ROTA - TELLER October 15, 2024 Thanksgiving Edition
President’s Message
Hello, everyone!
Rotary has designated October as Economic and Community Development month. In line with this theme, and to assure more impactful support for local community projects, your Club has launched a new online Community Projects Grants application process. Details on applying for a grant can be found below and on our website.
October is also when Rotary raises awareness worldwide about Polio eradication by marking World Polio Day on October 24. In addition to Trevor's presentation on Polio Plus on October 23, the Rotaract Club is having a Bottle Drive to raise funds for Polio Plus and on World Polio Day your Club will have a stall at Market Square with promotional materials for a "Purple Pinkie" event, to raise awareness and solicit funds for Polio Plus. Thank you to all who have signed up to help with these initiatives.
Club Notes:
The board meeting on October 9th focused on discussions of developing a process for accepting new members to the club. Trevor has volunteered to move this forward. As well, the concept of a "Code of Conduct" was introduced, the thought being to forestall conflict between club members that might lead to a loss of membership and potentially discourage new members from joining. More information will be forthcoming regarding the outcome of these discussions.
All members should be aware that our club schedule has been updated through the end of the year to incorporate a number of highlights: The November Board meeting and Student night (featuring the students your Club has sponsored for recent youth Adventures) will be held on November 6, enabling members to join other Rotarians in Seaway West on November 13 to attend Dinner with Rotary International Past President Jennifer Jones at the River Mill.
As well, I draw your attention to the Club outing on December 4 to partner-school Holy Cross' musical production of "Pippin" (tickets will be going on sale very soon) and the upcoming Club Christmas event on December 11.
Please check the Calendar on the website for dates & details, including the updated schedule for 2025. In January, we will again begin monthly Food Packing nights (January 29), and a new monthly rotation beginning in February, and following, Board meetings will be held on the first Wednesday, Pub Nights on the second Wednesday, Club meetings the third Wednesday, and Food Packing on the fourth.
I hope that you have all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving! See you for Purple Pinkie Night on the 23rd.
Arja Hamalainen
President
Jennifer Patelli
for 11 years of Rotary service
(October 30)
CARABINER AWARD
Our club functions and thrives with unique contributions of our members. While we all contribute in our own special ways, there are some examples of members going above and beyond the norm.
The new Rotary Club of Kingston-Frontenac Carabiner Award has been created to celebrate and recognize individual members for unique and outstanding contributions to our club and our community service work.
Why a carabiner? The carabiner is traditionally used by climbers to attach ropes - vital for safely achieving challenging goals. The carabiner therefore is presented in recognition of someone doing something very useful, making connections, and allowing them and others to do important things.
It is in that spirit that I present the inaugural carabiner award to both Marie-Claude van der Merwe and Don Taylor. Since the closure of Smitty’s they have been working relentlessly to help find our club a new home for our regular meetings. They checked out dozens of recommended sites, and arranged for us to test several of them so we could make an informed decision as a club.
Thank you MC and Don!
If you have a suggestion for a future recipient of the Rotary Club of Kingston-Frontenac Carabiner Award, please contact trevor at trevor.rotary@gmail.com
- Trevor Dagilis
The Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus
- Peter Morrin
Rotary’s Foundations supports various larger initiatives. In advance of World Polio Day on October 24, I want to highlight Rotary’s long-running project to eradicate polio; End Polio Now. This project was started in 1979 and has reduced wild polio cases by 99.9%. The project works with other partners including the Gates Foundation who will match Rotary contributions 2:1.
The two countries where wild polio is still endemic are Afghanistan and Pakistan, but continued vaccination initiatives are working to rapidly reduce live polio cases.
Another type of Polio; Circulating Vaccine-Derive Poliovirus (cVDPV), has recently made the news in Gaza. One child has developed paralysis in one of his legs, the first case in 25 years. As with the eradication of wild polio virus, the solution to this outbreak is again vaccination. One round of vaccinations was completed September 1, with 559,161 children vaccinated. A second round is scheduled for October 14, to vaccinate an additional 591,700 children.
The Gaza case highlights the need for on-going vaccinations to eliminate wild polio and control CVDPV. This is why your continued contributions to Rotary’s Polio Plus fund are so important. Remember, your investment today saves not only suffering from polio, but lowers the final cost of this initiative.
APPLY FOR K-F COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS ONLINE NOW!i
The online Community Service Projects Grant application form has been launched!
Please help pass the word that the K-F Community Service Committee will receive applications online from registered charities and non-profit organizations seeking financial support for specific projects. More information is available on the K-F website.
- Jennifer Patelli
K-F ROTARY NIGHTS @ THE COMMUNITY GARDEN
K-F members joined together with Rotaractors and other Rotarians at the Robinson Community Garden under the guidance of the Kingston Club's Darlene Clement to harvest vegetables, including potatoes, carrots, peppers, cabbage, onions, squash, tomatoes and corn.
Several types of veggies from the garden were recently judged "Best in Class" at this month's Kingston Fall Fair, including the Kennebec white potatoes (above). More than 2,500 pounds of potatoes were harvested for donation to the South Frontenac Community Service, including the Grace Centre in Sydenham and others.
Thanks to all those who came out this season to lend a hand!
Congratulations to Trevor who was the first one to correctly answer the Rota-Teller Reader Quiz in the last edition.
2024 Adventure in High Technology
The Rotary Club of Nepean-Kanata will offer the 40th annual Adventure in High Technology program from October 20-23, 2024.
This year AiHT will once again offer an in- person experience in Ottawa. 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. 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.
The Kingston-Frontenac Club is sponsoring 3 students from Kingston-area high schools:
Jacob Fasken (Ernestown)
James Kirchner (Sydenham)
Katie Ward (Holy Cross)
Be sure to come hear them speak about their Adventure at Student Night on November 6.
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?
BINGO! FUNDRAISING
In the 2024-25 Bingo Year to date (for hours volunteered Apr-Sep), Kingston-Frontenac Club members have so far raised:
$17,155.68
($341.04 / hour volunteered)
to benefit our local community.
Only 8 volunteer shifts remain to be filled
in 2024-25 Bingo Year (ending March 2025).
Thanks to the K-F members who have volunteered for this valuable service.
Volunteers (2 for each date) needed:
Saturday Feb 1 @ 8:00pm**
Saturday Feb 1 @ 10:00pm**
Saturday Feb 15 @ 4:00pm**
Saturday Mar 8 @ 4:00pm
Friday Mar 14 @ 6:00pm**
Saturday Mar 29 @ 4:00pm
** - only 1 volunteer needed
** ** **
ALL BINGO VOLUNTEERS - PLEASE NOTE:
Effective October 1, 2024,
evening BINGO hours have been adjusted:
WASNOW
06:15 - 08:15pm 06:00 - 08:00pm
08:15 - 10:15pm 08:00 - 10:00pm
10:15 - 11:59pm 10:00 - 11:30pm
The K-F Bingo Schedule, Calendar & Homepage Events listing
have all been adjusted (where applicable) and ARE CORRECT!
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Please mark your calendars for Student Night, when you'll be able to hear from the following students who were sponsored by your Club and participated in:
Gray (Alex) Jackson
Adventure in Understanding
Caidynce Jones
Adventures in the Environment
Jacob Fasken, James Kirchner & Katie Ward Adventure in High Technology
Kingston-Area Rotary Clubs
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2024 Team Progress
Thanks!
to all those selfless donors
for the Gift of Life!
NEXT ROTARY DONOR DAY
December 14, 2024
NEW MONTHLY MEETING ROTATION
STARTING FEBRUARY 1, 2025
1st & 3rd Wednesdays of every month Club Meeting at Bistro Stefan
(including Board Meeting on 1st Wed)
2nd Wednesday of every month Pub Night
4th Wednesday of every month Community Service (Food Packing)
5th Wednesday of any month (ex.January) Fun & Fraternization
For more details, please check the
Club Calendar & Website.
If you've made it this far and know how many students K-F is sponsoring at the Adventure in High Tech, please send me the correct answer (at polkdj@hotmail.com)
for a chance to win a $15 Tim's gift card.
Join a Rotary Night Out this Fall !
K-F OCTOBER PUB & THEATRE NIGHT In Gananoque at the 1000 Islands Playhouse (Wednesday) October 16, 2024
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