Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, in-person meetings are postponed until further notice. Instead, we have planned the following online meetings.
How to join in:Please download the Zoom app onto the device you will use for the meeting (desktop computer, laptop, tablet, mobile). It's also a good idea to test your video and audio settings before the meeting. Zoom can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/downloador from your mobile’s app store.
Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Speaker - Irek Kusmierczyk, MP for Windsor-Tecumseh
Happy birthday to those celebrating this April (Find the dates on the Rotary homepage here)
Walter Willms
Bill Howitt
Randy Winters
Leona McIntyre
Don Marsh
Moe Pomerleau
Mary Zugcic
Denise Hrastovec
Members celebrating their Club Anniversaries this April:
Carl Cohen (40 years)
Kay Douglas (15 years)
Kevin Larkin (11 years)
John Curtin (5 years)
Denise Hrastovec (1 year)
Christina Marini (1 year)
Program from Monday, May 11th, 2020
Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Irek Kusmierczyk, MP for Windsor-Tecumseh, has had the support of the Rotary with him since his academic years, where he was the recipient of the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. The extensive application process led him to complete the final leg of the interview via teleconference in Helsinki, Finland.
Video conferencing was not a widely used or accessible service at the time. Still, Rotary was at the forefront, ready to embrace technology, and it speaks to the open-mindedness of the organization and Rotarians' ability to embrace change.
Again, Rotarians are leading the way for change during our current crisis.
PDG Donna Schmidt from the Allen Park Rotary joined us for the Tuesday night Satellite meeting on May 12th. She discussed the lack of care and the hardships that are experienced by children affected by diabetes in Ethiopia. We learned that most children don't survive past the age of 10 and that these children often don't go to school once diagnosed because they lose consciousness from low blood sugar and lack of proper nutrition.
To support these families, Donna is helping to support the development of a micro-credit program that will offer assistance to the most impoverished families with diabetic children. The goal is to help the participating families achieve complete financial independence within five years. The criteria to participate in the program includes
families who are unable to provide one meal for their family per day
And earn less than $1 per day.
Often, these families need to choose between purchasing insulin or food.
Sunday, September 20th at the beautiful Kingsville Golf and Country Club.
A closed border doesn’t stop District 6400!! Governor Noel Jackson is proud to
announce that we’ll be having the District Governor’s Golf Outing (DGGO) on
both sides of the border!
The Canadian version of this year’s DGGO will take place on Sunday, September
20th, 2020 at Kingsville Golf and Country Club.
Secure your foursome today! For $150 CA/Golfer, enjoy a day of golf, dinner,
prizes, silent auction and more!
The registration deadline is Tuesday, September 8th.
Payment can be made by cheque, credit card or e-transfer.
If you are interested in attending please contact Mike Serafimovski at mike.seraf@outlook.com or 226-221-8351.
The World Community Service Committee of the Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) recently received word that their application for a Global Grant was approved by Rotary International in the area of focus of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Rotarians Dr. Godfrey Bacheyie and Ron Arkell are the leads on this project.
Historically, we have initiated successful projects in the Upper West for almost 25 years. We have provided schools, school furniture and equipment and uniforms, a library, a sheltered workshop for post polio victims, support to a local orphanage and have provided the funds to secure in excess of 25 boreholes in surrounding communities. We have also provided “Veronica buckets” at each school site to encourage regular hand washing. These projects have been Club or donor sponsored. Members of our Club and volunteers usually travel to Ghana at least once a year and most often twice a year to monitor projects and maintain relationships with local leaders.
Jirapa District is rural with 95% of the people living in the area being subsistence farmers. Most of the villages do not have access to clean water with no sanitation facilities and during the rainy season waste (human and animal) contaminates the ditches and ponds which are the only current source of water.
As one of the “Centennial Legacy “projects, we completed a $110,000 water project for the town of Jirapa which is currently pumping 200,000 gallons of fresh water daily.
The current grant will focus on drilling boreholes in at least an additional20 ruralvillages which presently have no access to potable/clean water. This will provide easily accessible clean water in each village which will reduce the time needed to access any water as well as reducing incidences of water borne diseases and even death.
As with most Rotary projects, we have this time partnered with District 6400, Rotary Endowed gift E10953, the World Fund, the Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton and many generous donors to reach the total funding for this project at $102,933 US.
As Ron Arkell often says, “water is life” and we know that this grant will provide a much better life for the people of the Upper West Region of Ghana.
Pictures on this page were taken from previous Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) water projects in Ghana.
📣 Know a high school student? Please share! The Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) Peace & Conflict Resolution Scholarship is awarded to a Windsor high school student attending post secondary education in Canada. Apply at https://rotary1918.com/Page/peace-scholarship
This is a $1,000 scholarship available to high school students who plan on attending a Canadian university or college in the 20/21 academic year. The recipient is to have worked on a project at school or in the community that sets a positive action or activity of peaceful direction for the betterment of their school or our community.
Deadline to apply is May 31, 2020
Mark your calendars for 20-26 June for an exciting opportunity to gather online with the family of Rotary for our first virtual convention – for free!
Together, we’ll still experience the spirit of Rotary, be inspired by innovation, celebrate our resilience, and explore how clubs are addressing COVID-19. Join us to experience Rotary in action during our Flag Ceremony, witness the power of connection during our general sessions, learn new ways to engage with Rotary during our breakout sessions, find inspiration from our global speakers, and much more.
We have never needed Rotary — and we have never needed each other — more than we do now. We hope to see you online, because Now More Than Ever, Rotary Connects the World.
Signup for this free event will be available at the end of May.
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