Events

Preparing a meal can be a stressful task after spending a long and potentially emotional day at the hospital. Thanks to our generous volunteers, the House can reduce this stress for families. Through Home for Dinner, a group of volunteers purchases groceries and provides dinner for families staying at the House. Duties include planning, cooking, cleaning up, and packaging any leftovers.

Fred, Karen and I completed our orientation this week and then we were able to book our event. We will be cooking some delicious chili, baked potatoes, salad and fruit for dessert.

If you would like to volunteer to help to prepare, cook and serve the meal, sign up below.

Date: 06-Apr-2025 
Time: 3:00 to 7:00 pm
Address: 7726 - 107 Street NW
Number of Volunteers Needed: 12

Cheers,
Annie

District Governor Brian Edwards will visit Rotary Edmonton West for the annual District Governor's visit. DG Brian will meet with the Club's Board in advance of the Club luncheon meeting to hear about the activities of our Club. At our luncheon, Brian will address Club members to bring news of about Rotary District 5370 and the Rotary movement more generally.

Just a reminder for those who haven't signed up. Don't miss this fabulous event!!

The Rotary Club of Edmonton West completed another successful trip to Guatemala. What an amazing project this is!! We ran 5 eye clinics, saw 825 patients, did 41 surgeries, dispensed 237 readers and will send back 153 prescription glasses. Our Canadian team and our Guatemalan friends made it all possible.

We have lots of stories to tell...and promise that it will be a great evening!!

Tuesday April 15 
Chateau Louis Convention Center
Reception: 6:00pm, Dinner: 6:30pm
Tickets $60

You are encouraged to bring along family and friends.

Cheers,
Annie

Our next shift at the Food Bank is as follows:

Date: Thursday April 24
Time: 5:00 to 7:30 pm
Where: 11508 - 120 Street
Number of Volunteers: 20

Ingrid Neitsch is a Past District Governor of Rotary International District 5370 and a Past President of Rotary Edmonton West. She continues to be active with her Zone, District and Club and is an energetic promoter of the Rotary peacebuilding initiative. Ingrid will speak to the Club about the efforts of Rotary International to end the scourge of war.  

Sport Central Association is an Alberta based Charity founded in 1991. They collect gently used sports equipment, refurbish & repair it, and then distribute it to kids ages 4-17 who may not otherwise have access or opportunity. They serve kids from Red Deer, up to the northern border of Alberta. They collect equipment for over 20 different sports and recreational activities: Bicycles (pedal, run, & tricycles), Badminton, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, XC Skiing, Figure Skating, Football, Golf, Hockey (Ice, Ball, Inline), Lacrosse, Leisure Sports (skateboards, scooters, & sleds) Ringette, Roller Skates, Rollerblades, Rugby, Snowboarding, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball.

Our club would like to support this great organization in the work they so. We have to opportunity to volunteer at their warehouse. They need help performing Bicycle Pre-Service. When they receive donated bikes, they typically need to be cleaned up a bit to get them ready for maintenance. This is very important job that is suitable for all age and skill levels.

Date: Saturday May 10
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Where: 11847 Wayne Gretzky Drive North NW
Number of Volunteers Required: 10

If you would like to volunteer sign up below.

We will also be organizing a sports equipment drive in the future.

Cheers,

Annie

Rotary Club of Comox member, Cynthia LeBrun is the award winning author of Black Sunflowers, published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside. This immersive novel tells the story of one family's survival during the Holodomor, Stalin's terror famine in Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s.

Cynthia has offered to speak to our Club about what she learned about the historic relations between Ukraine and the Soviet Union during this tumultuous period and how this has influenced the current conflict beween Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

Hopefully Spring will be here by this date. I'm sure there is a fair amount of garbage that needs to be picked up. We want our 3 km stretch of highway to be the cleanest!!!

Date: Sunday May 25
Time: 10:00 until done (usially a couple of hours)
Meeting location: Petro Canada Parking Lot 11424 - 261 Street NW, Acheson

We always need all hands on deck. So please bring your family along:))

Cheers,

Annie

Jacqueline and Terry will visit our Club to talk about the Capital Care Grandview Extended Care Centre, one of Rotary Edmonton West's longest-standing community-support partnerships, dating back well into the last century.