The District 5370 Pints for Polio Committee is putting on a Virtual Pub Night to continue to raise money for Polio and to have some fellowship during this time of isolation. Click here to see the event poster.
I hope you can join us for some virtual fun May 20, 6:00pm MDT enjoy some music, videos and fellowship, and of course your beverage of choice!
At last week's meeting, we played a game of Quiplash in our Zoom meeting to demonstrate how you can play online party games with friends and family online. Though we played a game that had to be bought, you can find plenty of free online games or even play traditional party games like Charades or board games with a little creative improvisation. You also don't have to be using Zoom. Any other online meeting apps like FaceTime, Google Meet, Skype, and more, can be used for this purpose. Any app that allows screen sharing and/or video sharing will do the trick.
Jackbox Games, the makers of Quiplash, have put together a guide to illustrate how to play their games online with Zoom. In addition, this article from Good Housekeeping provides a list of games, online and traditional, that you can play online. Again, they highlight Zoom, but any videoconferencing app should work.
As we continue to meet on Zoom, please be reminded that you can join the meeting this week and every week at https://zoom.us/j/602710507. If you already have the Zoom app on your computer or mobile, you can enter the meeting ID directly: 602-710-507.
At the May 21 Meeting
Meeting starts at 12:00 PM
Lunch is... whatever you bring and are willing to eat on camera in front of your closest Rotarian friends!
Guest Speaker: Mayor Stuart Houston will tell us about how the City of Spruce Grove has weathered the pandemic so far and talk about the current and future state of the city.
In Case You Missed It...
The recording of the May 14 meeting can be found here. We played Quiplash, a Jackbox game, on Zoom to demonstrate how you can have virtual game nights with friends and family. See the other article in this week's Rotary RAP for more information about this topic.
A letter from The Honourable Leela Sharon Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women...
Volunteers are the foundation of our community life, and Alberta is proud to celebrate the incredible contributions Albertans make through a wide range of volunteering activities – whether simply caring for one another, or pitching in to help our local community organizations support those that are most vulnerable.
Albertans have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic but continue to demonstrate resilience and compassion for one another during this time of crisis. Premier Jason Kenney has issued a call to Albertans to help out however they can during this time of crisis, recognizing that our first priority is the health and safety of Albertans. All Albertans are encouraged to follow the advice of Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, for social distancing, limiting the number of people in public spaces and wearing masks in crowded places. Guidelines for safe volunteering are available on Alberta.ca/COVID-19.
The Rotary Club of Spruce Grove has answered the community's call for support as we grapple with the public health, social, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency. In April, our club members volunteered in many ways to help those in need. Highlights include picking up hampers at the food bank to deliver them to those who couldn't pick them up for themselves, delivering brown bag lunches to families in need of nutritional support, assisting Canadian Blood Services to ensure their recent donation clinic was healthy and safe for donors, and providing messages of support to front-line workers.
Thanks to our club's financial supporters and the generosity of Rotarians, our club was able to support the following community organizations providing vital relief services to the people of Spruce Grove and surrounding area.
Organization
Activities
Donation
Auggie's Cafe
Providing brown-bag lunches to people needing food support
$4,200
Parkland Pregnancy Support Centre
Providing baby supplies, consumables and food to families expecting or who have recently had babies
$4,500
Engage Network Church
Providing food hampers to people needing food support
$1,800
Tri-Region Pay Forward Kindness Society
Providing supports to unsheltered people in the region
$1,000
Tri-Community Adult Learning Association
Providing wireless hubs and devices to households without Internet connections
$1,000
Compassionate Connections
Providing furniture and household items to families with children
$1,000
Parkland Food Bank
Providing food hampers to people needing food support
We've launched our social media project to show gratitude to essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In conjunction, we've also expanded our social media presence. You can now follow the club @SGRotaryClub on Twitter and Instagram in addition to finding us on Facebook. Here's how you can participate:
On your own Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter account (or all three!), share a gratitude message about an individual or a vocation that you want to recognize. Make sure your post includes "@SGRotaryClub #ServiceAboveSelfSG" so that it shows up on our club's feed as well and gets associated with the hash tag.
You can also go to the club's Facebook's page and type your message where it says "Write a post..". Still be sure to include the hashtag #ServiceAboveSelfSG.
If you're not inclined to use social media yourself, simply email President Brad your message and he'll post it as the club. Let me know if you want it attributed to you or if you want it anonymous.
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.
