Virtual RED BADGE NEW MEMBER--Ian Davies & Julie Pontes--please reach out via ZOOM chat with an energetic Rotary welcome!!
Meeting Responsibilities:
Zoom Host - Don Bork
Registration - Sandy Ronson
Sgt-at-Arms-Jim Swan
Fine payment-via interact e-transfer, refer to recent broadcast email to all members for details or contact Keith. NOTE-the interact e-transfer options for members now includes fines/dues/bottle drive proceeds & donations and upcoming tulip fundraiser. Refer to recent Clubrunner email to all members.
A little bit about me:
April 26th--Ramon Marti
May 3rd--Ian Davies
It costs nothing to send an eCOG to a friend/prospective member/neighbour. Please advise Jim Belton of names/contact info.
Having difficulty accessing and using Clubrunner, the platform RCL website runs on. See Clubrunner supplied link and information at the very end of the eCOG.
Rotary Satellite Club meeting details----not currently meeting at the Fox and Fiddle due to C-19, but but join them via ZOOM on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 6:30 pm.. see details on the Facebook Page, the link is: https://www.facebook.com/rotarysatellitecluboflondon.
Have a suggestion for an eCOG-Bulletin article/story, please let Keith know.
Our guest speaker on April 26th will be Carolyn Ferguson- Senior Major Gifts Officer, Zone 28 - The Rotary Foundation. Carolyn has worked for the past ten years as the Major Gift Officer for our Rotary Foundation for Zone 28. This Zone spans 16 districts across 3 Countries-Canada, USA and France. Carolyn works fulltime as part of a staff team of 13 Major Gift Officers in North America, of which 9 are regionally based inside their own Zones, and 3 are based out of World Headquarters in Evanston, IL. She is the only Canadian based employee for Rotary International and her office is located in Ancaster, Ontario-District 7090. As a Major Gift Officer, Carolyn works primarily one on one with Rotarians to invite their support of our Foundation mission through a Major Gift, Bequest or planned gift. Carolyn is also a second-generation Rotarian-her father is a past Centennial Governor in District 6290-Sault Ste Marie, ON. Carolyn joined Rotary in 2004 and is Past President of the Rotary Club of Ancaster AM. Currently she is a Charter member of the Global Passport E-Club, in its first year and serving as secretary. She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and Bequest Society member with our Foundation. She and her family have enjoyed hosting 11 Youth Exchange students in her home. She is a current member of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners and prior to her employment with the Rotary Foundation, Carolyn spent many years working in fund development with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Carolyn is married to Richard Ferguson and they have two daughters. Carolyn’s oldest daughter Madelyn is a former 2014-15 Rotary Youth Exchange student to Spain and short term exchange student to Italy 2017. Her younger daughter Cassidy participated in a short term exchange to Australia 2017.
ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON BOTTLE DRIVE POSTPONED TO MAY 29TH
Please hold on to those empty bottles and cans or return them and donate your funds directly to Sandy Ronson. You can e-transfer funds directly to Sandy as follows: sronson55@gmail.com Include the password mybottles and note that this donation is for the bottle drive. Don’t forget to add your donation of $25 for a missed luncheon! All donations are greatly appreciated and very much needed to sustain club projects including our donation to Habitat for Humanity. Help us build a new home for an area family.
ENVIRONMENTAL DAY IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO MAY 29TH
AREA 4 ROTARY TULIP SALES
Start selling Rotary tulips to your friends and family. Boxes of 25 tulips are $25 per box. Sandy Ronson is coordinating sales so let Sandy know when you sell a box. Send her a note at sandyr@bell.net to confirm your sale. Funds are to be etransferred to Sandy at the following: sronson55@gmail.com include the password mytulips and again include a note that the funds are for tulips. The actual tulips will arrive in August for fall planting. Our club has 100 boxes in total to sell so the quantity is limited. Confirm your order early!
Support for Majo’s Extended Stay / Post-Secondary Education in London, Canada
As most RCL members are aware, Maria Jose Camacaro Figueroa (“Majo”) was sponsored by our club as a Rotary Youth Exchange student for the 2019-2020 academic year (Grade 11 at HB Beal Secondary School). Because of the Covid pandemic and also due to the political and economic circumstances in Venezuela, Majo could not go home last summer and, indeed, has no option to return there any time soon. If you would like to view a video message from Majo, click this DropBox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2xl2h37vtcb5x4/2021%2003%2029%20Majo%20Camacaro.mov?dl=0
Five local couples have taken turns hosting Majo for this extra extended year and she has been enrolled for Grade 12 at Beal, graduating with a full Ontario high school diploma in June. She has been accepted into the Interior Design program at Fanshawe College with classes starting in September 2021. Majo has also submitted her application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to extend her study visa and for permission to work (part-time during school and full time during summers). We anticipate little trouble finding accommodation for Majo during her upcoming studies but would appreciate some help in funding her substantial tuition costs as she is required by Fanshawe to register as an international student. (A short time ago, Majo’s parents had to flee Venezuela, leaving home and business, and cannot provide financial support.) How can you contribute? Our Rotary Club of London Foundation has an Education Fund. The Foundation Board has authorized that amounts from this Fund can be used for post-secondary tuition through direct payments to Canadian colleges and universities, Fanshawe included. Contributions to this Fund receive a Canadian charitable donation tax receipt. To make a donation:
1)-Send a cheque payable to the “Rotary Club of London Foundation” (put “Education Fund” on the memo line of the cheque)
2)-Use your credit card at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/60706 (a CanadaHelps webpage dedicated to our Foundation, enter “Education Fund” in the message field)
3)-Via Interac email to sronson55@gmail.com (no need to set up security question or answer, funds go direct to our club and are then forwarded to the Foundation, put “Education Fund” in the message field)
Next Club Board Meeting
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of London Board will be a Zoom meeting on May 19th-Wednesday-4:30PM
Note:
- all members are welcome to attend Board meetings
- to view the Club's Board Meeting Minutes go to our website, Member Login, My ClubRunner, click on View Club Documents.
Senior Major Gifts Officer, Zone 28 - The Rotary Foundation. Carolyn has worked for the past ten years as the Major Gift Officer for our Rotary Foundation for Zone 28. This Zone spans 16 districts across 3 Countries-Canada, USA and France. Carolyn works fulltime as part of a staff team of 13 Major Gift Officers in North America, of which 9 are regionally based inside their own Zones, and 3 are based out of World Headquarters in Evanston, IL. She is the only Canadian based employee for Rotary International and her office is located in Ancaster, Ontario-District 7090. As a Major Gift Officer, Carolyn works primarily one on one with Rotarians to invite their support of our Foundation mission through a Major Gift, Bequest or planned gift. Carolyn is also a second-generation Rotarian-her father is a past Centennial Governor in District 6290-Sault Ste Marie, ON. Carolyn joined Rotary in 2004 and is Past President of the Rotary Club of Ancaster AM. Currently she is a Charter member of the Global Passport E-Club, in its first year and serving as secretary. She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and Bequest Society member with our Foundation. She and her family have enjoyed hosting 11 Youth Exchange students in her home.
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