Rotary Club Ottawa South eBulletin

• Eva reported that PROBUS Club of Alta Vista ad a picnic this week on the grounds of Gloucester Presbyterian Church on Pike Street. They also had a presentation about milk bag mattresses which generated sufficient interest that Peter will look into such a presentation to our club.
• Joan will be presenting an update to 100 Men Who Care Ottawa and thank them for their donations, which funded most of our school bag program this year. 
• We will start meeting at KS on the Keys periodically, with some meetings still conducted over Zoom Check the website or RoTell for confirmation on meeting location.
• Some members will look into an A/V set-up that will allow members to view club speakers at KS on the Keys, and speakers delivering their presentation remotely. Stay tuned... not sure of the channel... or IP address.
• No meeting next week, September 1.

For many years, RCOS has been raising funds and buying school bags and school supplies for young students. The bags and supplies are distributed to families in our community by the Salvation Amy and the Banff Avenue Community House.

 

This year is a novel scenario, as students prepare to go back to school after a lengthy stay at home. It was also unique as shipments for all retailers are quite low and they have very limited supply. Nonetheless, Staples not only provided us with the supplies we needed, they extended special pricing to help our budget stretch a little further.

 

Thanks to our club, and Rosemary Parker for leading the program and working hard to secure supplies, at least 100 students will be well equipped s they venture school this year. 

 

David, the eldest of five children grew up in Montreal, reasonably comfortably in Wesstmount it must be reported. However, after considering science as a career, David eschewed any dreams of a bourgeois life and choose the path of a clergyman. Talk about service above self.

 

As an Anglican minister, David worked for many years in Montreal as well as in Newfoundland, exploring every bay, inlet, nook and cranny while he was there. David then spent many years travelling the globe with the Bible Society, including: Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Romania, Hungary, Africa, Moscow.

 

David has also been on missions to the Arctic, Cree country, Bangalore and Africa, including a Rotary water project in Guyana, and a water project in Rorya, Tanzania pictured below. The expedition experience seems core to David's soul, one reason he chose McGill to earn his MBA is that it included a sabbatical in India!

 

Now, retired, David still ministers to a small parish in Gatineau. Christine, his wife, is a librarian at Université d'Ottawa. She is obviously a bit of an adventurer herself, as they have been together for 54 years!