President-Elect Jayna welcomed everyone to the meeting and began with the Land Acknowledgement. She introduced guest speaker, Rosanne Verhulst, Indigenous Relations Lead with Women Building Futures. Rosanne is from Peepeekisis Cree Nation, File Hills Community, who now lives in Regina. Rosanne has had a 30 year professional career with provincial and federal governments with a focus in various areas including indigenous and health areas. She is from a family of 5 having lost her parents and a brother. She and her husband, in the past, formed a Consultant business with a focus on schools on reservations. She credits her parents with instilling in her their core values of caring, integrity, grace, courage and sharing with many individuals in their life time.
Women Building Futures (WBF) has a mission to create economic security for women. They are a social purpose organization supporting women through industry-recognized training in construction trades, maintenance, driving, operating, and more. Their vision is to inspire positive economic and social change for women, particularly those who are unemployed or underemployed, working multiple jobs and still unable to make ends meet. The goal is to increase women's earning potential and create economic resiliency by connecting them to career opportunities with starting pay above a living wage as well as opportunities to grow and develop. They have a number of programs and partners, who align with their beliefs in diversity and respect to carry out their vision for women. Thank you Rosanne for your presentation telling us of the wonderful work of your organization.
Below--the women in their learning environment.
About the Rotary Foundation:
For the 16th consecutive year, The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S.
The Foundation earned the recognition for adhering to sector best practices and executing its mission in a financially efficient way, demonstrating both strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency.
“We are delighted to provide the Rotary Foundation with third-party accreditation that validates their operational excellence,” said Michael Thatcher, president and CEO of Charity Navigator. “The Four-Star Rating is the highest possible rating an organization can achieve. We are eager to see the good work that the Rotary Foundation is able to accomplish in the years ahead.”
Charity Navigator analyzes nonprofit performance based on four key indicators, referred to as beacons. Currently, nonprofits can earn scores for the impact and results, accountability and finance, culture and communities, and leadership and adaptability.
ABOUT WASH:
We were reminded today of the Rotary Action Group, WASH, and particularly the Baby Wash program that has been developed. It has demonstrated significant improvements in child health and development outcomes. A WHO report from 2023 indicated that unsafe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene are responsible for the deaths of around 1000 children under five every day. Water treatment, safe storage and handwashing can reduce diarrhea by 30-75%. Kudos to the Rotarians of WASH for their work to eliminate deaths from unsafe water. How fortunate we are in our community!
President-Elect Jayna presenting a cheque to a member of the Rotaract Club of the University of Regina
FELLOWSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
President-Elect Jayna called for Happy Bucks and there were some: Ann Grahame is happy for the gifts of warmth for Mental Health recipients she has received so far. Margaret Peters has been most generous with knitted gifts. Those away have contributed prior to leaving. Money is also welcome.
Richard Taylor reminds us of their fundraiser through their travel company. There are still openings on 2 cruises. Talk to Richard if it will work for you.
Peter Peters is happy to be a Rotarian and reminds us to be strong and thankful for our 4-way test in light of the situation in our neighbouring country.
Peter Neufeldt was happy and donated $20 to report that a refugee from Myanmar whom his church, Grace Mennonite, has been trying for 6 years to bring to Canada, is arriving today.Well done to you, Peter and Janet, and the parishoners of Grace for this gift of a new life for this individual.
President Al was able to join the last few minutes of the meeting following a busy work schedule.
Have a good week everyone.
Another Remembrance day has passed and again we are reminded of the sacrifice by so many.
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