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For the week beginning April 6, 2026
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to this week's meeting of
The Rotary E-Club of Canada One
For the week beginning
April 6, 2026
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The Rotary theme for 2025-26 -
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Greeter this week
Rotarian Jim
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Inspirational moment
"Being assertive means being able to have your needs met while still interacting with great sensitivity to those around you.
+ It means valuing yourself—valuing your own life, your own goals, your own precious time here on this earth—while at the same time valuing others.
+ It means recognizing that you have a God-given right to pursue happiness and every other good and worthy thing in life. And that you don’t have to put anyone else down to lift yourself up.
+ It means standing up for what you believe in and expressing your own feelings and opinions in a direct and appropriate way.
+ It means taking responsibility for your actions, recognizing your achievements, owning your mistakes.
+ It means knowing that for you to win doesn’t have to mean that someone else must lose. It means always being honest, within respectful bounds.
+ It means protecting yourself and not allowing others to violate your rights or infringe on your happiness or peace of mind.
+ It means being less concerned about what others think of you and more concerned with who you aspire to be. Being assertive is all about giving yourself the four A’s … Self-attention, self-affection, self-approval, and self-acceptance. In other words, self-love."
Source - Shane Parrish (FS) newsletter@farnamstreetblog.com
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Canadiana
Rotary in Canada boasts a rich history, beginning with the charter of the Winnipeg club in 1912, which made the organization international.
Today, over 27,000 members in 728 clubs focus on community service, humanitarian relief, and hosting major international conventions, including the 2025 event in Calgary.
Historical Significance: Winnipeg was the first international club (1912). Early Canadian clubs included Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, and Victoria.
Leadership: Several Canadians have served as president of Rotary International, including E. Leslie Pidgeon, (1917-18) – Crawford C. McCullough (1921-22) - John R. Nelson (1933-34) - Arthur Lagueux (1950-51) – Wilfrid J. Wilkinson (2007-08) – Jennifer E. Jones (2022-23)
Events: Canada hosts major, well-attended international conventions (Montreal 2010, Toronto 2018, Calgary 2025).
Local Impact: Canadian clubs are highly active in local community service, such as hosting "Canadiana" themed events (e.g., in Stratford) and supporting local initiatives through The Rotary Foundation (Canada) Publication for the Canadian membership.
April 2024
Today, over 27,000 members in 728 clubs focus on community service, humanitarian relief, and hosting major international conventions, including the 2025 event in Calgary.
Key facts about Canadiana in Rotary:
Historical Significance: Winnipeg was the first international club (1912). Early Canadian clubs included Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, and Victoria.
Leadership: Several Canadians have served as president of Rotary International, including E. Leslie Pidgeon, (1917-18) – Crawford C. McCullough (1921-22) - John R. Nelson (1933-34) - Arthur Lagueux (1950-51) – Wilfrid J. Wilkinson (2007-08) – Jennifer E. Jones (2022-23)
Events: Canada hosts major, well-attended international conventions (Montreal 2010, Toronto 2018, Calgary 2025).
Local Impact: Canadian clubs are highly active in local community service, such as hosting "Canadiana" themed events (e.g., in Stratford) and supporting local initiatives through The Rotary Foundation (Canada) Publication for the Canadian membership.
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Humour from within the club
Jim and Lois (Cat Rock at Rotary)
Jim brought a cat to the Rotary meet,
Lois brought two — with rhythm and beat.
Jim and Lois (Cat Rock at Rotary)
Lois brought two — with rhythm and beat.
One purred softly beside the bell,
The other decided the banner looked swell.
Tammy tapped the gavel — order, please!
Lois’s kitten climbed the speaker with ease.
The Four-Way Test was read aloud,
While one small tabby worked the crowd.
“Is it the truth?” a whisker twitched,
“Is it fair?” a tail-tip switched.
“Will it build goodwill?” mrrrow came the sound —
Instant fellowship all around.
Lois and Jim (Pawsitive Encore)
Cats stole the spotlight — quite a choice!
Service above self? They seemed to agree:
“Serve tuna first… then Rotary.”
So next week’s meeting may well begin
With nametags for cats of Lois and Jim.
Because when kindness is warmly shown,
Even small paws feel quite at home. 🐾🎶
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A Slightly Heroic, Perhaps (and Hilarious),
Random Act of Kindness
Thanks to Preparation, Not Luck — as the RI President reminds us in his April message
Off he went, behind me, to his vehicle — and I just had to laugh — my own small, totally unexpected Random Act of Kindness — proving once again that sometimes it really does help to count on Preparation, Not Luck. 😊
Thanks to Preparation, Not Luck — as the RI President reminds us in his April message
I was in the parking lot, approaching the front doors of the grocery store, when a young man exited with his arms full of groceries — and I do mean full (overflowing, to be honest) — everything precariously balanced in his arms… with no bag.
He dropped something, and a woman just behind him kindly picked it up and tried to place the item back into the pile in his arms. A challenge!
And — to describe me — I have about 4,000 (a slight exaggeration) fabric grocery bags in my trunk, and I always take two collapsible grocery boxes into the store.
Because I usually purchase more than fits comfortably into the two boxes, I have an extra bag tucked into the top of one of the boxes — clearly visible — and I am never short of bags because I also carry in a shoulder bag with various necessities, including extra bags…you just never know when you might need something.
I was in the right
place at the right time to see this little scene unfold right in front of me —
the tall, lanky young man clearly engaged in that absurd, yet familiar, balancing act — chin slightly
tucked, elbows pinned inward, fingers adjusting constantly to keep one slipping
item from escaping, walking cautiously so nothing else shifted, and likely
hoping his vehicle was not too far away — and I was able to effortlessly pull
the bag from the top of my collapsible box and offer it to him, asking, with a
bit of a grin, “Do you need a bag?”
He looked a bit surprised, and honestly a bit relieved. “Are you sure?”
I held the bag open so he could begin placing his purchases into it, one at a time. The bag was soon full, and he still had other items in his arms — but manageable this time.
-- Rotarian Kitty
***A Little Bit of Service - submitted by Rotarian Gillian
A few days ago, I did 3 hours of gardening for a lovely older lady who is not physically capable of doing it herself and cannot afford to hire a gardener.
For this event, I have done all the promo and advertising for selling tickets which will add up to about 8 or 9 hours over the last 6 weeks.
Below is the poster for the event, donated by one of my neighbours, a graphic artist.
Below is the poster for the event, donated by one of my neighbours, a graphic artist.
Best of luck with the dinner/auction, Gill!
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Archived Meetings
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April's theme
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Upcoming District Conference
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Following Artemis
If you’d like to monitor their progress, NASA’s Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW) allows you to track the mission and see views from any of the five cameras mounted on the Orion capsule, bandwidth permitting (there’s also an AROW app for your phone).
This stream provides live views from the Orion spacecraft (again, bandwidth permitting), and also lets you eavesdrop on some chatter between the crew and mission control. During days four and six of the mission, you’ll be able to see live views broadcast in 4K resolution via NASA’s laser-based O2O system. If you’d like more commentary and context, you can check out this official stream of live mission coverage, which features a view of the control room and will also cover the splashdown on day 10.
Now you’ve got everything you need to be your very own mission control.
This stream provides live views from the Orion spacecraft (again, bandwidth permitting), and also lets you eavesdrop on some chatter between the crew and mission control. During days four and six of the mission, you’ll be able to see live views broadcast in 4K resolution via NASA’s laser-based O2O system. If you’d like more commentary and context, you can check out this official stream of live mission coverage, which features a view of the control room and will also cover the splashdown on day 10.
Now you’ve got everything you need to be your very own mission control.
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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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Environment
Rotary and environmental sustainability
• Explains practical, encouraging, and constructive ways clubs can take action
• Connects individual projects with global impact
Humour
Peggy for Margaret
At first glance, Peggy seems like a bizarre detour from Margaret — a name that already comes with a slate of more intuitive nicknames, from Meg to Maggie to Margo. But Peggy follows a classic medieval pattern: rhyming nicknames.
In Middle English, Margaret was commonly shortened to Meg or Mog. From there, medieval English speakers — famous for inventing playful, rhymed pet names that switched up the first letters of a name — spun off new versions. Playing with “m” and “r” names was especially common. Meg became Peg, and Meggy became Peggy.
Peggy isn’t the only unexpected nickname Margaret picked up.
Educated English speakers in the early modern era also used Daisy, inspired by the French name Marguerite, which means “daisy.” And in an era when families routinely reused the same handful of given names, these nickname detours made practical sense; they were useful for telling one Margaret from another.
Luckily for all the Peggys, theirs was a far more charming nickname than one of the era’s less-fortunate options: Some Margarets were called Maggott.
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Rotary members' corner
Tom Gump, who was the Presidential Aide to RI President Stephanie Urchick, posted on Facebook on February 17, 2026. Recipient of Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award, 2023. Rotary International Director 2026-2028
Did you ever notice you learn more about a subject when you have to teach it? Thank you Rotary District 5950, MN Assistant Governor (AG) Coordinator Doug Kveene for the opportunity to deepen my knowledge on Rotary International’s Five Avenues of Service, which guide HOW clubs engage in service; and, #TheRotaryFoundation’s Seven Areas of Focus, which define WHAT causes Rotary prioritizes.
I am really looking forward to discussing with our D5950’s Assistant Governors on Saturday their critical role in helping clubs align the Avenues and Areas to ensure #Rotary’s projects are both well-led and highly-impactful.
The Avenues provide the structure and the Areas provide the strategic direction. We need both to be successful!
Assistant Governor’s LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
• Coach clubs to balance passion with strategy
• Encourage projects that align with the Areas
• Promote strong #rotaryclub health through the Avenues
• Help clubs think bigger, more sustainable, and more collaboratively
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
• Where do you see clubs confusing Avenues and Areas?
• How can we better guide clubs toward high-impact projects?
• What support do you need from district leadership?
It was so much fun thinking through this and creating a PowerPoint presentation. In Rotary, together we learn!
FIVE AVENUES OF SERVICE
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Rotary minute
The Object of Rotary is to
“encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of
worthy enterprise.”
Rotary is a service organization.
Since 1910, the Rotary Motto has been
“Service Above Self.”
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Club Service
This “Avenue” promotes the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service. It involves the activities necessary to make the Club function successfully and achieve its goals.
Vocational Service
This area represents the opportunity that each Rotarian has to represent the dignity and utility of one’s vocation as an opportunity to serve society.
Rotarians promote and foster high ethical standards in business and professions and promote the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations.
Community Service
This “Avenue” relates to the activities that Rotarians undertake to improve the quality of life in their community. Particular emphasis is given to helping children, needy families, the aged, the handicapped, and those most in need of assistance.
Community Service
This “Avenue” relates to the activities that Rotarians undertake to improve the quality of life in their community. Particular emphasis is given to helping children, needy families, the aged, the handicapped, and those most in need of assistance.
Rotarians strive to promote the ideal of service in their personal, business, and community lives.
International Service
In this area, Rotarians strive for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
International Service
In this area, Rotarians strive for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
International Service Projects are designed to meet the humanitarian needs of people in many lands, with particular emphasis on the most underprivileged children and families in developing countries.
New Generations
By nurturing youth, Rotarians can provide the skills young people need to succeed as future community leaders.
New Generations
By nurturing youth, Rotarians can provide the skills young people need to succeed as future community leaders.
Youth Programs provide Rotarians the opportunity to develop their own leadership and communication skills and also provides for many incredible moments!
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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.
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THIS WEEK - A surprise - Meet Ronan Busfield, the unassuming Tesco worker
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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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