There was a large turnout to our April 25th club meeting for our special "Earth Week" program arranged by our wonderful Environment Committee. The program was a casual, on-stage chat between our MPP (and keen Rotary supporter) Mike Schreiner and our former mayor, Karen Farbridge, followed by Q&A with the audience. Karen's ongoing mission and business is to help communities along their path to net zero, driven by data, stakeholder engagement, strategy development, policy integration and governance. Her facts and figures about energy (and energy loss) in cities was fascinating. You can read some of her case studies here.
Our Environment Committee did us proud by also arranging for selected environmental movies to be shown at The Bookshelf Cinema earlier in the week, and for volunteers to support the annual tree planting at the new Hanlon Creek Forest on Laird Road. Although the Saturday planting day was very chilly and windy, it is a "rain or shine" event and over 800 saplings were planted! Another successful "Earth Week".
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NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR HONOURARY PHF AWARDS
On behalf of our club's Awards Committee, Helmuth invited members to nominate worthy individuals to receive an Honourary PHF from our club. The nomination form is available on our ClubRunner website in the Member Area: go to My ClubRunner then Documents (and scroll down to find the PHF folder).
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Guelph's "Arts Everywhere" annual festival takes place on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Details here. Most events are free. Club members may request complimentary tickets for the Friday night "Guelph Lecture - On Being" at the River Run Centre by emailing Marva.
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The Rotary Club of Guelph Wellington (Monday night club) is hosting a special series of speakers. On Monday, May 5th, the speaker will be Joel Bard, Vice President of Inland Custom Brokers addressing "Tariffs and what they mean to the Guelph Business Community." Pre-registration is required by May 2nd by emailing Wayne Wright. $30 includes dinner. More details here.
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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER is back for another year! Mark your calendars for Saturday evening, May 10th. Both hosts and guests are invited to sign up and will later be matched. Please respond to the link already sent to all members.
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In time for Mother's Day on May 11, 2025, purchase a lovely hanging basket of flowers or ferns to help feed local children. It's a fundraiser by volunteers from the Keep Kids Fed At Home program (formerly Food4Kids Guelph). Each basket is $40 with the entire amount going towards the purchase of food. Over 500 Guelph children are currently supported in this unique local program, with more kids on the waiting list. Order here.
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