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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning May 10, 2021
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning May 10, 2021
Scroll down to enjoy the content!
Complete the form for a make-up!
Please leave a donation to assist our club to do Rotary's good works!
Looking for an Archived Meeting from March 2021 and on?
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Thanks!
Looking for an Archived Meeting from March 2021 and on?
Just scroll to the very bottom!!
Thanks!
Greeter this week
Rotarian Jim Kenyon
Inspirational moment
Rotarian Jim Kenyon
May Focus - Youth Service
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Did You Know Most of the World's French Fries
New Brunswick-based McCain Foods makes one-third of all the frozen French fries produced in the world, and many come from a $65-million state-of-the-art potato processing plant that's in Florenceville-Bristol.
In 2012, more than 100 Major League Baseball players chose to swing Canadian maple wood bats - better known as the "Sam Bat.” Sam Holman, founder of The Original Maple Bat Corporation, invented the bat by choosing maple wood, a harder wood than the traditionally used ash.
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Did You Know Most of the World's French Fries
Come from New Brunswick?
The small town in western New Brunswick has taken on the moniker "The French Fry Capital of the World." Not surprisingly, this is the location of the Potato World museum,
and the heart of the mid-July National French Fry Day celebrations.
Did You Know Carleton Place Makes the
World's Best Baseball Bats?
So, if you see a professional player with a little logo on their baseball bat,
that's one of the 18,000 sluggers produced each year in Carleton Place, a half-hour from Ottawa.
Did You Know Saskatchewan Makes
Most of the World's Lentils?
Mmmm, Lentils! Whether home or travelling abroad, order some lentil soup
and odds are you're getting a little taste of home.
Canada is the largest exporter of green lentils in the world - about 1.5 million metric tonnes annually, with 95% of it coming from Saskatchewan.
Some very interesting facts about our home - Canada!
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Comments from our guests and members
Members and guests attending our weekly meetings are very important to us. Based on your comments we are able to produce many more educational, inspiring, and entertaining weekly meetings.
Following are some of the comments we have received. Would you please send us your comments?
David Litt – Have you met him yet? I really enjoyed the speaker David Litt. I think most of us can remember melt-downs in important moments in our lives, but his recall in the White House of how he was able to contribute to his President was fantastic. It also shows many life lessons about the President’s response or reaction, and how we can, through consideration, make someone else’s day – maybe even life memories.
Great meeting. I enjoyed the music so much, I sang along to it. Great way to start the day. I really enjoy the club bulletin as well!
-- Lynne Ternosky, Rotary Club of District 6330 Passport
April 7. Another excellent meeting! Thank you!
-- Sharon Blaker, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
April 11. David Litt was very funny and I enjoyed watching and listening to him after so much gloomy news about the pandemic. I also enjoyed the music of Karolina Protsenko. She will provide me a welcome and calming background when I need to focus on unpleasant tasks.
-- Jean Michel Crepin, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
April 10. Now I have to do some searching for more by David Litt. Hilarious. And my 4 Way Test follows that? What an act to follow...
-- Jim Kenyon, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Ian Riseley. Past International President Ian heads up the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group. This group works on environmental planning and balancing it out to everyday life and project work for Rotarians.
-- Michael Thomas, Rotary Club of Stony Plain, District 5370
April 13. I liked the story of Farah Alibay who said her parents "always encouraged me to pursue my dreams." And after watching Apollo 13 take off when she was 8 years old, determined that she wanted to work on space programs, and now works for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Such determination by a young girl!
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Announcements
Reminder – a seventh area of focus
Supporting the environment becomes Rotary's seventh area of focus, which are categories of service activities supported by global grants. It joins peacebuilding and conflict prevention; disease prevention and treatment; water, sanitation, and hygiene; maternal and child health; basic education and literacy; and community economic development.
Grant applications for projects will be accepted beginning on 1 July 2021.
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Please feel free to forward an approx. 150 - 200 word message or any material suggestions in an e-mail, or in a Word document, along with a JPeg picture or two, to E-Club Administration Chair, Kitty Bucsko.
We'd love to hear from you!
The Rotary E-club of Canada One is excited to announce that all of our attending guests who make a donation to our club in lieu of a meal, fines or happy bucks, will have the opportunity to have their name entered in a quarterly draw in support of the Rotary Foundation.
For more information, please click on the READ MORE link at the top of the weekly meeting.
Real-time meetings
Each 3rd Tuesday of the month from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event.
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
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How do you support our club?
In order for our club to continue its much-needed projects helping others, your contributions are critical. You may use either:
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
Apt. 1708
1108 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
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Humour
Archie Bunker and the math conundrum
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New members' corner
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Rotary minute
As COVID-19 vaccines start to roll out, Peru is preparing to deliver doses to millions of people from the Amazon to the Andes. In a country where one in five rural households doesn't have access to electricity, storing vaccines at the right temperature can be a challenge.
Solar-powered refrigeration
Part of the solution to the problem recently arrived at a government warehouse in Lima: 1,100 solar-powered freezers, procured through UNICEF’s Supply Division. The freezers directly connect to solar panels without the use of batteries and regulators, making them ideal for remote communities with limited power supplies. The units will store COVID-19 and other routine vaccines.
Solar-powered refrigeration
Part of the solution to the problem recently arrived at a government warehouse in Lima: 1,100 solar-powered freezers, procured through UNICEF’s Supply Division. The freezers directly connect to solar panels without the use of batteries and regulators, making them ideal for remote communities with limited power supplies. The units will store COVID-19 and other routine vaccines.
Food for thought
To put this into context, research shows that since the start of the pandemic, more diagnostic tests have been developed for COVID-19 than for all 20 NTDs in the last 100 years.
Current indications also suggest that NTD funding is being reduced due to shrinking economies and reductions in international assistance, or the diversion of existing funding towards control of the pandemic. This is potentially catastrophic for the one-billion-plus individuals currently affected by NTDs globally, who have been, and will continue to be, left behind if we fail to act.
The NTD community needs to make a stronger case for ending the neglect. Now is a rare opportunity to do so. The world has seen, first-hand, how the health of individuals is intimately connected across the globe, and how the health of humans and health of the global economy are equally intertwined.
With COVID-19, no one is really safe until, and unless, everyone is safe. Stronger, more integrated health systems will strengthen surveillance, early warning, and pandemic preparedness. We should be seeking resources to tackle NTDs with this in mind.
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Rotary Jukebox
For a small donation, your favorite musician will be featured on one of our next e-meetings for everyone to enjoy.
Every week we'll have a draw and the lucky person will see their song featured!
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The Secret to Living Longer
The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North America. Why?
According to longevity researcher Susan Pinker, it's not a sunny disposition or a low-fat, gluten-free diet that keeps the islanders alive so long -- it's their emphasis on close personal relationships and face-to-face interactions.
Learn more about super longevity as Pinker explains what it takes to live to 100 and beyond.
According to longevity researcher Susan Pinker, it's not a sunny disposition or a low-fat, gluten-free diet that keeps the islanders alive so long -- it's their emphasis on close personal relationships and face-to-face interactions.
Learn more about super longevity as Pinker explains what it takes to live to 100 and beyond.
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Four-way Test
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To close the meeting, Rotarian David Werrett recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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Our club and the program you have just enjoyed, either as a member or a visitor, is funded only by donations.
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