Welcome to "The Friendly Club" and our Web Site. How to contact the site administrator. Click on 'More...' below.

Strathcona members and Other Users, if you are unsure how to log in, click online HELP, or contact the site administrator Hans Granholm; 
phone: 780-466-5566 any time.

For more information about our club, click HERE

For full information on our upcoming Speakers, click on the speaker's name.

Members can access the Club Constitution and By-Laws from ADMIN | CLUB DOCUMENTS after login.

Sep 3; Wendy & Bernd Reuscher, Anniversary.
Sep 8; "Man the Booth" Strathcona Farmers Market (see EVENTS)


Tuesday noon belongs to Rotary!

Look in "Upcoming Events" for other activities taking place in the near future.

Past President Orville announced some time ago the Board's decision, on behalf of the members, to participate in the "Capital City Clean Up" campaign.
We have two 4 hour shifts on both Saturday Sep 15 and Sunday Sep 16 and we have currently 11 people signed up for the four shifts.
The city, very graciously supplies cold drinks throughout the day and big sandwiches for lunch.

Click this link to view the Event and to volunteer online

Click this link to see the 'Big Bin Photo Album'

The intent of this newsletter is to broadcast news and information.

Please send me stories and photos.

If you are chairing a committee and you are planning to have a meeting, why not schedule this in the Event Manager? In the schduled event you have an easy way of inviting committee members to register their attendance.
All club directors and committee chairs have full access to these features that can make your life easier.
Need help? Yo know who to see.

Hans Granholm
p: 780-466-5566
e: hgrdane@telusplanet.net

The District report, submitted by Brent Collingwood, District TRF Chair indicates a significant increase in this year's total contributions.

The Annual Programs Fund raised a whopping (his word) $318,192.86 which is a record for District 5370.
We reached $39,638.93 in Restricted Giving. The Permanent Fund was $20,331.44 for an incredible total of $377,163.23

The Edmonton Strathcona Club with 59 members contributed $10,285.26 or 174% of target of 100%. This works out to $174.33 per member on average.
Give yourself a BIG hand.

Thank you Ron for spearheading this most important Rotary program.

Barbara and Fritz Koenig were the gracious hosts of 75+ Edmonton Strathconians and guests at a Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona General Club Fundraiser.

See all the pictures, courtesy of Eric Germain, in the "JulyFest at the Koenig's" photo album.

Bavarian music accompanied Bavarian style food such as weiswurst and saurkraut, wienerschitzel and potato salad and meatloaf. Home made desserts and coffee. Beer and wine flowed thoughout the evening.

As usual Barbara had everything under control including her able elves, Leslie & Doug Milne, Val & Eric Solash , Lucie & Hugo Lehmann .

It was particularly nice to see Shirley & Allison Barnes. Pearl & Jim Ryckman came in from the homestead hitching a ride with the MacCalder's.

I know pictures were taken during the evening, perhaps we can show them in our photo album online.

Thank you again Barbara and Fritz so very much.

The flowers are not the only thing blooming at Grower Direct these days.

Our very own Rotarian, Heather Platt, has two very good reasons for positively 'blooming' with pride and success!

On July 9th, 2007, in the presence of her family and friends at a ceremony in Palm Springs, CA, Heather was awarded the honour of becoming an accredited member of the American Institute of Floral Designers. Her talent as a floral artist was proven through a rigorous Accreditation process and she is now one of very few such designers in Canada who are proud to have this claim to fame.

The AIFD is a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and promoting the art of floral design as a professional career. Accredited members are in the forefront of the floral industry worldwide. 

Just two weeks later, on July 23rd, Heather was asked to showcase her talent in floral design by decorating 10 floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA in January, 2008. It is no surprise that she has already booked her flight! (Her current challenge is that hotel space is virtually non-existent. She's not asking but perhaps this presents an opportunity for Rotarians to come to the rescue of a Rotarian)......

Congratulations Heather!  Members of the Strathcona Rotary Club are very proud of you and your achievement. May your future in the floral industry continue to bloom brightly!

RI President Wilf is putting the squeeze on President Peter at the Salt Lake Convention.

As we are approaching the end of the Rotary year (June 30), we want to be sure we have your attendance correctly reported for the year.

You are reminded that up to date records are available from the web site administration page after login any time. Click on the last item in the "My ClubRunner" section and chose reports #46 & 48. Open #46 first to see the percantage figure and if you do not agree, open #48 to see which meeting(s) are listed as missed.
Documents #40, 43 & 44 show various attendance reports for last year 2006-07.

If you do not report any discrepancies to me within the next two weeks, we will accept these reports as accurate.

Contact me anytime if you need assistance with the reports.

Cheers!

Hans Granholm
p: 780-466-5566
e: hgrdane@telusplanet.net

I wondered if you might be able to help me out with my latest summer project. I don't know if I had mentioned it or not, but a very good friend of mine from my exchange in Belgium- a fellow exchange student who was hosted by the same Rotary club, is planning to come to Canada next January to stay with my family for a few months. She would like to work on improving her English skills (and what better excuse to come for an extended visit but in the name of education!). She also had hoped to work, however it is difficult to get a work visa without having employer sponsorship beforehand. My current project is trying to facilitate this by talking with people I know in Edmonton that might be willing to sponsor her to work part time when she is in Canada next January.

I have written a letter directed at Rotarians and will include also a letter from Amanda herself and a copy of her resume. I wonder if there is any way to pass this letter along to different Rotary Clubs in Edmonton. Regardless, I would appreciate it very much if you could share this message and the letter with the Rotarians at Strathcona.

Planning for the 2007 campaign is already in full swing. The Steering Committee is meeting monthly and is working on an exciting PR and Fundraising Campaign.

We will again operate from the fantastic facilities, located at 15220 - 114 Avenue, which are generously donated by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Lodge 146 . 

Office Phone: 702-8000; Office Fax: 702-8025; edmonton@operationrednose.com
Operations Call Centre: 421-4444 (9 pm - 3 am during active campaign)

For periodic updates, check:  http://www.orn-edm.org/.

>>> PLEASE LOOK AT THIS ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY <<<

With the number of members in this club either owning or operating a business, we are getting a very poor interest in this nice little generator of funds for the club.
Are the rates too steep? I don't think so, but if you do, please let us know.
If you have any bright ideas on how to promote this little initiative, please speak up.

A web site and bulletin advertising feature is available to dedicated members who wish to sponsor an ad and support the club's endeavors.

It is an opportunity to go out in the community and solicit ads from businesses, and who knows, in the process of soliciting ads you may also find prospective new Rotarians.

Be sure to visit these sponsors by clicking on their ad

The fee is for members $20.00 for one month or $50.00 for three months or $150.00 for one year.
 
For non-members $30.00 per month or $70.00 for a quarter or $250.00 for one year.


The ad can be text or a logo. Either way it becomes a link and upon clicking will take the visitor to the sponsor's website or e-mail address.

Please have a look at the complimentary ads in the right column of any site pages and in the left column of the e-Strathconian.

NOTE: You will notice a link in the bottom of the right column of a site page "Interested in being a Website Sponsor?". This link opens a page with all the information.

Feedback and comments are very much appreciated. You can post comments on the FORUMS | CLUB WEB SITE | ADVERTISING. Or you can e-mail you-know-who.

Cheers!

The blood challenge is over, but the need is not!

Saturday, September 29 is the date for this year's pub night at the Allen Gray Continuing Care Centre.
Rousing music from Atlantic Canada as performed by Fiddlers 3 will liven up your night. We will have both silent and live auctions and a great BBQ meal that is included in the price of the ticket.
All this and more for $25.00 a ticket
or
table of 6 for $120.00
PLUS
original art Muskoka Chairs Auction
each chair is a one of a kind, done by artists and designers
for more info and for tickets, contact:
Hans Pilz
469-9606 ext 241
hpilz@allengray.ab.ca

Click this link to view the Event and register online