Brighton Rotary Service Wheel April 5 2023 (Apr 07, 2023)

Members: 5

Guests: Terri Lynn, Michael Koerber and Paige Fernandez.

Correspondence:

1. Thank you and receipt from Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre

2. Newsletter from New Life Women's Home and notice of upcoming concert at Brighton Fellowship Church April 22 at 7pm. 'Magnificent Spring' with Andre Knevel on organ, Liselotte Rokyta on panflute and Roberta VanHuizen-Luttjeboer on steel piano / choir

3.Newsletter from Helping Hands Northumberland. They will be our guests on April 26th.

4. Two cheques from local residents to support Elizabeth fund.

5. Request for support from Youth Bowling Canada.

Notice:

Michael Koerber has applied for membership with the Classification as Engineer. Michael is a former Brighton Rotarian and also other clubs internationally. This notice will be posted for two weeks. If anyone has a concern with Michael as a Rotarian, you are to advise the Club Secretary within 10 days.

DG Iosif’s weekly report:

I am writing to you this afternoon to share some very exciting news! Earlier this afternoon I received notice from RI that the Rotary Club of Toronto Tibetan, Ontario, Canada has been chartered! Our District 7070 just added a new club to our Rotary Family! Every time a New Rotary Club is created, it validates the work Rotary does in our communities, serves as testament to the the dedication in making a difference in the world and the unrelenting commitment to service above self. Rotary is relevant! New Rotary Clubs add more diversity, bring new ideas, new enthusiasm, energy and new perspectives; it makes us stronger! A Charter Celebration Evening is being organized, I ask you to come out to share in the exuberance with our new Rotary members. Please stay tuned for more info. Please give a warm welcome our Newest Club in our Great District! Rotary Club of Toronto Tibetan! Our strength is our members! Thank you for making a difference! Iosif

Please do not forget to fill out the Survey Bob sent out, it takes less than 4 minutes. Thank you!

On March 28, 2023, I received notice from Rotary International that the Rotary Club of Toronto Tibetan, Ontario, Canada has been chartered! Our District 7070 just added a new club to our Rotary Family! Look forward to see you there at the Charter Evening, details to follow.

This past Friday, the 2023 Brush-a-Mania Campaign Kicked Off at St. Aiden's. The Brush-a-Mania month is the highlight of the work Rotary Clubs in the GTA undertake in the month of April!

Brush-a-mania is a free program generously supported by the Scarborough Rotary Passport Club designed to promote oral health and awareness among young children from Junior Kindergarten to grade 6.

It was started in 2001 by the Scarborough Rotary Passport Club more precisely Jenn and Raffy. The program was designed to educate children on the proper procedure of brushing their teeth and the importance of maintaining oral hygiene.

To date, the program has reached almost 1 million students. By bringing together Rotarians, Dentists, Teachers and Parents it creates awareness that in turn helps to motivate and educate children on proper dental care and the importance of oral health.

Upcoming Happenings in our District!

Mind and Body Moments with Paige

or register below:

https://torontoleasiderotary.com/event/mind-body-moments--a-series-on-everyday-wellness/

Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup - Rotary Day of Service!

Saturday, April 22nd (Earth Day), our 3rd Annual 'Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup' Event and A District wide Rotary Day of Service. We will be joined by 100's of other Clubs from additional Districts surrounding the Great Lakes. This is our day to show 'Rotary in Action' on a massive scale, and promote 'Environmental Sustainability' within our communities. Pull out your T-Shirt from last year, and sign-up. In addition, please invite family, friends and neighbours to participate with us. What a great opportunity for us to promote our 'Rotary Day of Service', where the goal is to involve 25% non-Rotarians. We started an 'important' tradition two years ago, which is exciting to continue and build upon. For More information please contact - Dan Coombes - Chair GLWC (dancoombes4@gmail.com)

A Night of Magic, Illusion and Entertainment with the Willowdale Club!

Due to the SELL OUT of our last very successful Rotary event featuring Joshua Jay at Jokers in Richmond Hill, we are doing it again on Thursday, May 4th with new (and better, is that possible?) talent.

The funds raised will go to the North York food bank and help in paying for the trees our club plants every spring along the Don Valley IN Willowdale. Rotary is our community.

The event will be at Jokers in Richmond Hill and start at 6 pm for those that want to have dinner and a drink (not included in the ticket price) before the show that starts at 8:30 pm.

See the attachment and the video link below.

The ticket price for the show is $60 each and you can NOW purchase them online!!

Here is the link to purchase tickets...

https://www.showclix.com/event/magic-mind-reading-laughter

Here is a link to a short 3-minute video of the feature act...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDSY2F5rVsw

any questions: email Al Warren <al.alcomenterprises.com

Rotary Clubs in District 7070 - Few spots left!!

The 2023 Rotary Youth Leadership Symposium (RYLS) is taking place, May 11-14, 2023 at the Ganaraska Forest Centre! The 3-night experience is geared toward youth between the ages of 17-23 and will offer an inspiring program including: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Reconciliation and Land Based Education, Hands-on Activities, Group Dynamics, Public Speaking, Outdoor Survival and GPS Geocache adventures along with campfires, friendship and tons of fun and learning!!! All this for only $375 per participant which covers all programs, accommodation, and meals. Rotary Clubs are encouraged to find and sponsor eligible participants within their community, as well as members of the Rotaract and Interact Clubs that they host. There are only 30 spots available! Applications and further information for RYLS 2023 can now be found at this link: https://rotary7070.org/stories/rotary-youth-leadership-symposium-(ryls)-is-may-11-14-2023-apply-today A few spots still available, apply today! #rotary7070

Cheers,

DG Iosif

Final thought:

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, "This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you."

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, "Which do you want, son?" The boy takes the quarters and leaves.

"What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!"

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream parlor.

"Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill?"

The boy licked his cone and replied:

"Because the day I take the dollar the game is over!" Vinaya Patel

Smile:

Drinking wine I started to feel shame about whether it was a healthy habit. But then I thought of all the workers in the vineyard and winery, of their need for a livelyhood, their dreams and hopes. So I decided to not let the workings in vineyard down and not worry about my liver as I ordered another glass.

Announcements:

Outbound youth exchange student Nika will be going to Poland on exchange, her first choice. Next get together for students April 22.
Next board meeting will be held at R Steve S's home on Tuesday April 25th at 6:30pm
We are looking for speakers for May
Next bottle drive April 15.
No Frills raffle before May long weekend. .Tickets sales start April 21. Duty roster circulated.
Rotarian's have to update 'Smart Serve' certification by July 1.
Kiwanis Fishing Derby is on and we need volunteers for weigh station starting midnight May 6 to 4PM Sunday May 7. Knights taking half the shifts.
Watershed Clean up April 22 We have registered for Keep the County Clean challenge.
Spelling Bee - Brighton Public School participating. April 12th at 10:30 am. Opportunities for Rotarians to be judges here and in Belleville.
Increase in monthly Club Runner fees by $2.50 for Brighton
We don't have a 'Join Rotary' button on our web page.

Song: You Are My Sunshine

Sharing Pot: $15 won by R Joyce who donated it to Elizabeth campaign.

Happy Bucks: to be here with everyone, something bigger than me, presentation, fun night at Medieval Times in Toronto, for medical news good, silent Mike, just happy, spring flowers, back a week and worked fingers to bone with tax returns.

Rotary Minute:

THINK BIG, ACT BIG

Dear Rotarians, Rotaractors and friends of Rotary,

In a letter to his brother Theo in 1874, Vincent Van Gogh wrote: "If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere."

You can see Van Gogh’s love of the natural world in his paintings: luminous sunflowers, gnarled olive trees, and the starry night sky over a Provençal village. When you see nature through Van Gogh’s eyes or through your own, such as during a trip to the park or a beach, you can’t help but stop to appreciate it. And when you love nature, you also want to take care of it.

April is Environmental Month for Rotary, and Earth Day is the 22nd. Marking the occasion with local projects such as roadside cleanups is fantastic and makes a difference. Consider also thinking big about protecting the environment — one of Rotary’s seven areas of focus — by partnering with other clubs and districts on a larger-scale project funded through The Rotary Foundation.

The more our clubs work together on larger projects, the more we accomplish. Supported by a Foundation global grant, Rotary clubs in Pennsylvania and Brazil teamed up to provide plastic-processing equipment for a waste pickers cooperative in the city of Rio Claro. The workers, who recover recyclables from trash, increased their income by 50 percent and expanded the cooperative, while contributing to a cleaner environment.

Acting big is also one of the main ideas behind the Foundation’s Programs of Scale. With each $2 million grant distributed over a program’s three- to five-year duration, the work done on the ground scales up to fulfill the potential for long-term sustainable change. The 2021-22 Programs of Scale recipient, Together for Healthy Families in Nigeria, is hard at work right now on solutions aimed at reducing the country’s maternal and neonatal mortality rates.

Programs of Scale grants are among the most exciting developments of Rotary and its Foundation in recent years. They will have a big impact on the world. Remember that Programs of Scale grants take nothing away from your Foundation grant projects; the money invested is a relatively small portion of the Foundation’s total. In addition, The Rotary Foundation designed Programs of Scale to foster greater partnerships, which can include co-funding the initiative.

So, think big this month — about the environment and about global grants and Programs of Scale — and you will see that, when it comes to the good we can do through our Foundation, the "starry night" sky’s the limit.

IAN RISELEY

Rotary Foundation trustee chair