Rotary Club of Thunder Bay (Lakehead)
February 13, 2020
 
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation works with Rotary to Eradicate Polio.
In the March issue of  The Rotarian, you can find a short interview with Bill Gates.  The article discusses the reasons the Foundation decided to work with Rotary, and provides some history of the success of polio eradication over the years.  The Gates Foundation matches Rotary Funding 2-to-1, and recently announced that they will continue the funds matching through 2023.  
"In November, government and philanthropic leaders from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to affirm their commitment to eradicating polio and announced $2.6 billion to help fund the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's Polio Endgame Strategy.  Rotary pledged to continue raising $50 million annually."
With the efforts of both organizations, this adds up to $150 million each year.  
You can donate individually at rotary.org/donate.
You could also attend the Rotary Anniversary Dinner to be held this Saturday at the DaVinci Centre.  All proceeds are donated to Polio Plus.
MAF - Flying for Life
MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) - Flying for Life
Imagine yourself travelling on the isolated roads of North Western Ontario.  Your car breaks down, there's no cell service, you are alone.  You wait, and then a car drives by, the good Samaritan stops and provides assistance and all is well.  Now, imagine instead of NW Ontario you are in Angola, Africa.  The nearest town is 200 miles away and you need medical attention.  There are no roads.  You have to walk.  This is one of the situations where MAF can help.  MAF was created in 1945 after a few WW II veteran pilots wanted to use their planes for good.  Fast forward to 2020 and WAF has 130 airplanes and a lot more missionaries, who are helping isolated and remote people in over 30 countries world wide.  They bridge the gap between the developed and the developing world.  Not only do they provide transportation for medical assistance, they haul supplies to isolated communities and provide healthcare and support to people in these remote locations.
 
Speaking to us this morning about MAF were Andrew and Jaelynn Stutzman.  
 
Andrew grew up on a farm in Southern Ontario.  He attended aircraft maintenance college in North Bay, Ontario in 2008, where he initially felt his call to missions with Mission Aviation Fellowship.  After a few years working as an aircraft mechanic in northern Ontario, Andrew went back to school to complete his Bible and flight training.  
Jaelynn was raised in various towns in northern British Columbia, working various part time jobs throughout high school and college.  Se has desired to help people spiritually and physically throughout her life.  She has worked at children's summer camps and short-term missions trips to youth centres.  She received her nursing education at Prairie College and had the opportunity to grow in her community nursing while working for a month in remote villages in Columbia.  
Since getting married in 2017, Andrew and Jaelynn have been working in their respective fields - Andrew as a pilot flying to northern reserves in Ontario and Jaelynn in Long Term Care in Thunder Bay.
In December of 2019, they both gave up their full-time jobs to partner with Mission Aviation Fellowship and are anticipating being sent to Lubango, Angola by January 2021.  Andrew will be flying MAF aircraft into remote locations in order to bring the hope of health care and education, as well as famine and disaster relief.  Jaelyn will be working with people who are isolated due to social status and health concerns.  Her work will be to return dignity and provide basic health care to a community capacity.
The vision Statement of MAF encapsulates their goal for the future:  to see isolated people physically and spiritually transformed in the name of Christ.
Andrew and Jaelynn are currently consider "pre-field missionaries" and are working towards finding people and organization willing to partner with them prayerfully and financially to enable this work to happen.
 
Right now, they are working with Ministry Partnership and Team building.  Once they reach 90% of their funding goal they will begin Flight Standardization.  By June 2020, they hare hoping to be 100% supported.  At that time they will be travelling to Portugal to spend 6 months in intensive language training, which should bring them to January 2021 where they will arrive in Angola.  
 
If you are interested in helping Andrew and Jaelynn on their journey you can find them on the MAF website at https://www.mafc.org/.  Alternatively you can email them at astutsman@maf.org or jstutzman@maf.org or follow them on Facebook at Andrew and Jaelynn with MAFC.
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Rotary Anniversary Gala
Lakehead Rotary Meeting on February 20, 2020 is cancelled.
Come celebrate the 115th Anniversary of Rotary at the Da Vinci Centre on February 22, 2020.
 
 
Just click on the link to order your tickets today.  That was easy!
See you there.
Announcements
Spirit of Thunder Bay 
This event was a great success!
Thank you to the organizing committee and volunteers.
A special thanks to our sponsors and everyone who donated items to the auctions.
A good time was had by 144 participants, 100 of which were taster tickets.  
Proceeds from the event will be presented to the 4 recipients in the near future.
 
RYLA
Peter is looking for assistance in promoting RYLA in the high schools.  If you have time during the day to deliver promotional materials and applications to local schools, please let him know.
 
Shrimp Fest
The Committee will be holding a planning session directly after our meeting this morning.
 
Meeting Feb. 20, 2020
Our breakfast meeting next week will be cancelled to allow as many as can to attend the Anniversary Dinner on Saturday.
 
Off-site Meeting
We will be meeting at the RFDA on February 27, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.  Come and bring a friend.
 
Curling Social
Grab your brooms and come to the Fort William Curling Club on April 4.  6:00 p.m. Symposium; 7:00 p.m. "Hurry Hard"
 
Door Greeter
Thanks to Karl Ratz
 
Sponsor
IG Wealth Management
 
Sargeant at Arms
We all left the meeting with lighter pockets as fines and "Happy Bucks" were collected.
 
50/50 Draw
Carol won.  Funds will be donated to the Foundation in her name.
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Lakehead Rotary
Engaging Thunder Bay in Rotary
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Jennifer Kahan
February 1, 2018
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Olavi Jarvela
February 1, 1985
35 years
 
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February 3, 2008
12 years
 
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