Edmonton Gateway - Charter Night - November 24th

Edmonton Gateway...a magical evening complete with piper, special guests, slide show of past Rotary projects, drummers (spectacular) and old friends.

President Lorne Parker and members - Congratulations!

Fort Saskatchewan - November 23

A festive atmosphere for this meeting...

President Terry Stacey and Board continue to build this club.

The RCMP Musical Ride was another great event for this club and community. A check was presented to the hospital and the Quiet Room was dedicated to recognize this generous donation.

The Rotary River Valley Festival 2010 will be held August 22, 2010 at the Rotary Amphitheatre. The gates will open at 1:00 pm with the performance beginning at 2:00 pm and ending at approximately 4:00 pm. The festival features and closes with the RCMP Musical Ride. Several additional performances will round out the afternoon. Food will be available on site or nearby. Tickets are $10.00 from local Rotarians or local businesses or $10.00 plus service fees at Ticketmaster. Seating is festival seating on the hillside ground so bring your blanket or tarp if you do not wish to sit on the grass. Proceeds from this fundraising event will support local Rotary projects.

Members are involved in:
Blood Donar Clinics
Operation Red Nose
Scholarships - ($2000)

Their support for Belize Literacy Program is appreciated...the club is raising $50,000 towards wheelchairs for Belize.

Well done Fort Saskatchewan.

DGE Harry Buddle had the pleasure of attending the event at the hospital.

Vegreville - November 22

This club has it's own club house on main Street...wow! Sponsored by Lloydminster - 60 years this May.

The club has a wonderful Peace Park - check out photos above. Fundraisers include calendars, bingo, casinos...

The clock situated outside the clubhouse is spectacular. The club is working on signage for the park.

Loved the hospitality and the delicious Ukranian meal. Thank you president Glen McLay. Great job!

Presidents-elect Training and Fall Assembly - Fall Training

Grande Prairie Early November and Edmonton November 19/20.
Theme of Assembly - Rotary Building Futures...

Director of Training - Wendy McDonald and DGE Harry Buddle led Presidents' elect (2011-2012) in a day of workshops designed to build on the success of 2010-2011.

Thanks also to Marilyn Mucha,membership co-chair, Dean Rohrs and Mark Starratt (RI Coordinators), PDG Ross Tyson and so many others who contibuted in these 2 great days of building Rotary capacity and growing our leaders...

These 2 days of learning more about Rotary - through the inspiring stories of others and the projects and programs that bring hope to so many in the world.

Check out the bike assembly - team building exercise. This brought smiles to a number of children...

Glenora - November 18th

Sister Wendy McDonald - a charter member of the Glenora club along with future Rotarians Daryn and Brendan Hobal joined members for the November 18th meeting. Linda Robertson, GSE Team Leader and Rotarian from Edmonton Northeast club was also in attendace along with 2 GSE team members bound for NSW Australia.

President Kathy Knowles and her Board have undertaken a planning process to map out future directions for their energetic club, which is now in it's 21st year.

You can watch their 20th anniversary video
http://www.youtube.com/user/GlenoraRotary

The Glenora club with 79 members has a defined vision - Women and children achieve their potential in local and international communities; mission - to assist women and children facing challenges...

Their many projects include:

Building playgrounds in Belize - check out the blog
http://belizeliteracy-playground.blogspot.com

Malawi Girls on the Move
Edzimkula
Afghanistan School
Tati Berti Fund
Uganda-Busano School

Centre for Family Literacy - COW Bus
Breakfast for Learning Headstart Program
Big Brothers and Big Sisters Magic Computer after school program
Mentoring - Balwin School - Easter Program - Reading Incentive Program
Calder School- Christmas luncheon-snack program
Boyle-McCauley - collection of hats, gloves...
Donation to New Art Gallery of Alberta
Funding support to many organizations including Clean Scene, Terra...Suit Yourself...

Great job Rotarians!

Riverview November 16

The Riverview Club, now in their 25th year has brought hope to many in the community and beyond our borders.

Thanks to President Dean Wood and this Board - for raising some great questions about the future of Rotary. Wayne and I enjoyed your hospitality and appreciate hearing about your plans for the next 5 years. We will be hearing about a Legacy project -to recognize the club's 30th year.

This club is well known for many amazing projects, including Operation Friendship, the Voyageur Experience, Louise McKinney Park, Schools partnerships, and Ecuador Mission with Dr. Tom Greidanis. Work is in progress in Peace and Conflict studies.

New Generations strategy development for our district has been a huge focus - thanks to Mike Hanna and Carl Simonson.

Included are some snapshots of Riverview projects!

Awesome team Riverview!