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Jul 24, 2019
Executive Director from the Youth Services Bureau
Jul 28, 2019
Club Fundraiser @ Wesley Clover Parks
Jul 31, 2019
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Jul 28, 2019
 
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RCOS eBulletin – July 10, 2019
Lunch meeting was held at KS on the Keys      Scribe: Scott Vetter
 
Guests
Kelly Dumas - Executive Director, Rural Ottawa South Support Services (Speaker)
Eli Tannis - Conservative Candidate for Ottawa South MP
 
 
Announcements
  • Sam confirmed that we will be sharing a tent/booth at the Lebanese Festival – July 17 – 21/2019: We will display our banner, hand out pamphlets and perhaps have a raffle.
  • National Car Show on 28 July 2019 from 10am - 8pm at Wesley Clover Park. We are waiting on the SOP liquor licence. We'll need approx 24 volunteers so get your Smart Serve as well as a family member, friend, colleague and neighbour.. it will be a lot of fun!
 
 
Your scribe was late for today's meeting, and missed Happy Bucks and 50/50. To recap: people were happy, no-one's a winner.
 
 
Guest Speaker
Executive Director, Rural Ottawa South Support Services, gave an informative and impassioned presentation on their new program called A Friendly Voice. They have a 3-year funding window from the Trillium Foundation, and have just started the second year.
 
A Friendly Voice is a call centre where seniors can call for simply to feel connected and speak to someone. This is not a crisis line, they refer emergency and crisis calls to the appropriate resources. Social connection is now seen as having serious health impact, both mentally and physically.
  
This is a new program so there iha a learning curve, but they have developed a good training for volunteers, currently with 30 volunteers they are in need of many more. The program is very successful, already expanding east to Cornwall and Kingston, with plans to cover northern Ontario this year. The program may well cover the entire province.
 
President Alex ended the meeting promptly at 1:30pm.
 
Kelly Dumas talks to teh Rotary Club of Ottawa South_1
Kelly Dumas talks to teh Rotary Club of Ottawa South_1
 
Kelly Dumas talks to teh Rotary Club of Ottawa South_2
Kelly Dumas talks to teh Rotary Club of Ottawa South_2
 
RCOS past-President Joan Hunter thanks Executive Director, Rural Ottawa South Support Services
RCOS past-President Joan Hunter thanks Executive Director, Rural Ottawa South Support Services.