BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Looking forward to Saturday and the Rotary Great Lakes Watersh ed Cleanup 2026 at the Second Marsh as we help the Friends of The Second M arsh  help clean up  - our focus on the protecting the environment As yo u can see\, it may rain.  Be sure to wear suitable clothing for the clea nup \, especially footwear. Please have your member wear Rotary apparel. T he Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup T Shirts that we got last year would be g reat. If not\, lots of "Rotary" would be great. Bring water for drinking p urposes. If you have a picker\, that will help from bending over\, Freinds of the Second marsh will have garbage bags and  gloves for us.   Please be there before our 9:30 am start.  There will be an opportunity for a s hort speech before we start our cleanup.    I know that Wioletta wants t o have a photo op near the end with everyone with bags of garbage\, just t o show the impact. I like that idea. I hope members form our clubs will al so take lots of photos. i can put them on to our District Facebook Page la ter .   Wioletta wants to know how many from each club (Rotarians\, famil y\, friends) are coming.   Here is the current Rotary Club numbers: Court ice has ____ Oshawa-Parkwood has ____  Oshawa has ______ I think we have ______ civic leaders coming too.: Invitations gone out to John Henry\, Dan Carter\, Adrian Foster\, Colin Carrie\,  Jennifer French\, Todd McCarthy \, Jamil Jivani\, Bob Chapman\, Jim Lee\, Rick Kerr and Tito Dante Marimpi etri.   News Release: THE ROTARY CLUBS OF OSHAWA\, OSHAWA-PARKWOOD AND CO URTICE MEMBERS\, FAMILY \, CIVIC LEADERS AND FRIENDS HELP THE FRIENDS OF T HE SECOND MARSH CLEAN UP THE MARSH  FROM LITTER    - PART OF ROTARY’ S THIRD ANNUAL GREAT LAKES WATERSHED CLEANUP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  PHOT O OPPORTUNITY: 9:30 AM  APRIL 25\, 2026 AT ENTRANCE TO SECOND MARSH ON CO LONEL SAM DRIVE (The meeting location will be at the metal gate located on Colonel Sam Drive\, just past the Waterfront Trail Entrance. We are askin g everyone to park along the south side of the road only.) Civic Leaders w ho have been invited to attend and help pick up garbage: Regional Chair Jo hn Henry\, Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter\,  Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster\, MP P Jennifer French\, MPP Todd McArthy\,  MP Colin Carrie\, MP Jamil Jivani \, Oshawa councillors Bob Chapman\, Rick Kerr Tito Dante Marimpietri\, and Jim Lee .   OSHAWA\, ONTARIO\, CANADA\, APRIL 3\, 2026 –  The Rotary Clubs of Oshawa\, Oshawa-Parkwood\, and Courtice their members\, family an d friends will be assisting the Friends of The Second Marsh by helping to collect refuse and cleaning up in the Second Marsh on Saturday\, April 26\ , as part of Rotary’s Fifth Annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup Project \, it was announced today\, by the three Rotary Club Presidents: Omar Wisd om (Oshawa)\, David Mankiewicz (Oshawa-Parkwood) and  Connor Visser (Cour tice) . We have invited civic and regional Rotary leaders\, family and fri ends to join us at 9:30 am on Saturday April 25. The starting point will b e at the metal gate located on Colonel Sam Drive\, just past the Second Ma rsh Waterfront Trail Entrance. We have also invited Regional Chair John He nry\, Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter\, Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster\, MPP Jenni fer French\, MPP Todd McCarthy\, and MP Colin Carrie\, MP Jamil Jivani and councillors to lend their hand\, and help us clean up the Second Marsh. R otary clubs world-wide share an interest in protecting our common legacy: the environment. Rotarians world-wide are committed to supporting activiti es that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources\, advance ecological sustainability\, and foster harmony between communities and the environment. Helping our Friends of the Second Marsh on Rotary ’s Third Annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup is one way\, they help pro tect the environment. The Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup will be in full swing\, on April 25\, with Rotarians and the whole Rotary family\, on both sides of the Canadian and U.S. border rolling up their sleeves to co llect refuse along the shoreline\, and innumerable waterway tributaries to the Great Lakes basin. In Toronto\, where the city is also bringing in Cl eanup Toronto after a 3-year absence\, several Rotary Clubs will be joinin g forces with community groups as they participate in the “Don’t Mess With the Don” cleanups across the city.  This is great example of ‘Ro tary - People in Action’ and brings considerable community attention to the importance of Environmental Sustainability\, one of Rotary Internation al’s 7 areas of focus. This initiative was created by Rotarian Internati onal’s District 7070 Governor Mark Chipman\, from the Rotary Club of Whi tby-Sunrise with his fellow District Governors surrounding the Great Lakes \, in 2021. This event is a huge rallying of Rotarian resources\, involvin g provinces in Canada and surrounding U.S. States – Rotary Clubs\, Rotar act Clubs (part of the Rotary family for those 18 years of age and up)\, t heir members\, friends\, and families. “Each year 22 million pounds of p lastic is dumped into the Great Lakes.  With supporting the environment b eing one of Rotary International’s areas of focus\, the Rotary Great Lak es Watershed Cleanup initiative is an effort to focus attention on the Gre at Lakes freshwater basin\, one of our most precious resources.  Rotarian s in 8 States and 2 provinces surrounding the Great Lakes are rolling up t heir sleeves and making this initiative one of the largest series of Great Lakes clean-up events ever held”\, said Rotary International Past Distr ict 7070 Governor Ron Dick\, a member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa. “Rot ary has a well-earned reputation for developing and implementing solutions that directly benefit all our communities.  This is an incredible initia tive in its scale and goal to bring attention to the importance of environ mental sustainability.  I could not be prouder of all 11 of our Rotary Cl ub’s in the Durham Region for their commitment to making our world a lit tle better\, by investing their energy and time in this important endeavou r\,” commented John Henry\, Regional Chair and CEO\, Durham Region\, and a member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa. Trash\, plastics and other littere d items plague oceans\, lakes\, and rivers. This trash poses a threat to t errestrial and aquatic life\, often becomes microplastics and harmful toxi ns\, and pollutes one of the most precious and limited natural resources. The Great Lakes contains almost 20% of the world’s freshwater and the Gr eat Lakes System is arguably the largest source of fresh water on the plan et. “Cleanups of this nature are critical to reducing the amount of garb age that collects in our watersheds each year and to educate the public to the importance of protecting our waterways\, to instill a sense of stewar dship towards our Great Lakes and overall environmental sustainability\, ” Great Lakes Cleanup Chair Dan Coombes announced. For more information\ , please contact: Dave Andrews at dave.f.andrews99@gmail.com DTEND:20260425T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260922T005237Z DTSTART:20260425T133000Z LOCATION:Second Marsh SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:2026 Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup - 2nd Marsh UID:16840afb-30ef-4e32-84a6-a51601afd0a0 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Looking forward to Saturday and the \;Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup 2026 at th e Second Marsh as we help the Friends of The Second Marsh \; help clea n up \; - our focus on the protecting the environment
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As you can see\, it may rain. \; \;Be sure to wear suitable clothing for th e cleanup \, especially footwear.

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Please have your member wear Rotary apparel. The Grea t Lakes Watershed Cleanup T Shirts that we got last year would be great. I f not\, lots of "\;Rotary"\; would be great.
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Bring water for drinking purpose s.
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If you h ave a picker\, that will help from bending over\,
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Freinds of the Second marsh will ha ve garbage bags and \; gloves for us.
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Please be there befor e our 9:30 am start. \;
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There will be an opportunity for a short speech before we start our cleanup. \;
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I know that Wioletta wants to have a photo op near t he end with everyone with bags of garbage\, just to show the impact. I lik e that idea. I hope members form our clubs will also take lots of photos. i can put them on to our District Facebook Page later .
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Wioletta wants to know how many from each club (Rotarians\, family\, friends) are coming .
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Her e is the current Rotary Club numbers:
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Courtice has ____
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Oshawa-Parkw ood has ____ \;
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Oshawa has ___ ___
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I think we have ______ civic l eaders coming too.:
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Invitations go ne out to John Henry\, Dan Carter\, Adrian Foster\, Colin Carrie\, \; Jennifer French\, Todd McCarthy\, Jamil Jivani\, Bob Chapman\, Jim Lee\, R ick Kerr and Tito Dante Marimpietri.
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News Release:
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THE ROTARY CLUBS OF OSHAWA\, O SHAWA-PARKWOOD AND COURTICE MEMBERS\, FAMILY \, CIVIC LEADERS AND FRIENDS HELP THE FRIENDS OF THE SECOND MARSH

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CLEAN UP THE MARSH  \;FROM LITTER \;  \; \;- PART OF ROTARY&rsquo\; S THIRD ANNUAL GREAT LAKES WATERSHED CLEANUP

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F OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: \;

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PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: 9:30 AM \; APRIL 25\, 2026 AT ENTRANCE TO SECOND MARSH ON COLONEL SAM DRIVE (The meeting location will be at the meta l gate located on Colonel Sam Drive\, just past the Waterfront Trail Entra nce. We are asking everyone to park along the south side of the road only. )

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Civic Leaders who have been invited to attend and help pick up garbage: Regional Chair John Henry\, Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter\, \; Cla rington Mayor Adrian Foster\, MPP Jennifer French\, MPP Todd McArthy\,&nbs p\; MP Colin Carrie\, MP Jamil Jivani\, Oshawa councillors Bob Chapman\, R ick Kerr Tito Dante Marimpietri\, and Jim Lee .

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\n\n< p>OSHAWA\, ONTARIO\, CANADA\, APRIL 3\, 2026 &ndash\; \; The Rotary Clubs of Oshawa\, Osha wa-Parkwood\, and Courtice their members\, family and friends will be assi sting the Friends of The Second Marsh by helping to collect refuse and cle aning up in the Second Marsh on Saturday\, April 26\, as part of Rotary&rs quo\;s Fifth Annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup Project\, it was announc ed today\, by the three Rotary Club Presidents: Omar Wisdom (Oshawa)\, Dav id Mankiewicz (Oshawa-Parkwood) and \; Connor Visser (Courtice) .

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We have invited civic and regional Rotary leaders\, famil y and friends to join us at 9:30 am on Saturday April 25. The starting poi nt will be at the metal gate located on Colonel Sam Drive\, just past the Second Marsh Waterfront Trail Entrance.

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We have also invited Reg ional Chair John Henry\, Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter\, Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster\, MPP Jennifer French\, MPP Todd McCarthy\, and MP Colin Carrie\, MP Jamil Jivani and councillors to lend their hand\, and help us clean up the Second Marsh.

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Rotary clubs world-wide share an interest in p rotecting our common legacy: the environment. Rotarians world-wide are com mitted to supporting activities that strengthen the conservation and prote ction of natural resources\, advance ecological sustainability\, and foste r harmony between communities and the environment. \;Helping our Frien ds of the Second Marsh on Rotary&rsquo\;s Third Annual Great Lakes Watersh ed Cleanup is one way\, they help protect the environment.

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The Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup will be in full swing\, on April 25\, with Rotarians and the whole Rotary fami ly\, on both sides of the Canadian and U.S. border rolling up their sleeve s to collect refuse along the shoreline\, and innumerable waterway tributa ries to the Great Lakes basin. In Toronto\, where the city is also bringin g in Cleanup Toronto after a 3-year absence\, several Rotary Clubs will be joining forces with community groups as they participate in the &ldquo\;D on&rsquo\;t Mess With the Don&rdquo\; cleanups across the city. \; Thi s is great example of &lsquo\;Rotary - People in Action&rsquo\; and brings considerable community attention to the importance of Environmental Susta inability\, one of Rotary International&rsquo\;s 7 areas of focus.< /h2>\n\n

This initiative was created by Rotarian International&rsquo\;s District 7070 Governor Mark Chipman\, from the Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunri se with his fellow District Governors surrounding the Great Lakes\, in 202 1. This event is a huge rallying of Rotarian resources\, involving provinc es in Canada and surrounding U.S. States &ndash\; Rotary Clubs\, Rotaract Clubs (part of the Rotary family for those 18 years of age and up)\, their members\, friends\, and families.

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&ldquo\;Each year 22 million pounds of plastic is dumped into the Great Lakes. \; With supporting t he environment being one of Rotary International&rsquo\;s areas of focus\, the Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup initiative is an effort to focus attention on the Great Lakes freshwater basin\, one of our most precious resources. \; Rotarians in 8 States and 2 provinces surrounding the Gr eat Lakes are rolling up their sleeves and making this initiative one of t he largest series of Great Lakes clean-up events ever held&rdquo\;\, said Rotary International Past District 7070 Governor Ron Dick\, a member of th e Rotary Club of Oshawa.

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&ldquo\;Rotary has a well-earned reputa tion for developing and implementing solutions that directly benefit all o ur communities. \; This is an incredible initiative in its scale and g oal to bring attention to the importance of environmental sustainability.& nbsp\; I could not be prouder of all 11 of our Rotary Club&rsquo\;s in the Durham Region for their commitment to making our world a little better\, by investing their energy and time in this important endeavour\,&rdquo\; c ommented John Henry\, Regional Chair and CEO\, Durham Region\, and a membe r of the Rotary Club of Oshawa.

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Trash\, plastics and other litte red items plague oceans\, lakes\, and rivers. This trash poses a threat to terrestrial and aquatic life\, often becomes microplastics and harmful to xins\, and pollutes one of the most precious and limited natural resources .

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The Great Lakes contains almost 20% of the world&rsquo\;s fres hwater and the Great Lakes System is arguably the largest source of fresh water on the planet.

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&ldquo\;Cleanups of this nature are critica l to reducing the amount of garbage that collects in our watersheds each y ear and to educate the public to the importance of protecting our waterway s\, to instill a sense of stewardship towards our Great Lakes and overall environmental sustainability\,&rdquo\; Great Lakes Cleanup Chair Dan Coomb es announced.

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For more information\, please contact: Dave Andrew s at dave.f.andrews99@gmail.com

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