Topic: 19th Annual Dr. Clare R. MacLeod Volunteer Awards
For Today's Event:
Registrars: Lissa Percy and Walter Willms
Front Door Greeter: Shari Cunningham
Back Door Greeter: Jim Blue and Connie Martin
Invocation: Shari Cunningham
Four-Way Test: Jim Adkin
Upcoming Meetings:
Monday, June 3 – Garnet Fenn, Financial Literacy
Monday, June 10 – Youth Exchange (Farewell to Gaspard and Takako)
Monday, June 17 – Club Awards
Monday, June 24 – President Jules End-of-Term Speech
Monday, July 1 – Canada Day, no meeting
Monday, July 8 – Welcome President Gord
This year's Club assembly focused on 3 areas: 1) the results from the Vision Exercise, including areas of focus, our thoughts on giving vs. doing, charitable spending and the current state of our Foundation. 2) Membership and engagement policies and 3) Our recent vote, and next steps.
Note that minutes are being drafted and will be available soon. Follow-up discussions to follow.
Guest speaker Jodi Pearce, Health Promoter for the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre, spoke about the different centres throughout Essex County and the invaluable services they provide. Teen Health (1361 Ouelette) offers Primary Care and Counselling to youth between the ages of 12 and 24 years. Individuals visit the centre for Physical and Mental Health; Eating Disorders; Substance Abuse; Parent Support (support for parents and guardians of adolescents) and Pre and Post Natal for young moms. Street Health (711 Pelissier) provides Primary Care and Supportive Services to individuals in Windsor – Essex who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Sandwich Community Health (3320 College Ave,), Pickwick Plaza - East Windsor (7621 Tecumseh Rd.) and Leamington (33 Princess Street) centres provide Primary Care and Counselling Services to area residents who do not have a Health Care Practitioner. Chronic Disease (2885 Lauzon Pky) provides a variety of services aimed to assist individuals to better manage their own health, with a focus on keeping people healthy, active and living at home.
Don Snyder reminded the Club about Rotary International's "Every Rotarian Every Year" initiative, which encourages all Rotary Club members to contribute $100 (or the equivalent of the Club's total donations) to Annual Fund every year in order to help Rotary Foundation. Our Club has been able to access grants and do incredible things because we've always managed to reach this EREY goal. It's important we do it again, but we have a ways to go - and only until the end of June to do it. To donate, please visit https://rotary1918.com/page/donate and select "Annual Fund (RI)" or call the office at 519-253-6382.
Members celebrating their birthdays from May 13th - June 2nd:
Carl Cohen
Tom Goebel
Susan Falodun
Roman Maev
Ashok Rajan
Sue Byron
Randi Glos
Members celebrating their Club Anniversaries from May 13th - June 2nd:
Allan Kidd (48 years)
Mike Serafimovsky (33 years)
Milt Grant (26 years)
Jeewen Gill (14 years)
Good Faas (10 years)
Michelle Mordancy (4 years)
Request for members: If you'd like to assist with planning President's Night 2019, the first meeting will be held before the Monday meeting on Monday, May 27th at 11:00am at Caboto.
Happy to participate in this amazing initiative! Rotary Clubs joined together on May 4th, 2019 with Essex Region Conservation to make great things happen. This project started last year when Past Rotary International President Ian Riseley challenged the planting of 1 tree per Rotarian. All 12 Windsor-Essex Rotary Clubs in D6400 committed $72,000 to this three-year project to create the Rotary Legacy Forest of 50,000 trees over 70 acres. 🌳 The Rotary Legacy Forest is well on it's way 🌲
Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) Young Rotary Leaders had a great time cooking for the Meals from the Heart Kitchen Program at Ronald McDonald House Windsor! They prepared meals for families staying at RMH Windsor, around 20 people. Great Job!
Fun at District Conference 2019! Held at Caesars Windsor from May 10th-12th, some highlights for our Club: District 6400 Youth Exchange Students raised a total of $675 USD for Polio Eradication, and an additional $1,200 was raised by auctioning off the artwork of our own exchange student, Takako Chaen! The money will be matched by the Gates Foundation to total $5,625 USD. Our Club was also awarded the Service Projects element of the Dick Hedke award. Congratulations to Windsor-Roseland Rotary Club for being awarded the Best Club in District - Dick Hedke Award. "Pursue the Dream!"
On Friday, May 17th, a cheque was presented to W J Langlois Catholic School by our Club's Community Grants Committee. Funding will support school initiates that directly improve the school experience for the students. The school thanked our Club for helping them "Love, Learn and Lead"!
June 1st and 2nd - Art in the Park 2019 - is coming up fast! Did you know... there’s more than art at Art in the Park 🌞? Not only does Windsor’s favourite art festival bring together artisans and patrons, it also brings together kidney donors and recipients! Check out the incredible story of Theo Rallis of Rallis Olive Oil from the Windsor Star, Blackburn Radio, CBC and CTV News
Also - NEW THIS YEAR, you can grab a FREE shuttle bus to Willistead from Devonshire mall,near the old Sears. The usual shuttles from Hiram Walker parking lot at Riverside Drive East and Montreuil Avenue and the Windsor Regional Hospital lot at 1591 Kildare Rd., are also options. Or ride your bike! Sponsored by Caesars Windsor Cares, the free bike valet service will be available again this year. The gate located off of Chilver Ave. will be a dedicated express entry for cyclists. Services provided by Bike Windsor-Essex. No matter how you get there - see you at Art in the Park next weekend!
The Salvation Army needs your help with their Soup Kitchen on Wednesday nights. For more information, please contact Susan Falodun at
falodun@uwindsor.ca or call her at 226 347-1565.
Be a part of the Club's significant fundraiser. To volunteer please contact Coordinator Walter Willms at 519-966-7150 or walter.willms.windsor@gmail.com. He, or a designate, will be in attendance at every bingo.
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10:00 to 4:15
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Saturday, July 6
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Saturday, July 13
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Wednesday, August 21
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Monday, September 16
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The NET BINGO REVENUE for April was $1,563.62. Thanks to all who made this possible.
Battery Box Program
The Battery Recycle Box Program is active. Please drop your used batteries, light bulbs, ink cartridges and other recycle items in the battery box at the back of the room.
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