As part of being good corporate citizens, many of our Burgeonvest Bick family are very active members of Rotary International. With over 1.2 million members in virtually every nation in the world, Rotary International is among the largest and most influential service clubs in the world. The primary goals of Rotary International are humanitarian service, high ethical standards, International Understanding and World Peace.
Local Rotary Projects of the Rotary Club of Ancaster include support for many local organizations, a youth exchange program, Lloyd Kirkpatrick Awards program within the schools, and the Ancaster Rotary Center, a sports complex and “meeting place”. International projects of the Rotary Club of Ancaster include 200 clean water wells within the Artibonite Valley of Haiti (approximately 150 wells have been installed to date). Eradicating Polio from the world is one of the many goals of Rotary International. Rotary expect this goal should be reached within the next few years.
For those who have been clients for awhile, you will know that I have been contributing annually to the Rotary Foundation on behalf of my clients. This foundation is reportedly the largest international charitable trust in the world.
With these donations goes the opportunity to nominate individuals in the community for a Paul Harris Society Award. This prestigious Rotary International Award is given to individuals who live by the motto of “Service above Self” and exemplify this approach to life in “all they say and do”.
This year I received a nomination for Dr. Kim McCallum of Ancaster and I am very pleased to announce that she was given a Paul Harris Fellowship Award this past November by the Rotary Club of Ancaster. Dr. McCallum, is not only a well respected family doctor that “goes the extra mile for her patients”, she is a living example of “Service above Self” in our community – a very deserving candidate!
We would like others in our community nominated for this award. As we go forward into 2010, I would ask you to think of those special people that have made a difference in the lives around you and should be recognized for their contributions to our local and / or international communities.
If you know someone that is a model of “Service above Self”, please email me for a nomination form and return the completed form to me. The start of a New Year is such a great time to express appreciation and to say thank you to an individual that makes our world a better place. Please take a minute and nominate someone for this prestigious award.
All the best in the New Year from all of us at Burgeonvest Bick Securities Limited.
John Knechtel CFP
Burgeonvest Bick Securities Ltd.
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