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 last Tuesday we heard from one of our newest members, Anna Syrianou, whose classification is Beauty Consulting. Anna came to Canada from Greece when she was fifteen years old. She said that while in Greece she really didn’t have any idea what Canada was like. She assumed that it would be very much like New York and other American cities which she had seen on television in Greece.
When she landed in Halifax, she thought they were in the wrong place. It was quite a culture shock for her to get used to Halifax, a much smaller place with wooden houses, when she had come from Athens, a very large city of five million. In 1976, she married and moved to Toronto, and then across Canada, ending up in Saskatoon. Her husband had a restaurant and she had a salon business. Anna’s business did very well. She entered and won many competitions and awards. She also did make overs on the local television channel, which were very popular.
After fifteen years of marriage, when her husband wanted to move on again, they decided to go their separate ways. Anna remained in Saskatoon and became a single mother. When her daughter started University at the U of A in Edmonton, Anna decided to move here. She opened a new business in Edmonton. Two years ago she closed her business and now works out of her home.
She now has more time for her daughter and her grandchildren, and also to enjoy oil painting. She is glad to now be able to the things she loves, and to do them unconditionally.
We welcome Anna to our Rotary club and look forward to getting to know her better.
To take J Percy Page High School Interact Club members to Ronald McDonald House so they can cook dinner for the families staying there, and then to pick them up and return them to the school afterwards. All drivers must have a vulnerable persons police check in place.
Dec 6
3:30 pm at J Percy Page (meet inside the west facing front doors of the school)
7:00 pm at Ronald McDonald House
Contact: Eric Germain 780-991-0497, egermain@is2.ca
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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