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It is no secret that our planet is in the midst of both a climate AND a biodiversity crisis due to climate change.  Even our Kingston Municipal Council has declared a climate crisis in our city.  While we alone cannot solve the global problem, we can make a difference by doing our part to increase climate resilience in our city!   How, you might ask?  Well, read on…
 
We are pleased to announce that CK Rotary has formed a strategic partnership with Little Forests Kingston (see also Facebook), an organization led by Joyce Hostyn, a local community leader and committed “rewilder.”  Joyce’s vision is to vastly increase the forest canopy in all our Kingston neighbourhoods by planting “tiny forests” throughout the city in an effort to increase climate resilience.  
 
The importance of forests in our natural world is undeniable. Forests not only play a vital role in the Earth’s climate system by sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but also, and equally important, they are also home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.  However, due to climate change and the loss of roughly 18 million acres of forest each year, global temperatures continue to rise and biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history.  Clearly, we need more forests, and we need them sooner, not later! 

But growing a forest can take 150 to 200 years!  However, a “little forest” can grow to maturity in only 15 to 20 years with the benefit of attaining the biodiversity of the 150-year-old forest in that timeframe!  Growing little forests in this very short time span has been made possible through a revolutionary forest management method developed in Japan some 50 years ago.  It involves densely planting 300 to 600 native trees and shrubs in an area about the size of a tennis court!  While the method has been applied successfully in Japan and and some European countries, it is relatively new to Canada.  But thanks to Little Forests Kingston, we now have some of the first Little Forests in Canada, and more are being planned!
 
In addition to collaborating with the City of Kingston and Queen’s University, Little Forests Kingston has invited our Cataraqui-Kingston Rotary Club to assume the role of Forest Stewards, allowing us a unique opportunity to embrace and actualize this innovative environmental initiative within Rotary International’s newest Area of Focus, Protecting the Environment!

Within the domain of Forest Stewards, there will be several levels of engagement, from “hands on” activities to teaching volunteers (including children and students!), and organizational tasks, all of which offer flexibility in choosing the kind of participation and comfort that suits each volunteer as we work together to create a “City in a Forest.”  There will be countless opportunities to learn new skills, to be of service to our community, and to develop a deeper appreciation of our environment, all seen through the lens of having a personal impact on climate change.  We have an opportunity and responsibility to TAKE ACTION to improve climate resilience, so JOIN US so that
 
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And create an environmental legacy for your children and grandchildren!
 
For information on becoming a volunteer Forest Steward or to just participate as needed, go to:
www.littleforests.org/volunteer
 
A GOOD PROJECT IS THE CATALYST FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE (Tusu Tusubira)
 
 
 
 
Remember DINAH - The Service Dog Puppy?
 
In the Fall of 2020, our Cataraqui-Kingston Rotary Club awarded a Community Service Project Grant to KINGSTON 4 PAWS SERVICE DOGS in order to assist in acquiring and training a service dog to be placed eventually with a person with Autism, PTSD, seizures, other health issues, or mobility challenges.
 
Today, almost 18 months later, we received an update and photos from Dinah’s Foster Family describing how Dinah has grown into a wonderful companion and enriched their lives as she prepares for her placement with a special needs individual.  It is a heartwarming story which we thought everyone would love to read.  Their letter follows, so please continue…
 
“Kingston 4 Paws Dinah”
  February 2022
 
 
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Smiles and Stuffies!
 
Tipi Moza and More!
 
Thank you Pet Smart!
 
Together, we brought Smiles and Stuffies to 650 children in the Kingston area!
 
Our Cataraqui-Kingston Rotary Club loves to be involved in “hands on” community activities!  And one of our favourites is assembling Christmas Gift Bags for the children of Tipi Moza, an organization that provides affordable and subsidized housing for Aboriginal, Métis, and Inuit people in Kingston.
 
Since 2019, club members have shopped, wrapped, and packaged an array of gifts, all geared to the age and gender of each child living in a Tipi Moza home.  And each year Toys R Us has helped to make our efforts a success with their generous donations of toys, gift cards, and discounts!  Thank youToys R Us for your continued support!
 
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Cataraqui-Kingston Rotary Club 2021 Fall Community Service Grants

Congratulations to these grant recipients:

Loughborough Public School - $500 for a Perennial Food Forest
 
This was our first School-Based Mini-Grant and it was awarded to the Grade 7 Challenge North Class and Grace Foodbank Garden led by Master Gardener and Teacher Alan Macdonald.  The goal of this group is to plant twenty-two fruit trees that will help to improve food security in their community by increasing the availability of affordable fresh fruit for those with limited income.  The students will learn more about environmentally friendly ways of growing food and  producing a local supply of fruit with a carbon neutral or negative footprint.  The Mini-Grant will help fund the purchase of the fruit trees.
www.loughborough.limestone.on.ca

 
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BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROJECT
 
The Cataraqui Kingston Rotary Club is partnering with the Madras Chenna Patna Rotary Club in an exciting Global Grant project intended to detect breast cancer in its early stages using innovative technology (the iBreastExam screening device) developed in India approximately a decade ago.  Already this technology has been successfully used approximately 250,000 times in pilot projects around the world.  This current project will demonstrate that using this new technology, a widespread, clinically effective program for the noninvasive and painless detection of early stage breast cancer is feasible financially, both for women clients and in terms of the medical infrastructure currently in place in India.  The project will be delivered in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India. There the incidence of breast cancer is rising drastically at a rate of approximately 4% per annum compounded.
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RECENT SPEAKERS
Speaker June 7th, 2022 - Marilyn Powers, Michelle Peters, Jeanette Gaffney - EarlyAct at Vanier Public School in Brockville
Guest Speaker Introduction by Elizabeth Cohoe.
 
“Several years ago, at a District Assembly, I had the privilege of hearing a presentation about EarlyAct at Vanier Public School in Brockville.  It’s been in the back of my mind ever since, as a worthwhile club for elementary school students. Over the last few years, our Rotary Club has been developing a strong relationship with Loughborough School in Sydenham, most recently through our assistance with their greenhouse and teaching kitchen.  They have representatives here today to hear about the experiences at Vanier School. Needless to say, I’m very excited about hearing from our speakers today.
 
Marilyn Powers and Michelle Peters are Rotarians at The Rotary Club of Brockville.  Jeanette Gaffney is a grade 3 – 4 teacher at Vanier School.  It was Michelle who was inspired to get EarlyAct started at the school, when she was teaching there.  On her retirement, Jeanette took over the leadership of the program.  Marilyn is the current Rotary Club liaison for EarlyAct at the school.
 
When I contacted them to see about a presentation at our club, I was inspired by their enthusiasm for EarlyAct and the impact it has had on their school.”
 
Marilyn, Michelle and Jeanette’s complete presentation and video is available on our website. Alan MacDonald and his class from Loughborough Public School also joined us this morning to hear their presentation. Greg Mumford thanked our guests with the traditional loaf of bread which will be donated to Lunch by George.
 
To see more about Vanier Public School's Earlyact Club, see https://vanier.ucdsb.on.ca/for_students/get_involved/early_act_club
Speaker May 10th - Birgit Wartenberg
 
Our guest speaker this morning is a fellow Rotarian.  She has been a member of the RC of Belleville since 2009, was on their board from 2013 to 2017 and has been the chair of their Indigenous Peoples Partnerships Committee, which is the equivalent of our National Committee since 2012.  In 2017 she established the IPP cluster bringing together like-minded Rotary Clubs from Belleville, Trenton, Wellington and Palgrave…and most recently the RC of Cataraqui-Kingston, realizing the importance and the impact of working together to support more indigenous communities.      
She also looks after the KIVA micro loans for the Belleville club.
Aside from Rotary, she has a diploma as a Chemical Laboratory Technician, worked 10 years for Du Pont and became manager of the laboratory for non asbestos products at Akzo Nobel and was the first female in the company with a Forklift Driver License.
 
For the last ten years her company Wartenberg Business Consulting has been working with different Indigenous communities, providing workshops for start-ups and existing businesses, and helping with business and marketing plans.  
 
On a personal note, it has been a true pleasure to work with our guest speaker this last year as part of Indigenous Peoples Partnership Cluster…she is a delight.   
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Speaker April 12th Kimberly Sutherland Mills - Your Local Library: Services Today and Tomorrow
 
Michelle introduced our speaker, Kimberly Sutherland Mills, Director, Service Design and Delivery at Kingston Frontenac Public Library.  Kim came today to speak at new happenings at our local libraries.
 
Kimberly spoke about the history and resources of the library. There are 16 branches with a 30% increase in digital checkouts. New for 2022 are 9,000 eBooks in French, and more intercultural events.The Kanopy service allows streaming for critically acclaimed movies. The library offers 16,000 courses in 7 languages for business, creative and technology skills. They also have unique programs and services to meet identified community needs. They are removing overdue fines to remove barriers to access. The library is involved in a 20 year master plan. Kimberly discussed the characteristics of a modern library that they are aiming for.
 
Bill Egnatoff asked about the connection to storytelling. Kimberly expanded on their indigenous programming expansion.
Joyce Yee asked about reaching out to immigrants. Kimberly has been working with KEYS with tours and workshops. An example is typing classes being offered to entrepreneurs wanting to build a website for a new business.
John Farrow thanked Kimberly who received our loaf of bread. John fondly recalled his daughter working as a library Page.
 
To get the full story on all the programs our local libraries provide, go to https://www.kfpl.ca/
Speaker April 5th - Joyce Hostyn - Little Forests Kingston
Heather Nogrady introduced today's speaker.
 
Joyce is a co-founder of Little Forests Kingston, a member of the 1000 Islands Master Gardeners, and is an Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University in the Master of Earth and Energy Resources Leadership program.  Recently, NATURE CANADA recognized Little Forests Kingston with its Conservation Partner Award.
Aside from Little Forests Kingston – and when not giving talks - Joyce enjoys writing short essays in which she includes photographs of the plants and wildlife she encounters during her walks on local trails and conservation lands in Kingston.  She also advocates for people in Ontario who are fighting unconstitutional bylaw citations for naturalizing their residential property AND working with communities to create bylaws favouring biodiversity.
Little Forests Kingston is embarking on an ambitious program to increase the forest canopy in our city, thereby making a significant contribution to increasing climate resilience.
Her plan to create a City in a Forest is well timed as it converges with the City of Kingston’s recent declaration of a Climate Crisis and its adoption of the Kingston Climate Leadership Plan.  It also fits with the recent addition - by Rotary International - of “Protecting the Environment” as a new Area of Focus.  Rotary is committed to supporting projects and activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance ecological sustainability, and foster harmony between communities and the environment.
As Rotarians in Kingston, we see a perfect opportunity to be of service to our community by becoming involved and sharing in the delivery of this project to help transform Kingston into a City in a Forest.  It is Joyce’s dream that in the future, every child will be able to see 3 trees from their window, live in a neighborhood with a minimum of 30% quality canopy cover, and live within 300 meters of a quality green space. 
Joyce talked about our biodiversity crisis, and pointed out that we have much to learn from our First Nations in moving from an egotistic world view to one that is ecotistic.  We need to think of ourselves as “good ancestors”.  Each little forest will provide an island of coherence, and the goal is to make Kingston a city in a forest.  https://rideau1000islandsmastergardeners.com/little-forests-kingston/
 
Here are some selected slides from Joyce's presentation;
 
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Apple Tree Planting at #9 Gardens
Apple Tree Planting at #9 Gardens
Friendship exchange to India
Friendship exchange to India
First Baby in the Maternity - Rushooka Maternal Health Clinic - Uganda
Rushooka Maternal Health Clinic - Uganda
FAR announcement
announcing the FAR project - a Pathways and Rotary partnership - September 2020
Canadian-Rotarians-in-South-Africa
Hosting South Africans - Friendship Exchange
Carving Christmas turkeys for Lunch by George - 2019
Carving Christmas turkeys for Lunch by George - 2019
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Our club was founded April 22, 1985. Our members are dedicated people who share a passion for both community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group of professionals who share your drive to give back.

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