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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning December 4, 2023
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning December 4, 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
A compilation
A compilation
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Theme for December -
Rotary is dedicated to fighting and preventing disease. Disease Prevention and Treatment is one of Rotary's Seven Area of Focus.
Disease and illness result in pain and injury. Prolonged severe illness may result in loss of employment and income.
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Five Bucks
By Chris Kratsch
Illinois, USA
I decided to call my mother. The last time I spoke to her, she had said she couldn't afford to send me anything, but I thought perhaps her mother could spare twenty bucks.
There was a pay phone in a nearby campus building. My bread and I headed over there. I called my mother collect, but before I could explain that I wasn't asking her for money, she became upset and hung up. I called my father to see if he could explain things to my mother. Then I noticed someone else waiting behind me for the phone.
This man was probably a teacher between classes. My father put me on hold to call my mother on the other line, and I leaned my forehead against the cool concrete brick wall. I could feel the frustration and hopelessness building up inside me.
The man spoke: "Other people have to use the phone, too, you know."
That was enough to put me over the edge. I turned to this stranger and yelled, "See this bag on the floor? That has all my food in it! I don't have a phone at home to call from! I'm sorry if your cell phone is broken, but whatever call you have to make is less important than my trying to come up with tomorrow's meal!"
I turned back to the wall and tried to choke back the tears brought on by my speaking my plight aloud. Very shortly, I realized that I shouldn't have taken my frustrations out on this person. My father came back to the phone, and I told him I'd call him back. Putting myself back together as well as I could, I hung up the phone.
"I'm sorry," I said quietly. "I shouldn't have done that. You can use the phone." I stepped back to sit in a window ledge where I could hide my very obvious emotional state and cried.
I wasn't paying attention to the man anymore, but he must have finished his phone call quickly. His hand tapped my shoulder and I turned. He put a five dollar bill in my hand and said, "Give this to someone else when they need it." He walked away, neither asking for gratitude nor giving pity.
There could have been no better delivery and no better gift! Five dollars would last me a week in those days. Somehow this man knew exactly what to say to allow both of us to go through the rest of the day with dignity.
That was many years ago, and I have repaid that gift a hundredfold by now, always delivering it with the same dignity that was afforded me.
Originally published as HeroicStories #280 on February 18, 2002. Read and comment at HeroicStories.
Canadiana
Two new Canadian stamps
A hockey legend and community hero
Willie O’Ree was the first Black person to play a National Hockey League® (NHL®) game, after being called up by the Boston Bruins®. There, he played 45 games in two seasons and another 19 years with various other professional hockey leagues. O’Ree became the NHL’s director of youth development and ambassador for diversity, where he helped establish grassroots hockey programs and inspired thousands of girls and boys of all backgrounds to play the game.
Among his many honours, O’Ree was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy, is a Member of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Order of New Brunswick.
O’Ree was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018 – the same year that the NHL® created the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award. Add this special stamp to your collection today.
An international star and Canadian screen legend
Honouring an internationally acclaimed actor who has never forgotten his Canadian roots, this stamp issue celebrates the accomplishments of actor Donald Sutherland.
Having appeared in almost 200 feature films and television programs, Sutherland’s outstanding seven-decade career on stage and on screen has earned him a reputation for being a remarkably versatile and prolific performer. Act now and add this Canadian icon to your collection.
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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?
July 2 meeting. Very interesting article on the vertical farming. The question aside the cost of the infrastructure is “Will they taste the same?”
-- Angel Francisco Blanco Garcia, E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
October 23 meeting. The Sam Blackman adoption story in the Oct 23 meeting was interesting. I have three adopted children and the youngest, who was adopted in Singapore, also had his birth certificate altered to show us as the birth parents.
It is interesting to discover country-by-country differences in treatment of children who get adopted. Our oldest, from Taiwan, was a foundling, and so she has no birth certificate! In those instances, Taiwan only issues a household registration document issued at the request of an individual in the agency which took responsibility for the care of our daughter. So, she has an interesting discussion whenever she gets asked for her birth certificate!
-- Keith Evans, Rotary E-Club of Canada One, District 5370
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Archived Meetings
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Announcements
Rotary's theme for December is
Disease Prevention & Treatment
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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
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.
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.
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The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
10430 135 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada T5N 2C6
(780) 267 4547
Environment
If you find it necessary, use the captions in YouTube to understand the accent.
Humour
...this last one thanks to Rotarian David
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New members' corner
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Rotary minute
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 - Bruce Springsteen
As Rotarian Patrick comments,
"Many of us may be past our 'Glory
Days' but not this guy."
...contributed by Rotarian Patrick
The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Judy recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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