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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to December - Disease Prevention and Treatment Month in Rotary;
This evening from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. D 5550 Talk Show.... it's all about ClubRunner;
Next Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. at Knox-Metropolitan United Church. Regina, the Halcyon Chamber Choir, Regina Philharmonic Chorus and others, in partnership with the Knox-Metropolitan United Church, Rotary Club of Regina, and Knights of Columbus Regina Cleri Council 5133, are thrilled to present The Christmas Messiah - a benefit concert for orphanages in Ukraine;
Dec. 6th - 9:00 A.M. Christmas Ham packing & distribution day - London Drugs (South), 4800 Gordon Road;
Dec 8th meeting postponed to Dec 10th, in favour of a 10:00 A.M. Family of Rotary Brunch in a yet to be identified Restaurant – answer President Jeff’s Survey and get it to him as soon as possible if you are coming - the number needs to be in by next Thursday;
7:00 P.M. Regina Oskaya Christmas concert at Sacred Heart School;
Dec. 16th Regina Eastview Christmas Celebration - Delta Hotel – To register contact either Pat Dell or Gail Bradley;
CATHEDRAL VILLAGE ARTS FESTIVAL WITH NEW MANAGER DON YOUNG!
President Jeff Barber brought the 30 attendees to a form of order at 12:05 and welcomed us to the first day of Rotary's Disease Prevention and Treatment Month. This of course is one Rotary's seven Areas of Focus. After Acknowledging the Land from which our meeting was being broadcast, President Jeff introduced the meeting's Sergeant-At-Arms, Allen Hillsden, who did what our Sergeant's do - they educate, re-enforced a known truth I do not always retain what I read, and they raise money for identified indiscretions. The task of sharing today's WISDOM, fell to the President himself - he is a wise and thought provoking fellow. Following this Jeff invited Jeanne Alexander to introduce Guest Speaker Don Young.
In her comments Jeanne noted Don came to Canada in 1966 from Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated from the University of Alberta in 1975, he freelanced for the Calgary Albertan and the Edmonton Journal before joining CBC Radio as a Senior Producer on the CBC radio show, Morningside. In 1982 he was a founding producer of CBC’s, The Journal, a nightly current affairs TV program. Since leaving the CBC for independent production, he has written and directed documentaries for a variety of clients including: CTV, Global, PBS, Fox Sports One, Doctors Without Borders, Discovery Canada, History Television, and the Sundance Channel. In 2008 he was appointed the Executive Producer of the CTV/Rogers Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games broadcast consortium where he commissioned over 400 athlete focused stories from the independent community. Following this Don was the founding partner of the Ottawa/Toronto based production, Those Canadians Media Group, which produced ‘snackable’ short form commercial content.
Over his career, he won 3 Geminis, a Canadian Screen Award, an ACTRA Award, a Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf, and a US Cable Emmy. His non-professional interests are in helping the under privileged members of our community use the narrative power of social media to bring their lives into the mainstream spotlight. He presently lives in Regina.
Don Young, recently came to Regina because his Granddaughter lives here and he thought it would be helpful to learn what it means to be a Grandpa. He believes he was selected for this role with the Cathedral Village Art Festival because of his media background and the sense that he is a person who understands the import-ance of knowing the audience you are expecting, or wishing to gather. In this instance it will have to do with clarifying the story of the Arts Festival and articulating it in such a way that, "the planted seeds will expand and thereby grow the Festival" into a more inclusive gathering of Regina's diverse population.
Don sees three important factors for the May 2023 Arts Festival, namely:
The need to bring in a younger, more diverse cultural community of volunteers;
A focus on working with Sponsors, who are a critical part of the Festival's success. Sponsors need to be better informed about what they will get out of providing their support, and this needs to be determined as it must be specific to each sponsor;
It is important to create a Succession Plan. This Plan must take into account the skills and abilities of new immigrants, so Festival stories will reflect our history, our current status and provide a glimpse of what is on the horizon.
Don has been on the job for a month, and he leaves one with the sense that he has a good handle on where the Cathedral Village Arts Festival is and where it has the potential to go. Hopefully the Regina community can keep up.
Thank you, Don Young, for sharing a glimpse of a Festival of the future!
Don Young, Manager, Cathedral Village Arts Festival
What is your Rotary Club doing to focus your efforts on Disease Prevention and Treatment?
Disease Prevention and Treatment is one of Rotary's seven areas of focus. We believe good health care is everyone's right. Yet 400 million people in the world can't afford or don't have access to basic health care.
Disease Prevention and Treatment
Rotary's top priority is the eradication of polio, but our members take on far greater responsibilities to fight disease. They set up health camps and training facilities in undeveloped countries and in communities struggling with HIV/AIDS and malaria. They also design and build the infrastructure for doctors, nurses, governments, and partners to reach the one in six people in the world who can't afford to pay for healthcare. To learn more Google - Rotary Internationals Area of Focus.
The Family of Rotary
Your Donations at Work
All donations to The Rotary Foundation’s Disaster Response Fund from 3 March to 30 April 2022 were prioritized for use providing humanitarian aid to regions that are supporting Ukrainian refugees or other victims of the war.
Thanks to the generosity of donors around the world, we raised more than $15 million that funded over 400 grants that provided essential support to people impacted by the war in Ukraine.
This is the Family of Rotary In Action
Ready for Delivery - In Appreciation
FELLOWSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
Bill and Pat Fitzsimmons (Calgary) have reason to be in Regina to visit a new Granddaughter (and her parents) and would appreciate the opportunity to "house-sit" for Regina residents looking to get away from our winter - they can be reached at: 20pfitz@gmail.com; or 403-201-7492
Allen Hillsden was Sergeant today and took the occasion to remind us to read our Rotary magazine (even if they are a couple of months old) for it could have financial implications;
But first Sergeant Allen wanted to know who had completed their Christmas shopping - if the answer was "yes" you got a Rotobuck (Allen and Al Hoeft were the "richer";
Rotobucks were also extended to those who indicated they were slated to Volunteer on Ham Packing December 6th;
Seems no one remembered RI President Jennifer Jones across Canada Tour was featured in the October issue of the Canadian Insert circulated October's Rotary;
Sam Berg knew that 2023 Rotary International Convention will be held in Melbourne, Australia, and speaking of Sam Berg, his Birthday was acknowledged as being held on the Dec. 7th and he thanked us for not singing;
Doug Mortin and others read the December issue of Rotary and knew a Rotary community in Washington, State was grinding up glass and reusing it for pavement and for garden beautification;
I believe somebody knew Stephanie A. Urchick, from the R. C. of McMurray, Pennsylvania, has been selected to be President of Rotary International in 2024-2025 - she will be Rotary's second female President;
It was a fine day at Rotary – hope to see you in the coming week at a Rotary volunteering or celebrating event (actually those two events are really the same);
Enjoy each of these fall days, for soon they will end and winter will be upon us.
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Today's guests
We appreciated having the following visitors at today's meeting: From Calgary, Rotarian Bill and Pat Fitzsimmons; from Regina, Don Young and Evie Koop Sawatzky; and, from Neepawa, Manitoba, Rotarian Bob Durston. Thank you for joining us as you helped make this a good Rotary day.
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