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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning January 9, 2023
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning January 9, 2023
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Complete the form for a make-up!
Please leave a donation to assist our club to do Rotary's good works!
Greeter this week
Rotarian Nance
Rotarian Nance
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The Sarnia Journal’s Exceptional Person of the Week -
NEWS
PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 16, 2022
Packing donated turkey dinners for the Fresh Start Project are from left: Kristi Disper, Jessica Armstrong, Carol Anning, Stacie Fines, Sabrina Marut, Kate Teft, Erica Gough with True Marut in front. (Submitted photo)
Article by Cathy Dobson
Her friends call her a fantastic human. By any measure, Sarnia’s Kristi Disper is exceptional.
She is the reason 20 local families learned what a whole lot of kindness feels like this year.
It’s been seven months since Kristi launched a Sarnia chapter of The Fresh Start Project, a Canadian non-profit helping people transition out of shelters into their own homes.
Clients are often abused women and their children, young adults from youth shelters, and sometimes new Canadians getting re-established.
“We are told about them by support workers and go into action to fill their cupboards, their drawers and their shelves,” said Kristi. She finds out what basic household and personal items are needed, then sets up a registry on a Facebook page called The Fresh Start Project: Sarnia Area.
Kristi Disper
To date, 1,300 local residents have joined the group so that they can respond whenever Kristi puts out a call for gently used donated goods. Requests range from silverware to bed sheets and from towels to kitchen utensils. Fresh Start has provided items as small as shower curtains and as big as laptops.
“We are giving them the gift of creating a home,” Kristi said. “Fresh Start is very community driven and very gratifying.
“We can see right away the difference it makes.”
Canadiana
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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?
Meeting on November 16 was amazing. The police and the criminal. Personal stories are so powerful and can be life-changing. Also enjoyed the fashion from mushrooms, as fashion is something I try not to fall into, and I buy used and recycled where possible. Too much waste and pleased to watch the video on recycling fabric. Let's have more of this.
-- Sharon Blaker, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
November 16. Excellent video on police relations. It's a view of the world that most people never see. Perhaps that's a good thing.
-- Jim Kenyon, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
November 20. Ice tennis! Love it!
-- Jim Ferguson, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
November 20. Some inspiring videos on this week's meeting. The village in Italy that is taking used clothing and processing back to wool fibres that are then rewoven and used to make new clothing demonstrates that there are ways for a business to be prosperous in recycling clothing. The TED talk with the cop and ex-criminal showed that restorative justice can have a successful result.
-- David Werrett, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
Climate Change and Seaweed. It is good to laugh and I really enjoyed this week’s humour about the train ticket savings.
-- Lynne Ternosky, Rotary Club of D6330 Passport
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Announcements
This month's Rotary theme
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Material Suggestions and Greeter Messages Always Needed!
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!
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Real-time meetings
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Everyone is welcome to attend and we encourage your participation.
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
10430 135 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5N 2C6
(780) 267 4547
Environment
Humour
At age 4 success is - Not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is - Having friends.
At age 16 success is - Having a drivers license.
At age 35 success is - Having money.
At age 50 success is - Having money.
At age 70 success is - Having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is - Having friends.
At age 80 success is - Not peeing in your pants.
Always remember to forget the troubles that pass your way, BUT NEVER forget the blessings that come each day.
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New members' corner
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Rotary minute
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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 - submission from Rotarian Doug Dyer
There it will live on forever as it should.
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Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Kitty recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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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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