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Sep. 15, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Aylsia McGrotty of Trans Mountain will join us.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Trans Mountain
Sep. 15, 2020 12:00 p.m.
About Trans Mountain: Trans Mountain Corporation operates Canada’s only pipeline system transporting oil products to the West Coast. We deliver nearly 300,000 barrels of petroleum products each day through 1,150 kilometres of pipeline in Alberta and British Columbia, and 111 kilometres of pipeline in Washington state. The Trans Mountain Expansion Project will provide increased capacity to support Canadian crude oil production growth and ensure access to global energy markets. The largest project in the pipeline’s history, it involves installing approximately 980 kilometres of new pipeline, new and modified facilities including pump stations and terminals, and a new dock complex at the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, British Columbia. As a federal Crown corporation, Trans Mountain Corporation will continue to build upon Trans Mountain’s more than 65 years of experience delivering operational and safety excellence through our crude oil pipeline system. |
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Sep. 22, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Hilde Wiebe/Krista Holmfeld of Maplewood Care Society will join us to speak about life in a care home during COVID.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Life in a care home during COVID
Sep. 22, 2020 12:00 p.m.
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Sep. 29, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Adam Hill and Alex Carmichael, Co-Presidents of the Fraser Valley Rotaract Club will join us to give us an update on their club.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Oct. 06, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Felicity Dye is the Chair of the Rotary Youth Exchange program for our District and will speak with us about the program.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Rotary Youth Exchange
Oct. 06, 2020 12:00 p.m.
Rotary Youth Exchange and its global and local impact. The future of Rotary begins with our youth! Each Rotary Exchange Student that participates ARE our future Rotarians, they understand the fundamental values of what Rotary Does; Peace, Community, Service. We need to invest and nurture these young people, encourage them to continue with Rotaract/ Rotary. Felicity Dye is the Chair of the Rotary Youth Exchange program for our District. She is a member of Rotary Club of Bellingham, and has been involved with Youth Exchange since 2014 when she was a Host Mom. As a host Mom, she became more interested in the program and was asked to join the District Committee. While her husband Curtis has been a Rotarian for 30 years, she was not- but that didn’t last long! Once again; Rotary Youth Exchange leads to Rotarians. |
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Oct. 12, 2020 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Foundation work in Zambia and how TRF supports projects there.
Oct. 13, 2020
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New cultural plan for the City of Abbotsford
Oct. 20, 2020
Susan Federspiel works as the Culture and Community Services Manager for the City of Abbotsford. She is currently coordinating the development of the new City of Abbotsford's Culture Strategy, expected to be completed in early 2021. This strategy will form the foundation for how the municipality will support cultural experiences and the heritage of Abbotsford over the next ten to fifteen years.
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Oct. 20, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Susan Federspiel, Culture and Community Services Manager for the City of Abbotsford, will share with us the new Culture Strategy for the City of Abbotsford.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Oct. 27, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Vineetha Nakka with The Centre for Epilepsy & Seizure Education BC will give us a basic lesson on epilepsy and seizures and its effects.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Epilepsy and seizures
Oct. 27, 2020 12:00 p.m.
Vineetha Nakka, Education Coordinator at the Center for Epilepsy & Seizure Education in BC, will give a basic lesson on epilepsy and seizures. This will be followed with information on the effects that epilepsy can have on behaviour, memory, planning skills, and how these might impact the daily lives of individuals. |
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Official visit
Nov. 03, 2020 12:00 p.m.
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Nov. 09, 2020 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Nov. 10, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will have a program commemorating Remembrance Day.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Remembrance Day
Nov. 10, 2020 12:00 p.m.
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Nov. 24, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Dylan Kular, Vice President of the Fraser Valley Bandits will join us to provide an update on their 2021 season and share some exciting news about projects that will help our community in 2021. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Update on the 2021 season and new projects
Nov. 24, 2020 12:00 p.m.
Dylan Kular is the Vice President for the Fraser Valley Bandits who are entering their third season in the CEBL and third season in Abbotsford. Dylan is here to provide an update on the Fraser Valley Bandits 2021 season and share some exciting news about projects that will help our community in 2021. |
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City of Abbotsford's new Waste Management System
Dec. 08, 2020
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Dec. 14, 2020 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Club Annual General Meeting and Assembly
Dec. 15, 2020 12:00 p.m.
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Dec. 15, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Club Annual General Meeting and club assembly. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Dec. 22, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
A Rotary video will be show. Details to be confirmed. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Dec. 29, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
A Rotary video will be show. Details to be confirmed. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Jan. 05, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Rotary Peace Fellow, Alison, will share her experiences with the club. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.
If you missed this meeting or wish to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/497411691; |
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Rotary Peace Fellowship
Jan. 05, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Rotary Peace Fellow, Alison, will share her experiences with us.
If you missed this meeting or wish to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/497411691; |
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Jan. 11, 2021 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Jan. 12, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will welcome Deesh Girkma of Girlkind to present to the club. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.
If you missed this meeting or wish to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/499813586 |
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Girlkind
Jan. 12, 2021 12:00 p.m.
We will be joined by Deesh Girkma of Girlkind.
If you missed this meeting or wish to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/499813586 |
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Jan. 19, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Our Club's Director of International Service, Dave Loewen, will provide us an update on Love Guatemala. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Love Guatemala
Jan. 19, 2021 12:00 p.m.
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Canadian Training Centre
Jan. 26, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Victoria Biggs of the Canadian Training Centre will give a presentation to our club.
If you missed this meeting or wish to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/505042555 |
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Jan. 26, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will be joined by Victoria Biggs of the Canadian Training Centre. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.
If you missed this meeting or wish to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/505042555 |
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Feb. 02, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will be joined by Bruce Reese a member of the Rotary Club of Cave Junction, in Oregon. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:30am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.
If you missed this meeting or wish to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/507711569 |
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Rotary Club of Cave Junction , Oregon
Feb. 02, 2021 12:00 p.m.
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Feb. 08, 2021 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Feb. 09, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Club member Kim Hissink will give a presentation about The Salvation Army program, Pantry34.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:45am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00pm noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Pantry34
Feb. 09, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Club member Kim Hissink will give a presentation about The Salvation Army program, Pantry34.
Kim Hissink is the Fundraising & Public Relations Coordinator for The Salvation Army – Abbotsford/Mission. Her role is diverse and includes working within the community to build partnerships, steward the donor base and event management. Kim has been a member of Rotary since 2007 – she was a member of the Abbotsford Sumas Rotary Club for 8 years and held many board positions including President in 2013 – 2014. She joined the Abbotsford Rotary Club in 2018 and has enjoyed getting to know the members and working alongside them on many worthwhile community projects and events. Kim is a Paul Harris fellow. Kim has two amazing children, Lisa and Austen, two step children Sean and Sarah, and 3 beautiful grandchildren – Tyler, Colten, and Chloe. Kim and hubby Roy have been married for 15 years and enjoy volunteering and travelling whenever they get the opportunity. Kim looks forward to continuing to serve the community through the work of Rotary and to share what The Salvation Army does and exploring ways to partner in community wide programs such as Pantry34.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.
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Feb. 16, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will be joined by Madeliene Hardin, the Community Relations person at Lifeguard Digital Health. You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:45am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00pm noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Lifeguard application
Feb. 16, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Madeleine Hardin from Lifeguard Digital Health will talk with the club about Lifeguard, a new application to help prevent drug overdoses.
Madeleine was an Associate Professor of Communication at UFV, and became Associate Dean of Faculty for the College of Arts. Prior to joining UFV in 1990, Madeleine worked at CBC TV Vancouver as Assistant Assignment Editor, and at the Vancouver Aquarium as the Director of Fundraising. She retired from UFV in 2013 as she had a large benign brain tumour removed and had to learn how to navigate her new-normal world. In 2015, Madeleine met Jeff Hardy, the founder and CEO of Lifeguard Digital Health. Jeff is passionate about saving the lives of people dying from opioid poisoning. Madeleine’s talk will be about how Jeff Hardy transformed his life and started a successful technology company while in a recovery house; and how Lifeguard Digital Health was developed with BC Emergency Health Services to become the smartphone version of a safe consumption site that has saved scores of lives in BC and will soon be adopted across Canada.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Feb. 23, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will be joined by Club member and Directory of International Service, Dave Loewen who will talk with us about telling your story and self-publishing.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:45am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00pm noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Telling your story and self-publishing
Feb. 23, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Club member and Director, International Service Dave Loewen will talk with us about telling your story and self-publishing.
Dave Loewen retired after working for 37 years as a high school teacher/administrator in Australia, Manitoba, and Abbotsford. He has been a Abbotsford City Councillor since 2005. One of his passions is preserving family history and genealogy.
If you missed this meeting or wish to re-watch the presentation, please visit: https://vimeo.com/515952058
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Attracting and Engaging Members
Mar. 02, 2021 12:00 p.m.
PDG Peter Schultz will speak with us about ideas to attract and engage Rotary members. Peter grew up in Toronto before attending the University of Guelph, where he met his wife Susan who was from Vancouver. His professional career began as a Research Scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy (Brookhaven N.Y.), followed by a Faculty position at the University of Western Ontario as a Professor of Physics. His team’s research resulted in approximately 100 academic articles and dozens of invited presentations and consultancies around the world. In 1992-93 Peter was awarded one of only two University of Western Ontario Distinguished Research Scientist positions. Following academic life Peter & Susan relocated their family to western Canada and created a holding company and restaurant business, both of which they ran for 20 years until selling in 2015. Currently Peter remains active as a Research Advisor to a BC Tech startup Metabolic Insights Inc developing highly sensitive saliva-testing technology for insulin and the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In addition to private enterprise, Peter devoted considerable time & energy to various community associations and projects, including the Downtown Kelowna Association (board member & President), various benefit events, and civic committees for the Planning and Transportation departments of Kelowna’s municipal government. Peter joined the Kelowna Ogopogo Rotary Club in1997, and after a leave for a few years rejoined the Rotary Club of Kelowna in 2009, and finally the Rotary Now! Kelowna Club in 2020 as the founding charter member. He has served as Club President in 2012-13, Administrative Assistant Governor 2014-17, chair of the Rotary Leadership Institute 2014-17, editor of the District Directory, content webmaster for the District 2014-16, PETS Facilitator 2016-18, District Awards Chair 2014-15, Zone Institute trainer (2016 for “Rotary Now” and 2020 for the D.G. Class) and Chair for the 2017 District Conference in Kelowna. He is a strong supporter of the Rotary Foundation, contributing regularly as a Paul Harris Society member, Bequest Society and Major Donor. Peter & Susan have 4 amazing children and have enjoyed many adventures together both traveling and living in different parts of the world. If you missed this meeting or would like to rewatch it, please visit: https://vimeo.com/518803925 . |
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Mar. 02, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will welcome PDG Peter Schultz, who will talk with us about membership.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:45am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00pm noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Mar. 08, 2021 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Mar. 09, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
We will be joined by Alex Galvez of Transitions in Guetamala who will give us an update on what is happening with their program and in their area.
You will be able to log in to ZOOM any time after 11:45am for fellowship with other club members. The meeting will begin at 12:00pm noon.
Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details. |
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Update on the work of Transitions
Mar. 09, 2021 12:00 p.m.
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