BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW for the Rotary web talk about our upcoming Great L akes Watershed Cleanup!  A Zoom link will be forwarded to all registered participants\, on March 13th.  Please check your spam and junk folders if it does not show up in your in-box.  Or\, email Pene at office@d7090.org .  Here is the Zoom link also: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87817074885?pwd= aUlTbExDZzZUR25PczVQZU9zS01rUT09 Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup – 2022 Or ientation With Earth Day on April 22nd just around the corner\, the Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup offers your club the opportunity to provide local leadership\, community service\, and interesting partnerships to co llect and dispose of litter within your club’s footprint. Whether it is meeting by a lakeside or by a creek\, walking trail\, or scouring a park\, getting your team together and tidying up in the springtime is what some communities do. Join this meeting to learn about plans and planning\, or h ear a few others talk about their experiences and tips from last year. Eve nts will take place between April 16 to 23 across our District as well as in other Districts across the Great Lakes. Some details you might need to know: Club community service leads or their designate are encouraged to jo in. If you have a role or not with your club and you are keen you are also welcome to join in.  Your club does not necessarily need to do a large e vent. We will talk about options of doing a small event\, scaling up year over year\, and hear from a few clubs on their event from last year and wh at they plan to do for this year.  We will discuss how to further partner ships with like-minded groups\, Conservation Authorities\, agencies\, scho ols\, and your local municipal Parks Department.  We will note ways to ge t over 20% non-Rotarians to participate in your clean-up.  There will be a few points on logistics when you have the event such as safety\, reporti ng in afterward\, and using the social media bounce to promote membership and your club’s impact. We will also note some online resources and how we can work to share documents and information. There is good flexibility around the April 16th-23rd date as activities may need to be moved becaus e of weather or availability. If this is your first Cleanup it does not ha ve to be huge. Some clubs are welcome to partner up or send folks to anoth er club’s Cleanup.  We will have at least two more organizing Zoom meet ings prior to our events around April 22nd. While we encourage you to join in this meeting we will be recording it for future use.  Something to co nsider is with the addition of Environment as Rotary’s seventh area of f ocus\, some clubs have designated a lead person on environmental issues an d projects. Please contact Dave Alexander at econiagara@gmail.com if you are interested in helping organize the District 7090 efforts or the follow -up activities with Districts across the Great Lakes basin. DTEND:20220315T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T005744Z DTSTART:20220314T230000Z LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:RWT - Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup Orientation UID:5e31729b-b253-4d19-aa31-0ae456fb9720 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

REGIST ER NOW for the Rotary web talk about our upcoming Great Lakes Watershed Cl eanup! \; A Zoom link will be forwarded to all registered participants \, on March 13th. \; Please check your spam and junk folders if it doe s not show up in your in-box. \; Or\, email Pene at office@d7090.org.& nbsp\; Here is the Zoom link also:

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87817074885?pwd=aUlTbExDZzZU R25PczVQZU9zS01rUT09

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Gr eat Lakes Watershed Cleanup &ndash\; 2022 Orientation

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W ith Earth Day on April 22nd just around the corner\, the Rotary Great Lake s Watershed Cleanup offers your club the opportunity to provide local lead ership\, community service\, and interesting partnerships to collect and d ispose of litter within your club&rsquo\;s footprint. Whether it is meetin g by a lakeside or by a creek\, walking trail\, or scouring a park\, getti ng your team together and tidying up in the springtime is what some commun ities do. Join this meeting to learn about plans and planning\, or hear a few others talk about their experiences and tips from last year. Events wi ll take place between April 16 to 23 across our District as well as in oth er Districts across the Great Lakes.

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Some details you might need to know:

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  1. Club community service leads or their designat e are encouraged to join. If you have a role or not with your club and you are keen you are also welcome to join in. \;
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  2. Your club doe s not necessarily need to do a large event. We will talk about options of doing a small event\, scaling up year over year\, and hear from a few club s on their event from last year and what they plan to do for this year.&nb sp\;
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  3. We will discuss how to further partnerships with like-mind ed groups\, Conservation Authorities\, agencies\, schools\, and your local municipal Parks Department. \;
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  4. We will note ways to get ov er 20% non-Rotarians to participate in your clean-up. \;
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  5. Th ere will be a few points on logistics when you have the event such as safe ty\, reporting in afterward\, and using the social media bounce to promote membership and your club&rsquo\;s impact. \;We will also note some on line resources and how we can work to share documents and information.
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  6. There is good flexibility around the April 16th-23 rd date as activities may need to be moved because of weather or ava ilability. If this is your first Cleanup it does not have to be huge. Some clubs are welcome to partner up or send folks to another club&rsquo\;s Cl eanup. \;
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  7. We will have at least two more organizing Zoom me etings prior to our events around April 22nd. While we encourage you to jo in in this meeting we will be recording it for future use. \;
    8. \n < li>Something to consider is with the addition of Environment as Rotary&rsq uo\;s seventh area of focus\, some clubs have designated a lead person on environmental issues and projects.\n
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Please contact Dave A lexander at econiagara@gmail.com if you are interested in helping organize the District 7090 efforts or th e follow-up activities with Districts across the Great Lakes basin.

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