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Please note: Due to the current global pandemic and in line with Government requirements, the regular in person Tuesday meetings of Rotary Club of Sackville and Area are temporarily suspended. The Club meets online using the Zoom platform the first 3 Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 am. A listing of speakers will appear on our website in the normal manner.

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End Polio Now Tulip Campaign

Posted by Pat Cathcart

It's End Polio Now Tulip Sale again! We are selling Tulips for Polio, thanks to the tremendous support of Vesey seeds.

For $25 (including tax and shipping) you will get 25 Rotary Tulip bulbs to plant for a beautiful spring display in 2022 and beyond. Bulbs will be shipped to me, in September and I will distribute them to people who have ordered them. We are asking if at all possible that they are planted on World Polio Day, Oct. 24.

It is anticipated that $13 from each box will go to End Polio Now and with matched funding by the Gates Foundation, each box of bulbs could fully vaccinate approximately 60 children. To learn more about End Polio now click https://www.endpolio.org/

Please encourage friends, neighbours, family, etc. to buy them too (but see the note about where they can be delivered).

Here’s how to place an order.

Email and tell us (rotarysackville38@gmail.com) how many boxes you would like, and the address you would like them delivered to (preferably within HRM, but certainly in Nova Scotia)

Send an e-transfer of $25 per box to rotarysackville38@gmail.com

Please make sure that your order and payment comes in before July 31, 2021.

Thank you for supporting the push to end Polio forever.

Rotary Club of Sackville and Area

Trivia Night FUNdraiser

Posted by Pat Cathcart

Trivia Buffs- It's that time again!

Clickhere https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYoceysrDMjHNW2LA6XMoWJ6U0u8TF8dVTX to register for June 17th game. We are taking the summer off, but we'll be back in the fall. Watch for us in October!

1) Registration will send you an email with the Zoom link and instructions to play the game. If you don't receive it, check your junk/spam folder, if it is not there email rotarysackville38@gmail.com and let us know.

2) Two devices are needed to play:

One to sign into Zoom and view the questions (Computer/Laptop/Tablet).
Another to download Kahoot App (Kahoot.it) and answer the questions (Tablet/Smart Phone).
We suggest using Zoom on your larger screen (Computer/Laptop/Tablet) and downloading Kahoot App on the device with the smaller screen like a Smart Phone.
The Kahoot PIN number is shared by the host 1 minute before the game starts.

3) Payment for Trivia is a minimum $10/player donation and can be sent by email transfer (EFT) to rotarysackville38@gmail.com.

4) Please be ready to sign onto Zoom by 6:30 pm (AST), so game can start at 7:00 pm (AST).

Rotary Club of Sackville and Area

Every Child Matters

Rotary Club of Sackville and Area extends our deepest sympathies to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation on the discovery of the mass grave on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops British Columbia. We encourage our members and supporters to educated themselves on the history of Residential Schools in Canada by visiting the following sites and taking some time of mourning to Honour these 215 children, and all Indigenous children who never made it home.

This discovery is quite painful for many who have been touched by this great injustice and the intergenerational trauma that has resulted from it. See the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) document for the 94 Calls-to-Action to understand how you can help support reconciliation and healing.

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/.../the-long-history.../...

http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf...

Claudia Covalciuc - Up Coming Speaker

Posted by Pat Cathcart

Our Club is hosting a special guest speaker, Claudia Covalciuc, at our June 1st morning meeting. She will speak on her amazing life journey of perseverance and determination. Great motivation in such troubling times.

Click here to Register https://tinyurl.com/n99mkxcw When you register, you will receive an email with the zoom address for this meeting.

View article from Pier 21 https://tinyurl.com/skmtxxw4 Join Us.

Speaker - Tracilyn George

Posted by Pat Cathcart

Speaker at our May 11th Rotary Club of Sackville and Area Club Meeting, Tracilyn George engaged us in conversations about being a student, travelling, and her writings. She is a well travelled author, drawing inspiration from the beauty and historical sites she visits, and takes the time to people watch and absorb her surroundings. Her published works include poetry, short stories, and novels, with over 150 children's books published, several of which are pictured above. She is also an avid on line Trivia buff and helped our Club develop Trivia Night FUNdraiser. Thank you Tracilyn for a very inciteful meeting and the support you give our Club.