We were suitably feted by Elizabethan Catering and members of the Grove City Chorus at our Christmas Party on December 12th. Special thanks to Rotarians Rita Sahrek and Randy Hetherington for organizing the event, to Lesley Crawford, Joanne Daniels, and Patti Zeglen for decorating the hall, and to Lyle Huston for providing the space at Diamond Grove RV Park. Check out the video of 13 songs performed acapella by four members of the Grove City Chorus below (Randy Nerbas, Dick Barber, Frank Traviss, Jim Cochrane) and the photo album to the left of this webpage.
Considering that this eBulletin is now for Club members only, I have decided to introduce a new feature - "The End Word" (found at the end of every eBulletin edition). I invite all members to send me your thoughts which you would like to share with fellow Club members on an issue affecting our Club or the Rotary world. Because I like sticking my neck out, I've written the second such article. Enjoy and please feel free to respond to those last words or submit your own article for future pbulication.
As per usual, we will cancel our Thursday lunch meetings during the Christmas and New Years period, which means no meetings on December 26, 2013 and January 2, 2014. We will return to our regular schedule on Thursday, January 9th, 2014.
Once again, the women of Amarok Society’s schools have asked us to relay their wishes for a happy holiday season and a happy, peaceful New Year to all their “Canadian brothers and sisters”. We thank our friends, too, for helping to draw these desperately poor and benighted women and their families into the light of the best of the world. At the same time, we’re aware, as are you, that peace won’t be created simply by wishing.
Have you ever wondered where all those video clips taken at various Club functions go?
Well, all video clips are uploaded to our YouTube account, edited, and published (with permission from the subjects) on our Home Page and/or eBulletin. To date we have 1,092 video clips in the account, many of which have been merged into longer videos like our Christmas Party Choral Performance video in this eBulletin edition.
Check out the production of Cats at Festival Place in Sherwood Park (Box Office 780-449-3378) from December 19th to 30th. Elizabeth Marsh is playing Grizabella, the Glamour Cat.
Please join nonprofit and voluntary organizations in the community as the Parkland Volunteer Action Committee (PAVAC) hosts guest speaker Brent Collingwood, Motivational Speaker and Director of Alumni and Corporate Relations for the Alberta MBA programs at the University of Alberta. Learn why volunteering is one of the most important renewable resources Alberta and our country has to offer.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Lunch provided by Community Services) Stony Plain Town Office 4905 51 Avenue, Stony Plain. No Cost, Registration Required, phone 780-963-8583 or e-mail here.
There are numerous reasons members choose to leave a Club: sometimes it is due to relocation or conflict in schedule, other times it could be because of lack of leadership opportunities and motivation. Sometimes it is very difficult to gain the respect you deserve as a leader within a Club. Yet we are all leaders in our profession and/or community, that is why we were invited to join our Club. At the end of the day, the qualities of all members in our Club will motivate each other to work harder to achieve goals and remain part of the club.
Leadership is a quality that comes naturally to some, while others have to work very hard to be effective leaders. A good member-leader knows that it's not about them - it's about the club, club members, and the work the club does.
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.
respect you deserve as a leader within a Club. Yet we are all leaders in our profession and/or community, that is why we were invited to join our Club. At the end of the day, the qualities of all members in our Club will motivate each other to work harder to achieve goals and remain part of the club.