Events

DEC 8 – Concert to Feed The Need – Biltmore Theatre, King St E.,  Oshawa : 2 pm to 4:30 pm. Hosted by 11 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region. Proceeds to Feed The Need Durham. For tickets, please see https://tickets.biltmoretheatre.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=76

see: https://alzheimer.ca/durham/en

Rotarians, Rotaractors and guests in District 7070 are invited to : 

SAVE THE DATE:  MARCH 6, 2025:  Night of A Thousand Dinners – Proceeds to  the Canadian Landmine Foundation  , Officers' Mess, Ontario Regiment, Simcoe Street North. Tickets price to be announced. This elegant evening will have a the Dress Code: Business Attire. The Bar opens at 6 pm. Dinner at 7 pm. This year's keynote speaker: Patti Lee, Rotary Club of Etobicoke and memebr of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Landmine Foundation.

This is a Fundraiser for Canadian Landmine Foundation hosted by the Oshawa Rotary Club. Call Gordon Dowsley for tickets, when they are available, at 905-576-3636 and at gdowsley@yahoo.com . Many Rotary Clubs in Canada support Canadian Landmine Foundation. Seating is very limited to 100 patrons only. Please purchase your tickets as soon as possible. 

Please join us.

See: https://canadianlandmine.org/

Dear fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors in District 7070,

In December 1997 the Ottawa Treaty banning the use of Landmines was signed by 122 countries on Parliament Hill. Since then, a further 40 countries have signed up making the current total 162 independent nations worldwide.

Following the signing of the treaty The Canadian Landmine Foundation was formed and Rotary became an unofficial sponsor as a few board chairs are reserved for Rotarians. Its role is to raise money to remove the mines and to educate children in dangerous areas as to what mines look like, to report them to adults and to never touch them.

Many Rotary clubs contribute directly to the Canadian Landmines Foundation from funds on hand. Others raise funds through a Night of A Thousand Dinners evenings and send these funds to the foundation. If you would like to join The Rotary Club of Oshawa for this year's dinner on February 13, 2025  (Cash bar at 6:00 pm followed by Dinner  at 7:00 pm in the Officer's Mess, The Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Armoury of The Ontario Regiment,  53 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa L1G 4R9.)

This year's distinguished will be announced soon.  

Ticket price for a wonderful meal in the elegant and historic surroundings of the Officers Mees of the Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Armoury of Ontario Regiment will be announced soon with a tax receipt for the amount above cost.

Reserve your spot through Past District Governor, Ron Dick   ( ron@rrdfsi.ca ) or Gordon Dowsley  (gdowsley@yahoo.com  905-576-3636). Internet transfer payments can be made  through  OshawaRotaryClub@rogers.com   Please indicate landmines dinner.

If your club would like to partner with Oshawa Rotary Club for this year's dinner or would like a speaker on the program we would be very happy to talk about the possibilities.

Yours in Rotary,

Gordon

Gordon Dowsley

Rotary Club of Oshawa

Night of a Thousand Dinners (N1KD) is an event that helps to raise awareness of the global landmine crisis and to raise funds for mine action.  N1KD began as a global campaign in 2001 and the tradition continues to this day among Rotary Clubs in Canada. Night of a Thousand Dinners is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to make a positive difference in the lives of those living in mine-affected communities, while at the same time sharing a meal with friends and family.  Every contribution, no matter how small, will affect change on a global scale.

 How are the funds raised for N1KD used?

 Net proceeds from Night of a Thousand Dinners will be used to fund mine action programs in Cambodia. Our unSAFE campaign supports Cambodian Self Help Demining (CSHD), an organization that operates Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams which help rural Cambodians who come across mines and explosive remnants of war in their day-to-day lives. You can read about the unSAFE campaign HERE.

In addition to demining, CSHD’s Risk Education Team travels from village to village teaching people how to identify an explosive and what to do if they find one.

 The Canadian Landmine Foundation is a registered charity with a mission to raise awareness and funds to end human and economic suffering caused by landmines. We partner with other charitable organizations that meet our standards and help relieve the global and continued suffering of countries plagued with landmines and their victims.

 The Canadian Landmine Foundation (CLMF) aims to realize the vision and goals of the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines by entrenching the norm, now established by 161 governments around the world, and also to meet the challenge of clearing mine-infested lands and to offer hope and practical support to mine victims in the world’s most mine-affected countries/communities. Additionally, we aim to continue raising awareness about the consequences of landmines on the landscape, communities and families of countries around the world. We continue to support organizations that achieve these goals.

 Since 1999 the Canadian Landmine Foundation and Canadians across the country have funded $3.7 million in mine action projects around the world, from victim assistance to the clearance of nearly 2 million square metres of land!

In the Photo:

Ottawa, December 5,1997, while the church bells rang out across the city, representatives of 122 countries signed the international landmines treaty.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jody Williams. the President of the International Red Cross, Cornelio Sommaruga, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Prime Minister Jean Chretien applaud as our guest on January 18, Lloyd Axworthy, signs for Canada