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Fantastic first joint-meeting with the Rotary Club of Calcutta Kankurgachi, India. President Dr. Dibyendu Banerjee led us to a very informative meeting, presented by 2 speakers with topics on Maternal and Child Health in India and Environmental Changes in Antarctica. We look forward to more joint-meetings with Rotarians worldwide!
A message from Club President Jane LePorte:
"As you may all know, the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been quickly evolving, and the Rotary Club of Vancouver Yaletown will change all upcoming in-person meetings to virtual meetings until the B.C. Ministry of Health advises it is safe to gather together again. We send best wishes to all for good health and a positive response to this global crisis. Thank you for your understanding."
You are welcomed to join our virtual club meetings. Please contact us at VancouverYaletownRotary@gmail.com or by Facebook.
Speaker Matthew and Emerson from Low Entropy Foundation shares their success with the Youth Empowering Youth (YEY) program, a nine-week curriculum led by teens for teens to nurture, support, and strengthen young leaders.
President Jane LePorte shares her vacation experience across the Mongolian plateaus
Thank you to everybody that supported our first ever Music Bingo Zoom! We had 70+ attendees on the session, many of which had multiple family members or friends under the same "window", dancin' and rockin' to disco classics like YMCA!
Together, we were able to raise $1148.00 to support the good work of the Rotary Club of Vancouver Yaletown - WAHOO!!
A big thank you to @CoryCasselProductions/Events for being such great hosts. Hope to see you at Music Bingo Zoom again soon!
We were Santa's busy little elves volunteering at the annual Aunt Leah's Christmas Tree Sale! On a 4 hour shift we sold, trimmed, and packaged 130 trees!
This meeting featured Allen Lin's classification talk, accompanied by Mandy and daughter Zoe. Allen is a long-time Rotarian transferred from RC Victoria to Yaletown in 2019 and works in the financial industry. We are delighted to see Allen and Mandy's passion in continuing to support the local community and give back whenever possible, even when raising a young daughter at home. That's service above self!
An annual event for the Rotary Club of Vancouver Yaletown is providing a Pumpkin Patch at Admiral Seymour School in Vancouver, along with skilled guidance for creating Jack-o-Lanterns for Halloween. This year, due to COVID-19, the students carved over 125 pumpkins without our help and had their usual enthusiastic, fun time with candy to round out the day.
Lots of fun at our first ever online Halloween themed Scavenger Hunt! Great to see members, Rotaracters, friends, and guests having fun in costumes and staying safe. With combined team effort, we were all able to find the spooky items hidden around our house! More social game meetings to come in the future!
This year our Club continues to support Amarok Society with their newspaper program in Bangladesh, which provides funding for daily newspapers and literacy programs to women living in the poorest villages. The women read the newspapers out loud to other women and children who cannot read or afford books. Amarok informed us that with access to newspapers and reliable information, the families they reach can better understand what's happening throughout the country during COVID-19 lockdown. Reliable news sources are always important, but during a pandemic, a food shortage, and mass evictions, staying informed is actually changing lives.
News Release: Large, new eyeglasses collection to bring precious gift of vision to developing countries.
