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-Malcolm Cocks
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 & tulip fundraiser. Refer to recent Clubrunner email to all members.
A little bit about me:
June 14--Elizabeth Harris
July 12th--Julie Pontes
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 May 31st will be Erin Bhatia, Special Events Manager -Make a Wish Foundation.
--ROTARY CLUB OF LONDON BOTTLE DRIVE POSTPONED AGAIN--RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 12TH--
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!
--ENVIRONMENTAL DAY IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO THE FALL--
--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.
--Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction--
For more than 60 years the Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction has brought incredible sports entertainment to the London community. While fun, the event also successfully contributed to enabling a promising future for children with a wide-range of special needs and disabilities at TVCC (formerly Thames Valley Children’s Centre). Right now the Dinner committee should be announcing celebrities and selling tickets to another fun-filled evening, but the pandemic had different plans. While the committee will not be able to transform the RBC Place London into the sports enthusiast dream that all were hoping for, they won’t let that stop them from ensuring that children and youth have the support they need to achieve the highest quality of life. TVCC needs us now more than ever. That is why the Sports Celebrity Dinner and Auction Committee decided to pivot their efforts into an online, virtual silent auction – “Bid for Kids!” We invite you to be part of this initiative by generously donating an item or experience. All proceeds from Bids for Kids will support TVCC to help clients and families. Our Rotary Club was very instrumental in the founding of the TVCC in the late 1940s-early 1950s and has jointly sponsored the Sports Celebrity Dinner with the London sports media since 1956.
The Bid for Kids Sponsorship Form is attached. Your completed forms(s) can be mailed to Children’s Health Foundation, 345 Westminster Ave, London ON N6C 4V3, emailed to jbaxter@childhealth.ca, or faxed to (519) 432-5907
Thank you for your consideration of this opportunity. Through your involvement you will help bring play, fun and living beyond disabilities to the families at TVCC when they need it most.
--PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE FOR INDIA--
FROM-David Elliott, District Governor 2020-21
The situation in India is improving, support is still needed. A number of clubs have asked if the district will be creating a specific opportunity to, support and we believe because of the short time frame we are better to partner with clubs in District 6400 who are sending Oxygen concentrators. I have been in contact with 2 DG’s from India and they do have global grants for medical equipment that I can share if clubs are interested however this will not serve the immediate need. If clubs are interested in making a donation to show their support I would suggest supporting the Rotary Club of Essex as well as District 6400 Foundation for our USA members so the funds get to help India now.
Here are the financial details so your clubs can donate to the India Covid Relief Project.
US checks to: Canadian cheques to:
Rotary District 6400 Foundation The Rotary Club of Essex Foundation
Suggested donation for a tax receipt is a minimum of $20 but any amount is welcome. The price of each Oxygen concentrator in India is approximately US $1,000.00 which includes shipping and handling. Our goal is to have the funds purchase at least 100 units if not more. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with agencies and the South Asian community like the Guajarati Samaj, Hindu Temple, Sikh Gurdwara, Mosques and other Indian organizations and share this information. Encourage individual donations as well. Due to the urgency of the situation in India this project will be open till the 24th. May 2021. Please email Aruna Koushik (District 6400 Governor 2021-22) aruna.koushik@icloud.com or phone 519-792-3654 to let her know the amount of your donation.
--SAVE THE DATE--PRESIDENT'S CUP GOLF--
Sept 11th-WIDDER STATION Golf, Grill & Tap House THEDFORD Widder Station has long been regarded as the venue of choice for public golf and events in Lambton County. The beautifully manicured 18-hole championship golf course winds through the areas rolling terrain and provides a wide variety of interesting holes for even the most experienced golfer. we pride ourselves on providing your guests with exceptional customer service, a beautifully manicured golf course and a memorable experience.
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.
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--security password--education--)
Next Club Board Meeting
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of London Board will be a Zoom meeting on May 20th-Thursday (re-schedule from normal Wed tine)-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.
