Events

It's not to late to register for tomorrow's meeting.  Learn more about:

• upcoming international project in January in Guatemala
• Help for BC flood victims - we need your input
• report on round table discussions
• exciting news from RI and the district
• more...

Please let me know if you are able to join us.  No need to reply if you are registered.

Please register if you are Joining us in person at the University Club.  A hot lunch will be served at 11:50.   Plan to eat before the meeting at 12:15.  Cost $25.  Register by Thursday please.

Join via Zoom Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84721576150. (if joining on ZOOM, you dont' need to register.).   Zoomers will log in at 12:15 pm

Program will include the following International updates:

• Edmonton West exchange student from Mexico - Mariana will be joining us. Lorne will introduce her to the club. postponed
• Ben Doz and team from the club will provide an update on the January mission to Guatemala.  Meet the team and learn more about the project that is changing lives in Guatemala
• One of our club members just returned from Kenya...postponed
• Round table update
•  

Looking forward to seeing you on Monday

Watch for details:

• December 13 Annual General Meeting 12:00 pm ZOOM
• December 15 Board Meeting @ 7 pm ZOOM
• December 20 Christmas Social at the University Club 4:00-6:00 pm Entertainment by our own - Bring a Guest

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Meeting will be held via ZOOM

Dec 13, 2021 12:00 PM 

Join Zoom Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86724074604

Volunteering for the Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle Campaign has been an Edmonton West tradition for many years. It is a great opportunity to spend time with fellow rotarians, ring some bells and spread Christmas Cheer. And of course help raise funds for a very worthy cause.

What is the Christmas Kettle Campaign?
The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign is a fundraising effort that occurs each year during the Christmas season. Kettles are found in 2,000 locations across Canada and are an opportunity for the public to donate whatever funds they can to support the work of The Salvation Army during the Christmas season and throughout the year.

What happens to the money raised?
For too many Canadians, the necessities of life needed for basic human dignity are out of reach. Poverty is the root cause that puts dignity out of reach for millions of Canadians, making access to everyday needs, like food, clothing and shelter, difficult.

Funds raised through donations made at Christmas kettles, together with other sources of funds, help provide direct, compassionate, hands-on service to over 1.9 million people each year in Canada, restoring hope and dignity to those who might otherwise remain invisible in society.

When: Saturday December 18 
Hours to cover: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Where: Winterburn Costco - 7259 Winterburn Rd NW, Edmonton, AB T5T 4K2

When you sign up please let me know in the notes section what time you wish to start and for how long. I will come up with a schedule that will work for everyone.

Cheers,

Annie

We are moving upstairs to the beautiful dining room at the University Club.

Christmas Holiday Turkey Buffet $30

Join us and INVITE a GUEST!

Monday, December 20 @ 11:30 

Please register by Thursday December 16

The Edmonton Food bank needs our help!

They recieve a lot of food donations in December, which is fantastic, but they need help in January to sort it.

I have booked the following shift:

Date: Tuesday January 11, 2022
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 pm
Where: 11508 - 120 Street

Please sign up if you would like to volunteer.

Cheers,

Annie

This will be a special joint hybrid meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton (Downtown) and the Rotary Club of Edmonton West. The in-person meeting details are as follows:

Monday, January 17th, 2022
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Main floor Chateau Lacombe Hotel
10111 Bellamy Hill, Edmonton, AB 

Bill Flanagan is the 14th president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. Under his leadership, the university is embarking on a major program of academic and administrative restructuring guided by the University of Alberta of Tomorrow proposal, his five-year vision for the university.

Our Club traditionally observes Robbie Burns Day with haggis and a toast to the bard. This year, we will be prevented from gathering by the pandemic, but we will come together virtually on Zoom to toast the immortal memory of Burns and hear some of his great poetry. Feel free to order your own haggis (if that is to your taste) and to have a dram of fine Scots whisky to hand for when the toasts are made.

Particulars of the virtual meeting are as follows:

Time: Jan 24, 2022 11:45 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84013349048?pwd=bllUc2tOZDJlMi9VdXFoREdGQ0Y0dz09

Meeting ID: 840 1334 9048

Passcode: 662980

Meeting ID: 840 1334 9048

The Club recently lost longtime member, Doug MacDougall. Doug made many contributions to the Club over the years, but he will always be remembered for the pride he took in his Scottish heritage and his devotion to the memory of Robert Burns. Doug delivered the toast to the bard at many of our annual Burns Night observances and he will be sorely missed this year.

Here is a link to Doug’s obituary, in case you missed it:

https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2021/macdougall-dr-douglas-2021/ 

A tribute to Doug’s memory will be led by Bill Buckham and you will be welcome to contribute your reminiscences of Doug.

We look forward to seeing you online on Monday.

Rotarian Dr. Ben Doz will lead a presentation reporting on the 2022 Carlos Solarzano Guatemala Eye Care Mission which was completed earlier this month. You may join the Zoom Meeting using this link and credentials:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84221246853?pwd=R2x3VlV1aWJrZzI0blJhN2h5b1hrQT09

Meeting ID: 842 2124 6853
Passcode: 339158

*** NOTE SPECIAL MEETING TIME ***

Join us for this Zoom Presentation by film maker Kasha Slavner who will speak to us from Toronto about her latest production, "1.5 Degrees of Peace". Use the following link and credentials:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86271164850?pwd=OUNtejhLd0pzMmRnS05YT1ROSGlNdz09

Meeting ID: 862 7116 4850
Passcode: 184960

At 23 years old, Kasha Sequoia Slavner is the founder of The Global Sunrise Project and director/screenwriter  of the multi-award-winning documentary, The Sunrise Storyteller.

Since it’s World Premiere at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 2017, the film has screened at 60 film festivals internationally and won 30 awards to date, some of which include “Best Documentary” at Carmarthen Bay BAFTA Awards Qualifying Festival, “Rising Star Filmmaker”at Colorado International Activism Film Festival, the “Golden Jury Prize, Youth Visions” at the Social Justice Film Festival, Seattle, "Spirit of Activism" at the Nevada Women's Film Festival, the “Ron Kovic Peace Prize”, and the “Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Award”, My Hero Film Festival, Los Angeles. 

Kasha has been a photographer, entrepreneur, and social justice advocate for over a decade, as well as a writer, public speaker and contributor to several publications, including National Geographic Learning.

We have rescheduled this event to allow members to participate in the Rotary Meeting on Wednesday February 9th, in the late afternoon. The speaker is Kasha Slavner from “1.5 Degrees of Peace” (see https://redfordcenter.org/films/one-and-a-half-degreespeace). This is a speaker not to miss!!

The rescheduled date for the Food Bank is as follows:

Date: Thursday February 10
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 pm
Address: 11508 - 120 Street

If you had already signed up for the February 9 shift, I hope you can come on the 10th. Please re-register with the new link. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Cheers,

Annie

Join us for a special joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Edmonton (Downtown) at the University Club, as we return to in-person / hybrid meetings at the University Club at the University of Alberta (covid permitting).

Our guest speaker will be Stan Blade, the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta. His topic will be "The Future of Farming".

Zoom credentials will be posted shortly for those wishing to attend remotely.

Join us for this in-person luncheon meeting if you can. Our guest speaker will be Rehma Khan, External Chair for the RYLE 2022 Committee of Rotary International District 5370. Rehma is a third year psychology honors student at the University of Alberta. She will report to the Club on plans for the RYLE Conference planned for Spring 2022.

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

In-person attendance will include lunch for $25 per person, payable in cash or by cheque at the door. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free. Pandemic safety measures remain in effect, so masks are required inside the University Club when attendees are not seated for lunch. Those who plan to attend in person are asked to register by Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 12 Noon. 

PARKING

Parking is available 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 plate number. You can pay for parking at the machines located 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.

ONLINE ATTENDANCE

To participate remotely, the Zoom link and coordinates will be as follows:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89569789406?pwd=ZTJZOHd2NnNyYXVoUmQ1a2FQNnRqUT09

Meeting ID: 895 6978 9406
Passcode: 698103

THE ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE (RYLE)

Zoom presentation by Michael Wernick, the 23rd Clerk of the Privy Council who retired from the Federal public service in 2019. He is the author of the book, Governing Canada: A Guide to the Tradecraft of Politics.

Our Zoom speaker, Michael Wernick, had a long and distinguished career as a public servant in the Canadian federal government. He was Clerk of the Privy Council from 2016 to 2019 and worked closely with three Prime Ministers and their Cabinets, as well as four ministers as their deputy. He lives in and will be speaking to us from Ottawa.

Mr. Wernick recently published Governing Canada: A Guide to the Tradecraft of Politics (On Point Press 2021). 

Zoom cooridates for this meeting are as follows:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87644428743?pwd=cDVmT3ZQaTB5bVFuTGM0ci9ya0NZdz09

Meeting ID: 876 4442 8743

Passcode: 482400

Join us on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 12 noon for a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West hosted at:

The University Club

11435 Saskatchewan Dr NW,

Edmonton, AB T6G 2G9

https://goo.gl/maps/fFZrd9fbuU72Xbqd7

or available online in Zoom.

In-person attendance will include lunch for $25 per person, payable in cash or by cheque at the door. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free. 

OUR GUEST SPEAKERS

The keynote presentation will be on the George Grover Leadership Scholarship, a joint endowment of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West and the Realtors Association of Edmonton (formerly the Edmonton Real Estate Board).  Our guest speakers will be former Edmonton West Rotarian Ron Hutchinson and Honourary Member Jerome Martin, who both played an important role in making the Grover Scholarship fund one of the most important endowments administered by the University today, together with several recent scholarship recipients who will speak to the Club about their studies and the importance of the scholarship in supporting their acedemic endeavours.

PARKING

Parking for those attending the luncheon meeting in-person is available 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 plate number. You can pay for parking at the machines located 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.

ONLINE ATTENDANCE

For those wishing to attend in person, this Zoom link will be as follows:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88659394720?pwd=cXlYKzBXWThhNzJiQThPM0JJTjRjdz09

Meeting ID: 886 5939 4720
Passcode: 938103

THE GEORGE GROVER LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

The Rotary Club of Edmonton West is proud to have created one of the largest scholarship funds available to University of Alberta students. Here is its story, and what the George Grover Scholarship looks like today.

History of the Scholarship 

Upon the death of Rotarian George Grover, a well-respected member of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West, Rotarian Dave Turner believed that the high ideals and ethics held by George should be remembered in a suitable manner.

George was a retired Real Estate Professional, so David contacted Rotarian Art Jones, predecessor to Rotarian Ron Hutchinson in both membership with our Rotary Club and in the position of Executive Director of the Edmonton Real Estate Board, to discuss a suitable project. They decided that a scholarship fund to assist in the education of real estate professionals would be suitable. Art agreed to contact the Edmonton Real Estate Board, the real estate industry, including the three professional associations of that industry the George had belonged to, plus the Grover family, to see if there was interest in developing the scholarship memorial.

Upon receipt of immediate, positive interest from all contacted parties, Art and David approached the Board of Directors of the Edmonton West Club to determine if the Club would spearhead the project. A committee was quickly formed. Rotarian Jerome Martin, then an Associate Professor with the Department of Extension of the University of Alberta (real estate studies were offered by that Department) approached the Dean, Dr. Don Weideman, and the process began in earnest. By the time the scholarship program was documented and implemented, funding of about $65,000 had been raised. This was sufficient to fund 4 to 7 annual scholarships to real estate professionals in an amount of $400.00 each.

Scholarships were granted for several years, but then the real estate studies course ceased to be offered by the University of Alberta, and quietly the scholarship fund became inactive.

The George Grover Scholarship Today

About 10 years ago, David Turner wondered aloud about what had happened to the fund. He approached Jerome Martin, who enlisted Ron Hutchinson to assist in locating the fund. It had been well managed by the University of Alberta Administration and had grown to nearly $500,000.

A new committee of interested stakeholders, anchored by Ron Hutchinson, worked to develop a replacement scholarship offering. It was decided that all students of the University of Alberta would be eligible, so long as they were registered in second year programs or above. The successful applicants would have to excel in their community service activities (give something back to the community) and have reasonably high academic achievement.

As of 2021, the Scholarship Fund has grown to nearly $716 thousand and this enables the University to award scholarships totalling more than $25,000 each year. The number of recipients and size of the awards has varied each year. We have been told that the George Grover Leadership Scholarship is second only to the Peter Lougheed Scholarship for monetary value of awards given by the University of Alberta.

Ron and Jerome each played a key role in making the George Grover Leadership Scholarhip what it is today - one of the largest scholarhip endowments administered by the University of Alberta.They will be joined by some of the recent recipients of the award.

Rotary Club of Edmonton West
Mar 21, 2022 12:00 PM Edmonton

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81186703403

Jennifer Jones, in-coming RI President for 2022-23, has made Imagine DEI (https://my-cms.rotary.org/en/document/imagine-dei-brochure-2022-2023-presidential-initiative) a 2022-23 Presidential Initiative as part of her theme Imagine Rotary.  DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) can be seen both as part of Rotary’s DNA and as something to be explored to reinvigorate our values, enhance our flexibility, grow our numbers, and expand our impact.  Although we see DEI as critical for our global impact, the numbers show we have a way to go.  RI’s demographics show 69% male and an average age of 61.  (The numbers are higher for RCEW).

During the 2022-23 year, Jones encourages each of us to do our part to ensure Rotary is a welcoming and inclusive community by:

1. Learning more about DEI in Rotary, including understanding definitions and how to celebrate and respect our differences.
2. Determining why DEI matters to our club and community and how using DEI principles can help our club grow and become stronger.
3. Raising awareness of DEI, including creating a DEI committee in your club that reflects the demographics of your community. 
4. Taking action on DEI in our club and community for instance educating yourself about underrepresented groups in your community in order to become a more knowledgeable and effective advocate for DEI. 

We have invited two guests to be part of a conversation sharing their thoughts, and their experiences with DEI and helping organizations along the journey.

Sara Buczynski has worked in the settlement sector for over 10 years. In this field she has had the opportunity to work at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, in community programming and development, and coordinating refugee resettlement. Sara currently works in the Rainbow Refuge Program at EMCN supporting LGBTQ+ newcomers and refugees, and is a co-cordinator of the LGBTQ+ Newcomer Edmonton Group. When she first started in the sector she noticed there were no safe services available for LGBTQ+ newcomers in Edmonton, and since then has actively worked to advocate and establish relevant services and programming in our community.  Rainbow Refuge and the LGBTQ+ Newcomer group are the first programs in Edmonton and have now been running for almost 5 years.

Shelley Sabo is a new Rotarian in the YEG Passport Club. She is thoughtful about how a DEI prism helps translate Rotary values into practices that fosters diversity within YEG Passport and in how it relates with partner organizations. Shelley has a small grant writing and facilitation business called Stone Soup Village. 

We invite you to be part of the conversation, by Zoom, March 21 at the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West.

A Conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Join us at 12:00 PM for a discussion led by New Directions Director, John Donner, on Zoom at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81186703403

Jennifer Jones, in-coming RI President for 2022-23, has made Imagine DEI (https://my-cms.rotary.org/en/document/imagine-dei-brochure-2022-2023-presidential-initiative) a 2022-23 Presidential Initiative as part of her theme Imagine Rotary.  DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) can be seen both as part of Rotary’s DNA and as something to be explored to reinvigorate our values, enhance our flexibility, grow our numbers, and expand our impact.  Although we see DEI as critical for our global impact, the numbers show we have a way to go.  RI’s demographics show 69% male and an average age of 61.  (The numbers are higher for RCEW).

During the 2022-23 year, Jones encourages each of us to do our part to ensure Rotary is a welcoming and inclusive community by:

1. Learning more about DEI in Rotary, including understanding definitions and how to celebrate and respect our differences.
2. Determining why DEI matters to our club and community and how using DEI principles can help our club grow and become stronger.
3. Raising awareness of DEI, including creating a DEI committee in your club that reflects the demographics of your community. 
4. Taking action on DEI in our club and community for instance educating yourself about underrepresented groups in your community in order to become a more knowledgeable and effective advocate for DEI. 

We have invited two guests to be part of a conversation sharing their thoughts, and their experiences with DEI and helping organizations along the journey.

Sara Buczynski has worked in the settlement sector for over 10 years. In this field she has had the opportunity to work at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, in community programming and development, and coordinating refugee resettlement. Sara currently works in the Rainbow Refuge Program at EMCN supporting LGBTQ+ newcomers and refugees, and is a co-cordinator of the LGBTQ+ Newcomer Edmonton Group. When she first started in the sector she noticed there were no safe services available for LGBTQ+ newcomers in Edmonton, and since then has actively worked to advocate and establish relevant services and programming in our community.  Rainbow Refuge and the LGBTQ+ Newcomer group are the first programs in Edmonton and have now been running for almost 5 years.

Shelley Sabo is a new Rotarian in the YEG Passport Club. She is thoughtful about how a DEI prism helps translate Rotary values into practices that fosters diversity within YEG Passport and in how it relates with partner organizations. Shelley has a small grant writing and facilitation business called Stone Soup Village.

We invite you to be part of the conversation, by Zoom, March 21 at the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West.

We still have quite a few spots avaliable for the Food Bank. Please let me know if you can volunteer.

We are off to the Food Bank again for an evening of fun and community service.

Date: Tuesday March 22
Time: 5:00 to about 7:30 pm
Where: 11508 - 120 Street NW

Proof of vaccination is required to volunteer in the warehouse.

See you there:)

Annie

Please register today for our Club luncheon meeting to be held at the University Club on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 12 noon. Our guest speaker will be Felicia Mutheardy, Corporate Economist for the City of Edmonton, who will speak about Edmonton’s economic outlook as we emerge from the Covid pandemic.

Felicia has a decade of experience in economic analysis, research, and government administration. Prior to joining the City of Edmonton, Felicia was a Senior Economist with the Government of Alberta. She has also held various positions with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, primarily with their Market Analysis Centre.

Felicia holds both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree in Economics from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

In-person attendance will include lunch for $25 per person, payable in cash or by cheque at the door. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free. Masks are recommended inside the University Club when attendees are not seated for lunch. Those who plan to attend in person are asked to register by Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 12 Noon. 

PARKING

Parking is available 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 plate number. You can pay for parking at the machines located 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.

ONLINE ATTENDANCE

To join the meeting via Zoom, please use the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82595857909?pwd=aFNJQ1FEVUJvS1g0SE5Lc1kwOUtNUT09

Meeting ID: 825 9585 7909

Passcode: 990198

Date and details to be confirmed

Continuing in the series of speakers on the future of our Province, our Zoom speaker will be Paul Hinman. 

Mr. Hinman serves as the leader of the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta (WRIP). He is a provincial politician and entrepreneur from Calgary, Alberta. He was formerly the leader of the Wildrose Alliance. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2004 to 2008 representing the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner. On September 14, 2009, Hinman returned to the Legislative Assembly by winning a by-election in Calgary-Glenmore, but lost his bid for re-election on April 23, 2012. 

The WRIP advocates for Alberta to become a sovereign constitutional democracy.

As stated in the RCEW Speakers Policy, Rotary members welcome thought-provoking perspectives on social and policy issues. Any presentation represents the speaker’s views and is not endorsed by the Rotary Club. The Speakers Committee strives to provide a variety of perspectives over time. 

Rotary is an apolitical organization. Speakers are asked to avoid political appeals in their presentations. Presentations may be directed towards public policy perspectives. Solicitations for Club or member support of political parties or candidates are to be avoided. 

Join us on Monday, April 4, 2022 at 12 noon for an online meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West to be held over Zoom. Use the following link to join the meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85020970643?pwd=THZBMnB2QXdqNjFMUWFqYS9vVlFnZz09

Meeting ID: 850 2097 0643

Passcode: 602492

OUR GUEST SPEAKER

Our guest speaker will be Paul Hinman, the leader of the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta who will add to our series of speakers on the best future of our province. The last speaker on this topic was the leader of the opposition, Hon. Rachel Notley, who spoke to our Club in November 2021.

RCEW SPEAKER POLICY

As noted in our Club Speaker Policy, Rotary members welcome thought-provoking perspectives on social and policy issues. Any presentation represents the speaker’s views and is not endorsed by the Rotary Club. The Speakers Committee strives to provide a variety of perspectives over time.

Rotary is an apolitical organization. Accordingly, speakers are asked to avoid political appeals in their presentations. Presentations may be directed towards public policy perspectives, but solicitations for Club or member support of political parties or candidates will be avoided. This restriction does not apply to requests for support of charitable causes. Speakers who occupy or aspire to a political office will not be booked to speak during the period of the election campaign for that office.

Thomas Adam Lukaszuk (born April 5, 1969) is a Polish-born Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented the constituency of Edmonton-Castle Downs from 2001 to 2015 as a Progressive Conservative. He served in the provincial cabinet from 2010 to 2014, and was the 8th Deputy Premier from 2012 to 2013. Thomas will speak about his work with former Premer Ed Selmach on relief of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

Please register today for our Club luncheon meeting to be held at the University Club (formerly known as the Faculty Club) on Monday, April 11, 2022 at 12 noon. The University Club is located at 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton.

Our guest speaker will be Thomas Lukaszuk, former Deputy Premier and Minister in the Government of Alberta, who will speak to the Club about his recent project for relief of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine caused by the invasion of that country by forces of the Russian Federation. Thomas worked with former Premier Ed Stelmach on this project which included sending a planeload of donated supplies to the region to help the many people who have been displaced by war. He will also speak about welcoming Ukrainian refugees into our country.

While our Club has already made significant financial contributions to these efforts, our members will be interested to learn what else the Club and its members can do to help. 

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

In-person attendance will include lunch for $25 per person, payable in cash or by cheque at the door. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free. Masks are recommended inside the University Club when attendees are not seated for lunch. Those who plan to attend in person are asked to register by Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 12 Noon. 

PARKING

Parking is available 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 plate number. You can pay for parking at the machines located 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.

ONLINE ATTENDANCE

To join the meeting via Zoom, please use the following link:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88243410431?pwd=R055dHZFczQ1bVI5TXFsM0lQenFDUT09

Meeting ID: 882 4341 0431
Passcode: 814483
 

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF CANCELLATIONS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND THEREFORE THE EVENT WILL NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE.

Our Pickleball Event is coming up soon. 

When: Saturday April 23rd
Time: 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Where: Crestwood Curling Club, 14317 96 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5N 0C5
Cost:  $20 

I am in the process of finding out if we have to pre-order food from Dedo's Food Truck or if we can order when we are there.

There is still room for more players...so if you haven't done so already, sign up or bring a friend.

Cheers,

Annie

I am happy to announce that Hope Mission is once again accepting volunteers for Meals Service. 

I have booked us in for the following date:

Date:  Saturday April 30
Time: 10:00 to 12:30 pm
Address:  9908 106 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 0N6
Number of Volunteers: 9

Meal Service Volunteer Duties:

• meal preparation (washing, cutting vegetables, etc.)
• meal set-up (putting food in trays, setting up the coffee station, etc.)
• serving the meal, serving drinks/coffee
• clean-up (wiping tables and chairs, putting chairs on top of tables, sweeping kitchen floor, washing and drying trays, etc.)

Volunteers must be in good health and not showing symptoms related to COVID-19 (cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose, or sore throat) and must not be a confirmed close contact of anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days

Before your shift begins, we will check your temperature and you will be asked to fill in a short health survey.

PPE is required and mandatory to serve in this role. Please remember that our guests are often more vulnerable to any illness, especially COVID-19, as they are experiencing complex and chronic health issues associated with poor housing and homelessness and can be immunocompromised. For this reason, staff and volunteers are required to continue wearing PPE at this time while serving at Hope Mission. We are unable to provide exceptions. Thank you for your understanding and keeping our community safe!

Cheers,

Annie

Rotary Club Edmonton and Rotary Club of Edmonton West are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic:  Community Services & Youth Services meeting
Time: May 2, 2022 12:00 PM Edmonton

On Monday, May 2, 2022, the Rotary Club of Edmonton West will join a special joint luncheon / virtual hybrid meeting with the Rotary Club of Edmonton (Downtown). Our guest speaker will be Rotary Global Grant Scholar Anna-Marie Robertson, who will be speaking remotely from Washington, D.C. where she is pursuing her studies in national security law. She will be speaking on the topic, “The Application of International Humanitarian Law in the Conflict in Ukraine”. There will be several other presentations on the RCE Community and Youth services.

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

Details for in-person attendance are as follows:

Date:                Monday, May 2^nd, 2022
Time:                12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Venue:             Main floor Chateau Lacombe Hotel
                           10111 Bellamy Hill, Edmonton, AB 

In-person attendance will include lunch for $33 per person, payable online at registration. Parking is available for $7. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free.

 ONLINE ATTENDANCE

Members unable to attend in person may join the meeting online. The Zoom link is as follows:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87668225887?pwd=bVZ1QmJuSFQvRWpIVGE3Mk8yb2hmZz09

Meeting ID: 876 6822 5887
Passcode: 626351

REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE

Those who plan to participate in person are asked to register by Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 12 Noon. Please use the following link to the RCE website to register:

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OUR GUEST SPEAKER

Anna-Marie Robertson is a University of Cambridge law graduate, Terry Fox Humanitarian Scholar, Paul Harris Fellow, Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Citizenship Medal recipient, and former Rotary Youth Exchange Student (2012-2013).

Anna-Marie holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Transnational Law and Human Rights (Carleton University), a Certificate in International Affairs and Strategy (Sciences Po) and completed her law degree in July 2020 at St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge. Prior to her legal studies, Anna-Marie held various positions at the Canadian Red Cross and has been deployed to a number of disasters across Canada. Most recently, she worked as Senior Advisor, Government Relations at the Canadian Red Cross.

As a RYE student, Anna-Marie was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Edmonton and hosted by the Rotary Club of Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. Following her exchange, Anna-Marie returned home to Edmonton where she engaged with Rotary as a Rotex student, established an Interact Club at her high school, and continued to be of service in her community. Most recently, Anna-Marie has volunteered with Amnesty International through their Digital Verification Corps, served as Combination Room Secretary at St. Edmund’s College and is a mentor with Zero Gravity for high school students interested in professional and academic careers in law. Anna-Marie was awarded the Rotex Scholarship (District 5370) for her commitment to service and further recognized by the Rotary Club of Edmonton as a Paul Harris Fellow.

Anna-Marie is pursuing an LL.M. in National Security Law at Georgetown University (2021- 2022) as part of the Georgetown National Security Law Fellowship program, as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar and as a recipient of the Viscount Bennett Scholarship from the Law Society of Alberta.

I have opened up the option to register if anyone would like to do so.

Speaker: Jillian Marino, Principal of Vimy Ridge Academy, staff and student reps
Topic: Vimy Ridge Academy - Jillian Marino
Time: May 9, 2022 12:00 PM Edmonton

Join us online - Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84203430389

Students at Vimy Ridge Academy are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence. Their stories merge both with the legends of the past, and with those of the future.  They create their own stories by engaging in the unique opportunity to hone skills in academics, athletics, performing arts, citizenship and leadership. They come from all backgrounds, from all over our region, and join the forces of over 1000 student athletes who are on a personal journey to a successful future. They may commit to one of the exceptional alternative programs, or they may be training as an elite athlete who requires a flexible school program that allows them to be successful as an athletic scholar. Students in Grades 7 - 12 choose programs in sports, dance, and outdoor pursuits, or they create a flexible schedule in the Elite Athlete program to accommodate training in swimming, diving, gymnastics, figure skating, wrestling, martial arts, or alpine skiing, just to name a few. 

Vimy Ridge Academy offers an authentic community school atmosphere, with exceptional teachers to ensure each student receives personalized attention and supports needed to excel academically. Pathways beyond High School are forged through our working relationships with agencies who support and develop youth with goals in their future. Professional and certified coaches provide high-level competitive training in fully equipped facilities through the essential relationships with the Academic and Athletic Development Society of Edmonton (baseball, softball, hockey, lacrosse, sport fit, and outdoor pursuits) as well as the University of Alberta Green and Gold Soccer Academy. The Edmonton School of Ballet is another fundamental agency supporting the Dance program at Vimy Ridge Academy and is one of the most respected professional dance programs in Canada. Every student completes a full academic program balanced with daily physical training in their specific program of choice. Every student graduating from Vimy Ridge Academy is academically prepared for success in post-secondary course work. 

Vimy Ridge Academy offers simply the best facilities in the capital region. Students have access to fully renovated classrooms and learning spaces, eight dance studios, two gymnasiums, a fitness centre, a competition sized climbing wall, four technology labs, a learning commons space, a cafeteria, and access to local recreational facilities.  In-house access to medical referrals and physiotherapy consults are accessible to students during the school day.  Vimy Ridge Academy offers students advantages that are both immediate and lifelong.  Become a Raider. Become an athletic scholar at Vimy Ridge Academy.

Our next volunteer shift at the Food Bank Warehouse is booked.

Date: Wednesday May 11
Time: 5:00 to 7:30 pm
Where: 11508 - 120 Street
Volunteers Needed: 15

We will be making starter kits and building hampers.

Cheers,

Annie

Please register today for our Club luncheon meeting to be held at the University Club on May 16, 2022 at 12 noon.

Rotarian Rob Dunseith has just returned from a three-week holiday in Ireland and will share his experience of travel in what is hopefully a late stage of the Covid pandemic. His travels took him to all four provinces of Ireland including spending some time in his family’s homeland of Northern Ireland. He and Elizabeth were present during the recent local elections in which the nationalist Sinn Fein party received the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Rob argues that this represents a significant watershed in the peace process begun with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, one of the best examples of peace building we have witnessed in the modern era.

Our club will have a special guest, Claudia Caluori, from Italy. She is a Rotarian and Rotary Peace Fellow and will share her experiences with us.

PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

In-person attendance will include lunch for $25 per person, payable in cash or by cheque at the door. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free. Masks are recommended inside the University Club when attendees are not seated for lunch. Those who plan to attend in person are asked to register by Thursday, May 12, 2022. 

PARKING

Parking is available 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 plate number. You can pay for parking at the machines located 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.

ONLINE ATTENDANCE

To join the meeting via Zoom, please use the following link:

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Members and guests are invited to join our weekly meeting to be held online via Zoom. This meeting will feature guest speaker Rotarian Darrel Ripley who will give an update on the current investment climate.

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With over 20 years of experience at the Royal Bank Financial Group in numerous leadership positions, Rotarian Darrel Ripley provides personalized investment and wealth building experience that clients appreciate. As a former business owner he understands the challenges and opportunities that may arise while striving to reach financial goals.

Global equities remain under pressure. Investors are grappling with a host of headwinds that are beginning to challenge the economic and earnings growth outlook. More recently, investors have been digesting the results from a number of consumer companies that suggest the operating environment has become more demanding.

Darrel will provide an update on the current challenging investment environment and discuss the outlook over the next months. Darrel will speak to the Club over Zoom. The link will be shared with members closer to the date of his presentation.

June 5th is fast approaching...just a friendly reminder of our joint Highway clean-up project. Looking forward to seeing you all again this year.

It's time to clean up our section of Highway 16!!

Date: August 5
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Where to Meet: A & W, 26230 Township Rd 531A, Acheson, T7X 5A4
Number of Volunteers: Lots!!

We will provide garbage bags, picker-uppers. You will need closed toed shoes and work gloves.

Cheers,

Annie