Meeting Recording
A recording of Today’s Meeting can be found
herePresident's Comments
President Adrian welcomes all to our meeting today in this the 63rd week of our 18 month anniversary “year”. Adrian commented on the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second and how her life of service resonates with Rotarians, a toast was offered in her honour.
Guests
Evaline Adhiarmbo Oluoch, RAWEF Student, guest speaker
Faith Auma Otieno, RAWEF Student, guest speaker
Sister Joan Mukhwana, program leader for School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) in Kenya
Diane Jones, guest of Martin Jones
Oksana Tereshchenko, guest of Lumi Mironescui
Happy Jar
Lumi Mironescui is happy that Oksana is back safely from the Ukraine. She was also very happy that her niece from Germany was able to visit recently for 10 days.
Oksana Tereshchenko is happy to be back in Canada and that she was able to find someone in Ukraine to help track down missing families and assist in getting them out of Ukraine.
Martin Jones reported that he and Diane were happy to have recently travelled to Winnipeg, their first time there, to attend a friend’s wedding.
Tasreen Charania, was pleased to let us know that Karim’s portable X-ray machine is now being used on busses in Taiwan to screen for lung cancer and that the funding for doing this is being provided by a local Rotary club!
Louise Gardiner is happy that our plans for another afternoon of Pickle Ball exploration for members is being arranges with Mike Ellis and will occur in the first week of November.
President Adrian was quite delighted to inform members that we have received the RI Presidential Citation for 2021-2022, one of only 11 clubs in our district to do so. This is awarded to clubs who achieve the goals they set themselves for the Rotary Year. This is the third year in a row we have received this honour.
Club Announcements
Online Auction
All members will have received their Online Auction Digital Support Package and are encourage to review it and to start soliciting auction items and /or sponsors. Any questions can be directed to Neil Swayze. For Physical Items that are obtained, send completed forms to and contact Neil to deliver them. For Gift Cards, Certificates, Sports Tickets, and similar items, send completed forms to Bill Proctor and contact him as well to have them picked up.
Dancing with the Easter Seals Stars
Martin Jones reported that we have our full contingent of volunteers to assist with this event on Friday and Bill reports that we have a full corporate table attending as well.
Indigenous Relations Committee
Louise Gardiner reported that our committee is continuing to work with Family and Children’s Services and that they are providing many useful resources to help members become more knowledgeable in this area. Links to resources will be provided in upcoming editions of our newsletter.
Catch The Ace
The deadline to get your tickets as always is Wednesday at Midnight. Don't forget that you have to purchase a ticket the week of the draw to qualify for both the weekly and progressive jackpot!
When you play
Catch the Ace not only do you have a chance to win great prizes but you also win by knowing that the net proceeds will all be going to
KidsAbility.
Rotary Leadership Institute
All three parts of this comprehensive Rotary education program is being offered on October 15. The $75 registration fee is covered by either the district or the club so there is no cost for members. For more details and to register go to:
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3.
Program Highlights
Our program today was a report from Martin Jones on our RAWEF - Rotary African Women’s Education Fund – 100 Students and Counting!
The RAWEF Story . . .
- RAWEF is…Rotary African Women’s Education Fund
- The Fund is administered through the Kitchener Rotary Club Charitable Foundation
- The Fund is used to provide bursaries for selected women in East Africa to attend university in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania
- The students we support are generally financially challenged and without these bursaries, would not attend university
RAWEF Impact . . .
- 2022 is our Club’s 100th Anniversary…and this year, we approved our 100th RAWEF student…wow!
- RAWEF has now funded university education for over 100 (actually109 this year!) students in East Africa
- Since the fund’s inception in 2010, we have provided student bursaries of over $500,000!
- We generally fund 12 new students annually, and have an annual budget of about $75,000
- RAWEF exists thanks to Kitchener Rotary Members Audrey Wipper (deceased 2018) for her substantial financial donation, and Dave Martindale for implementing her vision
Today’s Program . . .
- We are delighted to have two of our RAWEF students join us today via Zoom, along with Sister Joan Mukhwana, program leader for the SSND in Kenya
- First, RAWEF student Evaline Adhiambo Oluoch will give us a presentation about her experience at university and the personal impact of the RAWEF bursary
- Second, Tasreen Charania will have a conversation with RAWEF student Faith Auma Otieno about her experiences related to the RAWEF bursary
Closing Reminders
September 23 - Easter Seals Dancing with the Stars (staring our very own member, Karen Redman)
September 26 - Evening Event – 6pm Edelweiss Tavern - New member inductions and Who Am I (Please wear your orange shirt)
October 3 - Noon - in person Charcoal Steakhouse - Neil Swayze Rotary Online Auction Kick off - Registered Event (link to follow)
October 10 - No Meeting Thanksgiving
October 17 - Noon Zoom - Polio Plus Update & Polio Plus Society – Dr. Mike Lawrie & Badar Shamim
October 22 - Online Auction Sign Distribution
October 24 - Dom Cardillo Trail - Fall Cleanup & Whale & Ale Pub Dinner - Registered Event (link to follow)
