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COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS
 
Are you looking for funding to support
a local innovative community project?
Then your organization may be eligible for
one of our Community Project Service Grants!
 
Our Community Services chair discusses these grants with Bill Welychka on CKWS
 
 BREADWINNERS! 
at 
LOUGHBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL 

 
The new Teaching Kitchen at Loughborough Public School was inaugurated by Mr. Alan Macdonald’s Grade 7 Challenge North Class on the last Monday of the school year!  The students prepared and baked 16 loaves of bread and clearly enjoyed the experience of being the first class to use the new kitchen, as well as being pleased with the outcome of their efforts.  The Kitchen is part of the the Greenhouse and Teaching Kitchen Project that has been in the planning and construction stages for the past three years.  Once the idea of a previous Grade 7 Challenge Class as a “Legacy Project” for future generations of students, both the Greenhouse and the Teaching Kitchen are now fully constructed, although the interior of the Greenhouse has yet to be outfitted.
 
The purchase of the major appliances, work tables, and shelving units for the Teaching Kitchen was made possible by a CK Rotary Community Service Project Grant that was awarded to Loughborough Public School for that purpose in our Spring Grants competition.
 
CK Rotary congratulates Mr. Macdonald and his students on their bread making skills and wishes all who use the new kitchen success and a sense of pride in all their future culinary achievements!
 
 
IMAGINE…
 
…a classroom without walls, no chalk board, no bulletins boards, no desks, and no chairs, but a place in the forest, with trees, and wild flowers, and filtered sunlight, and rocks with moss, and  squirrels running about!  THIS is the classroom of Mother Nature where 120 young schoolchildren from Loughborough Public School will spend a total of five days during the next school year, experiencing the wonders that surround them in Frontenac Provincial Park. 
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IMAGINE…
…that at our first meeting of the NEW ROTARY YEAR, we welcomed our newest member of CK Rotary, MARILYN GOODYEAR WHITELEY!  Marilyn was inducted by Past-President, Ana Sutherland, and received her Rotary Pin from new President, Sean Goodall. Congratulations to Marilyn were expressed by all Rotarians in attendance, including her Sponsor, Rotarian Elizabeth Cohoe.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It is no secret that our planet is in the midst of both a climate AND a biodiversity crisis due to climate change.  Even our Kingston Municipal Council has declared a climate crisis in our city.  While we alone cannot solve the global problem, we can make a difference by doing our part to increase climate resilience in our city!   How, you might ask?  Well, read on…
 
We are pleased to announce that CK Rotary has formed a strategic partnership with Little Forests Kingston (see also Facebook), an organization led by Joyce Hostyn, a local community leader and committed “rewilder.”  Joyce’s vision is to vastly increase the forest canopy in all our Kingston neighbourhoods by planting “tiny forests” throughout the city in an effort to increase climate resilience.  
 
The importance of forests in our natural world is undeniable. Forests not only play a vital role in the Earth’s climate system by sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but also, and equally important, they are also home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.  However, due to climate change and the loss of roughly 18 million acres of forest each year, global temperatures continue to rise and biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history.  Clearly, we need more forests, and we need them sooner, not later! 

But growing a forest can take 150 to 200 years!  However, a “little forest” can grow to maturity in only 15 to 20 years with the benefit of attaining the biodiversity of the 150-year-old forest in that timeframe!  Growing little forests in this very short time span has been made possible through a revolutionary forest management method developed in Japan some 50 years ago.  It involves densely planting 300 to 600 native trees and shrubs in an area about the size of a tennis court!  While the method has been applied successfully in Japan and and some European countries, it is relatively new to Canada.  But thanks to Little Forests Kingston, we now have some of the first Little Forests in Canada, and more are being planned!
 
In addition to collaborating with the City of Kingston and Queen’s University, Little Forests Kingston has invited our Cataraqui-Kingston Rotary Club to assume the role of Forest Stewards, allowing us a unique opportunity to embrace and actualize this innovative environmental initiative within Rotary International’s newest Area of Focus, Protecting the Environment!

Within the domain of Forest Stewards, there will be several levels of engagement, from “hands on” activities to teaching volunteers (including children and students!), and organizational tasks, all of which offer flexibility in choosing the kind of participation and comfort that suits each volunteer as we work together to create a “City in a Forest.”  There will be countless opportunities to learn new skills, to be of service to our community, and to develop a deeper appreciation of our environment, all seen through the lens of having a personal impact on climate change.  We have an opportunity and responsibility to TAKE ACTION to improve climate resilience, so JOIN US so that
 
YOU
CAN BE PART OF THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT
And create an environmental legacy for your children and grandchildren!
 
For information on becoming a volunteer Forest Steward or to just participate as needed, go to:
www.littleforests.org/volunteer
 
A GOOD PROJECT IS THE CATALYST FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE (Tusu Tusubira)
 
 
 
Joyce's presentation to Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston on April 5, 2022
 
 
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RECENT SPEAKERS
Haran Ramachandran - Global Rotary, Global Friendships, Global Good
Bill Gray introduced our speaker Haran.  He and his wife Ahsha and friend Niranjan were classmates 40 years ago.  From Sri Lanka, now living in Australia, they have been traveling across Canada.  Haran began his relationship with Rotary in 1983 as a member of Interact.  He left Sri Lanka because of the conflicts in the country, and moved to Australia.  Joining Rotaract, he was president of his club three times.  He is a Rotarian and very immersed in the organization.  He has been part of over 60 Global Grants.  Haran and Ahsha enjoy travel, and he is vice president of the Rotary Fellowship for Travel and Hospitality
 
Haran has first hand experience with the many givers in Rotary.  Rotarians played a significant role in his recovery from severe burns that required months in hospital, and more months of follow up.
When he had recovered he became involved in a Global Grant project, the Zinkapalem Irrigation Project.  This got him to move out of his comfort zone.  This changed his outlook on Rotary and expanded his personal experience, discovering that Rotary is much more than fellowship and friendships.
Haran described several projects that have taken place in Sri Lanka, and all are health and medical projects.  He is now working on one to empower a surgical unit to save lives (GG2237550).  He is raising funds through the diaspora in communities in Australia and elsewhere. 
 
John Gale thanked Haran for telling us about his transition in Rotary from fellowship to service.  Members of our club have seen first hand the importance of personal connections in finding the financial resources needed.  During our recent Friendship Exchange, some of our members visited projects in India.  This is what puts the international into Rotary International.
 
You can see Haran's entire presentation at;
 
 
 
Speaker August 9th, 2022 - Jacquie Rushlow, The Keep Refillery
John Farrow introduced today's speaker Jacquie Rushlow, co-owner of the Keep Refillery in Kingston. Jacquie and her husband opened their first store in Creemore in March 2020, then another location in Meaford, and then a location in Kingston December 2021. The concept is using your containers to refill your shampoo, hand soap, dish soap, laundry soap etc. from bulk containers and reducing plastic waste.
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2022-2023 Presidential Theme Explained

 
By Gundula Miethke, Specialist, Regional Content and Communication • Europe/Africa at RI Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA

“Imagine Rotary” is the 2022-23 presidential theme that RI President-elect Jennifer Jones revealed on 20 January. She is asking Rotary members to dream big and take action: “We all have dreams but acting on them is a choice. Imagine a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”
The logo for the theme was designed by Riki Salam, an Australian artist and graphic designer specializing in contemporary Indigenous art, design, and communications. He also created the 2023 Rotary International Convention logo which will be held in Melbourne, Australia, thus connecting the two by a shared visual language.

Meaning of the design elements

There is, of course, a deeper meaning behind each element of the design. The circle in aboriginal culture for instance, signifies our connections to one another. The dots around it represent people and there are seven because of Rotary´s areas of focus.

The circle and the dots together become a navigation star – our guiding light. The solid line underneath is what is referred to as a digging stick and it is used when doing hard work. And since Rotary members are people of action – it represents a tool for getting things done.

The colors

The colors green, purple, and white are not necessarily connected to aboriginal culture. President-elect Jennifer Jones asked the new crew of Governors to use one, two, or all three when dressing for official events instead of using a theme jacket. “As we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion, I wanted all of us to be able to express ourselves differently in what we wear, but still have connection”, Jones explained.

There are several ways to interpret the colors: Purple for example stands for polio eradication, green for the environment, the newest addition to our areas of focus, and white for peace, our core mission. Together, they are the colors of the women’s movement, the Suffragette – a subtle nod to this history as Jones pointed out, since she will be the first female RI president.
 
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P.O. Box 1964
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Upcoming Speakers
Serenha Faux
Oct 04, 2022 7:15 AM
Dancing for Canada
CK Rotary Fellowship Event
Oct 25, 2022 5:00 PM
Evening social meeting will replace our regular morning meeting
CK Rotary Fellowship Event
Nov 29, 2022 5:00 PM
Evening social meeting will replace our regular morning meeting this week
CK Rotary Fellowship Event
Dec 20, 2022 5:00 PM
Festivus Celebration
Jacinthe Paillé
Jan 10, 2023 7:15 AM
Literacy: District 7040 focus
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