Sunday, July 10, 2022

Our Program. Shannon Cason. Diversity and commonality of human experience. July 11 to 17, 2022.

 

 

WELCOME!!

 to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning July 11, 2022

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Greeter this week 
Rotarian Kitty


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Inspirational moment 


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Canadiana 
And more inspiration - from Canada (Rick Hansen)

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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?   

May 15. The Inspirational moment this week was entitled Plant These (depicting flowers and herbs) to Save the Bees. Yesterday I attended the 5360 District Conference and the theme of the conference was the environment. One of the speakers was a local rancher who is practising sustainable ranching without the use of pesticides and fertilisers. His beef cattle roam on meadows grazing on native grasses and flowers just as bison did for thousands of years. The surprise for me, and probably many in the audience, was his statement that the European bees, the ones kept in hives to produce honey, do not take nectar from and pollinate native flowers, only the native North American bees pollinate wild flowers and so they are absolutely necessary to preserve the native flowers. So the rancher is doing his part to Save the Bees.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

May 16. Every part of this week's meeting was fantastic, fun, inspiring and informative. Who gets to have Bill Gates as their speaker! and learn about the future of elephants as well as read the inspiring story about Iryna Bushmina. Thanks for another great meeting!
-- Sharon Blaker, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic. I did not know that Bill Gates and his foundation are a part of the Response and Mobilization (GERM) team that would detect potential outbreaks and stop them from becoming pandemics. Interesting discussion regarding how we will be able to save trillions of dollars if and when the next pandemic strikes. COVID has cost approximately 14 Trillion dollars to date.
-- Michael Thomas, Rotary Club of Stony Plain, District 5370

May 18. Excellent material as usual. Love the theme song for RCM in India.
-- Nance MacLeod, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370

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Archived Meetings
  • For meetings before May 8, 2022, please click here. 
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Announcements 


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Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!


Do you have a Rotary story that you'd like to share with the Rotary World?

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!

Your attendance could earn you Paul Harris Points

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.  Plan to join us.  



Each Thursday Morning from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (Mountain Time) we host a casual FellowSIP Coffee Chat. 



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

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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 Rotary E-Club of Canada One
10430 135 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada   T5N 2C6
(780) 267 4547

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Environment 

What Are Mason Bees?

Mason bees are beautiful, gentle native bees that are also excellent pollinators.

Before honeybees were brought over from Europe; native bees, like mason bees, did all the pollinating here in North America. Mason bees do not produce honey – they collect pollen; whereas honeybees collect nectar.

A mason bee’s whole body is hairy and collects pollen, when they land on a flower they splash and pollinate better. Additionally, they’re actively looking for pollen, making them 3x better pollinators than honeybees.


Another key difference from honeybees is the mason bee doesn’t live together in a hive, instead living solitary. They’re a bee that’s active early in the season and pollinates throughout the spring.

To read and learn more, click here.

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Humour 

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New members' corner 


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Rotary minute

Here’s what happened last fall in 
Grand Prairie, Alberta

Canada

In recent years, Rotary clubs in Grande Prairie, Alberta, have teamed with Rotaractors in semiannual collection drives that have netted basic clothing items for the needy.

In late October, the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie joined with fellow Grande Prairie clubs — Swan City, Sunrise, and After Five — and the Rotaract Club of Grande Prairie to recruit a local junior league ice hockey team for a “Tighty-Whitey Toss”: Fans showered the rink with new packages of socks and underwear to celebrate the Grande Prairie Storm’s first goal just a few minutes into a game against the Blackfalds Bulldogs.


Local institutions serving homeless people distributed the articles a few days later. “We collected over 160 gallons of socks and underwear from this event alone,” among the 12,000 pieces taken in during the month, says Carrie Sandboe, a member of the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie. “They are the most-needed staple clothing but are the least-donated items to centers."

Click here to read more.

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Food for thought 


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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!


THIS WEEK - David Foster



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Speaker Program 

A father weighs the needs of his drug addict neighbor and the safety of his family.

From the Moth organizer:

At The Moth, we believe that one of the best ways to take care of one another is by listening and sharing true personal stories. The Moth stores honour the diversity and commonality of human experience. When you support The Moth, you create a better world.


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Four-way Test

To close the meeting, Rotarian Irene recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.


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Please consider making a small donation in lieu of a meal 
to help us help those in need.  

We thank you very much!

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. 

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