We hope you will attend our Club Assembly meeting at the ICC on Friday, November 18, 2022, to discuss the following.
Our club is losing Member Equity every week due to low attendance at the Friday in-person meetings. Funds raised from events like Sparkles in the Park, Lobsterfest, Canada Day, etc. are dedicated to helping the communities we serve and cannot be used for the benefit of members. This means that we must be self-sufficient in paying our individual way for the operations of the club. Currently, with low attendance and prices we pay to be hosted by the ICC, we are losing money (Member Equity) weekly. This is a fact since we started meeting in person again. The Board has tasked the Club Service Team with coming up with solutions to this problem. We have a short period of time to do this as we would like to introduce a solution and perhaps a new model in January 2023 after the holiday break.
This is an opportunity to address a number in inequities that are currently in place. For example, should members who attend in person subsidize members who do not attend in person? Should we adjust the number of in-person and online meetings so more members can participate in building our club and serving our community? How do we share costs across all members?
We need to hear from everyone. Together there is an answer to this opportunity to become a better club.
Our club is working to re-ignite the Vocational Service of members by partnering with the Career Education Council. Help spread the word about this opportunity: the CEC is currently seeking employers who are interested in hosting a 14-week virtual employment placement for participants in marketing, communications and administration, paid for by the CEC (similar structure to Canada Summer Jobs).
Connect-Ed Working Circles is a virtual training and incentive program run by the Career Education Council based in Guelph, Ontario.
Over the course of 5-weeks, the CEC's experienced trainers run youth (15-30 yrs old) through job preparedness skills training related to entry-level work in communications, administration, marketing, and content creation. Following their training, the CEC facilitates job placements for youth in these respective fields. CEC is grateful to be funded by the Federal Government Youth Employment and Skills Strategy grant which allows CEC the opportunity to pay these youth for their training and reimburse placement employers for their wages up to roughly $17hr/35hrs a week/for 10-14 weeks.
The 10 participants shown in the chart below are available for employment from the first week of December 2022. Interested employers should fill out the online application and feel free to follow up with CEC for more information.
On November 11, 2022 our Rotary Club welcomed Claire Davies as a new member. It was an especially warm reception for the granddaughter of our past president, Eric Beauchamp.
Claire Davies is a Marketing Account Manager with Intrigue Media in Guelph and lives in Fergus.
Claire has grown up knowing all about the great works of Rotary and this fine Club through her grandfather Eric, well remembered by many of our current members.
Claire is a consummate volunteer. She is a member of the Guelph Arts Council, is involved with the Upper Credit Humane Society, and has supported marketing efforts for the Wheels of Hope Golf Classic 2022 in an effort to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society’s transportation program in Wellington/Waterloo counties which transports cancer patients to and from their life-saving treatment centres free of charge.
With her experience and strengths including social media, Claire is already getting helping the club with her skills.
Our fall application “window” is now open. The current deadline to apply for funding from The Rotary Club of Guelph for worthy causes is December 15th, 2022, for grants that will be issued in the spring of 2023. The online application is on our website at RotaryGuelph.ca
Rotary is paving the way to end human trafficking and forced labour slavery. On November 29, 2022 join special guests to learn how to engage your community in the fight against modern day slavery.
The Rotary Action Group Against Slavery (RAGAS) is dedicated to bringing awareness to the magnitude of modern-day slavery in Canada and abroad. By empowering and educating Rotarians and communities alike, we can take steps to eradicate human trafficking, together.
Learn more about RAGAS at: https://ragas.online/
Our Rotary District 7080 is hosting a RAGAS webinar on November 29th, 2022 for Rotarians only. Register here:
Rotarians continually make a difference in the community, and here's one more example. Our club member Georgia Lavarini and her colleagues have arranged this FREE CHRISTMAS MOVIE opportunity for families, along with a food drive to benefit those who need a little help.
BRING YOUR CHRISTMAS CHEER
Join a fun-filled movie morning on Saturday, November 26. Doors at Clair Road Galaxy Cinemas open at 9AM for a complimentary photo with Santa and breakfast snacks. Starting at 10AM, the favourite holiday move "ELF" will be shown.
To be entered in the draw for Door Prizes, bring a non-perishable item that will be donated to the Guelph Food Bank on your behalf.
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