BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 28 2022 at noon for a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West. The meeting will be held at: The Univer sity Club 11435 Saskatchewan Dr NW\, Edmonton\, AB T6G 2G9 https://goo.gl /maps/fFZrd9fbuU72Xbqd7 Alternatively\, if you are unable to attend in pe rson\, you may join the meeting over Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02 web.zoom.us/j/89399207928?pwd=d2ZKUlo5UWlpYkdIdk9uT1pFZWMwdz09 Meeting ID : 893 9920 7928 Passcode: 468677 Find your local number: https://us02web. zoom.us/u/kcxK9fIFc Register for in-person attendance using the link on t his page no later than end of day November 23 2022. Remember to scroll do wn and click SAVE! Registration may work best from a laptop or computer a nd may not work from a phone or tablet. If you have trouble\, are unsure if your registration was successful\, or just want help\, email vgrabb@sh aw.ca and I can register you. In-person attendance will include lunch for $25 per person\, payable in cash or by cheque at the door. Zoom attendan ce for those unable to attend in-person will be free. OUR GUEST SPEAKER Neil Hayes - Chairman of Sleep in Heavenly Peace Canada (“SHP Canada”) SHP Canada are currently busy building and delivering beds to poor childr en in Edmonton including supplying beds to a recent surge of new Ukrainia n refugees. Working together with Rotary\, Rotaract and other social agen cies\, they are delivering beds every week. Rotarians and SHP volunteers are truly blessed to be able to join together to give hope and warmth to hundreds of children! Rotary has and continues to help SHP Canada fulfill its mission. Working together with Rotary has allowed SHP Canada to give over 500 beds to needy children in the greater Edmonton region in 3 year s. As supporters of SHP Canada\, Rotary helps give much more than beds but also hope\, respect and a safe\, warm place of refuge. The children w ho receive the beds are so thankful. Neil and his wife and started the ch arity officially in July 2019 when they received their CRA Registered Cha rity number. Their growth is due to many volunteers and groups like Rotar y who believe all kids deserve a warm bed. Neil tells this story: “I will never forget Kevin. While working in 1989 with the Edmonton Boys & Girls Club\, I met Kevin and his three brothers. He was being abused by his g randfather. I went to see him on a cold November evening. I never forget his empty house. I found an empty house with no food and no furniture. It hit me like a 2 x 4. He and his brothers were also neglected and starvi ng. With help\, we got him food and cloths. I made a pledge to God that one day I would find a way to get new beds to kids like Kevin. Many of ou r volunteers are social workers at Women’s Shelters and Edmonton police o fficers who see empty houses every day - it both haunts us and drives us to act. You are helping us build beds\, bringing hope and a fresh start! I found myself in November 2018 laid off from work. My wife reminded me a bout Kevin. You were going to do something about kids without beds. You are smart and know how to get stuff. This encouragement led to me finding “Cindy” on Kijiji. The single mom had three kids and was fleeing spousal abuse. I found “Cindy” in the free Kijiji section. This single mom wit h three kids pleaded “I have nothing! Please help\, I need everything!” C indy had recently left an abusive relationship and had only suitcases in an empty townhouse in Northeast Edmonton. I asked her what she wanted mos t – she said beds! – we all sleep on the floor! I found her beds. We sta rted making beds in my garage in March 2019 and an official registered Ca nadian charity in July 2019. Sleep in Heavenly Peace builds beds and bunk beds for kids using raw lumber and delivers and installs beds complete w ith new mattresses and new bedding free to children ages 3 to 17 years wh o have no beds. We have a passion to build and give every kid who sleeps on the floor a new warm bed. We are the only charity that does this. Some of our volunteers remember sleeping on the floor as children in cold hou ses.” Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a group of volunteers dedicated to build ing and delivering handmade beds. With help from Rotary\, High School Sho p classes\, community groups\, businesses and organizations\, we help hun dreds of children. Thank you for helping to make sure “NO KIDS SLEEP ON T HE FLOOR IN OUR TOWN” PARKING Parking for those attending the luncheon me eting in-person is available in Lot 5108\, accessible off 116 Street\, so uth of Saskatchewan Drive for $5.50 between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM. Rememb er your license plate number. You can pay for parking at the machines loc ated at the southeast corner of the lot or in the lobby of the University Club\, or using the Honk Mobile App. Note that fines for illegal parking at the U of A are substantial. DTEND:20221128T203000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T120820Z DTSTART:20221128T184500Z LOCATION:University Club SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Sleep in Heavenly Peace with Neil Hayes UID:607acc4b-9f86-4978-a023-2406495dfc6c X-ALT-DESC:
Join us on November 28 2022 at noon for a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West. The meeting will be held at:
\n\nThe University Club
\n\n11435 Saskatche wan Dr NW\,
\n\nEdmonton\, AB T6G 2G9
\n\nhttps://goo.gl/maps/fFZrd9fbuU72Xbqd7
\n\nAlternatively\, if you are unable to attend in person\, you may j oin the meeting over Zoom.
\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting
\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89399207928?pwd=d2ZKUlo5UWlpYkdIdk9uT1pFZWM wdz09
\n\nMeeting ID: 893 9920 7928
\n\nPasscode: 468677< /p>\n\n
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcxK9fIFc
\n\nRegister for in-person attendance using the link on this page no later than < u>end of day November 23 2022. Remember to scroll down and click SAVE !
\n\nRegistration may work best from a l aptop or computer and may not work from a phone or tablet.< /p>\n\n
If you have trouble\, are unsure if your registrati
on was successful\, or just want help\, email vgrabb@shaw.ca
In-person attendance w ill include lunch for $25 per person\, payable in cash or by cheque at th e door. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free .
\n\nOUR GUEST SPEAKER \; \; \; Neil Hayes - Chairman of Sleep in Heavenly Peace Canada (&ldquo\;SHP Canada&rdquo\; )
\n\nSHP Canada are currently busy building and deli vering beds to poor children in Edmonton including supplying beds to a re cent surge of new Ukrainian refugees. Working together with Rotary\, Rota ract and other social agencies\, they are delivering beds every week. Rot arians and SHP volunteers are truly blessed to be able to join together t o give hope and warmth to hundreds of children!
\n\nRotary has and continues to help SHP Canada fulfill its mission. Working together with R otary has allowed SHP Canada to give over 500 beds to needy children in t he greater Edmonton region in 3 years.  \;
\n\nAs supporters of SHP Canada\, Rotary helps give much more than beds but also hope\, respe ct and a safe\, warm place of refuge. The children who receive the beds a re so thankful.
\n\nNeil and his wife and started the charity offic ially in July 2019 when they received their CRA Registered Charity number . Their growth is due to many volunteers and groups like Rotary who belie ve all kids deserve a warm bed.
\n\nNeil tells this story:
\n\n< p>&ldquo\;I will never forget Kevin. While working in 1989 with the Edmon ton Boys &\; Girls Club\, I met Kevin and his three brothers. \; H e was being abused by his grandfather. I went to see him on a cold Novemb er evening. I never forget his empty house. I found an empty house with n o food and no furniture. It hit me like a 2 x 4.  \;He and his brothe rs were also neglected and starving. With help\, we got him food and clot hs. \; I made a pledge to God that one day I would find a way to get new beds to kids like Kevin. Many of our volunteers are social workers at Women&rsquo\;s Shelters and Edmonton police officers who see empty house s every day - it both haunts us and drives us to act. You are helping us build beds\, bringing hope and a fresh start!\n\nI found myself in November 2018 laid off from work. My wife reminded me about Kevin. \ ; You were going to do something about kids without beds. You are smart a nd know how to get stuff. This encouragement led to me finding &ldquo\;Ci ndy&rdquo\; on Kijiji. The single mom had three kids and was fleeing spou sal abuse.  \;I found &ldquo\;Cindy&rdquo\; in the free Kijiji sectio n. \; This single mom with three kids pleaded &ldquo\;I have noth ing! Please help\, I need everything!&rdquo\; \;Cindy had recent ly left an abusive relationship and had only suitcases in an empty townho use in Northeast Edmonton. I asked her what she wanted most &ndash\;  \;she said beds! &ndash\; we all sleep on the floor! \;  \;I found her beds.
\n\nWe started making beds in my garage in Marc
h 2019 and an official registered Canadian charity in July 2019. Sleep in
Heavenly Peace builds beds and bunk beds for kids using raw lumber and d
elivers and installs beds complete with new mattresses and new bedding fr
ee to children ages 3 to 17 years who have no beds. We have a passion to
build and give every kid who sleeps on the floor a new warm bed. \;We are the only charity that does this. Some of our volunt
eers remember sleeping on the floor as children in cold houses.&rdquo\;
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Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a group of volunteers dedicated to bu ilding and delivering handmade beds. With help from Rotary\, High School Shop classes\, community groups\, businesses and organizations\, we help hundreds of children.
\n\nThank you for helping to make sure &ldquo \;NO KIDS SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IN OUR TOWN&rdquo\;
\n\nPARKING
\n\ nParking for those attending the luncheon meeting in-person is availab le in Lot 5108\, accessible off 116 Street\, south of Saskatchewan Drive for $5.50 between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM.  \;Remember your license plat e number. You can pay for parking at the machines located at the southeas t corner of the lot or in the lobby of the University Club\, or using the Honk Mobile App. Note that fines for illegal parking at the U of A are s ubstantial.
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