--IMAGINE WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON CAN DO IN YEAR 2022 / 23--
--JANUARY IS VOCATIONAL SERVICES MONTH--
Clubs highlight the importance of the business and professional life of members.
--PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING ON JANUARY 23rd AT HIGHLAND G.C.--
Our next LUNCH meeting and our second one in 2023 is Monday January 23rd at Highland Country Club (1922 Highland Heights, London, ON). Price of this meeting is $30 and it will be a self-serve buffet. The meeting room will be open from 11:30 AM for fellowship and the buffet will also be available then. So.... please plan an on arriving no later than 11:45 AM so that you have time to serve yourself and find a table to sit at. Our business meeting will start at NOON but no later than 12:15 PM. We will endeavour to end the meeting by 1:00 PM. As usual we need you to register for this meeting. The Registration Link will close at 2:00 PM Friday January 20 so that we can advise Highland CC regarding numbers. Please register as soon as possible but be sure to register before 2 PM Friday. Here is the link to register.register here. While we continue to encourage a return to In Personmeetings for our Club Members and Guests we will have a hybrid option that will allow you to ZOOM in to the meeting if for some reason you cannot attend in person. The Zoom link will be “observe only“ for the meeting. I look forward to seeing you next Monday...
Monday January 23rd our speakers will be Suzanne Fratschko Elliott, Executive Director and Amy Mathias, Community Engagement and Events Associate with Childcan. Faced with the news that their child has cancer, families from across western Ontario have turned to this organization for direct support since 1974. Working to raise awareness and funds to provide personalized, responsive, and compassionate programs and services to families facing the childhood cancer journey from diagnosis, through treatment, post-treatment care, or bereavement is Childcan's mission. Suzanne joined Childcan in June this year as Executive Director, with non-profit experience in healthcare and community-oriented sectors aimed at improving health and wellbeing. Her focus on supportive care includes leadership roles at Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, Women’s Community House (now known as Anova) and Wellspring (London). With over twenty years of marketing experience for both tech companies and not-for-profit, Amy moved to fundraising in 2019 and has since achieved her Certified Fund Raising Executive certification. Having lost her mother to cancer at an early age, Amy is passionate about raising awareness of all forms of cancer and funds for those affected.
--NEW RCL Meeting Schedule STARTS in January 2023--
In 2023 the meetings will start at 11:30 AM with food available for self serve some beginning fellowship. The Rotary business meeting will start at 12:00 noon. The cost of our lunch meetings will be $30.00 and we will continue to meet at Highland Golf Club. Thanks go out to all of our membership for taking an active part in this important decision for our Go Forward into 2023.
Here is the meeting schedule for the first two months of 2023 (11:30 to 1:00 PM): Monday February 13 Monday February 27 Meetings will be hybrid with Observe only capability via ZOOM for those that can't make it in person.
--Paul Harris Fellowship Community Service Award--
The purpose of the Paul Harris Fellowship Community Service Award is to recognize non-Rotarian Londoners who have been highly involved in providing the Rotary value of “Service Above Self” locally, nationally, or internationally. The recipient(s) will be recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow and will received their Paul Harris Fellowship Pin at the Club’s April 24th meeting in recognition of Paul Harris’ birthdate, April 19th. Each member of the Rotary Club of London (active and active-satellite) is invited to make nominations for this prestigious Award. Anyone is eligible to receive this award with the exception of current members of a Rotary club and past recipients a Paul Harris Fellowship presented by our Club (seeattachment). All nominations will be reviewed by the Paul Harris Fellowship Community Service Award Committee (Committee) with a recommendation to be forwarded to the Club’s Board of Directors for their March 15th meeting. Last year’s recipients was Jerry Pribil. Attached is the Nomination Form. Please complete it and submit your nomination to me at jimbelton@rogers.com by February 4th. I will forward all nominations received to the Committee. If you have any questions please get back to me.Thank you very much Jim Belton, Secretary
Rotary Club of London.
--SAVE THE DATE NOTE FROM WESTERN ROTARACT--
UWO Rotaract Day of Giving
The Day of Giving is an annual one-day event where students from the Rotaract Club and Rotarians come together to assist the elderly and disabled citizens in the London community with common household tasks that they would otherwise be unable to perform on their own. Tasks include house cleaning, snow shovelling, minor repairs, running errands, changing light bulbs, moving furniture, etc.The 19th annual Day of Giving will be held on Saturday, January 28th, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Volunteers will meet at the King's College cafeteria at 9:00 AM. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Rotarians are welcome to volunteer as drivers. You would be paired with 1–2 university students and drive to 3–4 different homes in London. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here: https://forms.gle/XsGvGFmUKSUkTVJs9. Please email dayofgiving@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Weekly Coffee Klatch
Weekly ZOOM “Coffee Klatch” each Thursday from 10:30 to 11:15 am. Bring your own coffee of course.
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