On May 11, YEG Passport Rotary member Shelley Sabo was recognized for creating "Hello, Neighbour" postcards and delivering them in her neighbourhood.
Thanks to a successful partnership with Odd Company Brewing in Oliver Exchange in Edmonton, YEG Passport Rotary club held a first ever " Pints for Polio" event on Oct. 30, 2019 to raise awareness and funds for Rotary International's global polio eradication campaign. With only Afganistan and Pakistan remaining endemic, all funds raised by Rotarians are matched 2 to 1 by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to reach the most difficult areas of these countries and to rid the world of this deadly and crippling disease.
Pictured are Len Chanasyk and spouse Marilyn Mucha ( Assistant Governor to YEG Passport club), members Ashley Meek, Wayne McCutcheon, President Markus Muhs and President Elect Gord Sheppard. Many other members and their guests enjoyed some excellent local craft beer and snacks. Huge thank you to Odd Company and co-owner Brett Loree for sharing proceeds from all beer purchased towards the cause and to Wayne for organizing the super event.
A former Rotaract club of Agbora, Nigeria President in 2002-3, Femi Fasinu was inducted a new member of YEG Passport club on November 13, 2019 by District Governor Tracey Vavrek. Femi is trained in Health leadership and works as a social worker. His previous Rotary involvement and work in Nigeria with led him to be engaged with the UN Population Fund as a youth advocate. He was also has a background in youth development, especially in reproductive health, HIV/AIDS awareness and cure research. Femi is a keen volunteer and presently in the process of bringing his wife and three daughters to come to Edmonton.
Building housing for the needy -YEG Passport Rotary club makes a difference
On August 7, 2019 a team from YEG Passport including Kathy Hawkesworth, Anne McAthey, Wayne McCutcheon, Andre Peters and Joy Pfannmuller convened at Carter Place 2216 24 St. for a day of home building with Habitat for Humanity.
The volunteering was from 8.30 am to 3.30 pm. starting with the site supervisor giving a briefing on the safety features that we had to follow at the construction site and the importance of wearing our safety gear like Hard Hats, Gloves, Steel Toed Boots and safety glasses. We were introduced to the construction crew and who would be in charge of our group. Our group was divided in two; one group was digging up some window wells and to reinstall them, the other group was involved in landscaping activities. In between our shifts we had two coffee breaks and a lunch break provided by Habitat For Humanity which gave us a good time to socialize with the other volunteers and the construction crew. On the whole, we had a great time even though it involved a lot of manual work and it was a pretty hot day.
A sunny Saturday morning saw YEG Passport club members and family add almost a dozen “Rotarians At Work" join the Edmonton West club planting trees in Brookside. This initiative is a partnership with the City of Edmonton's Root for Trees project that supplies the shovels, gloves and young trees and bushes for increased tree coverage in neighbourhoods around the city.
This event is great fun and fellowship while beautifying our community for generations to come. Thankfully the weather cooperated and the previous rains made the digging a little easier too. Huge thanks to Guiscela, Mark L., Tom K., Kathy H and husband Gary, Clarissa R. and husband Shawn, Don W., Ryan L. and friend of the club and prospective member Tobi O. and her children.
