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For the week beginning April 13, 2026
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning
April 13, 2026
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The Rotary theme for 2025-26 -
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Greeter this week
Rotarian Angel
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Inspirational moment
Making Progress
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Canadiana (and Anguilla)
Introduction
For generations, salt was Anguilla’s lifeline. Long before tourism, the island’s most valuable export came from its shallow, sun-baked salt ponds — especially the great pond at Sandy Ground. Each dry season, Anguillians would harvest mountains of brilliant white salt, raked by hand and loaded into sailing vessels bound for markets across the Caribbean and, most importantly, the North Atlantic.
One of Anguilla’s strongest historical ties was with Canada — particularly Nova Scotia.
Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, hardy Nova Scotian schooners would make the long voyage south each winter, carrying codfish, lumber, and provisions. They returned north laden with Anguillian salt, crucial to the Maritime fishing industry, where salt cod (“saltfish”) became an economic staple exported around the world.
This seasonal triangle — Nova Scotia’s ships, Anguilla’s salt, and the wider Atlantic market — created a relationship of mutual dependence and lasting cultural connection. Many Anguillian families still have stories of the “Canadian boats” and the sailors who became familiar visitors year after year.
By the mid-20th century, refrigeration ended the global demand for saltfish, and Anguilla’s salt industry gradually faded. But the historic link between Anguilla and Atlantic Canada remains a fascinating reminder of how two small places, separated by oceans and climate, helped shape each other’s economies and communities.
Notes –
https://www.jubileeonline.ca/blog/getting-salty-in-anguilla?
https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/rediscovering-anguilla-s-salt-picking-heritage?
https://thevimagazine.com/yachting/saltfish-slavery-and-the-canadian-maritimes/?
Anguilla’s Salt picking industry
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Announcements
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Upcoming District Conference
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Count on Preparation – Not Luck
Women around the world face similar circumstances every day – moments when the difference between life and loss depends on well-trained medical staff and reliable systems and procedures.
Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria exists to increase the chances that those moments end in hope. By strengthening health systems and training frontline workers, this programme helps communities protect mothers and children even when circumstances are difficult.
This work reflects the very heart of Rotary service. Service is not only what we do when conditions are ideal. It is what we do when systems are strained, resources are limited, and the need is urgent. It is the commitment to prepare people before a crisis arrives and to stand with communities when it does.
Maternal and child health is not an abstract goal. It is deeply personal. It is a mother who survives childbirth. It is a newborn who takes a first breath. It is a family that remains whole because someone was trained, ready, and cared enough to act. Rotary understands that service means investing in people and systems long before they are tested.
Programmes like Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria show what is possible when Rotary brings together local knowledge, global partnerships, and sustainable solutions. By working alongside health professionals and local leaders, Rotary helps ensure that lifesaving care does not depend on luck or location.
The story of the mother and her twins is at its core a story of service. It is a reminder that Rotary’s impact is measured in human moments when people step forward to help others in their most vulnerable hours.
When we Unite for Good, service becomes more than an ideal. It becomes a lifeline for families, a source of strength for communities, and a promise that Rotary will continue to go wherever help is needed most.
FRANCESCO AREZZO President, Rotary International
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Not long ago, in a small health centre in the village of Aaye in southwest Nigeria, a woman arrived in labour carrying twins. The facility was short-staffed. The nurse midwife in charge was not present.
A community health worker stepped forward. She had participated in Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria, a Rotary Foundation Programs of Scale initiative. And though she was not formally trained as a midwife, she was equipped with essential emergency obstetric skills.
Hours later, both babies had been delivered, one at the health centre and the other at a general hospital, where the mother had been referred after complications were quickly identified. The newborns and their mother were alive and safe.
A community health worker stepped forward. She had participated in Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria, a Rotary Foundation Programs of Scale initiative. And though she was not formally trained as a midwife, she was equipped with essential emergency obstetric skills.
Hours later, both babies had been delivered, one at the health centre and the other at a general hospital, where the mother had been referred after complications were quickly identified. The newborns and their mother were alive and safe.
Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria exists to increase the chances that those moments end in hope. By strengthening health systems and training frontline workers, this programme helps communities protect mothers and children even when circumstances are difficult.
This work reflects the very heart of Rotary service. Service is not only what we do when conditions are ideal. It is what we do when systems are strained, resources are limited, and the need is urgent. It is the commitment to prepare people before a crisis arrives and to stand with communities when it does.
Maternal and child health is not an abstract goal. It is deeply personal. It is a mother who survives childbirth. It is a newborn who takes a first breath. It is a family that remains whole because someone was trained, ready, and cared enough to act. Rotary understands that service means investing in people and systems long before they are tested.
Programmes like Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria show what is possible when Rotary brings together local knowledge, global partnerships, and sustainable solutions. By working alongside health professionals and local leaders, Rotary helps ensure that lifesaving care does not depend on luck or location.
The story of the mother and her twins is at its core a story of service. It is a reminder that Rotary’s impact is measured in human moments when people step forward to help others in their most vulnerable hours.
When we Unite for Good, service becomes more than an ideal. It becomes a lifeline for families, a source of strength for communities, and a promise that Rotary will continue to go wherever help is needed most.
FRANCESCO AREZZO President, Rotary International
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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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Just so you're aware -
Our Club's Ongoing Projects -
We provide ongoing support for the following projects:
Click the links below to find out more about each project!
And we're doing great!
Ask for more information if you'd like to be involved!
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Real-time meetings
Once a month - Fellowship Assembly! Each 3rd Thursday 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.
The time is 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) in lieu of the weekly Coffee Chat except for July and August when there are no FA’s. Here is the zoom link:
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
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Environment
For 2024, Canada’s Overshoot Day was March 8.
This means:
• By March 8, Canadians had consumed a year’s worth of Earth’s renewable resources.
• Everything used after that date represents ecological debt — drawing down forests, soils, oceans, and emitting carbon faster than nature can regenerate or absorb.
It’s not a moral judgment — it’s a math equation of consumption vs. regeneration.
And yes… it’s alarming.
Humour
I mist.
Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
They don’t have the guts.
I tried to make a map of Canada out of maple syrup…
But it kept running.
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Rotary members' corner
Caring for the Earth — One Rotary Action at a Time
When Rotary added supporting the environment as its seventh Area of Focus in 2020, it recognized something Rotarians had already understood for years: caring for our planet is essential to building strong communities and a healthy future.
Around the world, Rotary clubs are restoring forests, cleaning rivers and coastlines, protecting wildlife habitats, and helping communities adapt to climate change. These projects may look different from one place to another, but they share the same purpose—to leave the world better than we found it.
Environmental stewardship is not just about large global projects. Often, it begins with small local actions. A tree planted today will shade future generations. A community cleanup protects waterways. A conservation project can educate young people about the importance of protecting natural resources.
Rotary’s strength lies in turning concern into action. When Rotarians work together, local efforts connect to a global movement of more than 1.4 million people committed to service above self.
As we reflect on the environment this month, it is worth remembering that every positive step matters. Whether it is supporting a conservation initiative, reducing waste, planting trees, or simply raising awareness, Rotarians have the power to create meaningful change.
In the words often attributed to environmental advocate Jane Goodall:
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Rotary has already chosen to make a positive difference—and together we can continue to protect the planet we all share.
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Rotary minute
A lovely project from Rotary Club of Flint, Michigan – and the Rotary Clubs in Area 7 of D6330
(Greater Flint Sunrise, Fenton, Flint, Flushing, Genesee Valley, Grand Blanc)
Sleep In Heavenly Peace Bed Build
This year's Rotary Area 7 service project in partnership with Sleep in Heavenly Peace resulted in more than 60 bed frames being built for local children.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace is based on the principle that no child should have to sleep on the floor. It provides bed frames, mattresses, and bedding to local families. Their current waiting list is more that 2,000 people long- so every bit counts.
Below are photos from the February 28 bed build.
Sleep In Heavenly Peace Bed Build
This year's Rotary Area 7 service project in partnership with Sleep in Heavenly Peace resulted in more than 60 bed frames being built for local children.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace is based on the principle that no child should have to sleep on the floor. It provides bed frames, mattresses, and bedding to local families. Their current waiting list is more that 2,000 people long- so every bit counts.
Below are photos from the February 28 bed build.
Dan Crannie
President Nick Godlesky
All the RotariansKyle McCrie
One of the several volunteers from other organizations
with Ann Marie Van Duyne
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Food for thought
Two videos that will interest you, surprise you, and give you a real look into the future.
The first is the interest, perhaps…
The first is the interest, perhaps…
The second is the surprise and real “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.
Click Here to send your request.
THIS WEEK - Hanna
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a. Click the gear icon at the bottom right of the screen.
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The Four-way Test
To close the meeting, Rotarian Neil recites the Four-Way Test of the things that Rotarians think, say, or do.
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