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The Rotary Club of Parkland After Dark Virtual Auction

As they are not able to do their traditional in person fundraising, Parkland After Dark is having a Virtual Online auction! They will arrange pickups or drops off of all items with the winning bidder. Please check out their Auction online!

 
Auction ends this Thursday and any support would be greatly appreciated!
 
Rio Muchacho Water Project
Our club is becoming a partner in another water project in Ecuador!  Following the completion of a municipal water system in the rural community of Santa Teresa, Manabi, Ecuador in 2020, the Rotary Club of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador approached us again about their next project in the Rio Muchacho valley.  Similar in intent, the project would provide, for the first time, reliable potable water to the homes and schools in the valley by creating a well, a treatment system, a distribution system, meters, and a local water board to govern and operate the system as a utility.  The project would be funded by several Rotary partners and utilize a grant from The Rotary Foundation for expenses.  We are hoping to raise $2,000 from the Spruce Grove community, which we can multiply several times over to become a major contributor to the US$90,000+ project.
 
The Service Projects committee approved up to $2,000 of matching funding under the Projects of Passion plan.  That means if we can meet our $2,000 fundraising goal before the end of May, we will end up contributing $4,000 cash to the project.  We are in the process of gaining approval from Rotary District 5370 to match that with $4,000 of funding.  Following that, we expect to receive a successful match of an additional $6,000 from The Rotary Foundation's world fund.  That would be a total of $14,000 from $2,000 raised from the community!  We should all be so lucky to get a 7:1 match on investments in a matter of a few weeks.  Really, though, the worth of the investment is priceless: the health, wellbeing, and community of the Ecuadorian people in the Bahia de Caraquez region, one with which Spruce Grove has had a connection for over 15 years.
 
If you're interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the project, please contact Brad Mastaler at 780-965-0258 or brad.mastaler@gmail.com or Neil Hollands at 780-690-8002 or nlholl@shaw.ca.  If you know someone in the community who might be interested as well, please pass on this message and our contact info.
 
Thanks,
 
Brad and Neil
 
Congrats to Fellow Rotarian.
 
 
Congratulations to fellow Rotarian Jan Gillett and her husband Randal on the opening of their new business called RavenWolf Brewing Co Ltd.  What a lovely addition to Spruce Grove and I look forward to checking it out.  Here is the link to their website: https://www.ravenwolfbrewing.com/ if you would like to read a little bit more about their philosophy and how it all started.  
Skatepark Raffle Tickets

 

The Spruce Grove Skate Park Society are excited to announce their online 50/50 cash raffle with support from the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove.

This fundraiser will be used to help raise additional funds towards the development of the new Skate Park Facility in Spruce Grove.

Here is the Link to purchase a ticket or multiple tickets.  Draw date is May 7th, 2021.  Let's make Spruce Grove a little radder for everyone!

Spruce Grove Skatepark Society
 
 
 
Both versions are now available.  Please contact John Moquin if you are interested in making a donation and getting a t-shirt in exchange.  
 
Hello fellow Rotarians……Our Rotary Club is supporting the Spruce Grove Skatepark Society in their effort to construct a new and improved skatepark at Central Park in the City of Spruce Grove. One of their initiatives is the distribution of T shirts which are designed to create awareness and raise funds for the project. A $40 donation will allow the donor to receive one T shirt. If you are willing to participate please contact John Moquin and he will collect monies and shirt size. Thanks for your consideration.
Past Rotary Meetings
Want to catch up on past Rotary Meetings?  Click the links to watch a recording of our zoom meetings. 
 
 
Still to come:
 
October 15, 2020
November 26, 2020
IMPORTANT: New Zoom Link for Weekly Meetings
Zoom has changed its security settings and that has necessitated that we change the link to the weekly meetings.  This new link will remain the same every week, so keep it handy.  If you ever forget it, you can visit www.sprucegroverotary.org and click About Our Club - Meeting Info and Location.
 
 
If you already have the Zoom app on your device, you can join by entering the meeting ID and password.
 
Meeting ID: 8320 2844 582
Password: 658203
 
Have Information for The Rotary RAP?
Have a Rotary Story, pictures from a Rotary Social and/or information for the Rotary RAP?  
 
Send me (Krista) an email:  krista.mastaler@gmail.com by Sunday evenings at the latest so that I can include it in the weekly RAP on Mondays!
 
Thanks everyone!!!!
Although every effort is made to ensure that the content of this eBulletin is faithful to the Rotary Four Way Test, readers should be aware that this publication is not the official record of decisions made by the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove.  The approved minutes of the Club constitute the one and only such record.