Clubs call attention to the programs of THE ROTARY FOUNDATION and promote financial support for Paul Harris Fellows & Sustaining Members.
Here is the NEAR TERM meeting schedule; Nov 27th, Dec 11th & Dec 18th.
--PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUT NEXT MEETING ON NOVENBER 13th--
Our next LUNCH meeting is Monday November 13th at the Highland Country Club located at 1922 Highland Heights, London, Ontario. 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 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 Nov 10th 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.
Our speaker will be Jim Belton. Jim, a 3rd generation Rotarian, is currently the Club’s Secretary. He is Past President of the Club, past Chair of the Club’s Foundation, London Sports Celebrity Dinner, and the Rotary Horse Show committees, and has served as the Chair of the Club's R.I. Foundation Committee for a number of years. Jim is Past Chair of the District’s Rotary Foundation Committee, Group Study Exchange Committee, and was the Group Study Exchange Team Leader in 1986 to Southern India. He has attended 5 Rotary Foundation Regional Institutes, 6 RI Conventions, and is a Paul Harris Fellow, as are his wife Louise and their two children, and a Major Donor of The Rotary Foundation. Jim is a recipient of the Club’s Rotarian of the Year Award, Burghardt Service Above Self Award, the District’s William Gansler Award and The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service. Jim is an employee of the Hutton House Association for Adults with Disabilities and the Hutton House Foundation in London as the Events Coordinator. Today Jim will be talking about The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
--CLUB & FOUNDATION PRESENTIATION TO THAMES VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTRE --
On Oct 11, 2023 John Finan, President of the Rotary Club of London presented $10,000 & Howard Shears, President of the Rotary Club of London Foundation presented $20,000 to the TVCC to assist with the purchase of the Panoramic-Cephalometric X-Ray machine for the TVCC’s Cleft Lip & Palate program. The participants from left to right were Kim Taylor, TVCC, John Finan, Paul Hogarth, COO of TVCC, Howard Shears, Tim Tribe and Scott Fortnum of the Children ‘s Health Foundation band Don Stevens. The new X-ray machine is expected to be in service by year end.
--CELEBRATE WITH R/C GRAND BEND & GLOBAL LITERACY COMMITTEE--
Global Literacy Project Celebration of 100 Containers Wed Nov 29--Hessenland Inn
We’ve Reached 100. Come join the Celebration. With our 100th Sea Container of School Equipment to Africa it’s time to pause and celebrate this great project and we want you to join in Wednesday November 29, 2023 Coach House at Hessenland Inn Hwy 21 between Grand Bend & Bayfield--5PM Social time with 6PM Dinner & Celebration. Cost $55 person including tax & gratuity. Payable on registration (e-transfer preferred) Registration is open. Please register by Nov 14. If you want to attend, please click on this link (or copy to your browser) https://grandbendrotary.com/events/glonal-literacy-100-containers-celebration-dinner/
We look forward to sharing this project with you Past, Present and Future.
Questions? - email chair Morag Watt morawatt@gmail.com Or call 519-441-0929. I hope you will plan to attend the upcoming celebration of the efforts of so many to improve education and promote literacy in developing nations. Please help us spread the word in your Club and beyond to come out and make this a truly memorable celebration. Attached are the details and here is a link to the registration page on our website
John Finan completes the induction of Gilles Boko to the Rotary Club of London. Gilles transferred his membership from The Rotary Club of Yamoussoukra on The Ivory Coast of Africa to Rotary Club of London.
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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Our speaker will be Jim Belton. Jim, a 3rd generation Rotarian, is currently the Club’s Secretary. He is Past President of the Club, past Chair of the Club’s Foundation, London Sports Celebrity Dinner, and the Rotary Horse Show committees, and has served as the Chair of the Club's R.I. Foundation Committee for a number of years. Jim is Past Chair of the District’s Rotary Foundation Committee, Group Study Exchange Committee, and was the Group Study Exchange Team Leader in 1986 to Southern India. He has attended 5 Rotary Foundation Regional Institutes, 6 RI Conventions, and is a Paul Harris Fellow, as are his wife Louise and their two children, and a Major Donor of The Rotary Foundation. Jim is a recipient of the Club’s Rotarian of the Year Award, Burghardt Service Above Self Award, the District’s William Gansler Award and The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service. Jim is an employee of the Hutton House Association for Adults with Disabilities and the Hutton House Foundation in London as the Events Coordinator. Today Jim will be talking about The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
On Oct 11, 2023 John Finan, President of the Rotary Club of London presented $10,000 & Howard Shears, President of the Rotary Club of London Foundation presented $20,000 to the TVCC to assist with the purchase of the Panoramic-Cephalometric X-Ray machine for the TVCC’s Cleft Lip & Palate program. The participants from left to right were Kim Taylor, TVCC, John Finan, Paul Hogarth, COO of TVCC, Howard Shears, Tim Tribe and Scott Fortnum of the Children ‘s Health Foundation band Don Stevens. The new X-ray machine is expected to be in service by year end.
