Rotary Club of Lloydminster Weekly Bulletin - Week of August 22nd (Aug 19, 2016)

Posted by Jason Whiting on Aug 19, 2016

Bring a Guest!

This coming Monday we have our Alberta MLA, Dr. Richard Starke coming to speak to us. I encourage and CHALLENGE each of you to bring a guest to fill the room, get community members interested in Rotary, and hear what Richard has to say. Send Pat an email with the name of your guest

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Update on our Kiva account...

Posted by Danny Ulmer on Aug 17, 2016

Loans that change lives

Our Rotary Club of Lloydminster has donated $1500 per year to KIVA since 2010, totalling $9151.

This money has been lent out and repaid in 1649 loans with a total value of $41,725 in loans!

We contribute $25 to a loan along with other KIVA members to fully fund one individual, helping minimize our risk. An average loan request is about $1500.

Click here to learn more about the borrowing process & review some FAQs: https://www.kiva.org/about/how

Here is a recent loan we supported!

Name: Willard

Country: Kenya

Loan for: Education

Loan Amount: $2200

Disbursement Date: July 15, 2016

Willard’s Story

Willard completed his Certificate in IT and then he realized that he needs to improve his programming skills in order to gain employment. He hopes to use the skills that he will acquire to come up with innovative applications.

He is requesting for a loan of $2,200 that will enable him to pay for the Moringa School’s world-class education, which currently boasts a 99% job placement rate.

Member Photo Submitted Vol8

Posted on Aug 15, 2016

The storm that passed through Lloydminster Monday evening made for an amazing show. Social media was full of several photos but here are a few:

Flashback Friday

Posted on Jul 25, 2016

At our July 2th meeting we had a very special guest. Sammy (Samuel Morgan) was an inbound Rotary Exchange student that our club hosted in 2001-2002. Certainly one of our best and most memorable exchange students. Very thankful to have him come back to visit us and stay with in our City with some of his hosts and even teacher, Larry Sauer.

Rotary Employment Partnership e-blast

Posted by Jill Applegate on Aug 01, 2016

Please check out the latest edition of

Rotary Employment Partnerhip's e-blast

REP e-blast - 2016-04.pdf

Dream Vacation - July Winners

Posted by Maria Sarcauga on Jul 18, 2016

July's dream vacation winner of a trip to San Francisco for 4 nights is Judy Flankowski (sold by Amador Lopez)

The winner of $100 was Janice Freter (sold by Randy Aston)

The winner of $50 was Dale Beaudry (sold by Randy Aston)

Rotary Hosts Texas 4000

Once again, our Rotary Club hosted the group of 21 (or so) Texas 4000 bicyclists as they had a layover in our City. Dick Arie is the one that has organized this for the past three years now and our Club has been happy to cover the expenses of the meal. This year the meal was prepared and served by the ladies at Grace United church in their new area. From there Brad Lake, Ken Kay, and a few others at Agland gave them the opportunity to drive some very large (size and dollar value) green machinery. It is a lot of fun to watch Gord Roebuck sweat while these City fold drive his equipment around the yard. The next morning the riders were hosted by the Border City Club and served a hearty breakfast before hitting the road to Vegerville. Each morning they gather in a circle and share a story and/or state who they are going to pledge their day of riding to; in memory of someone who died of cancer, someone they are thankful for, or someone that is currently struggling. Very moving.