August was an eventful month for our club. As you are probably all aware, the membership has chosen a new venue for our meetings: Bistro Stefan, at the Best Western Hotel. Our in-person meeting format will be as follows:
Second Wednesday of the month: Board meeting at 5:00 pm, followed by Club meeting at 6:15 pm
Fourth Wednesday of the month: Club meeting at 6:15 pm
The first Wednesday will continue to be our Pub Night, and the third Wednesday our Community Volunteering evening.
Many thanks to MC and Don Taylor for sourcing many potential venues for us. It's good to have us "settled".
On August 21st, we hosted a visit by our District Governor, Teresa Whitmore. Most of the club members who attended were invited to speak to their various projects. Teresa was presented with a slide show highlighting the many aspects of our club endeavours, beginning with Homes for Heroes, with Dr. John Cowan speaking. She was also informed of the administrative tasks that our club has completed.
A summary of Teresa's speech, submitted by Elsabé, is included in this bulletin. RI's "Action Plan", outlined for clubs to follow, is also attached.
Dr. Cowan presented Teresa an autographed copy of his latest book, " The Opinionated Middle Ground", by way of thanks for her inspirational speech.
In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge and thank all of the members who have volunteered for the Fall Fair. We had an outstanding response, with nine shifts covered! Also, an initial consignment of 100 Cash Calendars have arrived. I will be distributing these to members at the September 11th meeting.
Best wishes for a pleasant September.
Arja Hamalainen
President
John Scott Cowan
Marie-Anne Erki
for 9 years of Rotary service
(September 17)
DG TERESA WHITMORE VISIT
August 21, 2024
- Elsabé Falkson
AG Seaway West
Summary:
DG Teresa Whitmore visited our club at the River Mill Restaurant on August 21. The Rotaract Club joined us. The gist of her message to us is to follow the four goals set by RI International President Stephanie Urchick, and adopted by District 7040. She challenged us to do the following:
Increase our Impact by uniting to eradicate Polio. She asked our club to create an event on World Polio Day (October 24) to raise awareness and $1500 per club!
Rotarians stand for Peace. She asked us to erect a Peace Pole. ( we will do that in cooperation with other clubs)
She asked us (Rotarians) to consider adding a codicil to our Wills to support Rotary's Endowment goals. She asked every Rotarian to make direct TRF monthly contributions of US$ 10. It is easy!; Sign in to My Rotary, and click on "Donate". You can choose to support featured causes or an area of focus. or even a specific Global Grant. You decide where your money is spent! Imagine if 1.6 million Rotarians each donate at least $10 every month!
We have to grow our membership: Recruit new members and engage our current members with meaningful club experiences.
Learning and Development: She encouraged Rotarians to enroll in bite-size online modules in the RI "Learning Centre " and to attend District Learning activities and experiences. She enthusiastically described the fun awaiting us at the District Conference in Ottawa.
Afterwards, there was an exchange of flags and gifts. John Cowan presented the SDG with his book " The Opinionated Middle Ground: Consensus is Possible and Polarization is Curable"
The meal and service at the River Mill was great.
THE SEARCH IS OVER !
OUR NEW HOME: Bistro STEFAN
Following the unfortunate closure of Smitty’s earlier this year, and after an extensive review of many locations around Kingston, K-F Rotary Club members voted and have chosen a new home: Bistro STEFAN in the Best Western Fireside Inn.
Meeting many of the criteria desired in a new host location, Bistro STEFAN offers K-F members a comfortable room for meetings with flexibility for expansion, a varied menu, a central location with ample parking, as well as being an attractive space to host invited speakers & guests.
Regular Club meetings will be held in Bistro STEFAN on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month, starting immediately on September 11.
M-C & Don T
Club Services
K-F ROTARY NIGHTS @ THE COMMUNITY GARDEN
Harvest at the Community garden has been scheduled, starting at 5:30pm on Wednesday September 18.
Come out for some healthy exercise and a nice libation/ BBQ in the Sugar Shack as the sun goes down over your efforts!
Rotary Club Kingston-Frontenac International Service Projects
- Next meeting Tues Sept 17th
We will be continuing past projects and developing new projects which highlight tech, tech education and partnerships, and continued support for East African projects (computer tech), LatAm (Brazil education), AP programme (Nepal tech mentoring/education, technology transfer and support for student projects & student internships and mentoring with tech development at the heart of the project or partnership.
East Africa Computer Project
Computers / tech / Education
Brazil - Education
Education / Mentoring
Africa - Tanzania
Tuition
Rotary Club Kingston Colombia project
Health care / tech
Nepal – Tech Mentoring / Education (under development) – to be supported by JPIC
Education / Mentoring / Tech industry support
Holiday Season International Appeal – to be supported by JPIC
similar to South African Blanket appeal 2023.
Additional Programmes / with Tech mentoring & gender focus – as developed Sept. to Dec. 2024.
Education / Mentoring / Tech Industry / Gender
Rotary JPIC Committee/ Rotary D7040
- Next meeting Tues Sept 24th
We met together on May 7th and really dug into a conversation on the "purpose" and "resource model" of our group and our role in the Rotary community, and district.
Here is a link to a Collection of all the past 2023/2024 JPIC recordings. https://vimeopro.com/jccringle/jpic Password : jpic (case sensitive)
Our next meeting on September 24th will be again be available virtually or for those interested, some of us will come together for dinner / and our meeting at the Wharf & Feather restaurant at the Waterfront Holiday Inn in Kingston. Please join us as suits you best. Let me know if you are joining for dinner.
AGENDA FOR : September 24th
MOU for our Committee. Our committee discarded the shared resource model for JPIC at our last, May 7th meeting and committee members asked for our committee to rethink itself as an advisory / expertise body welcome to all clubs with interesting and innovative International development projects. (Attached here for committee member review and comments September 24th.)
Project Updates
Douglas Tanton
ISC/ JPIC
BINGO! FUNDRAISING
In the 2024-25 Bingo Year to date (for hours volunteered Apr-Jul), Kingston-Frontenac Club members have so far raised:
$10,334.89
($322.97 / hour volunteered)
to benefit our local community.
More volunteers are needed - get involved!
Volunteers (2 for each date) needed:
Friday, Dec 27 @ 6:15pm
Saturday, Jan 4 @ 4:00pm
Saturday Feb 1 @ 8:15pm**
Saturday Feb 1 @ 10:15pm**
Saturday Feb 15 @ 4:00pm
Saturday Mar 8 @ 4:00pm
Friday Mar 14 @ 6:15pm**
Saturday Mar 29 @ 4:00pm
** - only 1 volunteer needed
2024 Adventure in High Technology
The Rotary Club of Nepean-Kanata will offer our 40th annual Adventure in High Technology program from October 20-23, 2024.
This year we will once again offer the program in person in Ottawa. The students will visit various businesses, each of whom will describe the unique and different ways that they use technology in their day-to-day work. The students will also either visit or hear presentations from a few educational institutions who will describe some of the training programs they offer in the high technology field.
LONG-TERM OUTBOUND STUDENT
COLE Yeatman
Sydenham, ON
.... arriving in Japan at Tokyo Narita
(August 24)
LONG-TERM INBOUND STUDENT
FERNANDA Machado
Natal, RN, Brazil
.... awaiting Study Permit approval
(Arrival TBD)
STILL Seeking Host Families....
WE NEED YOU !
The Rotary Clubs in the Kingston area are requesting your assistance to host a high-school aged exchange student from another country for a three to four month period. This is an ongoing requirement, every year
The Rotary Youth Exchange Scholarship is a year-round program in which our Club participates. In exchange for sending out one high school student to another country for a year, we agree to receive a student from an international destination who will also remain in our community for one year.
There is no monetary remuneration for hosting a student. The benefits to you and your family are numerous. You will learn about another culture directly from someone who lives there. You will have the satisfaction of showing a visitor the way a Canadian family lives, of showing them your community and your country's way of life. You may learn to speak another language as you assist this young person to learn to speak English. You will make a life-long friend in another country of the world.
If you would like to apply to be a host family or know of someone who might, please apply through the online Host Family Application form on our Rotary District 7040 Youth Exchange website at www.district7040ye.com (found under “Forms and Documents” and under “For Parents/Host Families”) or https://yehub.net/C04-hfapp.
If you would like more information about this very rewarding experience, please contact us.
YOUTH EXCHANGE PROMOTES WORLD PEACE, UNDERSTANDING AND GOODWILL!
WILL YOU HELP TO DO THAT?
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2024 Team Progress
Make an appoinment
to join the Kingston-area
Rotary Fall Blood Drive!
Thanks!
to all those selfless donors
for the Gift of Life!
No winners in the last Rota-Teller Reader’s Quiz. If you've made it this far and know which airport our Outbound Student arrived at, the first one to send me the correct answer (at polkdj@hotmail.com) will get a $20 gift card at Tim's.
K-F Annual Golf Outing
& BBQ
This annual summer highlight was held on Wednesday Aug 7 at The Landings. 4-somes of golfers from both the Kingston-Frontenac & Kingston Rotary Clubs enjoyed a great afternoon on the links follwed by a delicious BBQ for 27 hungry members & guests. Thanks to Jack Chong for organizing this fun outing for all!
September Pub Night
on Wolfe Island !
A lovely September evening for a crossing to the Island on the sleek new Wolfe Islander IV was the setting for the K-F September Pub Night - at the Wolfe Island Pub & Pizzeria. Our group of 12 Rotarians, Rotaractors and guests enjoyed Island hospitality featuring great pizza at a (happily) very busy W.I.P.P. serving both locals and city-folk alike.
Thanks to M-C for arranging the pizza logistics, so that all were well-fed in lots of time to see a beautiful Island sunset on the walk back to the ferry home!
Join a Rotary Night Out
at the Theatre this Fall !
Rotary Group Night - (Sat) September 21
In Gananoque at the 1000 Islands Playhouse
Details Soon!
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