Rotary Club of London-eCOG-March 29 2021 (Mar 29, 2021)

--MARCH IS WATER AND SANITATION MONTH--

Water is everybody’s business. Yet over 40% of the global population does not have access to sufficient clean water. By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, according to UN-Water. The lack of water poses a major threat to several sectors, including food security. Additionally, March includes World Rotaract Week from the 7th to the 14th.

-PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR CLUB ASSEMBLY MEETING OF MARCH 29th - VIA ZOOM-

Here are the details:
Time: The Zoom meeting will “open” at 11:30 am for those that want to socialize before the meeting which starts at 12:00 pm.

Login: https://zoom.us/j/666121982?pwd=ckhwQTN1RFNsbkJBUWxqYkY0SWtLdz09
Meeting ID: 666 121 982
Password: 030500
If you want to dial in via telephone — you can use: +1 647 558 0588 Canada

Brainstorm! Strategize! Have your say!

The Rotary Club of London Board of Directors appointed a Strategy Task Force in January to conduct research and then report back to the Board with recommendations for a Club Strategic Plan. Since then, the Task Force has met weekly. They have so far conducted a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis as well as asked various groups of club members a variety of questions. To help complete the research phase, the Task Force has one more set of questions that will be presented to breakout groups at the Club zoom meeting this coming Monday, 29th March. In effect, you, along with your fellow club members, will be our collective Guest Speaker! Thanks in advance for your attendance and participation!

--The Jack Burghardt Community "Service Above Self" Award--

Nomination period extended to April 12th

This prestigious award may be awarded annually in the spring of the year. The purpose of The Jack Burghardt Community "Service Above Self" Award is to recognize a member of the Rotary Club of London who is primarily involved as an active community volunteer in “non-Rotarian” activities, and secondarily as an active member within the Rotary Club of London. For much of the 1970s Jack Burghardt anchored CFPL-TV’s FYI News at 6 p.m. In 1981 he won the Federal by-election in London West. Following federal politics, Jack entered municipal politics winning a seat on the Board of Control in 1985. As he garnered the most votes, he attained the position of Deputy Mayor and was re-elected to both positions in 1988 and 1991. In 1974 Jack joined our Club and became one of our Sergeants-At-Arms, an extremely successful one! Jack helped out with a variety of committees including the Easter Seals campaigns. Following Jack’s death in 2002 the name of this award was changed to The Jack Burghardt Community ‘Service Above Self’ Award.
All current active members of the Rotary Club of London, including Board members, are eligible to receive this award with the exception of the following members who are previous recipients: Bill Barnett, Jim Swan, Heather Broadhead, Bruce McGauley, Randy Warden, Felipe S. Gomes, Jan Delaney, John Eberhard, Jim Belton, Bob Earle, Ron Posno and Harry Joosten. Members of the Club are requested to complete the Nomination Form and forward to Club Secretary, Jim Belton, at jimbelton@rogers.com by Monday, April 12th. The form is can be found the home page of our website under “Home Page Download Files”. The final decision rests with the Board.

Rotary Club of London Bottle Drive

Date: Saturday, April 3, 2021. Time: 9:00AM to 1:00PM. Get involved: volunteer at one of the locations; drop off empties collected from friends and family; return your empties and donate the funds: donate $25.00.

Volunteers: 2-3 to unload cars at each of 2 locations, 2-3 to sort at each location, 2-3 with trucks to transport empties to the Ice House, and 1-2 at the Ice House to load skids. In total - 12-14 volunteers on April 3rd just to cover off the day from 9:00AM to 1:00PM. More volunteers means shorter shifts.

Locations: 50 Finsbury Cres (Gainsborough & Wonderland Roads area); and 17 York Street (Downtown London); Ice House (south of 401 and Wellington Road). Contract Lori to volunteer Lorid@rbcplacelondon.com 519-902-6286.

NOTE: online banking e-transfer bottle proceeds and donations to Sandy as per recent Clubrunner email to all members--password mybottles

ENVIRONMENTAL DAY IS APRIL 24TH

One of D.G. David's key District Conference activities this year is the D6330 Environment Day which is scheduled for Saturday April 24th. At that time Rotary Clubs throughout our District will be undertaking a variety of different Environment related activities. In honour of this day the Rotary Club of London and The Rotary Club of London Satellite are conducting a joint tree planting event from 9 AM to 1 PM. We are doing this with the direction, support, assistance and guidance of ReForest London. They will supply and deliver 150 native trees and shrubs ranging in size from 2 ft. to 6 ft. in height and chosen specifically for the site at which they will be planted. Two ReForest London staff will plan and run the event for us completing required logistics issues including site planning and coordination with City Staff, obtaining utility locates, site preparation, ordering mulch, etc. and two "Tree Specialist" volunteers to assist with event setup, tree planting and staking. All necessary equipment will be supplied and delivered to the site including protective tree wraps, shovels, pruners, gloves, rakes and wheelbarrows. ReForest London provided 3 different sites and the Board of the Club has selected the one designated as "Hyde Park Rotary Link" which is located on the south side of Gainsborough Road and west of Hyde Park Road in an area which is part of the Hyde Park Storm Water Pond and Canterbury Park. In order to sign up for this event and to comply with COVID-19 protocols for contact tracing of participants we need to provide full names, addresses, email and phone numbers. Here is a link which you can click which will take you to a form that will collect this information. A form needs to be completed for each participant. If you are completing the form for others (e.g. spouse, teenage children, etc.) once you have completed your own form you will receive a confirmation email and on that email just below your confirmation will be another link that you can click to add another participant.

Sign-up to take part

Again and depending on what Colour restriction level London is under at the time of the event we will be limited to the number of participants. Under Orange we will be allowed up to 45 participants and Under Red we will be restricted to 21 participants. So please sign up soon so you do not miss out on this activity. Once we have our participant list more details will be provided as we approach the day for Tree Planting.

AREA 4 ROTARY TULIP SALES

A Club member is required to act as the Club's Captain of Tulip Sales. The Club has committed to receive/sell 100 boxes (of 25 bulbs each) of Tulips. Please contact Lori for details.

Weekly Coffee Klatch

Since the Province has extended its Stay-at-Home directive, we decided to set up a weekly Zoom “Coffee Klatch” each Thursday from 10:30 to 11:15 am.

Bring your own coffee of course.

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Weekly President;s Cocktail Hour

President's Virtual Cocktail Hour which will be held weekly on Tuesday evenings from 5 to 6 p.m.

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