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Posted by Ken Germain
on Aug 08, 2015
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Jennifer Rees of Green and Gold Community Garden
Since 2009, 2 acres of U of A farmland in South Central Edmonton have been lovingly cared for to bring the best and freshest produce to market. The Community Garden relies on volunteers to grow and sell about $28,000./year of the veggies with all profits being used to help the women victims of the Rwanda genocide of 1995.
Tubahumarize means "Let us console and give them hope" in the language and this group through the U of A land is doing that one growing season at a time.
You can buy the produce right out of the ground on Tuesday evenings and Saturdays near the barn at 60 Ave and 115 Street. You can volunteer to pick weeds or bugs too.
A number of people asked for contact info for the Green and Gold Garden:
The garden hours for selling are 1900-2030 Tuesday Evenings and 1100-1300 on Saturdays.
Volunteer hours usually start 1 hour before that time
Thanks so much for the opportunity to speak.
Jennifer Rees
Engagement & Patient Experience
Quality & Healthcare Improvement
tel: 780 735-0332
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Henk Hendricks, long time regular visitor to our club passed away this week.
Henk was one of several South Edmonton Rotarians, in 1974 responsible for the chartering of Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona.
A real gentleman who will be missed by all who knew him.
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Posted by Donna Hutton
on Aug 05, 2015
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 Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona Volunteers who worked one or more shifts at the recent Taste of Edmonton for Youth Empowerment Support Service, YESS:
Donna Hutton, Carin Jansen van Vuuren, Stephan Jansen van Vuuren, Rose Marie Basaraba, Diana Parker, Hans Pilz, Hans Granholm.
Carin and Donna working the crowd.
We received this thank you note from YESS, volunteer coordinator, Cheryl Edwards:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I am so grateful for all of your help at the 2015 Taste of Edmonton festival! I sincerely hope you had a fun time, and maybe even made some new friends!
It was a busy 10 days, but it all paid off in the end. Altogether, we put in a total of 885 hours in the Beverage Oasis, raising just over $9 000 and sold hundreds of bottles of pop, water and smoothies! On top of that, we spent almost 100 hours in the Charity Booth, where volunteers raised awareness about YESS, collected some donations and spent 4 days talking to countless festival-goers about how we are empowering youth facing difficult realities.
If you have any comments or feedback on either the Charity Booth or Beverage Oasis, please don't hesitate to get in touch and let me know what worked, what didn't, and what we can do better for next year!
Looking for more ways to get involved this summer?
We are now recruiting for our 15th Annual Charity Golf Classic, the Edmonton Marathon and the Edmonton Airshow! Details will be emailed out very shortly, but schedules are open on VicNet if you'd like to sign up now!
Was this your first time volunteering with YESS?
Send me an email if you'd like to be added to our general Events Support Team! That email will add you to our emailing list and you will receive updates about what events we have coming up that we need volunteer support for. (If you don't email me to opt-in to the Events Team, you will be removed from our emailing list and will no longer receive email updates from YESS).
Again, I thank you for your support and all the hard work you put in these past couple of weeks.
Have a lovely day,
Cheryl Edwards
Volunteer Coordinator
(780) 468-7070 ext. 234
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Posted
on Aug 08, 2015
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Heather de Kok special!!
Tonight we have a really big shoe!
"The end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the seeking of it."
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Posted by Stephan Jansen van Vuuren
on Jul 30, 2015
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2015 Oktober Fest is graciously hosted by Caren and Skip Kerr at their lovely home at 507 Twin Brooks Bay. MAP
ONLY 60 TICKETS -- First come-first-serve.
Date: Saturday 26 September
Time: 16H00 - +- 20H00
Cost per person: $40. Register HERE and you can pay online or give Diana Parker your cheque or cash at your earliest convenience.
We will be treated to Skip's famous whole pig roast and it includes:
- Whole pig on a spit
- All condiments + desert
- Beer & wine & soft drinks
- Entertainment
This whole event is sponsored by Skip & Carin Kerr. The full proceeds of the entrance fee will be going towards The Rotary Club Edmonton Strathcona.
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Posted
on Jul 31, 2015
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The date for this year's Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off event is set for October 3. Details to follow...
Yours in Rotary Don R Henry
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on Jul 31, 2015
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Dear Rotarian,
I am President of Rotary Club of Pune Katraj, RI District 3131, India. I am proud to be a Rotarian and pleased to have had the opportunity to lead my club. I welcome you all to the new Rotary Year and wish you all the very best for the coming year. As Rotarians, together we will make this world a better place to live.
I am writing to you all to appraise you on a unique event that we are organizing again this year. After the huge success that we had in the year 2013-14, we are again back with ROGEC-2015, a global essay competition with a view to crusaders of Peace in a constructive dialogue and allow them a platform to express themselves on global issues concerning Peace.
This competition is open to all the citizens of the world. The winners will be invited to India for 5 days and will get involved in various informative and cultural activities.
I request you to circulate this mail among your members, friends and acquaintances, share this information through your Club bulletins and encourage participation in this event.
Looking forward to a great year ahead.
Regards,
Rtn. Suvarna Kutwal
President, Rotary Club of Pune Katraj RID 3131, INDIA
www.rogec.org
www.facebook.com/Rotary.Rogec
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Posted
on Jul 25, 2015
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Please read the important announcement from President Ravi and TRF Board Chair Ray Klinginsmith below.
We are this close!
You will notice, towards the end of the announcement, that your donation to PolioPlus will be tripled, courtesy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
This is the perfect time to maximize your TRF donation. Click on the link: Your Donation to PolioPlus , here or in the announcement.
Do it Today!
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Posted
on Jul 24, 2015
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K.R. Ravindran
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President, 2015-16
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Dear Fellow Rotarians,
We’re delighted to report that [today, Jul 24, 2015] Nigeria has passed one year with no new cases of the wild poliovirus.
This is the longest the country has ever gone without a case of polio and a critical step on the path toward a polio-free Africa. We’ve come a long way since the bleak years when the virus reached its peak. It was only a decade ago that polio struck 12,631 people in Africa- three quarters of all cases in the world.
We congratulate Rotarians who have donated $688.5 million to fight polio throughout Africa, including more than $200 million to Nigeria. We congratulate Rotarians from Africa and around the world who have also devoted countless hours to immunize the children who now have the opportunity for healthier, happier lives.
With the ambitious scope of Rotary’s PolioPlus program, our efforts are having a far-reaching, transformative impact beyond the eradication of polio.
With the infrastructure put in place by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Nigeria not only reduced its polio caseload by 90% in 2014, but it also successfully thwarted the world’s most lethal Ebola outbreak to date, in only 90 days, a response faster than even the U.S., and rightly praised by the World Health Organization as ‘world-class’.
In Nigeria and elsewhere, the Initiative provides a blueprint to reach all children with a package of lifesaving vaccines and health interventions. This is a vital step on the path to human development, as we know that with improved public health, more resources can be channeled towards education and economic growth.
If the stringent World Health Organization testing criteria are met, then Nigeria could be removed from the list of polio-endemic countries in September of this year.
However, our work is not done. We know that polio can easily return, with devastating consequences, if we don’t stamp it out now.
We must act, as Rotarians do, to build on the progress made and stop polio once and for all. We have a narrow window of opportunity to achieve this, and if we fail, we could witness up to 200,000 cases a year in the near future.
So how can we finally make history and end polio now?
Today, we must protect the progress made in Nigeria, and support Pakistan and Afghanistan, the other two remaining polio-endemic countries.
Protecting progress means enhancing surveillance, routine immunization, and community engagement in Nigeria and other countries where transmission has been stopped.
Supporting Pakistan and Afghanistan means full political and financial commitment to eradicating polio; vaccination of all children in these countries; high quality surveillance, and the accomplishment of all the expert recommendations as part of the GPEI’s Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan.
Visit endpolio.org to download a toolkit of materials to help you share this progress – and the need for continued commitment in the coming years – with your Rotary club, your communities and your elected officials.
This all requires time, energy and investment. Pakistan’s budget requirements for polio eradication activities from 2016-2018 amounts to $305.7 million, and if we can raise this sum now, a polio-free world will reap financial savings of US$50 billion over the next 20 years and prove what’s possible when the global community comes together to improve children’s lives.
Thirty years ago we told the world what Rotary believes: that we can achieve the eradication of only the second human disease in history. Our belief is becoming reality. For every child, let’s make sure that reality is a bright one.
Warm Regards,
Rotary International President K.R. "Ravi" Ravindran and Rotary Foundation Chair Ray Klinginsmith
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