Rotary RAP: February 27, 2024 (Feb. 27, 2024)

Blood Donor Clinic - March 20, 2024
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Mar. 20, 2024 2:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.

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Rotary's Monthly Theme

Speakers/Info for Upcoming Meetings

Mar 7: Tim Parker: Augustana University: Addictions Book

Mar 14: Graham Anderson: Classification Speech

Mar 21: Ribfest Committee: Budget

Mar 28: Brad Mastaler: Club Financial Update

Kiva Lending Committee Update

Kiva: Loans That Change Lives

Last Wednesday the committee met at Gerry's house to pick some more recipients for micro loans. About $560 had been repaid since the last time we met a few months ago. If you haven't heard of Kiva before, you can click this link to read more. Moving forward, at least once a month I will introduce you to one of the people that we have picked to receive a loan, what they used it for, etc. But this time I thought I would get started by just telling you our stats for Kiva lending.

We have done: 87 loans, $2290 total and have supported 22 countries!

Its amazing to see what such a small amount of money can do. Each loan that we do is just $25. Sometimes we pick people because there is a matching grant for every dollar that we loan, sometimes we pick because the person is doing something that fits in with the pillars of Rotary (like water and sanitation) and sometimes we pick because the person's story speaks to us.

Watch this space to learn more!

Rotary Foundation Announcement

TRF (Canada) has carefully considered our donors; numerous requests and is changing to an annual receipting process for contributions starting in calendar year 2024. Donors will receive
an acknowledgement for every contribution at the time the gift is made. Additionally, in early 2025, one itemized receipt will be provided that includes all contributions made to TRFC in the
2024 calendar year. An annual receipt for gifts made in 2023 will not be provided, as receipts for those contributions will already have been processed. Read more here.

District 5370 Spring Conference

Sign up now for the Spring District Conference. It sounds like a great event!! Event details are here. It is May 3-4th at the DoubleTree (formally known as the Mayfield Inn) in Edmonton. The speakers sound pretty cool, including Paul Brandt telling us about human trafficking. The program speaker detail is here and attached.

Choose the Rotarian Group and Full Conference - Group - $325 options. New members that have never been to a District Conference will be reimbursed by the club. The rest of us may be partially reimbursed if any funds remain in the budget.

Meeting Information

Meetings are held at Ray's Wok that is located in the Cossack Inn. Address: 301 1 Ave E, Spruce Grove

When you arrive please order your lunch from the menu, at the bar. Payment is made to the restaurant directly.

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Posted by Krista Mastaler on Dec. 04, 2018

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Thanks everyone!!!!

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