day event which is hosted by Rotary in Ottawa.
 
RYLE, Rotary Youth Leadership Experience where our club sponsors high school student Rotary Interact Club members to attend a weekend at Lake Nakamun Camp near Edmonton where they learn how to be an effective leader.
 
RYPEN, Rotary Youth Program for Enrichment, a four-day personal development workshop for high school students aged fourteen to eighteen.
 
Ron Dobbin Memorial Scholarship where each year our club gives a one thousand dollar scholarship towards post-secondary education to a selected Edmonton area high school student who has overcome major challenges in their life.
 
Harold Kukertz Scholarship where our club awards a scholarship of one thousand dollars towards post -secondary education through the Edmonton Community Foundation to a selected Edmonton High School student.
We are desperately in need of more donations for our Wheel of Fortune. Please bring your donations to the meeting with you and give them to either Ken or Eric Germain. Small, new items such as wine, small gadgets, candy, books and any other small non-perishable items are welcome, in particular something you yourself would be happy to win!

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With the number of members in this club either owning or operating a business, we are getting a very poor interest in this nice little generator of funds for the club.
Are the rates too steep? I don't think so, but if you do, please let us know.
If you have any bright ideas on how to promote this little initiative, please speak up.

 
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