January 26, 2025 
                   
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Jan 28, 2025
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
 
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Grants – local & international
 
Rotary notes the recent announcement the United States intends to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
 
We remain resolute in our mission to eradicate polio. As a founding partner of the GPEI, Rotary has for decades worked closely with all the GPEI partners, the U.S. government, and other governments to end polio worldwide.
 
This effort has reduced the number of children paralyzed by polio by 99.9% since 1988. The global effort to eradicate polio has innovated many times over the years to come close to protecting every last child. 
 
Although this decision creates new challenges, Rotary remains dedicated to ensuring every child is protected from this preventable disease.
 
We are confident the GPEI will continue to adapt, to innovate, and to implement effective strategies to keep polio vaccines available for every child in the United States and around the world, especially those in the most challenging and remote regions. 
 
The most important decisions leading to a polio-free world are made every day by parents who present their children for vaccination.
 
We remain committed to working with all GPEI partners to fulfill the promise of a polio-free world. Together, we have ended smallpox, and together, we can ensure polio becomes the second human disease to be eradicated from the planet
 
 
 
Rotary – Service Above Self! 
 

Executives & Directors

BOARD of DIRECTORS
 
President
 
President Elect
 
Immediate Past President
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Membership
 
EXECUTIVES & CHAIRS
 
International Service Chair
 
Club Rotary Foundation Chair
 
Public Image
 
FaceBook/Social Media
 
Rotary Club of D7040 Charitable Foundation President
 
RYLA Co-Chair
 
District Friendship Exchange Chair
 
District Literacy Chair
 
District Rotary Foundation Chair
 
District 7040 Online Technical
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Simmy Ahluwalia
January 5
 
Margaret Shibley
January 10
 
Ginette Valériote Legault
January 30
 
Join Date
Barry Gleason
January 1, 2023
2 years
 
Len Goddard
January 1, 1968
57 years
 
Barbara Fisk
January 15, 2003
22 years
 

President's 

 

 

PUT YOUR WISDOM WHERE PEOPLE WILL TRIP OVER IT

My father was born in 1897 and rode a horse in WW1.   He was 72 yrs old when I was born, and from my mothers near 3 decade stint of having children I was the youngest of them all.  

I never realised it at the time, but that placed me as a very young person in a family full of  mostly older people.  Perhaps as a result I have always felt comfort and captivation when talking to people much older than me.  I can 'feel' how older people are more wise than me, in the same way I can 'feel' that I am more wise now than I was 10 years ago.   

The closing paragraph from my previous bulletin message was a challenge to  members to be a sage.   In reference to your knowledge and experience, it read as follows:

"Don't squander it - find a way to give.  Figure out how to spread your wisdom.  Don't keep it to yourself.  It makes the world a better place."

 

Have you done it? 

I suggest you figure out how to do it and start - if you haven't already.  A day will come when you cannot, and then it is all lost.

 

-Christopher Thompson

 

President Elect's 

 

Wildfires are in the news today with the destruction of homes and displacement of many people and wildlife.

We hear of the big ones like the one burning now in LA and California, last year in Jasper, or a number of years ago in Fort  McMurray; yet there are still many smaller one that we do not hear about, including ones that still burn today, yes even in the cold and snowy winter months of Canada.  Many of these fires are a direct result of our carelessness, while others are start by nature. 

They are devastating and burn through a small contained area or clear thousands of hectares of land burning everything to the ground. Even though this devastation occurs, new birth and rejuvenation happens and land once burnt regrows with new vegetation.

Travelling and spending time in Alberta, I have seen the effects of these fire and yet you can see the new growth of trees and vegetation starting; what a sight, a mixture of old destruction and new growth.

Our lives I think can appear to be the same as these wildfires. There are times we go through seasons of devastation that can or have been filled with disappointment, dealing the loss of a loved one, maybe a job or a deal that fell through, it may be heartache, or it maybe a physical or emotional issue.  No matter what the issue we may often it is through these difficult times positive things come out where we experience new growth and revitalization in ways that we may not notice until much later.  

 

Often through these fires of life, we can look back and see new growth taking place and filling in those bare spots, not only in our lives but the ripple effect that we have in other lives as result of our pain or disappointment.

 

Have you ever experienced time your live when a fire like devastation has occurred?  

Through this did you see growth and the resilience we have in life and often as a direct result we become stronger?  No matter what you may be going through, remember t it is times like these  we become stronger, we are refined by the fire! 

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire ~ Richard Nixon 

 -Sean Goodall

 

Secretary's 

      

 

Remember, on Tuesday,  it's our monthly  Club meeting. Please make an effort to attend as our speaker has a great message for us

 

-Chris Cochrane
 

 

 
 
The Montréal Mystery Festival, which had its inaugural event in May 2024, is already preparing for its second edition. 
 
'Second Degree.' on May 23 and 24th, 2025, more than 20 authors of crime, mystery and thrillers from Quebec, the rest of Canada and beyond will meet with their readers for book signings and panels in French and English.
 
Last year, the festival was proud to announce the D7040 Passport Club as one its main sponsors, and we are thrilled the club has accepted to sponsor the event for 2025. If you're not attending our major fundraiser, the festival would love to have your help as a volunteer at the Grande Bibliothèque de Montréal! You can find more information and also donate personally on the website: 
 
 
Thank you!
Jacinthe Paille,
co-founder,
Montréal Mystery Festival
 
Club Meeting Etiquette 
 
If you're inviting a guest to attend any meeting, that's welcome! 
 
Please notify Club Secretary Chris ahead.
Otherwise, that person may not be admitted.
 
Chris Cochrane
    
      
                 
This section for your thoughts, ideas, stories, photos and jokes. Please send anything you wish to share to Secretary Chris
 
Did you know ...
 
THe British Royal Family have a well-established connection to Rotary.
 
King Charles lll often wears a Rotary pin on the lapel of his jacket at public appearances.
 
The late Prince Philip was an honourary Rotarian of the London, Edinburgh and King's Lynn Rotary Clubs-the latter for when the Duke was staying at Sandringham in Norfolk. He was elected as an honourary member of the Edinburgh club in 1952 to coincide with its Jubilee year- the Scottish club was founded in 1912. He remained aa an active contributor for life, often attending meetings and assisting various events
 

Presidents Carter, Reagan and  Bush (x2) were all members of Rotary while the current POTUS, Donald Trump, is a Past President of the Rotary Club of New York.

While discovering Prince Philip was an honorary Rotarian of three clubs with regular attendances at Rotary meetings, it was learned Pope Francis is an honourary member of the Rotary Club of Buenos Aires. He's the first Pope to be a member of a Rotary Club.