Lydia reported that the 1000x5 book recycling project for zero to 5 year olds collected 624 books in a 2 week book drive at Lord Roberts School in the West End. Many thanks to Holly and Leilani at the LRS Parent Advisory Committee for making this possible. Thanks also to the very generous parents who donated their gently used books.
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Each book now has a label with the Rotary Wheel and an image of a young child reading . The label says
“1000x5 Vancouver
This book is a gift from the Rotary Club of Vancouver Arbutus”
We had 2 volunteer labelling sessions for the books received in this campaign. Thanks to the members who helped.
Thanks also to Yoonhi who picked an order of new books while she was on Vancouver Island so we could save the shipping costs.
And thanks to the generous publishers of these books: Orca Publishing and Native Northwest, who have provided deep discounts to support our project.
Thanks also to Colleen Dickie at the Vancouver School District for her help, her guidance, for picking up books when they are ready and for even supplying boxes when we were desperate for ways to transport books.
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In addition, Elena spoke about the upcoming Candlelight Prayer Vigil for Ukraine on March 25, 2022. Details are at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (uocvancouver.com).
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It was great to have guests John from Nova Scotia, Carol from Calgary (via the Heritage Park Club) and Ken from Ottawa join our Zoom meeting.
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Our speaker today was Mary Pichette, author, speaker, and trainer.
Mary's passion has always been to empower women and families so they can create better lives for themselves. Her background in social work and helping women overcome their PTSD has given her significant insight into the challenges families can face in good times and bad.
Mary has carried forward her passion to help and today her drive is to have every Canadian complete their Will and Estate plan. It is one small way she seeks to help us and our families be better in how we live today.
Mary has carried forward her passion to help and today her drive is to have every Canadian complete their Will and Estate plan. It is one small way she seeks to help us and our families be better in how we live today.
In today's changed world, too many families have discovered that without a legally sound Medical Power of Attorney, family members can be left in shock and chaos as they try to make medical decisions without guidance and forethought. A family's grief is magnified a thousand fold and drawn out for years when they are left without a final love letter. Mary does her best to inform Canadians of the urgency of having a sound estate plan.