Please join us at St. Paul's Anglican Church, corner of Montreal and Queen Streets, 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.
In “all of us command” – everyone pays who didn't sing the new words
Happy/Sad Bucks
Bernie Allard– for the first time in history, a mother and daughter are serving on the same ship for Canada
Murray’s story: Worked at the Curling Club over the weekend on a dinner. Lots of food left over and it went to Jenn at Lunch by George – awesome!
Rick Fiedorec – happy to have Maya with us over the weekend. Made homemade pasta and sauce.
Greta DuBois – Back from Australia (frying pan to freezer) and headed to India!
Robert Reid – Caroline teaching in Sweden this year and I’m meeting her in Zermat to ski :)
Sigi Scholten– Grateful to be safe and warm
Murray Cotton– who’s donated to polar plunge? Get on it! Google Polar Plunge Kingston and donate to Maya Bergersen our exchange student
Service Activites
(include service updates and Youth Exchange news; use Heading Level 4 for subheadings)
Club Business
Polar Plunge this Sunday (3rd) bottom of Clarence Street 11am they go in! Please support Maya :)
National meeting this Thursday (31st), Sanctuary 8am
Queen’s Euchre Tournament on the 30th 7-10pm at The Grad Club
Announcements
Need a Project Leader for Easter Seals – easy and fun. Starts Feb 14th and online donations. Please contact Elizabeth Cohoe.
Lunch by George is interested in one of our members being on their Board – 4 evening meetings per year. Please contact Elizabeth Cohoe.
91% of Rotary Foundation funds are spent on programs! Great stewardship, but additional funds always required. Today Greta presented a recognition pin to Heather Kembel in recognition of her major financial support of the Foundation J Awesome job, Heather!
NO CLUB MEETINGS – Febuary 12th and 19th due to Friendship Exchange
John Gale updated us on 3 most recent International Projects:
With RC Madras, Built 321 toilets in Kannan Kottai Village(including 4 schools) where they have none! Huge health risk as folks ‘go’ in the rice fields……. $130,000 US project where we donated $5,000 US – the rest of the money gained from other clubs and matching District and Foundation funds.Friendship exchange folks can see this (and perhaps try them out!)
Children’s Heart Surgeries with Meenambakkam RC in Chennai:Total $80,000 and we put in $2,500
Madras East RC (6 projects with this club – 3 in East Africa, 3 in India) $120,000 project where we put in $5,000.To purchase new diagnostic equipment to place in 4 clinics for cataract surgery for indigent folks.
We should be doing this here in Kingston! Perhaps the centennial project here in Kingston? We have been chatting with Pathways to Education about such a project, and we have 3 Indian clubs interested in participating. Something focused on helping teens transition from high school to post secondary so they don’t quit their program, but finish and then find employment. This is a 3 year $160,000 project. This is one potential project for our consideration.
Our friend Onagottay will be released from the hospital tonight! (Jan 31st) We have set up a "meal train" for Paulette and her two daughters, and several members have already volunteered. There is a calendar set up where you may volunteer to bring a prepared dinner over to their house. This will really help in several ways, as Paulette is incurring extra costs just getting to the hospital every day, and also it will relieve her from meal planning, some cooking, and extra grocery shopping. The instructions are on the Meal Train website. If you are able to help out, please let Elizabeth know, because email addresses for recipients of the link must be added individually by hand on the Meal Train website. A simple link in an email from me won't work. I may be reached at ecohoe@gmail.com. I hope you can help! It will mean a lot to Onagottay and Paulette, and take away some stress from both of them.
