--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
& SOLICIT SILENT AUCTION ITEMS--THIS IS A MAJOR FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR OUR CLUB, DON'T DELAY!!!.
--PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 27rd AT HIGHLAND G.C.--
Our next LUNCH meeting is Monday February 27th at Highland Country Club (1922 Highland Heights, London, ON). Price of this meeting is $30 per person and it 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 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 24th 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. Please be sure to put who you are paying for in your memo section on the e-transfer so that Sandy Ronson can track payments. 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.
On Monday, February 27th our speaker will be Libby McMillan. Originally from Stratford, Ontario, Libby and her husband lived in Oshawa for 12 years, then moved to be closer to their cottage near Grand Bend. She joined the May Court Club in 1983 after her London move. She was a member of the Hand Puppet Group, giving puppet shows for birthday parties and company Christmas parties. As children became too sophisticated for their stories, the group was dissolved. Libby worked at Wolverine Tube, now Great Lakes Copper for almost 20 years as an accountant and supervisor. After retiring, she became active again with May Court, was the Treasurer for 6 years, President and Past President for 2 years each and now co-leads the Nutrition Program. Libby will introduce us to The May Court Club of London, a leading women’s volunteer organization made up of dedicated women that provide support for the children and youth in the London community.
--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.
Here is the NEAR TERM meeting schedule;
Monday March 13
Monday March 27
Monday April 03 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.
--Message from Jim Belton / 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, John Eberhard, Jim Belton, Bob Earley, Ron Posno, Harry Joosten, Lori Da Silva and Jerry Pribil. Members of the Club are requested to complete the Nomination Form and forward it to our Club Secretary, Jim Belton, at jimbelton@rogers.combyMonday, 13 March. 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.
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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On Monday, February 27th our speaker will be Libby McMillan. Originally from Stratford, Ontario, Libby and her husband lived in Oshawa for 12 years, then moved to be closer to their cottage near Grand Bend. She joined the May Court Club in 1983 after her London move. She was a member of the Hand Puppet Group, giving puppet shows for birthday parties and company Christmas parties. As children became too sophisticated for their stories, the group was dissolved. Libby worked at Wolverine Tube, now Great Lakes Copper for almost 20 years as an accountant and supervisor. After retiring, she became active again with May Court, was the Treasurer for 6 years, President and Past President for 2 years each and now co-leads the Nutrition Program. Libby will introduce us to The May Court Club of London, a leading women’s volunteer organization made up of dedicated women that provide support for the children and youth in the London community.
