Thanks to the hard work, support and generosity of our supporters, friends, and members, the Saint City Rotary Club is helping to make a difference in our Community and World Wide. Chartered in November 2000, our Club is a small group of dedicated individuals from the business and volunteer community who believe in “Service Above Self”.

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We  meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month  at 5:45 PM St. Albert Inn.  Please email us at saintcityrotary@shaw.ca if you would like more information on membership.  You can read more about our club or about Rotary.

Speakers

We regularly have speakers attend our meetings. Read about some of our past speakers and see what's coming soon on our news page.

Charity Golf Classic

Every year, we put on the Saint City Rotary Charity Golf Classic. You can learn how you can participate or read more on our golf page.

News Stories

Listed below are some of the projects worked on, activities participated in, and speakers appeared at the club throughout the year. We try and ensure that there is a good mix of great speakers, volunteer effort, fellowship and business networking by all members.

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Another great meeting last night. Dr. Marc Arnal and wife Rashmi Joshee shared with us a pictorial program of their recent trip to the Antarctic.
In addition, president Maggie Shane presented our own Ross Algar with this PHF+6 pin. Congratulations, Ross!
 
Ever heard of Roll A Hippo.? At our meeting yesterday, Luke Vorstermans, co-founder of the Roll A Hippo Foundation outlined for us the wonderful work being done by the foundation in providing an easier way for villagers in South Africa to convey water. To date, over 2600 hippo water rollers have been distributed. Want to know more? Check out their website and get involved:
https://www.rollahippo.org/
 
 
 
This morning Ross Algar from Saint City Rotary and staff of St. Albert Public Schools packed over 200 food hampers for distribution to needy families in the school system. Saint City Rotary contributed $3000 towards this program, part of St. Albert Public Schools' Appetite to Achieve initiative. Rotary - Doing Good in the Community!
BRIGHT LIGHTS TOUR FOR SENIORS is an annual program of Saint City Rotary Club, and this year was no exception Yesterday evening approximately 70 St. Albert seniors were provided with a tour of Edmonton's and St. Albert's holiday lights and Christmas decorations, courtesy of St. Albert Transit. Following the tour the seniors returned to St. Albert Inn and Suites, where they were greeted with coffee and hot chocolate, courtesy of the Inn, and cookies provided by our St. Albert Catholic High School Interact Club. Many thanks to St. Albert Transit, St. Albert Inn and Suites and the Interactors for helping with this annual holiday tradition. Special thanks as well to the teachers from SACHS who came out to assist and to Ross Algar, Saint City Community Services director for coordinating the event. Rotary - doing good in the community.
The impact of artificial intelligence on our lives is growing exponentially, and we have just begun to see the ramifications.  Dr. Phil McRae, Associate Coordinator - Research, The Alberta Teachers' Association provided an informative and thought provoking presentation on this topic at our club meeting this week.   Thank you for sharing your research with us, Phil!.
 
 
SAINT CITY ROTARY - SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY
Two St. Albert community organizations received a boost at our meeting this week. St. Albert Public Schools received a cheque for $3,000 to assist in their Appetite to Achieve Program and the St. Albert Food Bank received $1500.
Shown receiving the cheque from Saint City Rotary's treasurer, Ross Alger, is St. Albert Public Schools deputy superintendent Dr. Marianne Barrett. Presenting the cheque to Suzan Krecsy, St. Albert Food Bank Executive Director (on the left) is Nonie Buski, our Youth Services Director.
Rotary - Doing Good in the World!
Had a wonderful presentation at our meeting tonight by Darryl Anderson, Executive Director of Mercy Ships. Wonderful work being done by this charity - well worth supporting. Thank you, Darryl, for sharing the Mercy Ships story with us.
 
https://mercyships.ca/en/
 
Our speaker this week was Mike Ryan, founder and executive director of Clean Scene, an organization devoted to helping youth deal with drug and crime issues. Since its inception in 2002, the organization has reached over 500,000 youth. Saint City Rotary is a proud supporter of Clean Scene. Mike is an inspiring speaker and we always welcome a visit from him. Shown thanking Mike is Nonie Buski, Saint City Rotary's Youth Program Director.
Also at this meeting we were delighted to induct our newest member, Shanna McConnell. Welcome to our club, Shanna. Together with you, we will all work to make the world a better place.
We had a wonderful presentation at our meeting this week by Avalina, Deirdra and Mapy, three young ladies from our Interact Club at Saint Albert Catholic High School. The trio won first place in the Alberta 2023 Envirothon and went on to represent Alberta in the International Envirothon in New Brunswwick, where they placed 31st in their overall presentation and 9th in their oral presentation. A very impressive group of young ladies of whom wer're very proud. Shown thanking the group is Nonie Buski, Saint City Rotary's Youth Chair.
At our Changeover Dinner this evening we celebrated the club's accomplishments thisd past year under the leadership of President Chad Hierlmeier and welcomed incoming president Dr,. Maggie Shane who will lead us in 2023-2024 as we work to Create Hope in the World (the new Rotary theme).
We also honoured Diane Ellis as our Rotarian of the year. Diane has been a tireless worker on behalf of the club and continues to organize one of our major fundraising projects - trips to various places around the world. Congratulations, Diane!
We were visited this week by Brian Reed from the Morinville-Sturgeon Rotary Club and John Hagan from the One Step Learning Organization. They spoke to us about John's passion - the One Step Learning Opportunities Centre in Ghana,. Operating in a donated compound building in Entumbil, Ghana, the centre currently provides early childrhood learning experiences for 1 to 6 y ear olds. John's organiation is a registered Canadian charity and is looking for financial support from Rotary clubs and other organizations. Thank you John and Brian for telling us about this interesting project. Shown in the photo (left to right) are John, Saint City Rotary president Chad Hierlmeier, and Brian.
Air Racing was the topic of the presentation at our meeting this week. Jeannette Bancarz, who is the president of the Canadian Air Racing Association, provided us with an overview of the different types of air racing, its history, and current efforts to bring it to our region. Thank you for a great and informative presentation, Jeannette! Shown thanking our speaker is Ross Algar, club treasurer and our club's director of Community Service.
We were visited at our meeting this week by Jackie Wiebe, Program Manager for CAMTA (Canadian Association of Medical Teams Abroad) and Grace Bredlow, a student nurse who took part in this year's mission to Quito, Ecuador. Jackie provided a bit of CAMTA history and Grace shared an impassioned speech about her experience as a team member. CAMTA has been providing free orthopedic surgery in Quito since 2002. You can read more about the organization on their website: https://camta.com/
Saint City Rotary is a proud sponsor of CAMTA.
Shown thanking Jackie (left) and Grace (right) is Saint City's Treasurer and Community Services Director, Ross Algar.
Welcome to our newest member - Nancy Hoffman!
At our meeting this week, Saint City Rotary inducted our newest member - Nancy Hoffman. Nancy is no stranger to Rotary, as daughter Hayley was an exchange student to Brazil a few y ears ago, and also since Nancy's parents are PDG Julius and Nonie Buski
Welcome to Rotary, Nancy.!
Shown presenting Nancy with her new member kit and badge is Saint City's Membership Director, Jeff Hodgson.
Renée Vaugeois, Director of the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, joined us this week to outline the great work being done by the Centre and to tell us about the exciting Ignite Chance 2023 Global Convention being co-hosted by the Centre from December 1-10, 2023.
https://www.jhcentre.org/ignitechange
Thanks for all you do, Renée and for sharing the story of this wonderful work with us.
Shown thanking Renée is club member Karen Kiddine.
Holly Brandsma, Métis Education Consultant with the Rupertland Institute, shared with us the story of the Métis Nation and Métis Scrip at our meeting this week. An eye-opening presentation for which we thank you sincerely, Holly. Shown thanking Holly is Lydia Hodgson, Saint City Rotary Administration Director.
Emily Baker, from the Art Gallery of St. Albert,  treated us to a virtual tour of the gallery at this week's meeting. The gallery is certainly worth a visit. Thank you for a most interesting presentation, Emily!
At our meeting this week Dr. Sharon Ryan shared with us her passionate story of how she overcame the many obstacles in trying to visit her mother in a nursing home during the Covid pandemic. A truly remarkable story which Sharon has written about in a book to be released shortly. Thank you , Sharon, for sharing this experience with us!
 

We meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:45 PM 
St. Albert Inn & Suites
30 - 156 St. Albert Road
St. Albert, AB  T8N 0P5
Canada (map)

Mailing Address

Rotary Club of St. Albert - Saint City
P.O. Box 311
St. Albert, AB  T8N 1N3

Upcoming Speakers
Upcoming Speakers
Edith Martin
Mar 19, 2024
Project Amigo
All
Apr 02, 2024
Board Meeting
Jackie Wiebe
Apr 16, 2024
CAMTA
Const. Geoff McKay RCMP
May 07, 2024
Bringing Kindness to Nunavut and some other good info
Interac
Jun 04, 2024
RYLE
Club
Jun 18, 2024
Club Assembly - Budget Meeting
All
Jun 25, 2024
Changeover Dinner
All
Jul 02, 2024
Club Picnic
Past Speakers
PDG Bill Chase
Mar 05, 2024
RI Presidents Who've Made a Difference
Rashmi Joshee and Dr. Marc Arnal
Feb 20, 2024
Antarctic Adventure
Ross Algar
Jan 16, 2024
Classification Talk
PDG Rudy Westervelt
Jan 02, 2024
Peacebilding