On Oct. 31, 2016, we Inducted 2 new Rotarians: Sarah Flohr of Invesco, and Wendi James-Poirier of the John Howard Society. Thank you for joining our Club. Sponsoring the new members are Lori Carver, and Chelsey Rogerson. Please welcome our new members!
The Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus Alumni Association held their Blue and Gold Awards night on November 3rd. David Thompson of the Rotary Club of Charlottetown was presented with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. David is well known in International Agriculture markets as the President of the World Potato Congress. An organization which promotes the development of the potato industry and wishes to facilitate growth and development in regions where opportunities are emerging, like China and Asia. David is also a former President of PEI Grain Elevators & has held a variety of other senior Agricultural positions in PEI. Congratulations David!
Also, picture below is Rotary Past District Governor Greg Coldwell member of the Rotary Club of New Minas Sunrise who was presented with the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Alumni Volunteer of the Year award. Greg visited our Club with our District Governor, Elva Heyge a few months ago.
We have some amazing people working behind the scenes to make our Rotary Radio Bingo a success! This whole operation takes a dedicated team of volounteers every week and we have fun doing it. Here's a look at our Rotarians in Action on Nov. 1.
We also wish to thank those Club members for continuing to support Rotary Radio Bingo. An $8.00 Bingo Booklet is six Bingo sheets meaning you get to play six games. Because we are on 95.1FM CFCY, you can play in the comfort of your own home.
Along with our the Radio Show, we also prepare packages for distribution of our Bingo Cards to 50 locations across the Province.
A special thank you to Lori Carver for leading our efforts and the dedication to get it done!
Rotary Radio Bingo is expected to be a major fundraiser for our Club to support our community commitment to Prince Edward Island. The Rotary Club of Charlottetown was the first Rotary Club in PEI and has been an important part of our Island for almost 100 years. Many lives have been enhanced by the work of Rotarians in PEI. A brief list of these commitment includes the eradication of polio, a Literacy Foundation, support for the homeless, helping people with disabilities through Easter Seals PEI, strong support for Camp Gencheff.
Rotarians from Prince Edward Island celebrated with a flag rasing and the signing of a proclamation declaring World Polio Day on PEI. Seen here at the flag raising and the reviewing the proclamation are Tom Campbell President of the Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty, members of the Island Rotary Cubs along with Island MLA Forrest ( Bush) Dumville Past President of the Rotary club of Charlottetown. www.endpolio.org
In 1985, Rotary launched its PolioPlus program, the first initiative to tackle global polio eradication through the mass vaccination of children. Rotary has contributed more than $1.6 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries. In addition, Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by donor governments to contribute more than $7.2 billion to the effort. Even before 1985, many Rotary Clubs were instrumental in helping children deal with the impact of Polio. This is one of the reasons behind our Club's support for the construction of Camp Gencheff in the early 1960's and our ongoing support, in addition to our Club's operation of Easter Seals PEI since 1956.
At our Oct. 19th meeying, our club had the opportunity to learn everything potatoes! The potato industry is a big business in Prince Edward Island - A 2011 economic impact study found that the industry is worth over a billion dollars to the Island economy each year! Potatoes are the primary cash crop on the Island and PEI continues to be the largest potato-producing province in Canada, growing one-quarter of the potatoes in the country. Greg Donald, who spoke on "Potatoes-we are growing from here", was welcomed by President, Wes MacAleer, and meeting Chair, Nazam Chisti.
A big thank you to Paul Alan for speaking to our club on Oct. 3rd about the upcoming plebiscite. We were all very keen to learn more, as evidenced by the many questions Paul had to field! For more details, please visit http://www.yourchoicepei.ca/home to learn more about the 5 different voting options. Voting is available online, by phone, or in person from October 29-November 7, 2016.
The Rotary clubs of Charlottetown, Hillsborough and Charlottetown Royalty recently donated $10,000 to the Bell Aliant Centre's aquatics facility. The money will be used to fund an adjustable adult changing table and portable stairs, which will ensure patrons with mobility issues can move from the changing room to pool deck with ease. Pictured below are Regan Lewis - Easter Seals PEI, Paul Crant - Rotary Club of Charlottetown, Pat Hughes - Rotary Club of Hillsborough, & Tom Campbell - Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty.
On Oct. 14th, nearly 50 women gathered in Charlottetown Friday to participate in the Island's first Women's Peace Table, a worldwide initiative that questions why more women aren't part of peace negotiations and other decision making.
As you may recall, P.E.I. psychologist and peace activist Susan Hartley is co-ordinating the global Women's Peace Tables Worldwide campaign. Dr. Hartley had spent two and a half months at the Rotary Peace Centre in Bangkok earlier this year, learning from experts in peace negotiations and people on the front-lines of conflict areas.
Hartley is one of 21 students from 16 different countries around the world who received a 2016 Peace Fellowship from the Rotary Foundation to spend three months at the Peace Centre. Each year, Rotary selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of our peace centers. These fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses. In just over a decade, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 900 fellows for careers in peace building. Many of them go on to serve as leaders in national governments, NGOs, the military, law enforcement, and international organizations like the United Nations and World Bank.
"The high participation of women in the Global Peace Fellowship is in stark contrast to their presence at formal peace negotiations globally where there continues to be an imbalance in the representation of women," Dr. Hartley wrote.
The Easter Seals Society of PEI is now accepting GRANT APPLICATIONS from charitable organizations who provide programs, services and projects supporting Islanders with disabilities. Applicants must submit the official form and supporting documents by NOVEMBER 30. To access the form, visit www.eastersealspei.org.
Spread the word!
Easter Seals is dedicated to fully enhancing the quality of life, self-esteem and self-determination of Canadians living with disabilities by providing programs and support in these areas: 1) Active Living; 2) Family & Community Support; 3) Assistive Devices Programs.
Funding applications will be accepted until November 30and reviewed by a jury formed of provincial committee members. Please CLICK HERE to access the 2016 Grant Application Form.
Past recipients have included Joyriders Club, Camp Gencheff, Cerebral Palsy Association and PEI Association for Community Living, among many others.
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