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--NEW MEETING LOCATIONS--THE GROVE--
Welcome to 2025 and our first meeting of the new year at a new location. Our meetings will continue to be on the second and fourth Monday of the month at the same time. We will meet at the Western Fairgrounds in the GROVE MEETING ROOM #1. The new meeting costs $25.00 per person and will be a self-serve light buffet. The meeting room will be open from 11:30 AM for fellowship, and the buffet will also be available. So, please plan on arriving no later than 11:45 AM so you have time to serve yourself and find a table. Our business meeting will start at noon. We will endeavor to end the meeting by 1:00 PM. As usual, we were hoping you could register for this meeting. The Registration Link will close at NOON Friday 10th of January so we can advise The Western Fair regarding numbers. Please register as soon as possible but be sure to register before noon Friday. If you are registering yourself or any guests. Please make sure you pay for the lunch, as the Club will get charged for the meal by The Grove regardless of your attendance. After registering, please arrange to e-transfer your payment to The Rotary Club of London at sronson55@gmail.com. Also, be sure to put who you are paying for in your memo section on the e-transfer so that Sandy Ronson can track payments. Looking forward to 2025 and our first meeting. 
Our speaker for the first meeting of the new year is Peter Bergmanis, the founder and longest serving Co-chair of the London Health Coalition.  The London Health Coalition is a chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition, a 750,000 member strong non-partisan public healthcare advocacy organization.  It is at the forefront of the battle to halt for- profit healthcare within the province.  With strong ties to the community and organized labour, Peter has served with the United Way, Neighbourhood Legal Services of London and Middlesex and is a former Vice President of Healthcare at Unifor Local 27. As primary spokesperson for the London Health Coalition, Peter brings to bear over 35 years of experience in the London healthcare system to his analysis of the current crisis facing Ontario. He currently sits on the Community Advocacy Committee of London Health Sciences Centre as the hospital network struggles with gross government underfunding and weak governance.
 
--HALF YEARLY MEMBERSHIP DUES--
Thanks to all who have remitted payment of the dues invoices sent via Clubrunner. If you have not remitted payment yet please do so-Thanks
--YOUTH EXCHANGE LETTTER--
December Newsletter Bonjour de France!--Happy new year! Four months into my exchange already, it’s been great! During the month of December, I have celebrated Christmas in France, changed families, and even visited Belgium. I'm so happy to be in France and happy it's Christmas vacation. Christmas is very different here, some culture differences like opening presents on Christmas eve, lighting candles every Sunday in December before Christmas, not having funny hats or ugly Christmas sweaters, but the biggest one for me was the food. There is so much food! The food here is amazing, but I will admit the dinner on Christmas Eve was long for me, starting around 7:30 pm and ending around 2:00 am and this was just the smaller meal before Christmas. However, it was all enjoyable, great food and a big family (18 people were there). I’m happy to be in France for this, I loved it all. During this month I was able to visit Belgium! While I wasn't there for long, I had the amazing food (and of course the fries) I think I also had the greatest hot chocolate in the entire world. It's crazy to me we have the exact same brands of chocolate, but it somehow tastes way better over here, and honestly, I’m a little jealous because of this. I was a little nervous to change families, but I did and luckily, I don’t have any issues. I am happy with my new family. They have many cats including a very cute new kitten who loves me. In this family I have a seven-year-old host sister who talks to me a lot, which has been nice. She likes to talk to me about cats and how difficult learning French is. Overall, France is great, and my French improves a lot each month. Currently I have little difficulty talking and living in France. School is still crazy difficult and people my age still want to speak English with me. However, on vacation I only speak French and that has helped a lot. I’m fortunate to be here and to have this amazing opportunity to learn and discover more every day. Georgie Street 
--YOUTH EXCHANGE NEED STUDENT BILLET VOLUMTEER FAMILIES--
The Rotary Club of London Youth Exchange Program is in need of a third host family for our Inbound Student Sho Fujimoto. I am reaching out to everyone to hear if you are aware of anyone who may be interested. The time frame would be Mid-April to Late-June. Sho is attending H B Beal and doing very well. Hosting is a wonderful opportunity for a family, as much as the exchange is for our student. There is no ‘perfect’ host family… young, old, children, no children, married, divorced, widows, same-sex—they can all make wonderful host families for our Inbounds. Also, host families do not have to be Rotarians or Rotaractors, and they do not have to have children (living at home or otherwise). Older Rotarians who may be living alone might enjoy having Sho's company for a few months! Please Contact Randy Harden if you are able to help randy.harden@gmail.com
--LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICES MAKE CHEQUE PRESENTATION TO 519PURSUIT--
(left to right-Don Stevens-Chair of LCS, Kirk Patterson-president of RCL & 519Pursiut volunteers before the start of their daily outreach runs.
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Weekly ZOOM “Coffee Klatch” each Thursday from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Bring your own coffee of course.
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Rotary Club of London
Club Secretaries
 
1915 – 1916                Charles H. Ivey
1916 – 1929                Clarence May
1929 – 1942                Alex Morrison
1942 – 1969                Lou D. Winder
1969 – 1987                Rudolph S. Eberhard
1987 – 1990                Robert W. Nelson
1990 – 1993                Donald N. Stevens
1993 – 1997                F. Murray Wood
1997 – 1999                David Palmer
1999 – 2006                F. Murray Wood
2006 – 2024                James H. Belton
2024 –                         Harry Joosten
Rotary Club of London (#2875) 
Past Presidents 1981-2024
 
* George A. Furtney               1981-82
* Clayton Warmuth                1982-83
* Alex V. Brown                    1983-84
* F. Murray Wood                  1984-85
Del. L. McLennan                1985-86
Kenneth F. Heard                1986-87
* S. Robert Gallagher             1987-88
James H. Belton                   1988-89
* Thomas C.R. Lawson          1989-90
Douglas A. McTavish          1990-91
* James M. Rowcliffe             1991-92
James M. Hales                    1992-93
David A. Cummins              1993-94
Jeannette A. Eberhard         1994-95
Donald N. Stevens               1995-96
* Jack Little                           1996-97
Bill Gohm                            1997-98
Douglas E. Goodman          1998-99
Bob Earley                           1999-00
Dave Brady                          2000-01
Bruce DeMuy                      2001-02
Warren Granger                   2002-03
Jim McCabe                         2003-04
Jack Scott                             2004-05
Jan Delaney                          2005-06
Rick Coates                          2006-07
John Boyne                          2007-08
Sandi McCabe                     2008-09
Britta Winther                      2009-10
Bob Black                            2010-11
Marilyn Neufeld                  2011-12
Harry Joosten                       2012-13
Greg Schinkel                      2013-14
David Elliott                        2014-15
Michele Parkin                     2015-16
Cindy Rektor                       2016-17
Stephen Knox                      2017-18
Jim Swan                              2018-19
Howard Shears                    2019-20
Dianne Prowse Twynstra    2020-21
Don Bork                             2021-22
Rick Coates                          2022-23
John Finan                            2023-24
 
*Deceased
Rotary Club of London (#2875) 
Past Presidents 1915-1981
 
* J.K. McDermid                    1915-16
* J.M. Watt                             1916-17
* A.E. Silverwood                  1917-18
* Frank Jewell                         1918-19
* Ray Lawson                         1919-20
* James Gray                           1920-21
* W.R. Yendall                       1921-22
* Jared Vining                         1922-23
* Dr. W. Sherwood Fox         1923-24
* Dr. Alf. Grant                      1924-25
* Herbert Spittal                     1925-26
* T.A. Faust                            1926-27
* B.L. Baulch                          1927-28
* W. Floyd Marshall               1928-29
* Percy Near                           1929-30
* Walter D. Jackson                1930-31
* Dudley T. Thompson           1931-32
* Geoffrey A. Wheable          1932-33
* L.D. Winder                         1933-34
* J.F. Maine                            1934-35
* C.W. Morris                         1935-36
* J. Harold Gillies                   1936-37
* Edward B. Flint                   1937-38
* Ormie R. Burns                    1938-39
* Alex Harvey                         1939-40
* S. Floyd Maine                    1940-41
* Edward J. Farley                  1941-42
* Geo. Yendall and
* H.G. Logan                          1942-43
* W.A. McWilliams                1943-44
* E. Gordon Silverwood         1944-45
* Eric G. Moorhouse               1945-46
* Wes. Thompson                   1946-47
* J.H. Castle Graham and
* E.S. Knechtel                       1947-48
* Elmer F. Carson                   1948-49
* Tom Lawson                        1949-50
* Newt E. Irwin                      1950-51
* Tom W. Baker                      1951-52
* Ian S. Stubbs                        1952-53
* A.F. McKillop                      1953-54
* Dean R.C. Brown                1954-55
* Wm. G. Trestain                   1955-56
* Geo. M. Martin                    1956-57
* John D. Heaman                  1957-58
* Edward M. Short                 1958-59
* W.H. Shuttleworth              1959-60
* J.A. Sinnott                          1960-61
* Jack E. Struthers                  1961-62
* Russ R. Waide                     1962-63
* John N. Given                      1963-64
* H.S. Robinson                      1964-65
* A.R. McIntosh                     1965-66
* N. McBeth                           1966-67
R.S. Green                           1967-68
* K.B. Keefe                           1968-69
* Herb Cocker                         1969-70
* Dr. Darrell A. Campbell       1970-71
Harry Rawson                      1971-72
* J.A. MacPherson                  1972-73
* W.D. Sutton                         1973-74
* R.A. Jim Waring                  1974-75
John J. Eberhard                  1975-76
* Wm. B. Young                     1976-77
* Henry C. Potter                    1977-78
John M. Stuart                     1978-79
* F. Peter Wrath                      1979-80
* Keith Lazenby                     1980-81
 
*Deceased
 
Meetings / Speakers
Professor Martin Horak, UWO
Feb 10, 2025
Time to get moving on rapid transit in London
To be announced
Feb 24, 2025
To be announced
Mar 10, 2025
To be announced
Mar 24, 2025
To be announced
Apr 28, 2025
To be announced
May 12, 2025
To be announced
May 19, 2025
To be announced
Jun 09, 2025
Out going Pres. Kirk & Incoming Pres-Elect
Jun 23, 2025
Change Over Meeting - Moving from the 2024-25 Rotary Year to the 2025-2026 Rotary Year
SERVING LONDON, CANADA & THE WORLD SINCE 1915
London Rotary Club
We meet In Person
Mondays at 11:30 a.m.
The Gove Meeting Room #1 at Western FairgroundsHighland Country Club
900 King Street
London, ON N5W 5K3
Canada
Our club normally meets as follows on the second and fourth Mondays of the month (except when a holiday) with registration/lunch starting at 11:30am and the formal meeting at 12:00pm (noon).
Directors
President
Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Executive Secretary / Director
Two Year Director
Two Year Director
One Year Director
One Year Director
Administrative Assistant
Membership Chairperson
Local Service Projects Chairperson
International Service Chairperson
Public Relations Chairperson
Speakers Committee Chairperson
Fundraisng Chairperson
The Rotary Foundation of RI Chairperson
 

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