A new leaf July 2017 RotaryUn nouveau feuillet CanadaJuillet 2017

Something for everyone Take advantage of a menu of giving options Hell in High River Rotary regrows businesses after flooding L’impact d’un projet

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OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW. Th at ritual plays out across the Rotary world as we usher in a new group of presidents to lead our clubs in 2017-18. Business analysts would tell us that wholesale change of leadership is not conducive to suc- cess, yet our clubs continue to serve our communities. Why is that? I suggest the answer is enthusiasm. Having recently participated in a nine-district presidents- elect training seminar, I saw fi rsthand more than 500 presidents-elect preparing for their year of service leading a Rotary club – their Rotary club. While the knowledge imparted to those presidents-elect during the seminar will assist them in planning and executing leadership, the more important aspect of their experience was shar- ing ideas and listening to inspiring speakers. Th ese leaders must succeed if we are to achieve our goals for the 100th anniversary of Th e Rotary Foundation, to continue to serve at home and internationally, and to engage the com- munity through public relations. As much as they have prepared for their role, now they need you. Th is Canada Day, take the pledge to do as much as possible to ensure the success of your new president and your club.

ROD THOMSON Chair, Rotary Canada Advisory Board Rotary Club of Semiahmoo (White Rock), B.C.

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Rod Thomson, Chair John Rezek Editor in Chief Semiahmoo (White Rock), B.C. Jennifer Moody Art Director

Nancy E. Gilbert CHRIS M. OFFER West Shore, B.C. Diana Schoberg Executive Editor Chris M. Offer of the Rotary Club of Ladner, B.C., saw these children Roger J. Hayward Paul Engleman Contributing Editor playing while he was in Nigeria for a polio surveillance project. Alliston, Ont. Joe Cane Design & Production Assistant Jennifer E. Jones Windsor-Roseland, Ont. To inquire about advertising: Correction: In our April story “Milestone Moments,” we Claude Martel Marc Dukes, The Rotarian, One Rotary Center, misidentifi ed the location of Rotary District 5550, which Québec-Val-Bélair, Que. comprises Manitoba and parts of Ontario and Saskatch- 1560 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201 ewan. Also, while the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Hendreen Dean Rohrs is the fi rst national museum built solely for that purpose Langley Central, B.C. phone 847-866-3092 in decades, it was not the fi rst national museum since 1967 – the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Hal- Send letters, comments, email [email protected] ifax, which had been a local museum, became a national and editorial submissions to: museum in 2011. [email protected] © 2017 by Rotary International

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Alex, opted to support the Linda. The experience rein- Rotary Peace Centres, “because forced their belief that estab- we believe peace is key to the lishing a reliable source for functioning of all the other clean water can free women and areas of focus. Without peace, children from that daily burden it is very difficult for children and provide the time they need to go to school, for health clin- for education. ics to operate, for businesses to Zen Moisey, a member of the flourish, for wells to be dug.” Rotary Club of Edmonton She adds that on a recent trip West, and his wife, Doreen, cus- to Ethiopia and Uganda, “We tomized their donation so that saw what Rotary does for those their endowed gift will provide in need. Alex and I are blessed an annual earnings stream in to have the funds to give. perpetuity to the Rotary district Hopefully our giving will that encompasses Ukraine. The inspire others to give also.” Moiseys have seen that the most Tim and Sally Schilds, successful projects are conceived members of the Rotary Club of by local clubs. “We do not know Dawson Creek Sunrise, B.C., of another organization that can designated a substantial portion deliver benefits to countries lack- of their contribution for educa- ing adequate legal and fiscal tion and literacy. Sally, who was infrastructure, and at a lower club president in 2010-11, says, cost, than The Rotary Founda- Options for every donor “I’ve been involved in education tion,” says Zen, who is nearing at The Rotary Foundation for many years. It’s the ultimate completion on a book about power tool. For us, being able to Ukraine and has visited the by PAUL ENGLEMAN designate money for literacy and country of his ancestry 13 times. education was a no-brainer.” Others who were recognized Last year, in recognition of The ication, gifts that will have Tim, past governor of District for their leadership and generos- Rotary Foundation’s centennial, lasting benefit. “The beauty of 5370, says, “We started support- ity as new inductees at the Arch the Foundation Trustees set a the Foundation is we have ing education for girls in Mala- Klumph Society Canada Day goal of enrolling 100 new mem- something for everyone,” says wi in 2002, and we have seen event were: Dietrich and Cath- bers into the Arch Klumph Carolyn Ferguson, a member how that can change lives.” leen (Kitt) Brand, Bruce and Pat Society. Canadian Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Ancast- Devon G. Biddle, a mem- Williams, Steve and Mary stepped up to the challenge: In er A.M., Ont., and a senior ber of the Rotary Club of McEachern, Neil and Cheryl April, the Trustees inducted 14 major gifts officer. “You can be Oshawa (Parkwood), Ont., and McBeth, William Roy and couples into the society, which as general as you want with an his wife, Linda, directed much Nancy Jean Gray, F. Ronald and recognizes donors who pledge unrestricted gift, or you can of their financial support to E. Lynn Denham, William R. to bring their lifetime contribu- get very specific. We have one water and sanitation. A major and Delphine Patchett, Michael tions to US$250,000. Foundation for many needs.” factor in their decision was J. and Karen Parker, Joop and The new society members We spoke to several donors Devon’s long career as a civil Susan Ueffing, and one anony- were able to earmark their to find out why they made the engineer, operating his own mous couple. gifts to the causes that matter gift they did. firm, D.G. Biddle & Associates. For a full explanation of most to them. The $2.2 mil- Roslyn Stroshin, 2016-17 Travelling in Ethiopia, they Foundation giving opportuni- lion total pledged includes governor of District 5040 witnessed women and children ties, speak to your club’s/dis- $568,000 towards water and (British Columbia) and a mem- struggling to carry heavy jugs trict’s Foundation chair or zone sanitation, $499,000 to the ber of the Rotary Club of of water up steep hills. “You see endowment/major gifts adviser Endowment Fund, and Whistler Millennium, B.C., that, and you are reminded of or visit www.rotary.org/en

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL/CINDY FANDL INTERNATIONAL/CINDY ROTARY $475,000 towards polio erad- says that she and her husband, just how precious water is,” says /donate/recognition.

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Douze ans plus tard … par PDG Paul Beaulieu, Club Rotary Québec-Charlesbourg

Souvent, on se questionne sur le travail que l’on fait teur pour lui poser plusieurs questions sur l’impact que tion et le secteur agricole. avec nos projets à l’étranger : Est-ce que l’argent inves- l’Institut avait eu sur ses étudiants, sur leur avenir et Je dois avouer que ce que j’ai appris m’a fait chaud ti et tous les efforts faits par nos clubs et nos districts sur la région. Après deux semaines, le directeur M. Ger- au cœur. Cela me confirme une fois de plus que nous valent toute la peine qu’on se donne ? Après quelques man Llanqui me fait parvenir l’information que je vou- pouvons faire une différence dans la vie des gens, dans années, on peut se demander quel a été l’impact réel lais tant obtenir pour répondre à mon questionnement. le dynamisme économique de toute une région. Savoir sur le terrain. Avons-nous fait une différence ? Est-ce Entre 2006 et 2015, près de 400 étudiants ont obte- que dans cette région pauvre, des familles ont un meil- que les efforts faits par nos amis partenaires du club nu leur diplôme. L’âge moyen se situe entre 17 et 29 ans leur niveau de vie grâce à la formation que nous avons Rotary local, tous ces voyages, ces nombreux courriels avec quelques exceptions jusqu’à 55 ans. La grande aidé à mettre sur pied, cela fait oublier les longues et toutes les heures passées à trouver des solutions ont majorité a trouvé un emploi dans la région. Une entente heures de travail que la préparation de ce projet a né- réellement porté fruits ? avec une université permet même aux finissants qui le cessité. Même si, à l’époque on n’en parlait pas encore Depuis un certain temps, je me posais ces questions désirent de poursuivre leurs études en agro-alimentaire dans les projets du Rotary, on peut dire que cet Institut au sujet du projet du District 7790 lors de mon année de ou en agronomie. agro-alimentaire s’inscrit dans l’optique du développe- gouvernorat en 2002-03, projet qui consistait à équiper Le directeur a joint à sa missive, une liste de noms ment durable. un nouvel institut agricole au Pérou. J’avais beau aller de 31 anciens étudiants dont il connaît l’occupation Dans cette région très aride, coincée entre l’océan et sur le site web de l’Institut Public d’Éducation Supé- professionnelle. Tous travaillent pour des entreprises les montagnes, les étudiants n’avaient pas les moyens rieure Vallée de Tambo, je ne trouvais pas d’adresse spécialisées dans le secteur agroalimentaire. Ils y oc- financiers d’aller étudier à Arequipa ou à Lima. Grâce courriel pour communiquer avec eux. J’ai écrit à une cupent des postes tels que responsable du contrôle de aux rotariens et à la Fondation Rotary, les jeunes amie, membre du club de Yanahuara-Arequipa que qualité, de chef d’équipe, etc. Sur cette liste, 17 de ces peuvent maintenant étudier dans leur région et rêver j’avais retracée, pour tenter d’obtenir le nom et l’adresse 31 personnes sont des femmes. Les emplois sont répar- d’un avenir meilleur pour eux, pour leur familles, et pour

courriel du directeur de l’institut. J’ai pu écrire au direc- tis à peu près également entre l’industrie de l’alimenta- leurs enfants. BEAULIEU DE PDG PAUL COURTOISIE

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jul17-RC02-04-v6.indd 3 5/3/17 3:22 PM PROFILE HIGH-LEVEL RESEARCHER Robert Lampard went on to charter a number of clubs in Asia, which I thought was unusual for a Calgarian. That got me studying the origins of the club and Davidson’s story.

RC: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the term of the first Rotary president from Canada, E. Leslie Pidgeon. What role did the early Canadian Rotary presidents play in the orga- nization?

LAMPARD: Leslie Pidgeon, the first non-American president, was very charismatic. He joined Rotary in 1914 and three years later was the president. He was a minister in Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Montreal. One important thing he did in the context of time and history: He insisted that Rotary hold a convention in 1918, despite plans to cancel it because Americans had entered World War I. He also was quite involved in Rotary expansion, particularly to Cuba. Crawford McCullough’s presidency in 1921-22 needs to be viewed in terms of the rapid changes that were occurring after the war. There was sensitivity in Rotary between American and hile doing research related to his book e L i f e United Kingdom Rotarians. McCullough created the Canadian and Times of James and Lillian Davidson in Rotary Advisory Committee, whose first task was to expand Rotary to International, Robert Lampard discovered that, Australia and New Zealand. The committee sent Davidson and although the Geographical Names Board of Can- J. Layton Ralston, who succeeded after the American expansion ada had approved a proposal to name a mountain committee had failed on three attempts. McCullough wrote the Wfor Davidson in 1933, the designation had never been entered rules for extending Rotary around the world. He convinced into the offi cial record. So Lampard organized a group of Rotar- Rotary to hold a convention outside of the U.S. every few years. ians to climb the slope to offi cially name Mount Davidson in That soon proved that Rotary had an international presence. honour of the Calgary Rotarian who chartered 32 Rotary clubs After his presidency, he became the first chairman of the expan- in 15 countries. A physician, as well as a hiking and mountain- sion committee who wasn’t an American. climbing enthusiast, Lampard has served offi cially as historian of the Rotary Club of Red Deer, Alta., and unoffi cially as a historian RC: We can’t let you go without asking about your favourite sub- of Rotary in Canada for more than two decades. ject, James Wheeler Davidson. What are you researching now?

ROTARY CANADA: How did you get interested in Rotary history? LAMPARD: I have another book on Davidson in process: to high- light his 1928 to 1931 trip by revisiting the clubs he chartered. LAMPARD: In 1994, seven years after I joined the Rotary Club I’ve visited the clubs in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast of Red Deer, I was handed the club historian file, which was Asia. I’m missing the Indian and Eastern Mediterranean clubs almost empty. I learned that when Red Deer joined Rotary in that he started. I think one of the reasons that the polio eradi- 1923, it was the smallest town in the world to have a Rotary cation campaign has worked is because of all the clubs that club. That intrigued me. Something else intrigued me more: a Davidson started in Asia. Without that foundation, I don’t think one-line reference to James Wheeler Davidson, who had spoken the campaign would be as successful as it has been.

SCOTT VAN SEGGELEN/RED DEER EXPRESS SCOTT VAN on brotherhood at the club’s charter night. A note said that he – PAUL ENGLEMAN

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HELL IN HIGH RIVER Rotary helps businesses in Alberta town after one of the costliest disasters in Canadian history

by NIKKI KALLIO

fficials had just issued a flood warn- and devastated the downtown, soaking busi- the water. About 200 millimetres of mud ing for the town of High River, nesses with about a metre of water. Young had coated Aisling Interiors, and large Alta., and Carney Zukowski-Young says that at one point the water reached the pieces of furniture had been shifted and Owas at her business on First Street “7” on the sign at the 7-Eleven store. As a pushed around the store. moving artwork to higher places. Nearby, police officer helped a woman and her child Later, when the High River Rotary her husband, Randy Young, searched for into the back of a dump truck, the officer’s Club met with business leaders, they sandbags to stack in front of their interior car floated away, lights flashing and wind- found out that little or no funding was design storefront, Aisling Interiors. Still, shield wipers on. available to them because the damage had floodwaters had never reached their loca- The flooding, which killed four people been caused by a natural disaster. Mike tion, so they thought they would be OK. and affected communities throughout French and Patrick Killoran, 2011-12 and “Our town is maybe 60 miles from the southern Alberta including Calgary, became 2013-14 governors, respectively, of Dis- Rocky Mountains, which experienced really the second-costliest disaster in Canada’s his- trict 5360 (parts of Alberta and heavy rain over a 24-hour period,” says Bob tory, reaching more than CA$6 billion in Saskatchewan), approached the club MacDougall, 2016-17 secretary of the damage. The town of High River was par- about the possibility of a Rotary Founda- Rotary Club of High River. In the 30 years ticularly hard-hit. tion global grant to aid business recovery, that he and his wife have lived in High River, “I would say 90 to 95 per cent of the MacDougall says. he had watched the water rise every five years residences and businesses in the town [of “We knew they were going to need help, or so. But not like this day in June 2013. 13,000] were affected by the flood,” Mac- because not only had people lost their The mountains upriver were washed Dougall says. homes, the schools were gone. Their busi- with up to 340 millimetres of rain, which Residents and business owners were nesses were gone,” says Donna Schmidt, rushed down the Highwood River through forced to abandon their properties for up 2013-14 governor of District 6400 (parts the town. The same torrent inundated the to 12 days. When they finally were allowed of Ontario and Michigan) and a member Bow River, which runs through Calgary. back in, it quickly became clear that the of the Rotary Club of Allen River, Mich., Around 10 o’clock that morning, town would need an extraordinary effort the international partner on the global Zukowski-Young heard a shout from down to get back on its feet. grant. “They didn’t know where they were the street. “They yelled, ‘It’s gone over the Roads were passable but lined with going to find shelter. They didn’t have a bridge!’ and it was like someone opened a snowbank-size piles of mud and debris. means to support their families, because faucet to a tap,” she says. “It was just insane The water had rushed through a feedlot they had lost their jobs at the same time. how quickly it came.” before it hit town, carrying dead animals It was absolutely devastating.” The rush of water knocked her to the and waste, Young explains. Oil and gas The $323,000 grant paid for training floor of the shop. It carried away vehicles from flooded cars further contaminated and education programs, business coach-

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jul17-RC06-07-v3.indd 1 5/1/17 10:31 AM Clockwise from left: The worst floods in Alberta’s history affected more than 30 communities and displaced more than 125,000 people. The town of High River was particularly hard-hit. The Rotary Club of High River received a global grant from The Rotary Foundation to help businesses start or restart in the community. So far seven companies have received loans, including a design business that reinvented itself as a café.

ing, and a microcredit loan program to help normally have trouble finding funds. so it’s been slow. There’s still very signifi- businesses start or restart in the commu- The town set up tents for devastated cant need.” nity. Once the Alberta provincial businesses to have a place to operate, where At the same time, the collaborative government learned about the training Young and Zukowski-Young initially spirit of the community is evident. The program, it offered supplemental funding, planned to reopen their shop. They used local Boy Scout hall can operate because so the club was able to offer more, Mac- their $30,000 Rotary loan to instead pur- the High River club replaced its damaged Dougall says. chase antiques to sell. But then they hot water tank and furnace. In December In total, MacDougall says the training decided to open a coffee shop in their old 2013, the club invited families in town portion of the grant, completed in 2016, space, using most of the antiques as fur- out for a barbecue featuring popular reached 364 new and existing business nishings and décor to replace what they entertainer Tom Jackson. “People hadn’t owners. Several business expos and had lost. been out for a night for months,” Mac- forums allowed owners to talk to experts A River Ran Through It Café opened Dougall says. And before the business about business continuity, career plan- in February 2015. The loan also covered recovery global grant, the club had raised ning, and other topics. Forty companies office equipment and some of the new about $250,000 to revitalize a damaged received direct coaching. The organization coffee-making equipment, and the couple and popular park downtown, installing a Community Futures Highwood admin- are still selling window coverings as part new stage, playground, and fire pits. istered the Rotary-funded microloans and of their original design firm. These efforts were designed to help heal training. About $46,000 remains to The business loans haven’t been issued the community and renew its spirit while be issued. as fast as the High River club expected. it rebuilt structures and businesses. Seven companies, including Aisling But it has also been a slow rebuild: Offi- “They came out on the strong end Interiors, received loans of $30,000 cials estimate that total recovery could and they fought back hard, and they really each, which paid for things such as tools, take 10 years. “It’s very difficult to restart had so much to deal with on so many equipment, or renovations, the kinds of business when major construction is different levels,” Schmidt says. “I think things for which businesses – particularly still happening,” says MacDougall. “There’s we’ve all gained tremendous respect for

those with little or no collateral – might no parking, and there’s traffic problems, that area.” LAND FORCE WESTERN AREA (LEFT); A RIVER RAN THROUGH IT CAFÉ

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The bottle caps that changed everything When the Kissels, Heike and Dennis, met fellow German Rotarians (and former Rotaractors) Sandra Buehrke, Constanze Abendroth, and Lutz Olbrich during the 2013 Rotary International Convention in Lisbon, Portugal, something deeper than friendship was formed. A chance encounter at a House of Friendship booth featuring a bottle cap collection fundraiser led to dinner, where the idea sparked excited conversation to do the same at home. Four years later, their group leads a successful nationwide eŠ ort for polio that has collected 150,000 kilograms of plastic bottle caps for recycling, providing funds for about as many polio vaccinations. Find your inspiration at the Rotary Convention in Toronto. Register today at riconvention.org.

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