The Atlanta Host Organization Committee is offering some good old-fashioned Southern hospitality at the Rotary International Convention from 10 to 14 June. It has planned a wide range of activities featuring everything from good food and music to inspiring tours of local landmarks. If it’s your first convention, these events are chances to meet fellow Rotarians from around the world, and if you’re an experienced convention goer, you can catch up with old friends.
Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron will host Rotarians for a “Strike Out Polio” night at the new SunTrust Park, where you’ll...
When Teguest Yilma helped found the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto in 2002, she thought polio had already been eradicated from most of the world. But while Ethiopia had been free of the disease, Yilma was shocked to learn that new cases had started cropping up in surrounding countries such as Somalia.
“I was thinking, it’s not possible, we can’t be free if the countries around us are not free,” she says. Yilma, the managing editor of Capital, Ethiopia’s largest English weekly newspaper, has brought a journalist’s skills to the fight against polio. She became vice chair of the Ethiopia...
Battling breast cancer in 2000, Kathryn Smith found comfort pursuing her lifelong interest in Franklin D. Roosevelt. The more she read, the more intrigued she became with the 32nd U.S. president’s private secretary, Marguerite Alice “Missy” LeHand. “I thought, what a fascinating life she had because she was by his side through the polio crisis, establishing the polio rehabilitation center in Warm Springs and then after his return to politics,” she says. Smith, a past president of the Rotary Club of Greater Anderson, S.C., and a longtime newspaper journalist, turned that curiosity into a book...
One of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s earliest memories is of fleeing with his family into the mountains during the Korean War, his village burning behind him. His father and grandfather had to forage for food in the woods; his mother gave birth to his siblings away from anything remotely resembling a health facility. “I have known hunger,” he says. “I have known war, and I have known what it means to be forced to flee conflict.”
The soldiers who came to their rescue were flying the blue flag of the United Nations. The UN provided them with food and their schools with books....
Like a lot of us, I spent much of my childhood riding bikes, but fell out of the habit for a while. Forty years. Then my wife and I moved to New York, where cyclists risk their necks in a daily Thunderdome of cabs, police cars, firetrucks, double-decker buses, messengers on motorbikes, and delivery trucks backing around corners at 20 miles an hour. Not for me! At least not until my 50th birthday, when my metabolic furnace flamed out. Calories started going directly from beer bottle to beer belly. It was time to start exercising. Either that or give up Samuel Adams, and I couldn’t do that to...
Members are reminded about the UPDATED District Volunteer Security Policy, DOWNLOAD HERE.
This policy was generated from the requirement of our insurance company providing liability coverage in case of issues arising from members and non-Rotarians working with youth and other vulnerable members of our society.
The policy provides that all involved Rotarians and non-Rotarians complete a vulnerable persons police check. Click on "Read more..." or title 'Police Check' to read more about the relaxed submission procedure which has been greatly simplified.
Contact Hans Granholm, 780-466-5566 for more information.
This past Tuesday we heard from Svetlana Pavlenko, pictured, Executive Director of the Jewish Senior Citizen’s Centre located in downtown Edmonton. It is the oldest Seniors centre in Edmonton and will be celebrating their 65th anniversary this year. All seniors are welcome in their centre, not just those of the Jewish faith. They also offer special language programs for Russian speaking seniors. There are fifteen different senior’s centres in Edmonton, and each has a slightly different focus to meet their specific community’s needs.
She talked about the new approach to Senior’s Centres that the City of Edmonton is promoting, and how they are changing with the times. They now act as more of a community hub, where people from all different types of backgrounds and ages can get together to connect with each other. They provide programming that includes physical activities, snacks and lunches, transportation from people’s homes to from the centre, cultural programs (music and dance), and featured speakers on all types of topics. Programming topics can cover everything from cardio and strength training, to ikebana (flower arranging), yoga, painting, baking, ceramics, family history how to, book discussion groups and armchair travels. They have also celebrated our city’s cultural heritage with special day programs for those of Portuguese, Jamaican, Korean, Russian and many other backgrounds. They have also had special presentations from the Royal Artillery band, and featured a celtic band for St Patrick’s Day. They have increased their programs three-fold over the past five years. In 2014 they put together a cookbook as part of their intergenerational program to bring young people together with seniors. They also have a program where volunteers get together and bake goodies for sale as a fund raiser for the centre.
Nearly all of this programming is provided for a nominal membership fee of thirty dollars per year, which covers the cost of mailing out their monthly newsletter. They currently have almost five hundred members. Their costs are primarily covered by government grants from the various levels of city, provincial and federal. They are a registered non-profit charity and can also accept donations. They provide a valuable service to our community by giving seniors a reason to get out and meet old friends and also to make new friends.
We are delighted that you have chosen The Mustard Seed for your volunteer opportunity and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you sincerely for your kindness and generosity.
Volunteers have to be at least 13 years of age to serve meals at the church and must be accompanied by an adult
Volunteers must be at least 18 years old to volunteer on their own
The Meal group must be no larger than 12 people
The Meal group are required to prepare, cook, serve, assist with other related tasks, and clean up after the meal
The Meal group should arrive (together) at the church by 5 pm and available until 9 pmMonday to Friday
The Meal group should arrive (together) at the church by 3 pm and available until 7 pmon Saturday
The meal group is encouraged to car pool; parking is available at the back, on the street in front and the north side of the building
The food coordinator will help the group get settled and give the group members their tasks for the evening
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Come dressed in fairly casual, comfortable loose fitting clothing that can get dirty
NO open toed shoes or sandals will be permitted
No bandanas as their meaning can be misinterpreted
No clothing with profanity or inappropriate messages and / or graphics
We require that all people working in the kitchen wear a hair net which will be provided
Please dress modestly (no short skirts, halter tops or midriff bearing clothing) Shirts with sleeves (short or long) must be worn in the kitchen – no tank tops
The group must have a designated leader and all group members must sign in and out on the sign in sheets. Please contact The Food Coordinator when you arrive at the church. We hope this experience will be a blessing to you as well as the community we serve.
Tickets are going fast to the 2017 YESS Gala for Youth! Guests will enjoy elegant entertainment, sumptuous décor, and a decadent feast worthy of the gods. Dive in with us to discover the timeless secrets and hidden treasures of the lost city of Atlantis!
It all takes place on April 28, 2017, in the luxury of the SHAW Conference Centre.
Location - Hall D, Shaw Conference Centre (9797 Jasper Avenue)
Cocktails - 6:30PM
Program & Gala Dinner Begins, Cash Bar - 7:30PM
Parking - Parking options include the Impark Underground Lot at Canada Place, Impark Surface Lot at the Courtyard by Marriott, and the Grierson Hill Surface Lot
Additional Activities include a Live and Silent Auction
Dress - Cocktail or in Theme (Atlantis)
Last year's Gala for Youth was one of the most successful fundraisers in YESS history. Be a part of the life-changing programs and resources that help youth who are in crisis and experience homelessness on their way to brighter futures.
On 24 Feb, our President, Dmitri Papanicolas, was honored at the Consulting Engineers of Alberta 2017 Awards Ceremony, where he received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service.
The award was given in recognition of his thirty years of service with Thurber Engineering Ltd, and also his twenty-four years of service to the community through the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona.
Campbell Chow gave a short presentation accompanied by a video on his many achievements with Thurber Engineering, and more specifically in his field of geotechnical engineering.
Read Dimitri's success story and view the Lieutenant Governor's citation. CLICK HERE
He helped to expand the services that Thurber provides through the years to incorporate geo-environmental engineering, and construction materials engineering. For the last four years, Dmitri has been a specialist consultant with Thurber, acting as a mentor for younger engineers, helping them with their technical and business management skills.
We would like to congratulate him on receiving this very prestigious honour.
A blonde canvassed a wealthy neighborhood looking for odd jobs. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had anything for her to do.
"Well, you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?"
She replied, "How about $50?"
The man agreed and told her the paint was in the garage. A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her money.
"You're finished already?" he asked.
"Yes," the blonde answered, "and I had paint left over, so I gave it two coats." Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50.
"And by the way," the blonde added, "that's not a Porsche; it's a Ferrari."
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller
Rtn. Jerry Kelly from Victoria, formerly with the RC Edmonton, joined us at the zoo and gave us an invitation to join other golfers from around the world to their 54th golf tournament in Victoria BC. The "International Golfing Fellowship of Rotary" is one of the oldest Rotary Fellowships.
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