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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning August 16, 2021
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning August 16, 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 July 2021 and on?
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Looking for an Archived Meeting from July 2021 and on?
Just scroll to the very bottom!!
Thanks!
Greeter this week
Rotarian Tammy Waugh
Inspirational moment
Rotarian Tammy Waugh
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And an inspiring story below from Rotarian Jim Kenyon. Thanks, Jim!
After 20+ years in Rotary, I’m often asked what was a high point; what was a moment that really stands out as an accomplishment. Was it looking at a dam that we built in Rajasthan? Was it a local project that remains to this day? What really makes someone proud to be a Rotarian. And not being asked when did you join Rotary, but when did you actually become a Rotarian.
On one of my flights to India to build dams and participate in the National Immunization Day (NID) in India vaccinating kids against Polio in Haryana along the Pakistan border, I grabbed a good lunch at YVR before the flight to New Delhi. I was served by a young lady in her late teens who was rather talkative and asked where I was going and what I was doing. It was a great opportunity to push Rotary and I did my best to explain who we are, what we were doing, and how we were doing it.
But the proudest moment of all was when she asked, with a perfectly straight face “That’s nice, but what is Polio???” She had no idea what Polio was…
I’ve never been prouder to be a Rotarian!
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Canadiana
Tamara Larson grew up in Edmonton in the 1970s. She recalls how whenever she saw an injustice — bullying on the school playground, for instance, or images of refugees fleeing a war-torn country — she would protest to her father that it didn’t seem fair. His reply: "Life’s not fair."
But that was never the end of the conversation, only its beginning. Her mother, a teacher, and her father, a Rotarian and the owner of a commercial excavation business, taught her that she had the power to change things.
"The word ‘can’t’ was not in our vocabulary," Larson says. "We were taught that you can do whatever you want, if you put your mind to it. If there’s no door there, build one."
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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?
How to pull the plug on climate change: Steve Oldham. I did not realize the critical timeframe we have to deal with climate change and some of the technology that already exists to help us if we choose to do so.
-- Michael Thomas, Rotary Club of Stony Plain, District 5370
July 3. A very informative meeting. The story of the Gimli Glider running out of fuel was not as simple as just the change from Imperial to metric, with inoperative gauges and lack of training being part of the picture. The TED talk about the Co2 capture shows how internal combustion engines can be operated on fuel derived from Co2 capture and not lead to more pollution.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
July 4. I enjoyed the musical Four-Way Test.
-- Dietrich Brand, Rotary Club of Medicine Hat, District 5360
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Announcements
HAITI - On August 14, 2021, Haiti was rocked by a massive 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake. At least 227 dead, with hundreds injured or missing. The Rotary District 7020 Earthquake response committee met today and are assessing the damage done; the immediate needs; and how to help.
As we compile a list of needs and navigate the logistics to provide speedy aid, we are mounting an urgent fundraising appeal - if you'd like to help now, please donate via credit card, paypal, cheque, or wire transfer.
Cash is always the easiest way to get help to those who need it quickly. Email rotary7020relief@gmail.com for more information.
Our committee is in direct contact with Rotarians and our partners on the ground - including local authorities and experts - which is the most effective way we can help.
To Donate by Credit Card / PayPal, click here:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ESJ9N2CASADV2
YIRS,
Anjali Manek
District Secretary
Rotary District 7020
Editor’s note. Check out the Disaster Network of Assistance Rotary Action Group at dna-rag.com for more information about disaster response initiatives and the Rotary Action Group.
Cash is always the easiest way to get help to those who need it quickly. Email rotary7020relief@gmail.com for more information.
Our committee is in direct contact with Rotarians and our partners on the ground - including local authorities and experts - which is the most effective way we can help.
To Donate by Credit Card / PayPal, click here:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ESJ9N2CASADV2
YIRS,
Anjali Manek
District Secretary
Rotary District 7020
Editor’s note. Check out the Disaster Network of Assistance Rotary Action Group at dna-rag.com for more information about disaster response initiatives and the Rotary Action Group.
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RECCO YFF – YOUTH FOCUS FUNDRAISER
10km x 10 Location Sponsored Walk
September 25 – October 9, 2021
10 Members of the Rotary E-Club of Canada One (“RECCO”) will each be walking 10 kilometers in 10 different locations at a date they choose in the last week of September or first week of October, 2021.
Funds raised will be used to support the Club’s involvement from 2021-2024 with the following projects, all of which focus specifically on youth:
- Project Amigo (Mexico)
- Creating Opportunities for Guatemalans
- Himalayan Life (Nepal)
- Rotary’s RYLE and RYPEN
Pictures of start locations and end locations for the walkers will be posted on the RECCO website/home page.
If you want to sponsor a walker, please contact Keith Evans (keithevans@stepoiltools.com) with details of your sponsorship commitment, and he will assign it to a walker. NO AMOUNT OF SPONSORSHIP IS TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG.
Please indicate walk sponsorship on any direct bank transfers. Click the “Special Fundraiser” drop-down box for payments via PayPal (if you add a penny “.01” after the dollar amount of your contribution for PayPal it will be a clear code to our Treasurer that this is for the sponsored walk fundraiser), or you can use the QR code to facilitate payment.
Thank you!
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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 is our Fellowship Assembly, and we often invite interesting speakers or Rotary Leaders for this entertaining, educational fun event.
Please note the change - for July, August, and September
The monthly RECCO Fellowship Assemblies will be held at 10:00 a.m. (MST) on the third Tuesday of each month. The change was made to include more RECCO members in different time zones.
Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
Please click our Event Calendar for details and access Link.
For further inquiries or suggestions please contact: info@rotaryeclubcanada.ca
All our videos can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
Anyone can subscribe to our channel so that you will be automatically notified when a new video is posted.
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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:
- The Paypal button on our ClubRunner Home Page
- The donation button on the attendance form, or
- Send a cheque to:
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
Apt. 1708
1108 6th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2P 5K1
Environment
Humour
My husband, who believes in avoiding doctors and hospitals at all costs, had to have emergency surgery for an inflamed appendix. In pain, but still protesting the whole idea of an operation, he muttered, “When God gave man an appendix, there must have been a reason for putting it there.”
“Oh, there was,” said the surgeon. “God gave you that appendix so I could put my children through college.”
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Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds.
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For years, I had been telling my friend Pete that he ate too much fast food, but he always denied it. One day, he admitted I was right.
“What changed your mind?”
“My grandson. When my daughter told him I was coming to visit, he asked, ‘Grandpa from Florida, or Grandpa from Pizza Hut?’”
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While doing renovations in our house, one of the workmen paused to look at a flattering photo of me wearing makeup and a fancy gown. I heard him let out a low whistle and ask my son, Joshua, “Who’s that?”
“That’s my mom,” Joshua answered.
“Wow,” the man said, “my mother doesn’t look like that.”
“Yeah,” my son said, “well, neither does mine.”
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Being a teenager and getting a tattoo seem to go hand in hand these days. I wasn’t surprised when one of my daughter’s friends showed me a delicate little Japanese symbol on her hip.
“Please don’t tell my parents,” she begged.
“I won’t,” I promised. “By the way, what does that stand for?”
“Honesty,” she said.
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Visiting his parents’ retirement village in Florida, my middle-aged friend, “Tim, went for a swim in the community pool while his elderly father took a walk. Tim struck up a conversation with the only other person in the pool, a five-year-old boy. After a while, Tim’s father returned from his walk and called out, “I’m ready to leave.”
Tim then turned to his new friend and announced that he had to leave because his father was calling. Astonished, the wide-eyed little boy cried, “You’re a kid?”
Source: Reader's Digest, Laughter is the Best Medicine
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New members' corner
Get the most out of your membership by participating in club projects and activities.
Here are some ideas:
• Serve on a club committee where you can use your skills
• Identify a need in your community and suggest a hands-on project to address it
• Work with a youth service program sponsored by your club, such as Rotaract or Interact
• Host a Youth Exchange student
• Help organize your district’s Rotary Youth Leadership Awards programs
• Recommend a colleague or friend for membership in your club
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Rotary minute
Food for thought
Every day, it seems, we’re fed new advice about our diets. We’ve been told we can’t have bread, we shouldn’t eat eggs and to hold the butter. As The Diet Myth author Tim Spector notes, “So what is there left to eat? Maybe a bit of lettuce.”
At the same time, a whopping half of the calories we consume come from food that isn’t really food: it’s ultra-processed concoctions of starch, sugar, salt, hydrogenated oils, preservatives and additives. These foods are tasty and manufactured to make us crave them. But they’re killing us.
“Poor diet is the leading risk factor for death in Canada,” warns University of Montreal professor Jean-Claude Moubarac. “It’s a nutritional calamity.” His work suggests that only one in five Canadians cooks every day. Over the past several years, our appetite for convenience foods has skyrocketed — and so has the rate of obesity and diabetes.
Click here to read more.
Click here to watch a video of this topic.
Click here to read more.
Click here to watch a video of this topic.
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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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Program Donations
Our E-Club is a dynamic club comprised of ordinary working and retired people who acknowledge that Rotarians are people who are generous with their time and their resources.
Our club and the program you have just enjoyed, either as a member or a visitor, is funded only by donations.
We are developing ideas for fundraising with our members who are scattered across Canada, USA, Central America, and Europe, but we do need your help.
As you have not had to buy lunch or travel to attend this program, please make a donation of a minimum of $10.00, considering you're saving in time and cost in appreciation for the experience you have enjoyed.
Interested in providing Rotary Service? Unable to attend terra club meetings?
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