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Grant MacEwan Pancake Breakfast
 
Rotarians from Calgary East, friends of the club and four young leaders cooked and served pancakes and sausages for 500 students at Grant MacEwan Elementary School in Falconridge. The school students showed off their line dancing skills after enjoying the pancake breakfast. The young leaders who volunteered were sponsored to attend Rotary leadership programs by the Calgary East Rotary club and saw this as a chance to give back. 
St. Damien Pancake Breakfast
 
Rotarians from Calgary East and friends of the club cooked and served pancakes and sausages to 250 students and teachers from the St. Damien Elementary School in Dover. This annual event is enjoyed by students and volunteers alike. For many years we hauled our grills to the school in the back of a truck. With a generous donation from one of our members, we had a trailer built to house the grills making the set-up and take-down much easier.
Rongali Bihu Celebration
 
One of the many joys of being a Rotarian is the exposure we have to different cultures from around the world.  We support the community in many ways including providing volunteers for organizations our members are passionate about.  Recently a few of us volunteered to support the Assam Association of Calgary with their Casino. 
 
To show their appreciation, they invited us to attend their Rongali Bihu Celebrations.  This festival marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year and the beginning of the harvest season.  The evening included traditional foods, dance and songs. 
 
Big Book Sale
 
Rotarians from Calgary East joined other volunteers at the Big Book Sale hosted by the Rotary Club of Calgary in support of Calgary Reads. We sorted books at the Calgary Curling Club on April 25 and 26 and collected books dropped off at the Seton YMCA on April 27. We also provided some volunteers during the sale itself held from May 9 - 19 at the Calgary Curling Club. In all there were 1800 volunteers at the Big Book Sale handling over 200,000 books for the sale which last year raised $570,000.
 
Is it the Truth?
On April 17th, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Mark Migotti as our guest speaker, who delivered an insightful talk on the concept of truth from a philosophical perspective. The pursuit of truth is a central theme in philosophy, and philosophers have developed various methods for seeking and evaluating truth, philosophers have also explored the relationship between truth and values, examining how truth might be a foundational value in different domains. For example, in ethics, truthfulness is often considered a virtue and lies are seen as unethical because they distort the truth, which leads to the deeper philosophical question: “Do our actions align with our words?”
Community Kitchens
 
Louis and Pat Warners joined volunteers from 7 other Rotary clubs to assemble "Good Food Boxes". The Rotary Club of Calgary East has provided volunteers to support Community Kitchens since 2021.
 
The Community Kitchens Program of Calgary operates a self-empowering model to address the needs of marginalized Calgarians. The Good Food Box Program is a Community Kitchen Program, where anyone can purchase boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables.The boxes are assembled by dedicated volunteers, who along with Community Kitchens, desire individuals and families accessing nutritious fruits and vegetables at an affordable price. 
 
For more information: http://www.ckpcalgary.ca
Youth Service Social
 
The Rotary Club of Calgary East supports a number of Youth Programs. Four young leaders gave presentations of the youth program they attended in 2024 at our Youth Service Social on January 16. They described the program and shared what they learned and the future benefits of their learnings. 
 
The Youth Programs we support include: Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN), Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Rotary Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp (RAYEC), and Adventures in Career and Financial Wellness (ACFW). More information on these and other Youth Programs can be found on the Rotary District 5360 website.
 
http://www.rotary5360.ca/page/showhomepage
Roots of Arnica
 
Jaya Dharan and Smirti Arora gave a presentation on Roots of Arnica, a non-profit they co-founded to address food insecurity by collaborating with communities experiencing food scarcity to identify their needs and co-create solutions with the resources available.
 
New members, Hichan Janbeih and Jose Patino Marquez were inducted as members of the Rotary Club of Calgary East on January 9, 2025.
Salvation Army Kettles
 
The Rotary Club of Calgary East has supported the Salvation Army Kettles for many years and did so again this year. 11 volunteers covered shifts at the Marlborough Mall on November 22 and 23.
O S Geiger and Rundle Pancake Breakfasts
 
 
A big thank you to our 13 volunteers who cooked and served pancakes and sausages for 450 students at O S Geiger Elementary School on September 13. The weather was beautiful and the school really appreciated our efforts. 
 
A big thanks to the 11 volunteers who cooked and served pancakes and sausages for 550 students at Rundle Elementary School on September 20. The day was a little damp and we were very happy to have our trailer for the event today.
 
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    Jul. 24, 2025
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    Jul. 31, 2025
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    Aug. 14, 2025
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The Rotary Club of Calgary East meetings take place on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina, and the Stoney Nakoda First Nations. The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.
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