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3Nov21 Our  First Speaker by Zoom
Claudia  Wong, student at Western, spoke remotely by Zoom to us about The Borgen Project and it’s global poverty reduction initiative. This was a great team building exercise because all of us were needed to get Zoom working properly on the club computer with limited memory resources. Also, we used the projector to see Claudia and her slide and video shows. To amplify audio from the laptop, we put the mic under the laptop to feed the amplifier (in the absence of a proper feed from laptop to amp.) It was generally felt that we could not work with the Borgen project as it is an American political lobby.
 
Announcements
The club is having a booth at the Christmas Market at Horton Market on Nov. 20 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to sell 50/50 tickets. Service clubs are being given free space. Trish will be speaking to the club about volunteering for 1 1/2-hour shifts.Trudy is taking care of the license for a 50/50 draw.
 
From Dr. Bob Jones: I want to thank all of you again for the honour of the Paul Harris Fellowship. I am very grateful and humbled by this recognition of my medical career and my passion for end-of-life care. Please extend my gratitude to all the members of both clubs. Sincerely, Bob 
 
From Carrie Ford of Hospice of Elgin: She thanked both Rotary clubs for a tremendous day of celebration, a great turnout with sunshine to go with the photo op and tour of the grounds. She thanked our club for the $50,000 contribution and for recognizing Dr Jones with a Paul Harris Fellow. They will send out updates. Photos appear on Hospice of Elgin and MyFM 94.1 Facebook pages.
 
The 10Nov21 club meeting, will be in honour of Remembrance Day. Immediately following, our board will meet to approve the budget.
 
Assistant Governor for Area 10, Gerry Janssen displayed the Rotary Citation from Past RI President Holger Knaack in recognition of our efforts during the 2020-2021 Rotary year. Our club met at least13 goals that make our club worthy of the citation. See Photo compliments of Trudy.
 
We will receive a Zoom link to join the RCRC 22Dec21 for an Art, Wine, Gift Basket Zoom auction. The auctioneer is Allan Hughson. This effort’s proceeds will go to Hospice of Elgin as part of RCRC’s commitment.
 
Also, we will work with RCRC to setup Christmas lights (owned jointly) for the Light the Night St. Thomas drive-by in Pinafore Park.
The 50/50 was won by Ron who promptly paid it forward to the:
Happy Finns
Bill -Grand daughter birthday 25 yrs, Dr Jones
Malcolm -Hospice of Elgin
Trish -Raking leaves with children and grand children, Gerry’s work to attain the citation
Gerry -24Oct UN day, Sister birthday, anniversary, Hospice event
Barbara -Daughter visited from east coast, son with CN, Hospice event
Ron -Hospice event, Dr. Bob Jones family, family members recovering from illnesses
Pat -Hospice event, Faye Ferguson’s contribution to Hospice of Elgin
 
The Fine Master routine will be reintroduced next week by Catharine.
 
Rotary International
Check out http://rotary.org/dei to learn about RI’s new areas of focus.
 
We closed with the Bell
 
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Upcoming Events
Remembrance Day
Wayside
Nov 10, 2021 12:00 PM
 
Rotary Club of St Thomas Foundation AGM
Wayside
Nov 17, 2021 12:00 PM
 
Anual Meeting Rotary Club of St Thomas Foundation
Nov 17, 2021 12:15 PM
 
24Nov21 Dan Logie, Canadian Mental Health, Elgin
Wayside
Nov 24, 2021 12:00 PM
 
Meeting - DEI - Our Muslim Community
Dec 01, 2021
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
 
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