Events

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.

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.

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.

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

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 . 

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.

The Board of Directors and Alternates will meet at 5:00pm. Location to be confirmed

The meeting agenda, minutes of the previous meeting will be sent the week prior.

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.

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.

If you missed the meeting or wish to rewatch it go to: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/521634372

We will be joined by Laura Schneider of The Reach Gallery Museum.

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.

Laura Schneider is an award winning curator and museum administrator. She has held curatorial and executive roles in Canadian arts organizations from coast to coast and is currently Executive Director at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, BC.  

Schneider believes that the arts have the power to shape individuals and communities, and is committed to supporting artists and integrating creative practice more fully into the lives of those around her. With a keen understanding of public galleries as dynamic and dialogic spaces she envisions these places as nerve centers of cultural and community life where difficult conversations can occur and understanding and empathy can thrive. 

She holds degrees in Art History from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON) and Carleton University (Ottawa, ON), a Bachelor of Education degree (University of Ottawa, ON), and professional certificates in Museum Leadership (Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, IL) and Collections Management (University of Victoria, BC). 

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

We will have a vocational talk from members, Christine Pauls and Deanna McIntyre.

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.

If you missed the meeting or wish to rewatch, please click https://vimeo.com/529494406 

If you missed the meeting or wish to rewatch it, click the link https://vimeo.com/529494406

We will be joined by Barb Nelson and Peggy Richardson, who will talk abou their Fraser Valley Focus podcast.

Barb Nelson is the owner of Events Plus Management Ltd., a Fraser Valley event planning company. EPM has branched out from large expos, festivals, one-off events, to managing and programming the Fraser Valley Continuing Education centre in Langley, and started a local podcast consisting of all the unique things about the Fraser Valley. 

Starting out as Office Administrator, Bookkeeper and Sales Coordinator for the family-run business Clay’s Nurseries, Barb took her knowledge for the Horticultural and Nursery world in the Fraser Valley to the BC Landscape and Nursery Association where she was their Events Coordinator and Assistant Show Manager for the CanWest Horticulture Show for many years. Barb spent 5 years as the Executive Director for Semiahmoo Arts Society and is also an Event Planning Instructor for Fraser Valley Continuing Education.

Barb and her husband Jamie live in Langley with their 2 dogs and have 3 children that are now grown and married themselves. In her spare time, Barb likes to knit, read, garden and participating in the performing arts. Barb is a former Rotarian, Rotaract member and Paul Harris recipient. 

Peggy Richardson has a varied 25-plus year background centered around Information Technology. Her passion for tech as a true usable tool has enabled her to expand her work beyond IT to project management, operations management, and media creation, in both the US and Canada. She is also a multi-published technical writer and editor, with over 30 manuals and eBooks to her credit. As the Marketing Manager for Events Plus Management Ltd, she hosts the weekly podcast "Fraser Valley Focus". (Tuesdays, 4pm PST, iTunes, Google, and Amazon Prime, among other networks.) She divides her time between the Fraser Valley and Gabriola Island, where she lives with her husband, their daughter, and their rescue dog, Stanley. She is a former Rotarian and a proud Paul Harris recipient. She is also an avid knitter and reader.

Barb Nelson & Peggy Richardson will speak with us about the Fraser Valley Focus podcast.

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.

If you missed this meeting or wish to watch it again, please visit: https://vimeo.com/530974168

Wendy has been a resident of Abbotsford for more than 40 years and graduated from W.J. Mouat high school.  She spent 36 years working in the insurance industry, earning her CIP designation and was licensed as a Level 3 Nominee and a Level 2 life insurance agent, with a primary focus on risk assessment of intensive livestock operations and providing appropriate insurance solutions.

In 2017, Wendy switched careers and took on the role of Executive Director at the Abbotsford Community Foundation (ACF), where she had previously held a volunteer role as Board Chair from 2013 to 2016.  When people ask her what she does for a living she always responds with “I raise money to give it away!”  The ACF has invested more than $12M in Abbotsford through grants and scholarships over their more than 40 year history.

Wendy has been a Rotarian with the Abbotsford-Sumas Rotary club for the past 20 years.  She was the club President in 2012 and has served on the Board for 15 years in almost all the respective leadership positions, including Treasurer and Secretary, as well as Assistant Governor.  

Wendy is also a 15 year member of the Abbotsford Executive Association and sat on their Board for a period of 3 years.  She is married and has a seventeen-year old daughter.  She enjoys volunteering, reading, travelling, and hiking in her spare time.  

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

We will be joined by fellow Rotarian, Wendy Neufeld, who will give us an update on the Abbotsford Community Foundation.

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.

The Board of Directors and Alternates will meet at 5:00pm. Location to be confirmed

The meeting agenda, minutes of the previous meeting will be sent the week prior.

Join us for a presentation by Rotary Peace Scholar, April Klassen. 

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.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Join us for a presentation about "Life at a radio station" with Lisa Stevens, from Star FM. 

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.

Join us for vocational talks from Internation Services Directo Dave Loewen and Club Secretary Chris Oliver.

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.

International Service Director Dave Loewen and Club Secretary Chris Oliver will each share their vocational talk with us.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Join us for a presentation about online presentation, courtesy of Prospera Credit Union's Jennifer Stangl.

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.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

The Board of Directors and Alternates will meet at 5:00pm. Location to be confirmed

The meeting agenda, minutes of the previous meeting will be sent the week prior.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Join us for an update from Fraser Health's Mary Rhode about the Covid vaccine roll out.

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.

Join us for an update about the Starfish USA program from Phil Esau.

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.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

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.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Join us for a presentation about Bard in the Valley from producer, Brad Hendy.

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.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Join us for a presentation from Ron Dart about City heritage.

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.

The Board of Directors and Alternates will meet at 5:00pm. Location to be confirmed

The meeting agenda, minutes of the previous meeting will be sent the week prior.

Join us for a presentation from Carmen Larsen about the Kelowna Rotary and their Starfish program.

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.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

We will be joined by fellow Rotarians, Kees van der Pol (PDG District 5080), Tony Sharma (IPDG District 1130 London, UK), Mohammed Ayyaz (Past AG District 1130 London, UK), Norm McCarvell (PDG District 5080) who will speak on their role with the Peace Park on the border of India and Pakistan.

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.

We will be joined by fellow Rotarians, Kees van der Pol (PDG District 5080), Tony Sharma (IPDG District 1130 London, UK), Mohammed Ayyaz (Past AG District 1130 London, UK), Norm McCarvell (PDG District 5080) who will speak on their role with the Peace Park on the border of India and Pakistan.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Kees van der Pol is a retired British Columbia high school principal, and has been a Rotarian for 17 years.  He was a two-year president of the Rotary Club of Nakusp from 2011 to 2013, and was Rotary District 5080 Governor in 2016-17.

Currently, Kees is Registrar for Pacific Northwest PETS (Rotary Presidents-Elect Training), Director on the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Association, President of the Indus Peace Park Society, Director on the Kashmir-Peace and Saving Paradise Board, and Treasurer of his Rotary Club.

His wife, Mayumi, is the third club member to complete a two-year presidency, and will become an Assistant Governor in July 2021.  Both are Paul Harris Fellows and Rotary Leadership Institute graduates.  Kees and Mayumi have been married for 43 years and have two daughters, both living in Calgary; and three grandchildren.

Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Kees received a B.A. in Geography and German from the University of Victoria, and an M.Ed. from the University of British Columbia.  In 1974, he spent one year at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, after which he travelled the full length of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.  In 1990, he spent a month in Indonesia examining the education system there.  A highlight was climbing to the top of Krakatoa. 

Kees has led seven student tours of Europe and one adult tour to Europe and Morocco.  In 2016, Kees and Mayumi went on a cataract surgery mission to Dembi Dolo, Ethiopia.

During a Rotary Polio Immunization and District 5080 Friendship Exchange tour to Pakistan in 2015, events occurred that led Kees to the idea of creating an international peace park on the India-Pakistan border.

Please check Rotarwrites for the link or contact Chris Oliver at chrisrotarysecretary@gmail.com for the meeting details.

Join us for the installation of your new board of directors for the 2021/2022 Rotary year.

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.