Away Meeting: Longlake Chateau. We enjoyed a lovely meal at Longlake and all seemed to find parking more easily this week. The meal was lovely.
Meeting RSVP’s Please: We do appreciate that sometimes you don’t know your schedule but whenever possible, please do take a few seconds to let Audrey or Barbara know if you'll be attending for the dinner or just the meeting portion. Thank you!
Announcements:
Rotary Celebration (Paul Harris Night) held on February 26 at the Nanaimo Golf Club was a tremendous success. Our new Mayor, Bill MacKay attended and brought greetings from the City.
Ian advised of the many sponsorship and advertising opportunities available through the Rotary District Conference to be held on Jun 19-21. Registration page coming soon.
Nanaimo North Executive Installation will be held on June 16.
Program:
Our own Larry Rumming gave a most informative talk on bullying – particularly in the workplace. Bullying at work is an important issue and has major impact not only on productivity but can result in severe repercussions for the worker including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It was interesting how many Rotarians have experienced bullying.
Next week will be a regular meeting but March 17 will be a special away meeting!
The Irish Rovers' STREET PARTY*
St.Patrick's Day
Tue. March 17th
5pm-10pm
in Diana Krall Plaza, downtown
Tickets through the Port Theatre
*A LIVE feed of the IRISH ROVERS sold out concert from inside the Port Theatre to video screens set up outside and in the beer garden.
This week marks 110 years since Paul P. Harris, GustavusLoehr, SilvesterSchiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office in Room 711 of the Unity Building in downtown Chicago for what would become known as the first Rotary club meeting. It also is 30 years since Rotary launched its campaign to rid the world of polio.
Rotary clubs are celebrating the milestones in a variety of ways. The Rotary Club of Mt. Warning AM, New South Wales, Australia, gave away pancakes and handouts on the village’s main street.
“Our brand stood out because of our signage, the shirts we wore, and the handouts we brought,” says club president Kaileen Casey. “It was a very relaxed comfortable environment with lots of laughter. It’s important for people to feel at ease and to ask questions. This is the way to increase our awareness in the community.”
Members of the Rotary Club of Chicago illuminated the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois building on the Chicago lakefront to celebrate Rotary’s 110th anniversary.
Rotary members in District 3150 India celebrate by illuminating the Falaknuma Palace.
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South Korean Rotarian Seung Jin Kim is sailing around the world to raise money for polio eradication.
Rotary members in the Philippines arrange a display at the Mall of Asia during the week of Rotary’s anniversary.
Rotary members in Bauru City, São Paulo, Brazil, illuminate Parque Vitória Régia. Photo by José Carlos de Oliveira Junior
The Rotary Club of Bainbridge, Georgia, USA, celebrated by lighting up the historic Bon Air building.
Rotary members in Minas Gerais, Brazil, celebrated Rotary’s anniversary with a soccer game. Team “America Futebol Clube” wore Rotary’s emblem on their uniforms.
Rotary clubs in Mauritius organized a walk to celebrate the annivesary and raise awareness for Rotary’s work. Photo courtesy Rachid Karroo
Reunion Island Rotary members parade through St. Denis to celebrate Rotary’s anniversary.
More than 150 Rotary members help celebrate in Mexico City.
Inbound Rotary Youth Exchange students from the USA, Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, Taiwan, and Brazil spell out 110 at a winter camp in Norway.
The Rotary Club of Mt Warning AM, Australia, gives away pancakes to celebrate Rotary’s 100th birthday.
Cali, Columbia, Rotary clubs celebrate by inviting singers to perform in a popular shopping mall.
Rotary members in Ankara, Turkey, celebrate Rotary’s birthday with music and singers in a popular shopping mall.
Rotaractors in Guatemala celebrate 30 years of polio eradication efforts.
The Rotary Club of Bokaro Midtown, India, celebrates by inaugurating a vocational training center for women.
The Rotary Club of Ekpoma, Nigeria, cut a cake after hosting a lecture on peace and conflict resolution.
The Rotary Club of Ekpoma, Nigeria, celebrate with a cake.
The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils (IYS) (A/RES/68/232).
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been nominated to implement the IYS 2015, within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership and in collaboration with Governments and the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
The IYS 2015 aims to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of soil for food security and essential ecosystem functions.
The specific objectives of the IYS 2015 are to:
Raise full awareness among civil society and decision makers about the profound importance of soil for human life;
Educate the public about the crucial role soil plays in food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation, essential ecosystem services, poverty alleviation and sustainable development;
Support effective policies and actions for the sustainable management and protection of soil resources;
Promote investment in sustainable soil management activities to develop and maintain healthy soils for different land users and population groups;
Strengthen initiatives in connection with the SDG process (Sustainable Development Goals) and Post-2015 agenda;
Advocate for rapid capacity enhancement for soil information collection and monitoring at all levels (global, regional and national).
