Please join us at Odd Fellows Hall, 218 Concession Street, Kingston ON.
The Rotary Four Way Test
Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned
Rotary Reflection
For food in a world where many walk in hunger
For peace in a world where many walk in fear
For friends in a world where many walk alone
And for the opportunity to serve others through Rotary,
May we be truly thankful!
The Loyal Toast
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Queen of Canada!
Acknowledgement of Territory
We are gathered on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. we are grateful to be able to join together in Rotary Fellowship on these lands.
Greg: re Auction. The Cove Inn in Westport donated 2 nights stay.
Greta: 2 happy bucks. Michelle sent link for Indigenous Canada course, University of Alberta. She has enrolled.
Bill On'na'got'tay has Singer sewing machine in excellent working condition, with all accessories. $300, which he paid for it.
Sheila $5 because Marioly is with us and speaking.
John Farrow $5. Wonderful weekend in Niagara Falls visiting brother. Happy to see YX students—Jasmine, Dulce, Marioly, Gabriella. A few more gifts are in for auction. One of his suppliers gave $250, which he will use to buy local restaurant certificates.
Robert Reid: $5 for Bill Egnatoff reaching out to On'na'got'tay getting him and me going on Skype; had a successful 3-way conversation. Working on getting him attached to our National Committee.
Announcements
Bill Gray: A project just approved by Rotary Foundation, for which C-KR is the international partner, in taking place in Uganda, a very important country to Bill, the country he has visited the most except for the USA. The project first showed up in 2017, but it was too big to handle then. In April 2020, the project showed up again. Bill really wanted to work again with his good friends in Uganda, who had hosted him on eight trips. Bill put in $2,000US. The RI Foundation changed rules, matching cash 50 cents on the dollar only to June 30th. Our International Committee decided to put in $3000. Ten days later, Bill had obtained the needed money from six other donors in various districts and various countries. Why is Uganda important? Uganda has 45,000,000 people in one-quarter the area of Ontario. Forty-seven percent of the population is under age 15. Women typically become pregnant 5 times, but in Rushuka, the area if the project, the pregnancy rate is much higher, 9-11 times. HIV AIDS is rampant; 7.1% of women over the age of 15 are infected, and double that rte in rural areas. Many women die in birthing or through pregnancy. Infant mortality is high. Traditional birth mothers are fine for normal births, but professional help is needed for problematic births. The Sisters of Divine Charity came from Austria in 1999 and created an organizational structure to empower and bring up the lives of people living there. They have done amazing work and had a big vision for what should be done. If you’ve been to Uganda, as was Greta in 2017, you know that things go downhill as you move out of the big city. There’s really no educational system or medical system of any note in the rural areas. The Sisters wanted to put in a health care system in the rural areas. This project provides operating rooms, equipment, lights, monitors, and a generator. I congratulate the club and its International Committee for standing behind this. It’s a perfect project that touches all the bases. Dominic, a member of the Kololo club, a six-hour drive from the project location, is a primary contact.
Bernie Allard: Always good found around the world. At 11am today RI announces declaring Nigeria free of the wild polio virus. A few years ago Uganda was declared free, but was also struggling from Ebola, so polio came back. Uganda resumed its polio fight, and today will be declared again free of polio. See African region declared free of wild poliovirus.
Elsabe: really glad to hear of the RI announcement in June of a seventh area of focus—environment. Her club re-examined the planned tree-planting due to COVID-19. In stead, they will develop a habitat for monarch butterflies in Rotary Park. A Rotarian designed it and the city has approved. The club welcomes sweat equity and provision of materials: hemlock timbers 10 pieces 10” x 10”, 16’-20’ long; 1 cubic metre of crusher run, 2 cubic metres of screened topsoil, 2 cubic metres of triple mix, a role of commercial-grade landscape fabric, 13mm galvanized threaded rods, washers, and nuts, and equipment to remove existing timbers and topsoil. Please help through contacts to find materials or reduced prices for them. They are hoping for completion in early October. The Monarch population has declined by about 80% in the past few years. We need pollinators to produce the food needed for our world.
Bill Egnatoff: The Community Service Committee plans to go ahead with the Local Grants this fall. We will introduce a startup grant category for organizations just getting started. We are seeking closer relationship with those organizations we fund. We will have spokespersons from the top few grants, probably four, speak to our committee or to the club as a whole, before we make our final decision.
Ana Sutherland: Backpack program. COVID-19 4-club task force is providing food for the community, and made Rotary masks. This is the last week to deliver food to 660 families we’ve been feeding since March. Food Sharing Project can’t deliver food to families so has to switch to providing snacks. We’ll continue with 215 families in the Isthmus program. We will to the second week in September, when the summer funding runs out. The Food Sharing Project and Isthmus Canada will take over at that time.
We are now doing backpacks for kid. Many Rotarians have contributed. Let Ana know of your participation.
Rotary masks are included in the backpacks and have been included in the food baskets. Masks and bandanas are still available. We still need seamstresses.
Sept. 19th is another Rotary day at the Robinson Community Gardens. Volunteers will be harvesting beans, carrots, and potations. 9am-12noon. A rain day will be announced.
Greg Mumford: The auction is running. All are welcome at auction meetings. All contributions are welcome. We especially need help with communications and marketing.
The bingo halls are open, but with no volunteers. Revenue is still being shared with organizations. Our first portion came in: $2,344.
Duty Roster
Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston
Guests are Welcome
Odd Fellows Hall - 218 Concession Street, Kingston, Ont 7:00 am
Registration and Greeting
Members:
Guest:
Greeter:
Hall and Kitchen setup:
Hall and Kitchen clean up:
7:15 Call to Order and Welcome Ana Sutherland
7:16 Rotary Invocation and Toast to the Queen
7:17 Breakfast Parade
7:35 Welcoming of Guests and Visiting Rotarians
7:38 Announcements and Board Positions
7:43 Fun Master
7:55 Speaker Intro
8:00 Speaker "
8:18 Draw
8:19 Adjournment Ana Sutherland
Scribe:
Piano: Terry Hicks
Announcements
July 19th, 2020 - Rotary Centennial Birthday Party at Rotary Park
Sept 19, 2020 - Tree Planting - Rotary Park - Rotarians to assist in planting 100 trees
June 25th, 2021 - Rotary Anniversary Gala, St. Lawrence College
