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Thank you Wayde!!
This is it!  The final meeting for the 2015-2016 Rotary year and the final meeting with Wayde as our President.  We can't thank Wayde enough for his year of service and all that he has done for the club.  Be sure to join us on Monday evening at 6:15PM as we thank Wayde.  As you can see below, we are pretty lucky to have had such a distinguished President!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotary Donates to Lloydminster Reginal Archives
At our past meeting, our President Wayde, made a donation on behalf of our club to our Lloydminster Regional Archives in the amount of $10,000
 
 
Photo Credit:  Tyler Marr - Lloydminster Meridian Booster
 
 
Update on our Kiva account...

 

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:                    Norotiana

City, Country:          Antsirabe, Madagascar

Loan is for:             10 piglets and 2 tons of pig feed

Loan Amount:          $800

Loan Length: 14 months

Disbursed date:        May 6, 2016

# of lenders: 32 (one of which is our club)

 

 

Story:

 

Norotiana is a young 31 year old woman. She lives with her husband and his three children. She has a chicken-raising business.


Norotiana has already had loans from Vahatra in the past for developing her business of raising chicks. 

 

Norotiana’s previous loans enabled her to acquire new clients. She bought 200 chicklings and 500kg of grains to feed them.  She was able to earn substantial profits selling chickens. 

She is currently raising hogs, an activity that she launched two years ago. She is seeking a new loan to buy 10 piglets and a sufficient supply of pig feed. She is still raising chickens as well.

 

She hopes to earn more profits in order to bolster her savings and build a house on the land that she bought with the profits from the last loan.

 

Rotary Donates to Rescue Squad
At our past meeting, our club made a donation to our Lloydminster Rescue Squad in the amount of $4,000
 
Dream Vacation - June Winners
June's dream vacation winner of a trip to Nashville for 3 nights is Dean Holman (sold by Gerald Gagnon)
 
The winner of $100 was Allan McEwan (sold by Don Whiting)
The winner of $50 was Kris Saunders (sold by Rob Saunders)
 
 
Photos From Rotary International
I can't begin to tell you have much I enjoyed my time in Seoul and the Rotary International Convention.  The convention was attended by roughly 40,000 delegates representing roughly 80 countries.   So many cultures, so many faces, so many personalities, so many demographics, so many religions but we all want the same thing; a better world. 
 
I know this get's said by many before me but if you ever get a chance to attend a Rotary International Convention, I strongly suggest you do so.  Next year the convention is in Atlanta Georgia and it is my hope that we will see at least THREE of our members attend the event.   
 
 
 
Fort McMurray Fire Relief Fund
 
The Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation has established the “Fort McMurray Fire Relief Fund” to assist in the rebuilding of that city following this tragic fire.  The Charitable Foundation is now ready to accept donations, for which tax receipts will be issued.  The Foundation will rely on an independent committee of Fort McMurray stakeholders (including the Rotary clubs and the municipality) for advice on disbursal of the funds. 
 
Donations may be from individuals or corporations.  Rotary clubs may wish to facilitate this process by collecting donations, and then forwarding either the individual cheques or a cheque drawn on the club’s account for the total amount, along with a list of the donors and their addresses and postal codes.
 
Please make cheques payable to:  "Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation" and forward to:
 
Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation
c/o Rotary District 5370 Office
16030 – 104 Ave.. NW
Edmonton AB    T5P 0S3
 
Please annotate cheques “Fort McMurray Fire Relief Fund”
 

If you wish to make a donation using a charge card, you may do so using ATB Cares.  ATB matches donations with an additional 15%.  Here’s the link:

 

https://atbcares.com/bcart/add/cause/124-889886024RR0001

 
All donations made through ATB cares flow through to the Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation's Fort McMurray Fire Relief Fund. Many thanks!
 
Julius Buski, President
Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation
Rotary Employment Partnership e-blast
Please check out the latest edition of
Rotary Employment Partnerhip's e-blast
 
 
Meeting Summary - July 11th

Date:  Monday July 11th
Dave McCaw
Our Longest Serving Rotarian (52 years!!)
 
 
 
 
Meeting Summary - June 13th

Date:  Monday June 13th
Kirk Morrison
Lloydminster Utility Corp
 
 
 
 
Meeting Summary - June 6th

Date:  Monday June 6th
4H
 
 
 
 
Meeting Summary - May 16th

Date:  Monday May 16th
Vocational
Suki Manj
 
 
 
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