This 5K & 10K Fun Run/Walk to raise funds to eradicate polio is a Rotary Days of Service Project, co-sponsored by Rotary District 5370 and the Rotary Club of Edmonton Riverview.
Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors and others are encouraged to sign up to complete their virtual 5K or 10K walk or run any time between September 11 and 19. Together we can End Polio Now! Register Today!
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Nahanee Creative Speaker Series
We are Celebrating Indigenous Peoples History Month by amplifying Indigenous Inspiration with our inaugural Nahanee Creative Speaker Series!
We will be hosting a series of one-hour Interactive Introductions over the month of June with brilliant guest speakers. Join us!
Here’s a full list of the events and links to the tickets:
Indigenous Identities
Friday,June 18, 2021 - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. MDT
Guest Speaker: Khelsilem Tl’aḵwasiḵ̓an Sxwchálten, Squamish
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Ta7talíya-men Paisley Eva Nahanee in conversation with Khelsilem exploring intersections of Indigenous Identities including urban Indigeneity, queerness and more.
Territorial Acknowledgements: From Awareness to Practice
Friday,June 21, 2021 - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. MDT
Hosted by Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee
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Join Ta7talíya Nahanee, Squamish, to personalize your connection to acknowledging Indigenous Territories on National Indigenous Peoples Day!
Land Back: Global Intersections & Solidarity
June 25, 2021 - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. MDT
Guest Speakers: Mo Dhaliwal and Anita Lal
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Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee in conversation with Mo and Anita, from Poetic Justice Foundation, to discuss the possibilities of solidarity in global Land Back movements.
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Receive the recognition your club deserves
Our District has four awards related to The Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus. Two of the awards are based on per capita giving to TRF and the campaign to eradicate polio:
Annual Fund Award – This award is presented to the club whose members made the highest per capital contribution to the TRF Annual Fund during the Rotary year (July 1 - June 30).
End Polio Now Award – This award is presented to the club whose members made the highest per capital contribution to the Polio Plus Fund during the Rotary year (July 1 - June 30).
The other awards, which are new this year, recognize Rotary and Rotaract clubs for their exemplary efforts to encourage support for the Foundation and Polio Plus:
Rotary Foundation Fundraising Award –This award recognizes a club that develops and implements a strategy that results in an increase in its per capita giving to the Annual Fund.
End Polio Now Fundraising Award –This award recognizes a club that develops and implements a strategy that results in an increase its per capita giving to the End Polio Now Fund.
Click here for a list of the 2020-2021 District awards and then submit your descriptions of your club’s award-worthy projects, programs and activities to Rot5370@telus.net by August 1, 2021 (include 2020-2021 Awards in the subject line). Awards will be presented in the fall.
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Looking for membership growth and retention ideas? Check out Membership Best Practices, a Rotary discussion group.
This group of more than 5,300 members provides a forum for leaders at all levels to share best practices for recruiting, attracting, engaging and retaining current and prospective members. Here is a sampling of recent post topics:
- Membership growth and retention
- Potential new members questionnaire
- The simple solution to membership decline
You can join this and other discussion after logging into your my.Rotary.org account.
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Our Logo: Representing Rotary
A Rotary Learning Center interactive course
Learn why Rotary's visual identity and logos are important and how to use them to represent Rotary correctly. See how to customize your club or district logo to show that what you do locally is part of the good that Rotary does around the world.
This 30-minute interactive course is available in the Public Image section of the Rotary Learning Center. You need to sign into your My.Rotary.org account to complete this course.
Related Rotary International District 5370 News blog post: You would never use this logo, so why do so many Rotarians continue to use this one?
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Join Rotary Club of Edmonton for its annual golf fundraiser tournament Monday, August 9 at Highlands Golf Club. Proceeds will benefit Lurana Shelter, a first-stage, emergency shelter providing safe, secure refuge and emergency services. Click here to learn more and register as an individual or a team of four.
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What are you getting Dad for Father’s Day? Buy tickets for Dad and enter him to win a Banff Golf Package valued at $10,000! Package includes four nights’ accommodations at the Fairmont Banff Springs, a round of golf each day for four people at the Stanley Thompson Golf Course and daily breakfasts. You’ll also be entered to win RVs, ATVs, boats, staycation packages, cash and more!
We’ve made gifting easy.
- Order tickets online at www.cashandcamping.com directly in anyone’s name.
- Provide an email address and schedule delivery on the date of your choosing.
- We’ll take care of the rest. It’s that easy!!
See the prizes and get your tickets at www.cashandcamping.com
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The Summer Cash 50/50 Jackpot is growing! Current jackpot is over $210,000!!
Win half the jackpot, up to $175,000!
Joint fundraiser of the Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie Sunrise, Swan City and After Five.
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