--IMAGINE WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON CAN DO IN YEAR 2022 / 23--
--FEBRUARY IS PEACE & CONFLICT RESOLUTION MONTH--
PLUS FOR RCL MEMBERS ITS THE MONTH TO BUY & SELL ROTARY ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK PARTY TICKETS
AND SOLICIT SILENT AUCTION ITEMS !!!.
--PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 13rd AT HIGHLAND G.C.--
Our next LUNCH meeting is Monday February 13rd 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 February 9th 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...
On Monday, February 13th our speaker will be Lisa Williams, Director of Program with Strong Start Charitable Organization. As the Director of Program, Lisa is responsible for overseeing the implementation, expansion and staff supporting our Baby Connections®, Get Ready for School™ and Letters, Sounds and Words™ programs. Lisa has over 30 years of experience in pre school and school age care and education. She served in the classroom in a variety of positions as well in numerous school board roles. Lisa has taught Kindergarten to grade 8 in Thames Valley District School Board as well as being a Learning Support Teacher, Elementary Vice-Principal and Principal. She has her Special Education Specialist and her Reading Specialist qualifications as well as a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership. Lisa has been involved with Indigenous education as a supporter of the Indigenous Collaborative Inquiry provincial project and as a presenter at the First Nations Advisory Committee.
--SAVE THE DATE--FRIDAY MARCH 24th--
Good day to you fellow Rotarians: Rock around the clock is our only fundraiser this year other than our Bingo. We need you topurchase your tickets nowso we can keep track of the numbers . We are looking for a sellout crowd so get your friends and neighbors involved . Don’t worry about making up a table we will help you when the time comes. Just tell us how many to your table and we will make it up for you . Keith has done a great job in putting the application for tickets in the COG just go on and click . The price is the same as last year $100.00 plus HST . Keith is also looking for items for the auction please get in touch with him (morrowkeithwm@gmail.com). We need your help to make this work so lets all get together and make it happen. Yours in Rotary, John Stuart-- Tickets are now available at this link: https://trellis.org/rotary-rock-party-2023
--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 NEAR TERM meeting schedule;
Monday February 27
Monday March 13
Monday March 27 Meetings will be hybrid with Observe only capability via ZOOM for those that can't make it in person.
--Message from Local Community Services committee--
The LSC is hosting a Tree Planting Day on Saturday April 29th from 9 AM until 3 pm.We are inviting all Rotarians, spouses, children. grandchildren and friends to join us. Details and sign up forms to follow.
--Thank you letter from Xmas Kettle volunteers--
January 18, 2023--- Jim Swan-- Rotary Club of Downtown London
Dear Jim,
On behalf of The Salvation Army, I would like to sincerely thank you for your wonderful support of the 2022 Christmas Kettle Campaign. With the dedication and support from you and Rotary Club of Downtown London, we were able to provide 4,200+ Christmas food hampers to local families and 6,700+ bags of toys were distributed to children in need. The funds that are raised at the kettles help make a difference to the thousands of families and individuals in our community that look to us for help during Christmas and throughout the year. I am very excited to share with you that we exceeded our goal of $550,000, reaching a grand total of $583,244.00! We could not have done this without your help! Our calculations indicate that $3,036.95 was raised at the kettle location that was managed by your volunteer group over the course of the kettle campaign. Amazing!! I am incredibly grateful for all your hard work and commitment to supporting The Salvation Army and I’m looking forward to working with you again this year. Thank you once again for helping us help others! Sincerely, Jodie Yule, Community Relations Coordinator. London Christmas Kettle Campaign Team
--Message from Victorian's Quilt's Canada--
I am writing on behalf of a volunteer group called Victoria's Quilts Canada, London Branch. Victoria's Quilts Canada (VQC) is a national non-profit charitable organization with headquarters in Ottawa and 25 branches across Canada, including London. Our organization is run completely by volunteers. We have no paid staff. Our mission is to provide handmade quilts to Canadians living with cancer and provide physical and spiritual comfort to people undergoing cancer treatment. The quilts are a gift and there is no cost to the requester or the recipient. All requests are made to our headquarters in Ottawa and directed to the appropriate branch. Since VQC was established in 1999, over 70,000 quilts have been delivered to cancer patients across Canada. Each quilt is made by our dedicated volunteer quilters. During the pandemic, we continued to provide quilts as our quilters worked from their homes. Volunteers who delivered the quilts followed all safety protocols. Our goal is to provide 200 quilts to people facing the challenge of cancer treatment in London and surrounding areas. We are fundraising so that we can purchase quilting materials including 100% cotton fabric, flannel for backing, batting and thread. The cost to make one quilt today is about $80.00. In addition to this cost, some quilts for people in the region are mailed at a cost of $19.38 each. The demand for quilts is increasing, along with the costs to produce them so support from the community is crucial. We are hoping that the London North Rotary Club will be able to help us support cancer patients in London and the region. We are registered with the Canada Revenue Agency and provide receipts for all donations. If you would like additional information about our organization, please contact me at the email address below. We would be pleased to make a presentation at a meeting of your Board and answer any questions you may have about Victoria's Quilts Canada. Thank you for your consideration. Judie Havers, Fundraising and Publicity Victoria's Quilts Canada, London Chapter judie.havers@gmail.com<mailto:judie.havers@gmail.com>
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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