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Date: Nov 3 2009 |
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Date: Nov 16 2009 |
The mission of Rotary International, a world wide association of Rotary Clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through its fellowship of business, professional and community leaders.
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Date: Nov 16 2009 |
Rotarian John Chomiak will be the guest speaker on Monday, November 23. John joined the Rotary Club of Edmonton July 31, 1980. John is very active in the community and in political circles. John is one of the champions of Expo 2017 and will be presenting the why's and wherefore's of this exciting opportunity for Edmonton.
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Editor: Dave Lovely
Date: Nov 16 2009 |
Eve Dewart is one of our two outbound Rotary Youth Exchange students. She is living in Tampere, Finland and has just completed her first 3 months there. Here is an update.
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Eve is doing great and sends regular updates. She is energetically taking on the task of learning a very, very difficult language, Finnish. She attends school regularly and has made many friends at her school. She is even taking such topics as math and physics, not easy even in English let along Finnish. In addition she is doing a lot of dance and is now practicing ballroom dance in preparation for the big high school dance coming up after the new year. Her first host family was great and she became close to them. Enough cannot be said for what an important role a good host family can make in an exchange student's experience (hint, hint… are you a great host family just waiting to happen for our inbound students?). Eve has just moved to her 2nd host family.
Eve also has an online blog at www.evefinland.blogspot.com and I encourage you to take a look. She has a few videos that she made about her experiences on it that are interesting.
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Editor: Dave Lovely
Date: Nov 16 2009 |
Rylee Oosterhuis is our second outbound Rotary Youth Exchange Student. Her exchange is in Skaelskor, Denmark .
Rylee sends monthly updates on her progress and has been having challenges. Apparently the language was a problem for her so after about 1 month in a regular high school she transferred to a school for Danish as a second language. She is studying Danish with gusto and is trying to get to a point where she can return to regular high school and be more productive. We expect that will happen within the next month. She also struggled with her first host family in the beginning but worked through it to have an enjoyable time there in the end. No doubt she grew from the experience and is one of the great benefits of RYE. She has just recently moved to her 2nd host family. Rylee is enjoying doing a lot of extra-curricular activities such as working out at a gym and dance classes. She has been to the opera and has taken some nice trips around Denmark.
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Date: Nov 9 2009 |
The Millennium House Committee is collecting gift items for the Millennium House Christmas party which is on December 5, 2009. If anyone has items that would be suitable for resident gift bags, I'm sure Santa would be most appreciative. There are eight women and 21 men. Please contact Linda Hall at 780.462.0386 or
linda.a.hall@shaw.ca
if you can help or need further information.
Many thanks and Merry Christmas!
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Date: Nov 23 2009 |
For busy people!!
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Date: Nov 16 2009 |
In 2007, Irene Domecki was selected as the recipient of the Dickson Memorial Award. Irene had a distinguished record of involvement and philanthropy in our city. Mrs. Domecki passed away November 7, 2009. The following article was taken from the University of Alberta and reflected on why the Domecki family supported education.
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Date: Oct 27 2009 |
The 2010 edition of the Rotary Club of Edmonton Mystery Dinner is in the sign up stage. This is a wonderful opportunity for all members to enjoy Rotary hospitality up close. The information sheet and sign up form are attached. Participate and enjoy!!!
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Date: Nov 23 2009 |
There are two dates to add to your schedule of events. The first is Monday, December 14 as it is the Annual Rotary Christmas Party. Please invite your partner to this fellowship based gathering.
The second is Monday February 8, 2010. Our speaker for the day will by our Premier Ed Stelmach.
These are "do not miss" events.
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Date: Nov 16 2009 |
The Foundation has funded insecticide-treated mosquito nets like these to help prevent malaria, which kills one child every 30 seconds. AP/Charles Dharapak
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Date: Mar 1 2008 |
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