Welcome to the Rotary Hockey Pool For Polio Eradication
You are invited to enter the 2nd annual Rotary Hockey Pool For Polio Eradication sponsored by the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona.
Here’s some interesting facts about THIS hockey pool!!
You could win up to $1750, 4 prize pools, Pool is limited to 500 participants, Entry fee is $20, Every entry automatically makes a donation of $10 to PolioPlus, Every entry automatically adds $10 to the prize pool, Each team will consist of 3 goalies, 8 defenceman and 12 forwards for a total of 23 players, Get rid of those underperforming or injured players during the 3 trade weeks incorporated into the schedule.
You will also be able to add 50/50 tickets to your purchase with or without entering the hockey pool.
This past Tuesday, Wayne McCutcheon, the district chairperson for the Rotary Global Grants program, gave us a short introduction into the Rotary Foundation, what they do and why they do it. He started by describing a project that our district was involved in about ten years ago, where we provided the seed money to bring clean water to a village in Ecuador. The children in this village were always getting sick. The problem was eventually traced to their water supply, which came from a surface water ditch. Three hundred families participated in this project by digging the trenches for a new water supply system that included a storage tank, purifying system and piping to each home and the local school, as well as new latrines for the community. Each family now pays about five dollars a month for the upkeep of this system and they have not had any incidents of sick children due to water since it was installed. This has improved their quality of life immensely as the children in the village can now attend school more regularly and are able to play and have a more normal life. In all this project cost seventy-two thousand dollars.
Rotary has the vision to see a world where people can unite, take action and create lasting change. This also aligns with our fourth object, which is to create understanding, good will and peace. The Rotary Foundation is committed to funding humanitarian projects both locally and internationally. It does this through providing District Grants, Global Grants, Vocational Training Teams and various types of Scholarships through matching programs that help to greatly increase the original contribution. The projects they fund are thoroughly vetted and must meet a strict set of guidelines.
Locally, our district is currently overseeing fourteen global grants, with a contribution amount of just over one point five million dollars over the past four years. This past year our club alone raised over thirty thousand dollars for the New Hope School in South Africa, by contributing just over nine thousand dollars of our own funds and then applying for and receiving matching grants to make up the difference.
Currently the members of our district pledge two hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars a year to the Foundation, and only one in two members take part. Imagine what we could do if everyone took part? The vision of the Rotary Foundation and the fact that it can make such a big difference in helping Rotarian’s chosen projects come true, should make it our charity of choice. We can be a part of a wide variety of different projects both at home and around the world simply by making a contribution to this one foundation.
A dollar for dollar match for your donation to my favourite Canadian charity, Amarok,is being offered! Only 4 Weeks! Please read the article and decide if your family has a desire to positively impact the lives of Mothers and Daughters in Bangladesh. They become teachers in the slums by the hundreds!
Democracy isn't a Pizza.
It's a Tree.
Ostensibly, democracy is one of the chief exports of the western world. It’s conflated with freedom and is seen as inherently valuable for its own sake. There’s also a belief that once democracy is introduced to a country, the citizens will use it to resolve all the country’s problems.
But Democracy isn’t a pizza: we can’t just deliver it to a society’s doorstep, never giving a thought to what’s on the other side of that door. Democracy, rather, is a tree that we’re transplanting: it requires numerous other factors to help it thrive. An uninformed public, for instance, can’t exercise an effective democracy. Likewise, a corrupt government can stand in the way of fair processes and accessibility. It takes more than the advent of an election to realize the democratic ideal.
Rupa never used to leave her slum. This isn’t strange; none of the women there felt comfortable venturing far from their home. Mobility was just one more privilege of men. She couldn’t read, either. I know that her city, Dhaka, has municipal elections, but how on earth that practically functions in the slums is beyond me, where most people can’t read, almost half of the voting-age population feels repressed by the other half, and even something as simple as going for a walk can be problematic. How does unbiased information find its way into such a place? How does an informed, representative vote come out?
There are a hundred ways in which education has transformed Rupa’s sense of herself. She and her classmates are now leaders in their community. So, when a group of them went to speak to a city counsellor to discuss an unfulfilled campaign promise, that marked a huge shift in the community. Democracy wasn’t achieved when Bangladesh got the vote. But when Rupa marches freely with her fellow students to hold local government accountable, they are taking an admirable step in democracy’s direction.
Strike a Match, Light the way
Really want to make your donation go far? For any donation received before December 5th, Haulover Investments will match your donation! Just make sure you include the word ‘Match’ in your message when you donate. Click here to make your stand for peace and education.
We would like to acknowledge our gratitude to the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove, the Callista Fund, and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation for their generosity in supporting our operations. We are also extremely grateful to all the individuals, Rotary Clubs, and corporations who are supporting us. As Amarok Society donors, you recognize that the world’s education crisis is destructive and inhumane, and that education is a basic human right. Your generous support is leading the path to global education and sustainable peace.
Security for the Future
A new and efficient way to support our operations in South Asia is by donating stocks, securities, and mutual funds. Did you know that when you donate securities or mutual funds you don't have to worry about capital gains tax? To learn more about the benefits, click here.
You’re invited to a fundraiser in support of the Kids with Cancer Society co-hosted by MP Matt Jeneroux and Dr. Elizabeth Clement.
Help raise community support for this important cause in our City by enjoying your favourite breakfast cereals from your youth and hearing from speakers about the great work accomplished by the Kids with Cancer Society.
Please join us on Friday, November 30 from 7:30am-9am where 100% of the proceeds go to benefit the Kids with Cancer Society.
On Tuesday, Carol Devereaux, our district chairperson of the Paul Harris Society, presented several awards to some of our members. She noted that our club is a strong supporter of the Rotary Foundation.
She presented the Paul Harris Fellow Award, for their contribution to the Rotary Foundation of one thousand dollars, to Graham Gilchrist and to Augie Annicchiarico. She then presented a Paul Harris Society membership certificate to Jim Peddy for his commitment to donate one thousand dollars a year for five years to the Rotary Foundation.
INQUIRY FOR INTEREST FOR A TRIP TO GREECE IN SEPTEMBER 2019
After two successful Tours of Greece in 2016 and 2018, a couple of club members have asked me if I will be organizing a tour in September 2019. I would like to have an idea of how many members of our club (and their friends) will be interested in participating. The bus tour is about 10 days and takes place in the middle of September. If interested in participating, please send an e-mail to Dimitri Papanicolas at
dpapanicolas@outlook.com . The number of participants is in the order of 20, on first come first served basis. We will also connect with a few Rotary Clubs during the trip. Of course, the tour is open to non-Rotarian too.
The tour will take place in the mainland visiting archeological sites, religious sites, overall site seeing (see map) and of course some local food, wine, ouzo and shopping. Island and cruise tours can be organized separately before or after the tour.
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