Here is the NEAR TERM meeting schedule; April 22nd, May 13th & May 27th.
Note--May 27th is traditional joint meeting with Kiwanis Club, meeting location details will be advised.
-PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUT NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 8th-
Our next LUNCH meeting is Monday April 8th at the Highland Country Club located at 1922 Highland Heights, London, Ontario. Price of this meeting is $30 per person. The meeting room will be open from 11:30 AM for fellowship. So.... please plan 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 endeavor 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 April 5th so that we can advise Highland CC regarding numbers. Please register as soon as possible but be sure to register before 2 PM Friday. After you have registered 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.
This weeks meeting will be a Club General Meeting.
-RESERVE THE DATE & ORDER YOUR TICKETS-
--JUNE 13th--
--THIS IS A NEW AREA 4 EVENT THAT HONOURS JOHH EBERHART--
--MEET OUR NEW INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENT SHO FUJIMOTO--
Sho will be our next Rotary Youth Exchange Inbound Student. He will arrive in August 2024. Sho is from Yamaguchi, Japan. Yamaguchi is within the Yamaguchi Prefecture in the southwest part of Honshu, Japan’s largest and most populated island. He is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Yamaguchi in District 2710. This will be his first trip out of Japan. We look forward to welcoming Sho to London.
--ADVENTURE IN CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME--
Every year the Rotary Club of London sponsors a student for the Adventure in Citizenship program hosted by the Rotary Club of Ottawa in May. This year our candidate is Eeshal Salman. Eeshal is a highly motivated student currently attending H B Beal Secondary School. She volunteers in her community and with youth groups. She is part of the student council, the student senate, and student equality and inclusion committee, striving to advocate for students. Upon graduation Eeshal plans to apply to law school after completing undergraduate studies. She is set on being a prosecutor in the criminal court system.
--The Jack Burghardt Community “Service Above Self” Award--
This prestigious award may be awarded annually in the spring of the year. The purpose of The Jack Burghardt Community “Service Above Self” Awardis 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. In 1974 Jack Burghardt 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. Jack was also a M.P. and served 3 terms as London’s the Deputy Mayor. 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 and satellite-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: Jim Swan, Bruce McGauley, Jan Delaney, Jim Belton, Bob Earley, Harry Joosten, Jerry Pribil and Ian Davies. Members of the Club are requested to complete the attached Nomination Form and forward it to our Club Secretary, Jim Belton, at jimbelton@rogers.combyMonday, 8 April. The Nomination Form can also be found the home page of our website under “Home Page Download Files”. The final decision rests with the Board. Jim Belton, Secretary.
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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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. 