What is Rotary ?

We're made up of local business, professional, and civic leaders. 

We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships and through that, we're able to get things done in our community.

 

It's up to YOU.............Join leaders in our community

Be sure to share this with all of your friends and associates and ask them to get in touch with our Membership Chair Linda Porritt at 905-626-6386 or our Membership Director Lennis Trotter at 905-985-0963 or our Club President Mike McLaren at 905-571-4222.

You are invited to our next Rotary meeting. You may wish to become a Rotarian. Dinner is on us. Isn't it time to give back to your community?.

 

2016-2017 ROTARY THEME: “ROTARY – SERVING HUMANITY”

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: John Germ – Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee,USA

R.I. DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Jim Louttit - Rotary Club of Toronto-Sunrise in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ASSISTANT DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Beth Selby – Rotary Club of Cobourg in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

 

THE OBJECT OF ROTARY

is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful

occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of

business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

 

Rotary Code of Conduct provides a framework for ethical behavior that all Rotarians can use, together with The Four-Way Test, in their business and professional activities.

ROTARY CODE OF CONDUCT

As a Rotarian, I will

1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities

2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary

3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically, encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others

4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as fellow human beings

5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to society

6. Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in my community

7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians

8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship

 

THE ROTARY FOUR-WAY TEST

of things we think, say and do:

1. Is it the truth

2. Is it fair to all concerned?

3. Will it build good will and better friendships?

4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

 

ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2016-2017

President: Dave Andrews

Past President: Mike McLaren

Vice President: Ted Morrison

Treasurer: Devon Biddle

Secretary: Robbie Larocque

Club Administration: Shawn Kellam

Community & Vocational Service: Kim Boatman

International Service: Linda Porritt

Youth Service: Kim Boatman

Membership: Lennis Trotter

The Rotary Foundation: Ted Morrison

Public Relations: Dave Andrews

Sgt-at-Arms: Bob Koski / Alan Nason / Linda Porritt / Larry Hurren

 

COMMITTEES:

CLUB ADMINISTRATION: Hilda Finnigan (Chair) / Larry Hurren / Dave Andrews / Linda Porritt /Janice Coupland / Ted

Morrison / Stanley Igboanugo

MEMBERSHIP: Linda Porritt (Chair) / Ted Morrison / Larry Hurren / Kris Sachdeva / Robbie Larocque / Peter Dueck /

Dave Andrews / Janice Coupland / Robert Kipling

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Janice Coupland (Chair) / Myles Fisher (Vice Chair) / Hilda Finnigan / Bob Elliott /

Bob Stewart / Robbie Larocque / Alan Nason / Pat Dyck / Marsha Chambers / David

Mankiewicz / Devon Biddle / Bob Koski / Chidinma Igboanugo

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE: Kris Sachdeva (Chair) / Janice Coupland (Vice-Chair) / Pat Dyck / Devon

Biddle / Bob Stewart / Bob Elliott / Larry Hurren / Peter Dueck / Myles Fisher / Robert

Kipling / Bob Koski

YOUTH SERVICE: Bob Stewart / Robbie Larocque / Pat Dyck / Shawn Kellam / Larry Hurren / Chidinma Igboanugo

ROTARY FOUNDATION: Kris Sachdeva (Vice Chair) / Pat Dyck / Dave Andrews / Devon Biddle / Peter Dueck /Larry

Hurren

PUBLIC IMAGE: Kim Boatman / Myles Fisher(Vice Chair) / Robbie Larocque / Janice Coupland / Bob Elliott / Bob

Koski

CLUB'S FOUNDATION: Devon Biddle / Ted Morrison / Dave Andrews

KIDS' SAFETY VILLAGE: Board Members: Lennis Trotter / Linda Porritt / Sandy McDowell /

Committee Members: Hilda Finnigan / Shawn Kellam / Robbie Larocque / Devon Biddle / Dave

Andrews / Robert Kipling / Larry Hurren

FUNDRAISING: Ted Morrison / Robert Kipling / Alan Nason / Dave Andrews / Devon Biddle

REVERSE DRAW: Kim Boatman (Co Chair) / Robbie Larocque (Co Chair) / Dave Andrews / Kris Sachdeva / Devon

Biddle / Ted Morrison / Sandy McDowell / Larry Hurren / Alan Nason / Janice Coupland

HERRONGATE DINNER THEATRE: Bob Koski (Chair) / Robert Kipling / Kris Sachdeva /Laura Carey / Linda Porritt /

/Janice Coupland / Devon Biddle

PURPLE WOODS: Robbie Larocque (Chair) / Myles Fisher (Co-Chair) / Linda Porritt

CAKES & HAMS: Devon Biddle / Dave Andrews / Ted Morrison / Hilda Finnigan

CLUB CONSTITUTION & BY-LAW REVIEW: Ted Morrison / Hilda Finnigan / Devon Biddle / Dave Andrews

YARD SALE: Bob Stewart (Co Chair) / Laura Carey (Co Chair) / Linda Porritt / Hilda Finnigan / Robbie Larocque

40TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE: Sandra McDowell (Co Chair) / Lennis Trotter / Devon Biddle / Linda Porritt /

Janice Coupland / Ted Morrison / Hilda Finnigan (Co Chair)/ Dave Andrews / Marsha Chambers

FUNDRAISING REVIEW: FASHION SHOW COMMITTEE: Janice Coupland (Chair)

FUNDRAISING REVIEW: 50 -50 GOLF CLUB DRAW: Mike McLaren (Chair) / Bob Stewart / Devon Biddle / Myles Fisher /

Linda Porritt / Marilyn Taylor / Dave Andrews

FUNDRAISING REVIEW: MAN CAVE TOUR COMMITTEE: Sue MacKinnon (Chair)

FUNDRAISING REVIEW: BOSTON PIZZA COMMITTEE: Ted Morrison (Chair)

MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday, November 15, 2016

 

ROTARY GRACE

O Lord, The Giver of all good,

We thank Thee for our daily food

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways

Help us to serve Thee all our days.

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Grace: Linda Porritt

O Canada: Peter Dueck

Toast ToThe Queen: Devon Biddle

 

GUESTS: Stanley Igboanugo, Chidinma Igboanigo, and Matt Dyke

VISITING ROTARIANS: None Tonight

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

None Tonight

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Ted Morrison – He has the sign up forms to show us how you can have the money taken out of your account and go directly to The Rotary Foundation, called Rotary Direct. It is also available on the rotary.org website under your MYRotary log in.

• Janice Coupland – Dec 6 – Participation House Christmas Party - Oshawa Golf Club - 6:30 pm start - she is working with Past President David Mankiewiczon all of the details. Cost $40 per person. Sign up TODAY with Janice

• Janice Coupland – Dec 13 – Club members Party at Kris and Janice condo in Ajax – please dress up for the party (shirt and tie gentlemen) . A tour of their condo and then to the Party in the Party room. Details and cost will follow shortly. Cost $ 25 per person. Sign up TODAY with Janice

• Pres Dave announced District 7070 Rotary NIght at Whitby Dunlops game is November 19^th – 6 pm start. Be there by 5:15 or so. Cost $10 per person. children free.

• Pres Dave announced the Rotaract Club of DC-UOIT Meet and Greet at 7 pm to 9 pm at the 61 Charels Street Campus on Nov 17. They would like as many members for our club to be there to meet and greret the newest memebrs of the Rotaract Club

• Sandy McDowell announced that we STILL need volunteers for the Nov 15 thru Nov 26 Christmas Lights and Parade event at the Kids Safety Village 5 to 8 pm and we need volunteer to decorate the Rotary Building this saturday Nov 12 from 9 am to noon .

• Lennis Trotter announced that on Friday and Saturday, there will be a Santa Claus Parade in the Holiday Spirit Display at the Kids Safety Village from 5: 30 to 8 pm this weekend and next.

• January 8^th Kingston and Oshawa Generals hockey game. We need YOU to sell tickets for $19 each . Please start TODAY. And we will need a large number of volunteers to pass the bucket for the Kids Safety Village Durham that night. Speicla thanks to the Durham Region Police Association for paying the $5,000 fee for this to be DRPA Night at the Oshawa Generals in support of the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region. Larry Hurren will start a Volunteer Sign Up List for the Bucket Passing and Safety Village Promo Desk at the Game

• Pres Dave announced that he was in the Remembrance Day parade on Nov 11 carring the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood wreath and placed it on the Cenotaph in Memorial Park

• Ted Morrison - Courtice Rotary Club have tickets for Men's Welsh Choir on November 19th at 3PM; - contact Marie Visser;

• Pres Dave presented a fund raising opportunity - selling raffle tickets to win a trip to the Super Bowl game - those present agreed we should participate in this venture – Tickets STILL available . All cash and stubs in by Nov 22. Our club gets 25% of what we sell. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 . Canadian Funds. ALL STUBS AND MONEY IN NOVEMBER 22. FINAL . FINAL

• Past Pres Robbie Larocque announced that it is time to sell Cakes and Hams – oders must be in by Nov 25 at the latest. Delivery tentatively scheduled for the week of Dec 5. and Past District Governor Ted Morrison challenged anyone to outsell him and said you can have a nice bottle of your choice if you can beat sales of 80 hams. ALL ORDERS IN BY NOV 22. (LAST POSSIBLE TIME IS NOV 25 AT 10 AM)

 

ACE OF SPADES DRAW Winner Dave Andrews Card Drawn: Ace of Diamonds

 

DUTIES FOR NOVEMBER:

Front Desk: Kris Sachdeva                      Bulletin Editor / Greeter: Janice Coupland

(Editor’s note: If you cannot be present , please find a replacement)

 

HAPPY TOONIES

• Bob Koski – Beautiful weather US Election has come and gone the sun is still shining

• Bob Stewart – Cubs won the world series went to his Dad’s grave and wrote on the headstone CUBS WON! Found out it was a permanent marker

• Dave Andrews – thank you to Robbie more football tickets got purolated to his office

• Hilda – her 15 year old grandsons turned 15 on November 15^th

• Ted – November is coming to a close – I have been doing a significant amount of talks one of the clubs asked “Who is Paul Harris?” we have some work to do

• Janice – Ted you are such a fantastic representation of what a Rotarian should be and you have so much valuable knowledge to share – I know you are busy with your “talks” that is what happens when you are sooo good

• Sandy – thank you to Ted and Dave re RLI it was a very interesting learning experience

• Kim – Club Assessment were were the best club we are a STRONG club

• Mike – not happy about Daylight Savings Time now I have to be on time

• Hilda – glad to meet Souma welcome the guests re Trillium Gift of Life

• Alan – four months of having a bad back – he is feeling pretty good right now

• Bob – went to the GP good for another year!

 

ROTARY MOMENT none tonight

GUEST SPEAKER

• FINDRAISING IDEA REVIEW: Pres Dave thanked all of the presenters tonight for reviewing and bringing their ideas forward for the club members to vote.

• We heard the following :

• Herrongate Dinner Theatre – Sue McKinnon

• Bingo at the Red Barn and Bingo with the Optimist Club – Linda Porritt;

• Regent Theatre Event – Kim Boatman and Sandy McDowell;

• Fashion Show – Janice Coupland;

• Raffle ticket selling for a ajor prize – Robert Kipling;

• House Tour / Man Cave Tout – Sue McKinnon;

• Craft beer and Food Truck Festival – Lennis Trotter;

• Golf 50-50 Draw – Mke McLaren

•  

Thank you all for participating and for voting for your favourite Fundraising Ideas for our Rotary Club.

Please find attached the results.

There are 2 front runners (Golf 50-50 Draw) and The Fashion Show and there are 2 should also be considered ( Man Cave Tour and the Serving at Boston Pizza ) that require more review.

Here are the next steps:

I would like each club member to serve on at least two of the committees (and three or four if you wish and come up with the project details, anticipated net profits , volunteer hours required, etc) for each project. There should be a minimum of 4 people on each committee (to spread around the work to set up the project and gather the details).

I have set aside April 4 as the date for the 4 presentations. However, if your committee is ready to roll faster than that date, we can always meet , with all club members, after a regular weekly meeting and get their buy in on your committee's project.

Here are the new Fundraising Committees: and the Champion who could be your chair if your committee so desires:

 

Golf 50-50 Draw - Mike McLaren

Fashion Show - Janice Coupland

Man Cave Tour - Sue MacKinnon

Serving at Boston Pizza - Ted Morrison

 

To all club members:

Please sign up  to work on the committees.

Note to the Champions: Please let me know who is on your committees as soon as you can, and we can put their names in the bulletin.

And if you know of other potential fundraisers that you wish to bring forward, set up a committee of at least 4 volunteers , do the research, and bring the project forward at the April 4 meeting.

Meeting Adjourned by President Dave

 

The “ideal of service” is the key.

It is an attitude that does not change from one version to the next.

It is an attitude and passion we all have, as Rotarians.

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Robbie Larocque, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.

HERE’S A LIST OF SOME ROTARY CLUBS CLOSE TO YOU.

Please check the club website to make sure their location and time has not changed:

 

MONDAY:

Belleville – Ramada Inn – 11 Bay Ridges at Hwy 2 - 12:00 noon

Oshawa – Jubilee Pavillion Banquet Centre, 55 Lakeview Park Ave, Oshawa – 12:10 pm

Markham-Unionville – Al Dente Ristorante, 39 Main St.N., - 6:30 pm

Port Hope – Knights of Columbus Hall, 1 Elias St., – 6:00 pm

Richmond Hill – Sheraton Parkway Hotel, 600 Hwy 7 East, – 6:00 pm

Trenton – Holiday Inn – 99 Glen Miller Rd. at 401 - 6:00 pm

 

TUESDAY:

Whitby – Whitby Central Library, 405 Dundas St W - 7:00 am

Pickering – Bollocks, 736 Kingston Rd, Pickering – 7:00 am

Bowmanville – Trinity Church Hall, 116 Church St. – 7:15 am

Picton – Royal Canadian Legion, 347 Main St., - 12:15 pm

Scarborough Bluffs – Loblaw’s Superstore (upstairs) – 1775 Brimley at Progress – 7:15 am

Scarborough – Scarborough Golf Club – Golf Club Rd. – 12:30

Scarborough Twilight – The Olde Stone Cottage – 3750 Kingston Rd. - 5:30 pm

 

WEDNESDAY:

Whitby-Sunrise – Royal Oak Pub, Whitby Shores, 617 Victoria St W – 7:00 am

Markham Sunrise – Delta Markham Hotel – 50 East Valhala Dr., Hwy 7 east of 404 – 7:00 am

Northumberland Sunrise – Ashbrook Golf Club – 7215 Dale Rd, Port Hope - 7:00 am

North Scarborough – Delta Toronto East – 2035 Kennedy Rd, Scarborough – 12:30 pm

Port Perry – Sunnybrae Golf Club, 1430 King Street, Port Perry, ON , – 6:15 pm

 

 

THURSDAY:

Ajax – (First Thursday of the month) at Public Library, 55 Harwood Ave S., – 12:15 pm

Ajax – rest of the month - McEachnie Family Centre, 20 Church Street North, NorthWest Corner Hwy 2 & Church - 7:30am

Agincourt – 6:30 pm at Rotating locations. Please contact Ron -  rdhinchliff@gmail.com to verify location.

Quinte Sunrise – Bay of Quinte Golf Club, 1830 Old Hwy 2, – 7:00 am

Uxbridge – Wooden Sticks Golf & Country Club, 40 Elgin Park Drive off Concession 7 South of Uxbridge. – 7:00 am

 

FRIDAY:

Toronto – Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St, – 12:15

Cobourg – Best Western Cobourg Motor Inn, 930 Burnham Rd. at Hwy 2 – 12:15

Courtice – White Cliffe Terrace, 1460 Hwy 2 – 7:15 am