We heard from Brent Kalinowski, City of North Bay, about the work he has been involved with so many other departments, managers and organizations with 4 main priorities - service availability addictions, homelessness and mental health. The plan is a huge undertaking but it has resulted in very positive outcomes such as Saskatchewan where the crime rate dropped 25% in one year. Here is the link to the recording of his presentation:
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Congratulations to Henry Drenth and his committee with the Great Student Awards. There were some new schools added this year and a big Thank You to Trudy Lang for her amazing MC work. There is a great front page write up in the paper so do take a look.
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March - Water and Sanitation focus
Rotary’s PolioPlus program integrates polio immunization work and efforts to provide basic services, such as access to clean water and sanitation facilities. Because poliovirus is transmitted through contaminated water, improving water quality, in addition to vaccinating people, is critical to stopping its spread. When we address a community’s basic needs, we also build goodwill and trust that support our polio vaccination campaigns.
Please consider contributing to Rotary’s PolioPlus Fund, and have your donation matched 2-to-1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Your donation helps us reach vulnerable children with the polio vaccine and other essential health services.
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Thursday, June 1st (Evening) through Sunday, June 4th
Camp Wanakita in Haliburton, Ontario
Please contact Henry Drenth for more information or if you have any candidates for this exceptional program for youth.
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The Rotary Award for Excellence in Service to Humanity recognizes non-members, including the partners of members, who have demonstrated exemplary humanitarian service through Rotary. District governors can
nominate candidates 1- 31 March. Let District Governor Richard Denton know of someone who has made life better for others. Copy and paste these into your browser to access the RI information.
https://my.rotary.org/en/learning-reference/learn-topic/awards
https://rotary.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6VV04kyEKGhyQDz
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Next meeting:
Monday, March 6th at noon - either in person at Cecil's Map Room (enter off Wyld) or via Zoom at:
you can copy this into your browser and it is the same address for all our Monday meetings - save to your favourites or bookmark.
We will have New Member Vocational talks ........
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Rotary4Kids day is coming soon.... click the button below to go to the web site for more details
