Welcome to 2025 and the new location. Our meetings will continue to be on the second and fourth Monday of the month at the same time. We will meet at the Western Fairgrounds in the GROVE MEETING ROOM #1. The new meeting costs $25.00 per person and will be a self-serve light buffet. The meeting room will be open from 11:30 AM for fellowship, and the buffet will also be available. So, please plan on arriving no later than 11:45 AM so you have time to serve yourself and find a table. Our business meeting will start at noon. We will endeavor to end the meeting by 1:00 PM. As usual, we were hoping you could register for this meeting. The Registration Link will close at NOON March 21st so we can advise The Western Fair regarding numbers. Please register as soon as possible but be sure to register before noon Friday. If you are registering yourself or any guests. Please make sure you pay for the lunch, as the Club will get charged for the meal by The Grove regardless of your attendance. After registering, please arrange to e-transfer your payment to The Rotary Club of London at sronson55@gmail.com. Also, be sure to put who you are paying for in your memo section on the e-transfer so that Sandy Ronson can track payments. Our speaker on Monday will be Lloyd Stacey, President & Chair-London Middlesex Crime Stoppers. Lloyd will be speaking to the group about the Crime Stoppers program, how it got its start, how it works, and what that means to our community. 
Lloyd is a naval veteran and businessman, currently serving as the Director of Operations at Corporate Investigation Services. Beyond his professional achievements, he is deeply committed to his community, volunteering his time as the Board President & Chair of Middlesex-London Crime Stoppers. When he is not in the office or contributing to the community, Lloyd enjoys having fun with his grandchildren, often playfully encouraging them to stir up a little mischief. His wife of 37 years, ever the peacemaker, is usually there to step in and save the day.
Lloyd is a naval veteran and businessman, currently serving as the Director of Operations at Corporate Investigation Services. Beyond his professional achievements, he is deeply committed to his community, volunteering his time as the Board President & Chair of Middlesex-London Crime Stoppers. When he is not in the office or contributing to the community, Lloyd enjoys having fun with his grandchildren, often playfully encouraging them to stir up a little mischief. His wife of 37 years, ever the peacemaker, is usually there to step in and save the day.--BINGO TEAM MEMBERS AT RECENT BINGO--
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--YOUTH EXCHANGE CONFERENCE--
Over the weekend our YE District participated in the 'Great Expectations' Tri-District Outbound & Inbound Training Conference held at Pearce Williams Summer Camp and Retreat Facility in Fingal. The conference included several seminars and group discussions designed to prepare our outbound candidates for their exchange experience. On Saturday Inbound students volunteered at 'Helping Hands, St. Thomas'. The students engaged in fun activities including a talent show Saturday night. Sunday festivities included parents of the outbound students. The parents learned about Rotary Youth Exchange policies and procedures as they pertain to their child's exchange experience. Several Rotarians from clubs throughout the District helped in various capacities during the conference.--YOUTH EXCHANGE LETTTER--
Bonjour de France! Wow! I know February is a short month, but it went fast! I had some issues but luckily, they are resolved now, and I was able to have a great month. I had a great time with my friends at school and with Rotary, French is getting easier and I'm overall still having an amazing time. With bad news first, I did have to change my last host family. I have had some issues with them before and have put in a lot of effort trying to build a good relationship. Unfortunately, this didn't seem to work. My host family had complained about me to the district chair. Apparently, they didn’t think I was making an effort to interact with them. I found that my efforts were not welcome making me keep more to myself. My district wanted to know what was going on, and decided the situation was complicated. I wrote an email with all the details, and as a result, I was told to change families that week. While this was crazy, I am much less stressed now. My Rotary club isn't very active here and that can be difficult, but they came through for me when it was necessary. The good news is, over the vacation I was able to go to the movies with one of my friends. We talked a lot, and I was so happy I was able to speak French and understand everything! I know I have been here for six months, but it still amazes me how fast it all goes and how much I have accomplished. I know my French isn't perfect (honestly a week ago I forgot the word for eyebrows so I called them eye mustaches) but I'm truly having a great time even if I can't be perfect. Having many kids in the Rotary District has been great, they plan lots of events for us to do together; this month we went bowling and on a bus tour of Lille. Having the big group is great, it reminds me I'm not the only one that has these troubles with host families or just in general. We are all different but can agree on a lot and now share the same experience. It's awesome! Ups and downs are normal; I'm not worried. I'm going to continue to do everything I can and keep on learning because it's only getting better. No matter what, I have many people here that support me, and I am making the most out of this year. Georgie Street
Weekly Coffee Klatch
Weekly ZOOM “Coffee Klatch” each Thursday from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Bring your own coffee of course.
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