This is a “Birds Eye View” of my story, Len Goddard
My hometown was Hamilton ON. My wife and I graduated from the Salvation Army William Booth College in 1967. We were commissioned as Salvation Army officers. Our first posting was as the pastor of their church in Paris ON. January 1968 we were transferred to Port Arthur to pastor their local church. I joined the local Rotary Club. While there, Port Arthur and Fort William became Thunder Bay. Because of my connections in Rotary, I was asked to do the prayer and blessing for the new city, during the inauguration ceremony.
We were then appointed to Regent Park, an inner-city church in Toronto. While there we developed new community programs that included four community centres and a residential camp for Inner City teens. A local Rotary club made the first donation to the building fund for the camp. From there we went to Calgary where we established a new church for the S.A. The North Calgary Rotary club where I was a member sent my daughter as an exchange student to Australia. That was followed by an appointment in Windsor where I was the Ex-Director for the Social Services. Again, I was a member of Roseland Rotary. Then off to Ottawa as the Executive Director of the Booth Centre which included a hostel, drug recovery, job training programs and used clothing stores. Again, a Rotarian at Ottawa Club.
We resigned from the S.A. after 25 years and established Sonshine Families and then Sonshine Community Ministries. For the last 30 years they have been “Changing the World One Life at a Time” How? We are a licensed foster care and group home agency. We also specialize in working with individuals with special needs. This includes group homes, day programs and a residential camp. See our web site Sonshinefamilies.ca. Twenty-nine years ago, we established Community Christian Fellowship Church of Canada. I was the founding president and still hold that position. We have 68 clergy plus affiliate programs. See – CCFCC.INFO
During this time, I was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Orleans serving throughout my time on the board and as President. During that time on behalf of the club I became the Chair of the new Miracle League of Ottawa. We raised 2.6M and erected a baseball diamond and playground designed for individuals with special needs. I then became a charter member of our club who has been supportive of our work. (thanks).
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Invitation from Another Passport Club
Hello! The Passport Club of South Florida would like to invite your club to attend our upcoming meeting this Tuesday, January 26th (7:30am EST / 12:30GMT / 13:30CET). We have the co-founder of End Plastic Soup joining us to speak about this Rotary Action Group that has made great strides to clean plastic in our oceans and waterways. You can find the information (zoom details etc.) on our page
https://www.facebook.com/events/732229357432597
This week speaker will be Gert-Jan Van Dommelen from END PLASTIC SOUP.
Plastic soup is all plastic waste that is ending up in the oceans of the world. It comes from plastic we throw away on the street, in rivers, parks, fishing nets that are discarded, from washing synthetic clothing, brushing our teeth etc. All these different types of plastic combine to form the plastic soup in the seas. Weathering, sunlight, and wave action break down large pieces into small bits. This causes serious pollution and because plastic is non-biodegradable, the plastic soup kills many marine animals.
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Meeting ID: 956 442 5524, Passcode: 223335