A Little Bit about Rotary 

Rotary International is the world's first service club organization with more than 1.2 million members in over 35,000 clubs worldwide.  Rotary club members are "People of Action".  They are your neighbours and friends.  They are problem-solvers who take action to create lasting change by volunteering locally, nationally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto "Service Above Self".  We are proud to be a part of this dynamic organization as we celebrate 96 years of service in our community.  Please take a few minutes to peruse our website and read our promotional brochure, "This is The Rotary Club of Bowmanville".

Are you a person of action who is interested in meaningful volunteer work?  Are you interested in joining Rotary?  For more information about Rotary and the Rotary Club of Bowmanville, please contact Gord Wallace by email at gord.wallace@ibwsurveyors.com.  Thank you.

The Rotary Club of Bowmanville is proud to present its second annual Concert to Feed the Need in Durham.  Feed the Need in Durham provides perishable and non-perishable food to emergency food providers in Durham Region.  For more information, please visit their website by following this link.

Ticket prices are $25 for adults and $15 for youth and children 16 years and younger and are available through eventbrite by following this link and clicking on "Select a Time".  Don't miss out; order your tickets today!

Sponsorship opportunities are also available to show your support and help defray costs.  For more information and to download a sponsorship application form, please follow this link.

The amazing talent line-up has something for all tastes and ages:  *The Doozies  *Wooly  *Glendale One  *The Powerhouse Fellowship Soul Choir  *Ugly Horse  *Cale Crowe  *Jess & Tay  *Barbara Lynn Doran  *Matt Doran  *Alexa Goldie  *Kalista Wilson  *The Charles Street Band  *Hunter Sheridan  *Alicia Robicheau  *Naya Liviah & Carl Cotton  *Chris "Crisis" Inammorati  *James Wilson  *Oy to the World  *Hunter Sheridan

• the planned GO Train extension expected to be in Clarington by 2024,
• the Courtice Kiss & Ride,
• a major redevelopment of Lakeridge Health Bowmanville,
• the addition of more long-term care and hospice beds in Clarington,
• the new businesses planning to locate in Clarington,
• a major review and rationalization of by-laws that is taking place,
• property taxes, and
• the impact of the refurbishment of the Darlington NGS on the region.

The Rotary Club of Bowmanville's annual Christmas Tree Fundraiser held at Paul Watson's Farm Market between November 28th and December 17th was once again a tremendous success.  We sold out prior to the anticipated end of sales and although the final tally is not yet in, we anticipate that we did very well.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came by to purchase a tree and to support us in spite of the difficulties created by the construction.

All proceeds from this fundraiser go toward our local and international Rotary projects, community groups, organizations, student bursaries, and our Summer Respite Program for Children with Special Needs.

Thank you once again, Bowmanville for your generous support.  
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ROTARY CLUB OF BOWMANVILLE

Christmas Tree Fundraiser

Please support the Rotary Club of Bowmanville by purchasing your freshly cut Christmas Tree at

Paul Watson’s Farm Ltd.

2287 Regional Highway 2
Bowmanville, ON 905.623.9109

Between November 28^th and December 23^rd

Open Monday to Friday 9 am to 8 pm &

Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 6 pm

Varieties to Choose From:

Balsam, Fraser Fir, Serbian Spruce, Scotch Pine,

White Spruce, Blue Spruce

All proceeds from this fundraiser go to local and international projects, community groups, organizations and our Summer Respite Program for Special Needs Children.

For more information contact Fundraising Chair Kevin Anyan 905-261-1161

During our Annual Christmas Dinner on Friday December 5, 2014, the Rotary Club of Bowmanville honoured two of its own by presenting Paul Harris Fellowships to Fred Mandryk and Georg Krohn.  The citations for the two honourees outlined their dedication to their communities and to Rotary.  Both Fred and Georg are exemplary models of "Service Above Self".  Congratulations to you both.  Well deserved!
  
















 

        Wayne Routly reads the Paul Harris Fellowship Citation for Fred Mandryk


        Ted Mann reads the Paul Harris Fellowship Citation for Georg Krohn
 

The International Service Committee has been very active recently and has approved funding for several worthwhile projects.  The Committee contributed $100 per club member to the Rotary Foundation for Polio eradication.  Rotarian Steve Rutledge received $8500 to complete funding for his water project in Katang Xieng, Laos.  The Committee also donated $1000 to Allison Edwards and International Teams Canada for her Jinja Connection project to help purchase tooth brushes, toothpaste and back packs for street boys in her school in Uganda.  ShelterBox Canada was given $7200 to purchase six Shelter Boxes used for temporary shelter during disaster relief.  Medecins Sans Frontiers, better known as Doctors Without Borders, received $1500 to assist with their continuing international efforts.  The Committee also committed $2000 toward the President's project for the purchase of school desks in Katang Xieng, Laos.  A desk is donated in the name of each of our guest speakers as a thank you for their time.


Left to Right:  President Gord Wallace, Whitby Rotarian Steve Rutledge, International Committee Director Don Gleed
  

With the end in sight of Rotary’s campaign to end polio, the popular question is, ‘What’s next’?  Steve Rutledge, founder of Adopt A Village in Laos and a fellow Rotarian from the Whitby Sunrise Club, hopes that the next campaign is Clean Water.  “There is so much sickness and death in the world caused by contaminated water, yet it is completely preventable,” he explains.

Case-in-point, Laos is the most heavily bombed country per capita in the world and it is still recovering.  With the exception of a few cities, much of the country does not have access to a year round supply of clean water.  This is where Mr. Rutledge becomes involved.  “Currently, infant mortality is still around 8% and we are attacking this statistic head-on.”  To date their organization, whose main focus is clean water, schools and toilets, has completed five water projects, built a number of schools, constructed toilets with running water for every school (plus 10 banks for a large village), and has installed 1377 water filters systems providing over 10,000 rural families, schools and medical clinics/hospitals with clean water.


          Trekking through the jungle to find a water source

The Rotary Club of Bowmanville was involved in “Walk for the Best” with children and families of the  Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre on Sunday September 21, 2014. This fun-filled day starring the children of the Centre was held at the beautiful Heydenshore Pavilion.  The day included a walk on the trails, lots of activities for the children, lunch and information provided by sponsors.

On October 27, 2014, The Rotary Club of Bowmanville was pleased to present the $3000.00 cheque to the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre in support of the event and the great work they do in the community.  On hand for the presentation from the Centre were Laura Mountjoy, Executive Director, Laura Falzon, Development Coordinator and on behalf of the Rotary Club, Gord Wallace , President and Ann Pritchard, Rotarian

The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre for children and Youth was founded in 1989 as a “first of its kind” Centre in Canada. It is dedicated to providing young people and their families with education and support to meet their ongoing type 1 diabetes needs throughout Durham Region.

The Centre is a registered charity with the majority of their revenue raised through various funding activities. They also receive financial support through Durham businesses, Service clubs and Corporate partners.

Their motto "Keeping kids healthy until a cure is found!"


 

Allison Edwards is a 30 year old local girl born in Ajax and raised in Courtice. For the past four years she has run a school for street children (boys) in Jinja, Uganda. She originally volunteered with the local Big Brothers and Sisters organization and following this joined Give International.  It was during the three months she spent with Give International in Uganda that Allison saw the need for a school for local boys who were living on the street.  At present she has some 30+ boys as pupils.

Allison raises money locally and recently returned to her school with supplies donated to her by local organizations plus items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and backpacks which she purchased from funds raised locally.  In March there are plans to hold an 'African Tea' at the Courtice Community Centre to raise more money for her very worthwhile cause.  The Jinja Connection's aim is to educate and empower the street children in Uganda to learn without discrimination.

At the heart of Team Hartwell is Carrie. Carrie Hartwell is a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife and most importantly, a Mother.

Anyone who knows Carrie is used to her kind words and smile, and may not have even realized that for the last two years she has been suffering from the terrible effects of the growth of a Pineal Tumor.  A Pineal Tumor locates near the centre of the brain and the symptoms are headaches, nausea, vomiting, double vision and memory problems to name a few; combined they have made life intolerable for Carrie.

Carrie is not alone in her suffering. Other members of the Hartwell family are husband Rick, son Ryan, and daughters Aleah, Kayley and Stephanie.  Team Hartwell includes the numerous family members, friends and community members who want to help this family get their Carrie/Mom back…...

There is light at the end of the tunnel, a new hope on the horizon, an opportunity to make the grey skies shine bright once again for Team Hartwell.
 

On Sunday September 21st Rotary District 7070 held its annual Rotary Foundation Walk along the Toronto lakeshore.  The event was a great success raising over $110,000 for the Rotary Foundation.  Several members of the Rotary Club of Bowmanville participated in the walk and together our club was delighted to be able to contribute $7240 to the Rotary Foundation.

Bono, lead singer and front man for the rock band U2, is well known for his humanitarian work.  In this brief video Bono pays tribute to Rotarians and their belief in their motto of "Service Above Self".

The June 24, 2014 meeting of the Rotary Club of Bowmanville marked the end of one Rotary year and the beginning of a new one.  With the change comes a new President, a new Board of Directors, and a new Rotary theme - Light Up Rotary. 

Out-going President Don Hutton marked a very successful term in office during which he built, with the assistance of a very capable Board of Directors, a renewed and more vibrant Club.  Don accomplished the goals he set for himself and the Club.  He thanked District Governor Valerie Wafer, who was in attendance, and his Board of Directors for their support during the past year.  Don presented in-coming President Gord Wallace with the President's pin.  As a token of his appreciation, Don then presented each of his Directors with an uncirculated 2014 Olympic one dollar coin. 

In-coming President Gord Wallace thanked Don for his leadership during the past year and presented him with a recycled Past President pin from 1998/1999 when Don was President of the Club for the first time.  Gord then presented Don with a blue bag that contained a 12 year vintage beverage.  As Gord took over the remainder of the meeting, he committed to continue to build the Club and to bring a more business-like model to the functioning of the Club.  The members gave an enthusiastic ovation to the two Presidents.  We are all looking forward to yet another great Rotary year.




















                                                                               Incoming President Gord Wallace (L) and out-going President Don Hutton (R)
 

The Rotary Club of Bowmanville's 7th Annual Rockin' Rotary Ribfest during the weekend of June 6th, 7th and 8th at the Garnet B. Rickard Complex was an amazing success!  We'll get more details as soon as they are available but in the mean time we would like to extend our heart-felt thanks to everyone who came out to have a wonderful time and to help us serve our community.

In 1988-89 Donald Welsh was the President of the Rotary Club of Bowmanville.  In that year he made the decision to work with a very active group of community members to advocate for a Seniors Activity Centre.  In September of 1998 the Clarington Older Adult Association was born under the fantastic leadership of many older adults.  Donald Welsh has continued to be a BIG part of the COAA and its success over the years.  On Friday March 28th Past President Donald Welsh was presented with this custom made rock by local artist Paul Livingston to celebrate his many years of service. 

To the Rotary Club of the Bowmanville thank you for assisting us with getting our organization welcomed into Clarington.

As you celebrate your 90th Anniversary we wish you the best,

For many years the Rotary Club of Bowmanville has provided a Summer Respite Program for families within our Municipality with Children with Special Needs.  We are super excited to be able to offer this program again for the Summer of 2014 and hope that you will pass the word on that we do have spots available for new families.   The program involves one of our student respite employees spending 4 to 8 hours per week with your child and providing educational and recreational activities. Please if you are interested visit the link to our application on our website or contact us with your questions. 

For those of you who so generously donated to the Shoebox effort around Christmas last year you might be interested in where your gift ended up.

·         A total of 664,064 boxes were collected in Canada.

·         Total collected in Ontario 257,332.

·         In the Durham region 10,000+ boxes were collected.

·         Bowmanville alone contributed 2,805 (800 more than the previous year).  Our
          club donated 37.

·         Most of the boxes from Ontario were airlifted to the Americas and some went to
          the Ivory Coast and Senegal.

·         There was a special airlift of 65,000 boxes to a refugee camp in Northern Iraq.
 

I’m sure there are some very happy children enjoying the contents of these Shoeboxes so thank you again from the International Committee.

Sat. October 13, 2012 – Bowmanville Rotary – first event at Clarington Central Secondary School

About 80 volunteers came out.  We ran 6 production lines for at least half the time, then 5 lines, then 3 lines toward the end.  We started the video presentation about 8:45am, started packaging about 9:05am, and took a 15 minute break half way through, then completed packaging about 12:30pm – about 3 hrs & 5 minutes of actual packaging time.  We originally planned to do Four Skids (132 boxes), but did an extra 5 more extra boxes for a total of 29,592 meals (137 boxes).

• 110 boxes, 23,760 meals were taken by Speroway to go to Haiti.

• 23 boxes. 4,968 meals were given to Fred Mandryk – which were used firstly to display at the Oct 19-21, 2012 Rotary conference in Richmond Hill, then were later distributed locally by Fred as such:

         . 6 boxes (1,296 meals) given to the Dutch Christian Church

         . 9 boxes (1,944 meals) given to St. Vincent de Paul

         . 8 boxes, (1,728 meals) given to the Salvation Army              

         . 4 boxes, 864 meals were given to Carl Nabein of KAHC to take to Haiti.

A Charming Evening was had by all and money raised for a good cause at the 'Pay-What-You-Can-Dinner" in Courtice last Friday night. Co-hosts Lynda Mayes and Michele Cryan were pleased to serve 12 fellow Rotarians from the Bowmanville Rotary Club for a night of food, fellowship and music - special thanks to Terry Maxwell who played the guitar and took requests!

 
 Now That's How You Set a Table!
 

Adopt-a-Village-in-Laos is pleased to present a photo of a Lao family member receiving a water filter system in our ongoing distribution (and hygiene training) in the northern region of Luang Prabang province in Laos.  In this round we distributed 275 systems, with a total of 525 for the year.  THANK YOU for your generous contribution!  The water filter photos you will be receiving are as a result of the District Matching Grant.  While the subsequent award was much lower this year due to the number of applications, we were still able to purchase 13 water filter systems and will begin the main water project in Phonesavanh in the coming weeks.

We cannot express how grateful we were for all your help.  Everything went as smooth as it could possibly go (you’d never know it was Ajax Rotary’s first attempt!).  Having said that, none of this would have been possible if it was not for you!!!!  We wish to thank our neighboring Rotary Clubs of Pickering and Whitby, who came out to help – “many, many thanks!!!” – including our past District Governor Ted Koziel and his lovely wife.  The other groups were the girls’ soccer team “thank you coach Bill, girls and moms!”  And the boys’ basketball team who helped us set up from 8 – 10am, “Thank you Fred and boys”.  We also had members of Durham Trillium Quilters’ Guild, workers and their families from Ajax Library and of course our own Ajax Rotary Club.  I am sorry if I missed any groups, but we had over 100 volunteers!!!!!!!  THANK YOU AGAIN!

This past May myself and three other Rotarians from the Bowmanville Rotary Club flew to Thunder Bay to attend the Matawa Rotary Awards Banquet. This is the sixth year in which the Bowmanville Rotary Club has participated in a literacy partnership with Matawa First Nations with a yearly funding of $10,000.  

District Governor Valarie Wafer supports a challenge to Rotarians in District 7070 to increase the number of registered consents for Organ and Tissue Donation  in the Province of Ontario and in particular in our District.

Just a few facts

• one donor has the potential to save eight lives through organ donation and enhance the lives of seventy five others through the donation of tissue. 
• currently in Ontario there are more than fifteen hundred people on  the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant.
• research shows that many Ontarians think that they are registered but are not.  The result is less than 25% are registered organ and tissue donors.

Our goal is to inspire members to check their status, and either confirm registration or register for the first time.  We hope that they will encourage family and friends to join in the clubs’ initiative.  All you need is your health card and two minutes of your time.   This is the ultimate opportunity for “Service Above Self” with no financial impact on the donor or their family!  For more complete information visit our site page or go to our campaign page to register. 

Bowmanville Rotarian and former Clarington Mayor Jim Abernethy had an opportunity to chat with Terry Johnston of CKDO radio Thursday morning and to tell Terry about our Christmas Tree sales and the wonderful work Rotary performs in our community.  Selecting a Christmas Tree is a cherished tradition for many families and what better way to choose your tree than to purchase it from Rotary.  The money raised goes back into our community helping to fund student bursaries, our summer respite program, and numerous other charitable activities.  You may listen
to Jim's conversation with Terry here: 

Rotary Christnmas Trees are available at Paul Watson Farm Market located at 2287 Highway 2 in Bowmanville.  We are open from noon until 8:00 PM Monday to Friday and 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM Saturday and Sunday.  Monday December 23rd is our last day so don't delay; time is running out.

A great day was had by all of the Rotary Families who attended our Annual Family Christmas Party held at the Clarington Beech Center on Sunday December .  From start to finish the party provided fun for all.  Please if you are interested in viewing all of the photos from this event feel free to click on the photo album link to the right of the main website page. 

Many thanks to all of the Rotary members who assisted long with our Clarington Interact Members, Courtice Rotary Members, Janet Lange, Paul Livingston and Magic Al, KCC Gourmet Catering.

The Crew that unloaded the Christmas Trees

Representing the Bowmanville Rotary Club were (seated L to R) Lyle Goodin, Steve Code, Wayne Routly, Fred Mandryk, Elaine Hutton, and Club President Don Hutton.

The walk began at the Newmarket Community Centre on Doug Duncan Drive and followed the Nokiidaa Trail north to Queen Street and thence in a loop that included a number of interesting historic landmarks such as Cane House (home of Newmarket's first mayor, William Cane), the Newmarket Train Station (built in 1899 for the Grand Trunk R.R.), the Union Hotel, Christian Baptist Church (1874 - where Alexander Muir's "The Maple Leaf Forever" was first performed), the Registry Office (1884), the Post Office / Federal Building (1914-15), Newmarket Town Hall (1883) and the North American Hotel on the corner of Botsford and Main Streets where William Lyon Mackenzie began his campaign for change with a speech from a balcony.  For those who only wished to do a short walk, this loop back to the Community Centre provided an opportunity to relax and visit with friends.

(L - R) ? Johnston, Kevin Anyan, Randy Henry, Steve Code, and Gerry Johnston

They were invited guests that morning to receive a cheque in support of the fundraising efforts that Gerry and his family have launched for the ALS Foundation (ALS can also be referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease).

July 9th 2013 marked the changing of the guard for The Rotary Club of Bowmanville.  A big thank you to Lyle Goodin for working so hard the past rotary year and welcome back Don Hutton.  For the first time is 89 years the Rotary Club of Bowmanville has a president returning to represent.  15 Years ago Don Hutton was at the podium collecting his Presidents Pin and again this year he has done the same.

Thank you for your interest.
Please take a few minutes to learn what Rotary is doing in YOUR community and in other countries around the world.
Our motto is "SERVICE ABOVE SELF".

Breakfast meeting with speakers every Tuesday morning at 7:15AM at:
Trinity Church Hall
116 Church Street
Bowmanville, Ontario

For meeting information contact Lynda Mayes at:
905-419-5654or connmay@rogers.com.

You can support Rotary by becoming a member or by providing a donation.  If you are seeking an opportunity to make a positive contribution to your community, why not visit us during one of our regular morning meetings to find out more about Rotary. 

Donations to Rotary can be made by cheque or VISA.
Please contact our Treasurer:
Angie Darlison
Telephone: 905-697-2856
Email: exec-director@bellnet.ca