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RoTell - April 17, 2024

Rotary Ottawa South eBulletin

 
Editor: Rosemary Parker
Announcements:
 
Listed below are three (3) opportunities to help clean up our city!
 
1. Findlay Creek Community Clean-up! We Need Your Help!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 20th for our biggest Clean Up yet! Part One: Go to any of the three parks (listed below) to get bags and gloves and spend 60 minutes picking up as much trash as you can.
 
Every bag you fill will get you a raffle ticket to win prizes.
 
Be at a park for 10:00 am:
Diamond Jubilee Park - 2810 Findlay Creek
Bert Dowler Park -  100 Highgarden Terrace
Anisha Park -  4355 Kelly Farm Drive
 
Part Two: Meet us at DJP (Diamond Jubilee Park at 11:30 am - until 2:00 pm) for refreshments and participate in fun Earth Day Activities for all!
 
Bring your own coffee mug for another raffle ticket!
 
Plant your own seedling and get a shrub from SNC.
 
We hope to see you there! 
 
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2. Shoreline Cleanup in Stanley Park, New Edinburgh  
Sunday, April 21st from 10 am - 12 pm at 203 Stanley Avenue.
Meeting place is at the gazebo by the fieldhouse.
 
This cleanup is hosted in collaboration with New Edinburgh Community Alliance,
Desjardins and Ottawa Riverkeeper as we work to help protect the health of the Ottawa River throughout its watershed! Please join us!
 
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3. Rotary Home Clean-up!!
Saturday, May 5th at 9:00 am
Ottawa Rotary Home located at 823 Rotary Way
Scott will supply gloves and bags. See you there!
 
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The Rotary 7040 District Conference will be held in Clayton, NY from May 3-5, 2024.
Kateri Clark and David Humphries will be involved in the conference and will lead a panel on Accessibility and Inclusion in Rotary.
 
The 2024 Rotary International Convention will be held in Singapore from May 24-29, 2024. To register go to the Rotary International website.
 
EarlyAct Club at Featherston Drive Public School (1801 Featherstone Drive) is meeting on Monday mornings at 9:00 AM.  Volunteers are welcome. Fay Campbell is the contact for this initiative. If you are able to help out, please contact Fay!
 
 
Sponsorship Opportunity At DisCon 2024
 
Rotary International is one of the oldest and largest service organizations in the world. It’s an active network of community-minded people who believe in supporting worthwhile causes – and like-minded organizations.
 
Please join the DisCon 2024 conference committee team in the riverside village of Clayton, New York, for a weekend of camaraderie, education, introspection, and fun on 3-5 May 2024.
 
This year's theme is “Together We Build for the Future." District Governor Pardeep Ahluwalia is hoping we’ll not only continue the good work we do as Rotarians today, but plan for the future by making Rotary the gathering place for citizens around the world of all ages. 
 
As Sponsorship Chair, I am seeking Conference sponsors for 2024. If your organization, your business, or you are interested in supporting our 2024 District Conference, please contact me.
 
Sponsorship levels:
 
A. $200 level: you will receive on-site promotion at the conference.
 
B. $500 level: you will receive on-site promotion at the conference & mention on the District 7040 and Conference websites.
 
Feel free to contact me should you have any questions.  Any potential sponsors must get their payment and logos to me prior to 15 April 2024.
 
We look forward to partnering with you. See you at the Conference.
 
Mark Balcar
Sponsorship Chair
514-867-9975
April 17, 2024
 
Guests: Angela Keller-Herzog (guest speaker) and Wendy Miller, Angela's friend.
 
Today's Guest Speaker - Angela Keller-Herzog
Angela Keller-Herzog, Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability
(CAFES) and Climate Action in Ottawa.

Angela Keller-Herzog is the founding Executive Director of Community Associations for
Environmental Sustainability (CAFES), and served as its co-chair from 2015 to 2020.
She is active in the community as an environmental and social justice advocate and
active citizen observer of municipal affairs, serving as a director on the boards of the
Glebe Community Association, and formerly the Ottawa Renewable Energy Coop and
Co-Energy Ontario Coop. She is a co-founder of Ottawa Centre Refugee Action and
also leads Horizon Green, a small economic consultancy firm. Angela is a trained
economist and has over two decades of experience in consulting, programme
management, policy development, risk management and has done two decades of
service in international development with the Canadian International Development
Agency.
 
Please see Angela's full powerpoint presentation in the link below.
 
 
 
Golf Tournament!  
Chris would like an update at every golf meeting from members who have been assigned specific tasks - please come prepared. Next meeting is Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 at 11:30 am at KS. 
 
All Ottawa South Rotary Members are encouraged to volunteer at our tournament on Tuesday, June 4th at The Meadows Golf Club, 4335 Hawthorne Road.
 
 
Happy bucks - Lots of happy news about bouncing baby girls (Congratulations to Grandpa Tom), travels, friends returning to Canada and an opportunity to meet new friends.
 

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Rotary Club Ottawa South Next Meeting:

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 at 6:30 pm
(via Zoom)
Phil McNeely and Xavier Rankin talk about the Ottawa Youth Forest Project
 
(Zoom Link: 834 0749 4358 No Password)
 
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Try it, talk about it - share the caffeinated love of Community Blend coffee!
 
Upcoming Events
Board Meeting
Jul. 15, 2024
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
 
Rotary on the Patio
Tavern on the Falls
Jul. 17, 2024
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
 
Create and Connect with Perpetua Mulikita
Hybrid (see description)
Jul. 24, 2024
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
 
Field Trip
Location TBD
Jul. 31, 2024
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
 
ROS Welcomes Mike Banks, Electric Vehicle Council
Location TBD
Aug. 07, 2024
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
 
Annual Zero Waste Picnic
TBC
Aug. 14, 2024
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
 
Board Meeting
Aug. 19, 2024
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
 
Create and Connect with David Oliver
Hybrid (see description)
Aug. 21, 2024
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
 
Rotary on the Patio
The Meadows Golf and Country Club
Aug. 28, 2024
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
 
Labour Day
Sep. 02, 2024
 
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