Topic:Board Member, Rod Thomson, will give a Rotary Foundation Presentation; Past District Governor Sean Hogan will also speak about the 2025 International Conference in Calgary.
If you have any suggestions for a speaker, please send them to Laura Midan (Laura.midan@archway.ca)
Venue for the Meeting for November 26, 2024 is in person or on Zoom.
Ricky's Country Restaurant
32080 Marshall Rd Abbotsford, BC V2A 1A1 Canada
Or by Zoom
Below is the link to the Zoom meeting that can be used to login. The meeting will open up at 11:45.
The early bird discounted registration for the District Conference at the Tulalip Resort, May 2-4, 2024, ends December 31, 2024. Those registered before that date will be entered into a drawing for a three-day, two-night stay at the beachfront home owned by District Governor Dave and wife, Kay, on Camano Island, and receive the first clue to the murder mystery: “Murder at the Grand Tulalip Hotel.”
Our District 5050 hotel room block for the Rotary International Convention has sold out, but we have another option for you, from a friend in New Zealand! Rotary District 9930 has six rooms remaining from their hotel block at the Sheraton Suites, located at 255 Barclay Parade SW, Calgary. The cost per night is CAD $380.60, including taxes. If interested, email me (shogan@buckleyhogan.com) and Roger Miller (rogerm1945@xtra.co.nz) asap, as the rooms are only available until the end of October, when they must be released back to the hotel.
If you would like a presentation to your club on the Convention, please email Promotion Chair, Sean Hogan at shogan@buckleyhogan.com
2025 Rotary Presidential Peace Conference
Join peacebuilders from around the world for the 2025 Rotary Presidential Peace Conference, 20-22 February, in Istanbul, Türkiye, to explore ways to create environments that foster peace and understanding.
With the theme of Healing in a Divided World, the conference offers a unique opportunity to connect with Rotary members, partners, and thought leaders committed to addressing important peacebuilding issues of our time.
Through dialogue, interactive workshops, and insightful presentations, we’ll cover topics such as:
Peace in a polarized world
Technology, media, and peacebuilding
Environmental issues in peacebuilding
Making peace last
Led by 2024-25 Rotary International President Stephanie A. Urchick and held at the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center, the conference will also recognize Rotary’s contributions to advancing peace through our peace and conflict resolution area of focus and our Rotary Peace Centers and mark the launch of our newest peace center in partnership with Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul.
Learn more about the conference and presentations at rotary.org/Istanbul25 and register today!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Feb 21-23 - PNW PELS
For the Presidents-Elect and Assistant Governors
Those involved will be contacted by the Organizing Committee of PNW PELS direct
Raise for Rotary is The Rotary Foundation’s peer-to-peer fundraising platform.
Members, donors, and participants use it to create fundraisers for birthdays, athletic challenges, and events like World Polio Day. You can quickly post fundraisers and updates on social media to raise awareness about your favorite Rotary cause.
The platform is available worldwide in English and accepts U.S., Canadian, and Australian dollars, with more language and currency options in the works. Contributions from members are credited to them and contributions from nonmembers are credited to the organizer’s club.
Since Raise for Rotary was launched in 2020, more than 1,500 events have generated more than $1 million for the World Fund, PolioPlus, the Disaster Response Fund, and Rotary’s areas of focus.
A $100 donation to The Rotary Foundation provides textbooks for one elementary school in Zambia, hearing aids for a child in Pakistan, de-worming tablets for 112 children in the Philippines, cataract operations for three people in India, or 230 blankets for elderly people in Korea.
Can you commit to donating $100 or more per year to the Foundation to do good in the world?
Rotary International continues to work on branding and communication of our organization throughout the world. They are pushing for greater exposure within the press, radio, television and social media.
To this end, we would like to encourage all members to participate, with contribution, on our social media sites.
The link for the District 5050 Facebook is: www.facebook.com/rotary5050/
Spread the message and good works of Rotary with your network by connecting with the Club and posting your contributions and sharing our posts. Your efforts could reach a potential new member, a new sponsor or partner. Don't keep Rotary a secret - talk it up!
You are also encouraged to download the ClubRunner app. There you can search the clubs in our district, find meetings, events, and members - all from your phone!
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