In light of the recent events in Fort McMurray, the Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Society has determined that this annual community festival should take their initiative one step further and collaborate for a one of a kind fundraising event to support our family and friends in Fort McMurray.
Fundraising Efforts:
The Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation is ready to accept donations from individuals and corporations, for which tax receipts will be issued. The Foundation will rely on an independent committee of Fort McMurray stakeholders (including the Rotary Clubs and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo) for advice on disbursal of the funds. This will ensure that the funds reach the people that need it the most, and that the local community will have a voice in how the money is best used.
ATB Financial will add 15% to all donations made via credit cards through this fund.
The Rotary Club will also be on site throughout the festival accepting financial donations and operating a telethon with further details to be announced in the coming days.
Concert Series Performances:
Headlined by The Sheepdogs, Gord Bamford, and Loverboy, it will feature three genres of music over three days.
Friday, June 17 (Modern Rock) - The Sheepdogs, The Dudes, The Wet Secrets, The Royal Foundry
Saturday, June 18 (Country) - Gord Bamford, Diamond Rio, The Washboard Union, Hey Romeo, Trevor Panczak
Sunday, June 19 (Classic Rock) - Loverboy, Headpins, Prism
How to Buy Tickets:
3-Day and Single Day Passes are available for purchase via www.Ticketmaster.ca or by phone at 1-888-985-5000. With the purchase of a 3-day pass, you will also receive an Edmonton Eskimos game day ticket for June 18.
How to Help:
As you can imagine, an event of this calibre requires a lot of assistance. Any members of the community who want to help, please volunteer at http://porkapalooza.ca/volunteers-2/.
And of course, by buying a ticket, you're helping to support our fundraising efforts.
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival is a community event that gives Edmontonians the chance to experience the art and culture of BBQ. At its heart, it's a BBQ competition, but it has grown to embrace all of the elements of a festival, including local food trucks, a Kids Zone playground, food demonstration stage and plenty of LIVE entertainment. The festival is organized by the Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Society, Alberta Pork, Mison Consulting and EKG Entertainment Group.
For additional information on the Porkapalooza BBQ Festival, please visit: www.porkapalooza.ca
A motion was presented to the Whyte Avenue Rotary Club on the nomination of Stan Bissell for membership into the Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue.
Tim Onciul has nominated all three candidates!
His bio is below.
Stan works for the Assessment Sector in the Ministry of Education of the Government of Alberta. In this role, he is responsible for developing standardized science assessments for grade twelve students and working with teachers and school administrators from around the province to improve assessment practices and interpret standardized test results. Prior to this role, he was a secondary science educator for 14 years in Edmonton and in the United Kingdom. Stan has extensive experience in science resource development and has co-authored two high-school science textbooks. When he was a teacher, Stan would spend his summers doing professional development work with teachers in Ghana, Belize, or Norway. Stan recently completed his Masters of Education focusing on climate change education.
Stan has one son, Ewan, who attends school in the Whyte Avenue area. Stan enjoys fine wine, cycling, and traveling the world with his partner, David. Stan has also recently taken up golf and is trying to be patient with himself as he learns the game.
Stan Bissell was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue. During his time with the Whyte Avenue club, he served as club secretary for two years and International chair for three years. Stan was a member of the district 5370 Belize Literacy Program and was the teacher sponsor for the Lillian Osborne High School Interact Club. Stan is excited to re-join this dynamic fearless, and fun club!
In accordance with our club bylaws (see 3.2.5 below), please indicate within seven days (7), by return email to the Club Secretary, Lauren Emery, if you have any knowledge that Stan does not meet the Rotary Four-Way Test and you object to the admission of him as a new member, or if you require additional information regarding this candidate.
3.2.5 If the Board does not receive a written objection from a Member in Good Standing to the admission of the prospective Active Member, stating the reasons for such objection, within seven (7) days following the publication of information about the prospective Active Member pursuant to section 3.2.4, the prospective Active Member shall be considered to be elected to membership.
Thank you very much; we appreciate your timely consideration of the proposed new member.
Scott Young
Membership Chair
Fun, fearless & focused!
The fun, fearless and focused members of the Whyte Ave Rotary Club are always welcoming visitors, volunteers and community-minded citizens to meetings and events.
If you or anyone in your network might be interested in connecting with us, please get in touch! We love to work together to make our neighbourhoods better, our city greater, our country stronger, and the world a better place.
Stan works for the Assessment Sector in the Ministry of Education of the Government of Alberta. In this role, he is responsible for developing standardized science assessments for grade twelve students and working with teachers and school administrators from around the province to improve assessment practices and interpret standardized test results. Prior to this role, he was a secondary science educator for 14 years in Edmonton and in the United Kingdom. Stan has extensive experience in science resource development and has co-authored two high-school science textbooks. When he was a teacher, Stan would spend his summers doing professional development work with teachers in Ghana, Belize, or Norway. Stan recently completed his Masters of Education focusing on climate change education.
