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Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston

The Courier

January 26th, 2021
 
We meet every Tuesday 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
At present we meet via Zoom.
When in person meetings resume,please join us at Odd Fellows Hall, 218 Concession Street, Kingston ON.

The Rotary Four Way Test

Is it the truth?  Is it fair to all concerned?  Will it build goodwill and better friendships?  Will it be beneficial to all concerned

Rotary Reflection

For food in a world where many walk in hunger
For peace in a world where many walk in fear
For friends in a world where many walk alone
And for the opportunity to serve others through Rotary,
May we be truly thankful!

The Loyal Toast 

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Queen of Canada!

Acknowledgement of Territory

We are gathered on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. we are grateful to be able to join together in Rotary Fellowship on these lands.
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Shawn Seargeant, Lionhearts
John Farrow introduced Shawn Seargeant, Director of Operations for Lionhearts, an organization that has been on front lines and front pages for feeding people during COVID-19, including recently established warming hub at Stages, now operating 7 days a week.
 
Sean began with a thank you. Truly the entire City has made it possible for them to do what they’ve been doing. To keep the ball rolling, Lionhearts has recently received some additional grants. The four Rotary clubs in Kingston stepped up to provide some funding when it was most needed. Sean also offered congratulations on 100 years of Rotary.
 
Lionhearts is fairly new in Kingston. Seven years ago, a group of friends met concerning food security. They met with various organizations such as St. Vincent de Paul and Martha’s Table who were doing emergency food programs. The problem then: little fresh produce was available to these organizations. It was overwhelming for any one organization to pick up large surplus food donations from places like Costco (who once donated 800 lbs of strawberries). Lionhearts became able to pick up very large donations and distribute it in manageable quantities to various agencies. They picked up $474,000 worth of products picked up in their first year of operations. Last year, the value was $3.2 million of fresh produce, bread, meat, and dairy. Today, three trucks are on the road almost every day, and 32 agencies rely on their deliveries. Lionhearts helps organizations to be bigger, better versions of themselves, just as Rotary does.
 
Then came March 17th, 2020. Everything was going to have to close. Kingston Street Mission was beside itself. For homeless and transient people, the closure would close off access to restrooms and fresh water. Also, Lionhearts was contacted by many organizations that hadn’t contributed but were suddenly going to have excess food as organizations closed, including lobster and steak from restaurants! There was a big problem: a huge influx of food and a giant need; 32 agencies were reduced to 4. Lionhearts, in consultation with partners, decided to try putting out food at McBurnie Park. Thirty-seven people came the first day, and in a few days, 200 meals were going out every day. Some amazing chefs helped. Will Arnaud, chef from Otter Creek Farms and Catering led the group, donating 40-60 hours a week even while running his food truck. Now there are 236 volunteers on the roster and the organization has a huge responsibility- providing nearly 800 meals everyday.
 
Sean showed a video made by Marcel Preston of Loan Oak Cinema. He made a documentary last May (2020) of the Lionhearts program, focusing on the volunteer work of Serge Labbe, a retired Brigadier-General: A Day in the Life…. Serge Labbe with Lionhearts Mini Documentary Full Version.
 
Lionhearts is now serving in four locations daily in Kingston. Sean said amazing things are happening in great neighbourhoods in our city. Lionhearts is finding out where they can get resources to others to do what they need to do, they had to learn how to do that. Neighbours are caring for neighbours, checking on each other; it’s easier for them to pick up packages and deliver to a neighbour than to go and get groceries. They get to know each other through the pandemic. The community as a whole is reaching out. It’s all about partnerships and resourcing—the hallmark of their program. Like Rotary, Lionhearts sees needs and fulfils them, with a network of people who can work together.
 
Stages was one of the first partners with Lionhearts. Many coats were left there by students, thousands a year coming from several night clubs, a source of beautiful warm winter clothing for people who have none. Now Stages hosts the warming centre, which is now operating 7 days a week.
 
Lionhearts are also involved in many other programs - the Embassy live music cafe, a program fighting against sex trafficking, and so much more to talk about.
 
Discussion
Joyce Yee: I’m concerned with the amount of work you are undertaking. Are you taking care of yourselves?
Sean: A few are going pretty hard, but we have many volunteers.
Joyce: Are there other things we can do?
Sean: There are always many things one can do. We’re looking for volunteers to fill some gaps at the warming centre and serving meals; simple things during the day such as packing bread, packaging useful items; making 1800C food packages potentially good for basic needs for a day.
 
Robert Reid: Tommy’s patio was half filled with turkeys and half filled with potatoes. Is there a connection with LionHearts?
Sean: They do that every year - a prepared meal (turkey dinner) and grocery hampers for 400-500 families, but alas there is no connection.
 
Bill Egnatoff: What is the Stages warming centre really like? What response did you get from Rotarians and others? How many are coming?
Sean: Stages is a big space, which is important for COVID-19 requirements. It is important to have a place that is warm, a place for community for people who really don’t have anywhere else to be. Stages has places for up to 46 (at a stretch). Last night there were 13 at any one moment. Sean expects that to expand with cold coming and being open seven days a week. Lionhearts is working closely with Integrated Care Hub managing overflow. Hot coffee, hot chocolate, packaged food, clothing, sleeping bags, hygiene supplies are distributed. The interaction with volunteers, having relationships is the most important part. Making referrals is a big part of the program. Marilyn MacLean is showing other volunteers how to do that.   
 
Heather Kembel: A lot of us have been involved with Loving Spoonful. How do you coordinate with them?
Sean: We talk almost weekly with their coordinator. We do that well. We deal with large bulk donations. Loving Spoonful concentrates on producers and working with smaller donations. The coordination is really good. There's a vulnerable sector group call weekly, or every two weeks now. Mostly the executive directors, pubic health, and police. This is a great time to work together.
 
Bill Egnatoff: Would be great to have a video to show how all those agencies work together.
Sean: That's a great idea
 
John Farrow: It must be a great asset having a  former brigadier general! Sometimes working with volunteers is like herding cats, so he must be a pretty good asset!
Sean: Many people come along and say they are bored stiff at home. This is an example of him wanting to serve in a very humble way. Serge had been working as a volunteer with the YMCA, one of our partners. He started with Lionheats putting cookies in bags and it developed from there! Serge has just been called by Ontario vaccination Chief Rick Hillier and is his chief of staff, so we won't be seeing much of him for a while.
 
Robert: Are there contingency plan re chefs as restaurants start up again?
Sean: Amazing that LCVI and its culinary program has stepped up to do prep work. Lionhearts delivers food to them and they prepare it for eating. It's neat to see how a few people can coordinate the work of so many kitchens across the city.
 
Speaker Thanks
Heather Nogrady: It's a pleasure to thank Sean for his enthusiasm. You thanked Rotary, but Rotary really wants to thank you. We’re blown away by what you do. People love doing this work, it's a mark of your success. One of your statements really caught me: “resourcing others to do what they need to do.” I get very emotional about food security. I’ve watched Will on Youtube and can’t say enough about him. Thank you so much. Heather presented Sean with the gift of a virtual loaf of bread.      
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Virtual Meeting Report January 19th, 2021

Attendance

 
Guests: Leslie Frise, Joanne Hammel, and Joyce Lee , guests of the club; Shawn Seargeant, guest speaker.
 
Visiting Rotarians and Past Rotarians; Glenn Warner, Kingston Waterfront Rotary Club; Hakeem Subair, former C-K Rotary member.

Member Sharing

 

Fun Master - John Richards

Tomorrow is a momentous day—the US Presidential Inauguration. History brush up.
  1. How many security forces? 50K 75K 20K? (20K)
  2. Joe Biden is which President? (46th)
  3. Playlist—how many tunes? (46)
  4. Who will be the host for the festivities and music? (Tom Hanks)
  5. Operating costs per hour of Air Force One $10K $15K $200K? ($200K)
  6. Transportation for president: Name of the armoured car? Calvary Dragster or The Beast? (The Beast)
  7. GOP? (Grand Old Party)
  8. Voter turnout for presidential election? (66.5%)
  9. Highest since which year? 1945 1880 1900  (1900)
  10. How many grandchildren does Joe Biden have? 4? 9? 7?  (7)
  11. Which high school in Canada did Kamala Harris attend? (Westmount H.S.)
  12. In which hospital did her mother conduct her research? (Jewish General)
  13. If President Trump were on Air Force One Wednesday January 20th prior to 12 o’clock, flying to Florida, what happens to the flight number at 12 o’clock? (changes in flight)
  14. Who will sing American National Anthem? (Lady Gaga)
  15. How many Electoral College votes did Biden receive? (306)
  16. Did Kamala Harris resign from the Senate? (Yesterday; i.e. January 18th)
  17. Presidential salary?  $1M, $750K, $400K? ($400K)
  18. What is the square footage of Air Force One 7500, 10,000, 400,000 (400,000) (Editor’s note: according to Air Force One, a page on whtehouse.gov, 4,000 sq. ft.)

Happy/Sad Bucks

John Farrow: Participated 40 years ago in Adventures in Citizenship, while in Gr. 13
Good news from Verona fire front: CKWS reported that all residents were relocated with relatives or other accommodations. His employees, the new building managers, will be moving into a town house on Montreal Street.
Happy/sad. Friday first dose of shingles vaccine. Laurie has shingles, but started quickly on medication and doing fairly well.
Greg Mumford. 56 years ago Adventures in Citizenship (from B.C.), first time more than 50 miles from home.
John Gale: walk in sunshine yesterday
Bill Egnatoff: 9 screen hours yesterday, a personal COVID-19 record

Announcements

Ana Sutherland:

February is Vocational Service Month. We are invited to share stories of any mentoring we  are doing.
 
Social media promotion of the Rotary Centennial is every Tuesday. Please Like and Share on your own social media, share as much as you can, including why you like it.
 
Please participate in the Paul Harris birthday celebration, April 19th. The sun never sets in Rotary, so there will be 24 hours of events in which we can participate.
 
National Committee meeting January 27th
Presidents’ Council January 28th, all welcome
Please notify Ana of any dates
 
Video on attracting people to Rotary. Online: Stop Recruiting and Start Attracting New Rotarians (23 minutes). Also book Wittich, Dr. Bill (2013). Stop Recruiting/Start Attracting: A Book About Change and Membership n Rotary Clubs. Knowledge Transfer Publishing. (available on Kobo reader)
 
The Local Service Committee met January 20th.
 
Greg Mumford
Please help recruit applicants for sponsorship in the Adventures in Citizenship program, which will be run virtually, May 1-5. Excellent program; both Greg and John Farrow attended. Please help with connections to high schools to help in recruiting applicants.
 
Rick Fiedorec
The club received a thank-you card from Lunch by George for our support, in time and money, of their COVID-19 meal program.
 
President John Gale
Our two strategic meetings were wide-ranging. We want to consider how our weekly meetings can proceed. Zoom meetings have some limitations, but we like bringing in speakers from around the planet. We can use breakout sessions to discuss how we’ll move ahead. We also want to discuss how we’ll meet once we can meet in person. President John will send out a focused summary of the strategic discussions.
 
Oddfellows Hall will no longer be available for us. We’ll need to move our materials out this month. We also need to find a new meeting place. Ana has identified a potential place. John Farrow and Sean Goodall will come to see it as well. About eight people volunteered to help move our materials and Greg Mumford offered to store them in his unheated garage.
 
Will need an ad hoc committee to consider the format of our meetings now and once we can again meet in person. It’s a responsibility of the Membership Committee. New members and members are especially invited to participate. New and recent members are also invited to consider planning a club meeting.
 
Glenn Warner will let us know when volunteers are needed to help with an expected shipment of Amazon parcels needing sorting, for True North Aid.
 
John Farrow
Concerning racism in Canada, see Rotary Club of Toronto Racism Series Jan 22, Jan 29, Feb 5 https://rotarytoronto.com/stories
Jan 22 recording https://youtu.be/gL9JDFULS80 Part 1 - The Reality of Racism Today
 
 

From the Membership Committee

The following three people have applied to membership with Cataraqui Rotary Club.  Members of the executive have approved all three. Any members with input should contact Ana Sutherland, Membership Director, within 14 days.
 
Members will be provided with complete biographies for all candidates via email.
 
Leslie Frise grew up in Peterborough and attended McMaster University and St. Lawrence College.  She is married to retired teacher Lloyd Lockington and has two children.  Leslie has worked for Correctional Service of Canada, the State Group, and most recently as a Regional Information Coordinator for Infrastructure Ontario. Her interests are cottaging, gardening, reading, current events and travelling. Leslie is transitioning to retirement and wants to give back to the community.
 
Joyce Yee’s family moved to Kingston 65 years ago when Joyce was just one year old.  Her family ran a restaurant called the London Café (where Phase Two is now located). Joyce has worked as a costumer for theatres all over Canada. Joyce has also worked in retail and real estate.  She has a wide range of interests from alternative energy to construction. Joyce is now retired and wants to join Rotary.
 
Lise Coghlan is a former member of Cataraqui Rotary Club who grew up in Montreal. She has over 40 years experience in the travel industry and has earned many different certifications in her industry. Lise’s interests are art projects and knitting. Her specialty is small group travel and private tours.

Chase the Ace!

Ron Pols won the draw, but no joy, so the pot lives.
 
Meeting notes by Bill Egnatoff
Duty Roster
Rotary Club of Cataraqui-Kingston
Guests are Welcome
Odd Fellows Hall - 218 Concession Street, Kingston, Ont 7:00 am
Registration and Greeting
Members:
Guest:
Greeter:
Hall and Kitchen setup:
Hall and Kitchen clean up:
7:15 Call to Order and Welcome Ana Sutherland
7:16 Rotary Invocation and Toast to the Queen
7:17 Breakfast Parade
7:35 Welcoming of Guests and Visiting Rotarians
7:38 Announcements and Board Positions
7:43 Fun Master
7:55 Speaker Intro
8:00 Speaker "
8:18 Draw
8:19 Adjournment Ana Sutherland
Scribe:
Piano: Terry Hicks

Announcements


July 19th, 2020 - Rotary Centennial Birthday Party at Rotary Park
Sept 19, 2020 - Tree Planting - Rotary Park - Rotarians to assist in planting 100 trees
June 25th, 2021 - Rotary Anniversary Gala, St. Lawrence College