THE PARKWOOD JOURNAL

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD

Mailing Address: 96 KING ST. E., OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA L1H 1B6

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO:

ROTARY – People of Action

Rotary is where neighbours, friends, and problem-solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change.

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 Club President David Penney at 905-623-6751 or our Club Past President Lennis Trotter at 905-985-0963.

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?.

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 behaviour 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 behaviours 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. Honour the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything that will bring disfavour 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 goodwill and better friendships?

4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

MINUTES OF  MEETING:  Tuesday, September 14 , 2021

                              Editor:  Sue MacKinnon

Meeting Called to Order   Dave Penney

Rotary Grace    Robbie Larocque

O Canada         Kay Hurren

Toast to the Queen   Robert Kipling

Guests:            Cynthia Davis, President and CEO of Lakeridge Health

                        Sheree Parr, Educator, Waverly Street Pubic School

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Flag raising at Oshawa City Hall of Thursday at 1:00pm.

Would like to see a good turn-out from our membership.

Check the bulletin for Rotary Leadership Institute.  In 2021-22, its Virtual, 3 parts, 6 units each.  Available in October and November.

We are meeting at Waverly Street Public School on Saturday, September 18 at 10:00am to clean up the area, our Rotary club’s part , supported by the Mayor's Task Force on Community Safety, Security and Well-Being, to help make cleaner neighbourhoods, parks, trails and green spaces across the city.

Rotary Foundation Walk is September 26.  Due to Covid restrictions, there will be two walks ( 9 am to noon OR 1 pm to 4 pm) and 2 lunch times available:  in the morning after your walk, or afternoon, before your walk.  You are expected to eat and move on!

The Kids Safety Village will not be open for Halloween this year.

World Polio Day is October 21 from 7:00 to 8:30pm. Guests to include Dr. Bob Scott, Mike McGovern ad Valerie Wafer.

ACE OF SPADES:          Sgt at Arms  Tim Dwyre

  Winner:  Sue MacKinnon            Card Drawn:  Ace of Hearts

  Consolation prize:  Tulips!

Happy Bucks

• Bill is happy the Blue Jays are on a winning streak!

• Hilda is happy that 29 members came for our social AND the weather was great!

• Ted thanked Janice and Hilda for organizing the social; also advised members the Taliban wants Afghanistan to be vaccinated and it should be three years before the world is polio free.

• Dave Andrews thanked Janice and Hilda and welcomed Terry Giles to his first meeting.

• Robert Kipling talked with Peter Dueck; he has experienced health issues and will be back when possible.

• Dave Penney happy to bring Terry to our meeting,

• Larry helped at vaccine clinic this summer and he was presented with a t-shirt.

SPEAKER:

Cynthia Davis, President and CEO Lakeridge Health

A registered nurse by profession, Cynthia has increased her leadership skills and operational experience in Canada and the U.S.   Now Completing her PhD, she is focusing her efforts on advancing the transformation and integration of health services to support vulnerable populations such as care of older adults.  She completed her nursing degree at Dalhousie University and Master of Science, University of Toronto and currently her PhD, interdisciplinary Studies, at the University of New Brunswick.

Cynthia noted, this was her first time to speak in public, since the pandemic!

Cynthia stressed how important it is to be vaccinated.  Testing is also very important!

We are all very tired of this pandemic BUT the hospital is preparing a 4th wave.  Hoping it will not be as severe BUT this wave is expected to affect youth.

The first shots were in the hospital, usually in the community. Also noted, shots were in long term care, early and vaccine was always available.  There were 4,000 visits to urgent care, virtual clinics.

Lakeridge Health has a Master Plan:

• 6 person expert panel from 6 professional disciplines formed to advise new hospital and how to advance, considering new growth.  This panel has conducted 12,000 surveys and will make submission to the board.  Some recommendations will be mandatory and this process (for approval) could take up to 10 years!

• 320 bed LTC facility will be ready for occupancy as early as March 2022.  Dialysis will be on the ground floor. Funded by the provincial government.

• Gerry Couglan Health and Wellness Centre will consist of 2 floors for day surgery and will be opening in spring of 2022.

• Lakeridge is committed to Patient care.  Patients will have access to reports related to their care.

• At covid peak, 900 beds were utilized.

• GET VACCINATED, WEAR A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, a missed opportunity, is not necessary!

• Hilda thanked Cynthia

AS OF AUGUST 24, 2021, OUR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS ARE BACK  AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER ROTARY EVENTS PLEASE READ THE SECTION AT THE

END OF THIS BULLETIN

SEPT 21 – Regular Weekly Meeting – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM . Oshawa Golf Club

                   Speaker : ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Don Lovisa, President , Durham College  with Catherine Hardman, CFRE,

                   Development Officer, Office of Development and Alumni Affairs

                  (Note: Catherine is our World Polio Day 2021 “go to” person on our team at Durham College)

SEPT 25 – Grow Green With Rotary and Tulip Sales – 9 am to 1 pm – North Oshawa Farmers Market – 1661 Harmony Rd N, Oshawa

SEPT 25 – Bingo at the Red Barn – Be there at 11 AM. Start at 12:30 PM – Team # 1 - Linda Porritt, Ted & Sharron

                                                           Morrison and Lennis Trotter

SEPT 26 – District 7070 Rotary Foundation Walk – 9 am to 12 noon OR 1 pm to 4 pm.  Mark your calendars! Get ready for some fun, get some pledges, and donate some money at our District 7070 Rotary Foundation Walk, in Trenton On Sunday September 26th in beautiful Trenton, Rotarians will gather following covid safety guidelines and physical distancing for the annual Rotary Foundation walk. We are so excited to safely welcome you!  Choose a morning or afternoon walk.  A scrumptious free box lunch will be enjoyed by all who register for the walk. (Due to covid, numbers are limited, all who plan to attend must register)  Click here for details, the route preview video and to register.   We look forward to seeing you!   Can't make the walk but want to donate to The Rotary Foundation?  Click here to donate now.   Thank you

SEPT 28 – Regular Weekly Meeting – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM . Oshawa Golf Club

•                     : Derrick Clarke, Fire Chief, City of Oshawa ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

OCT  5 –Regular Weekly Zoom Meeting – 6 PM to 7:30 PM – District Governor Ron Dick’s

                                               Official Visit to 5 Rotary Clubs: Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood, Bowmanville,

                                          Courtice  and Port Perry.  LINK :  A District Zoom Link will be provided soon.

                                           NO MEETING AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB

MORE ROTARY INFORMATION:

THANK YOU FOR ZOOM:

To our very own Oshawa-Parkwood Rotarian Eric Guernsey for arranging the Zoom Meeting sharing with Heather McMillan, Executive Director of the Durham Workforce Authority, The Durham Workforce Authority is the acknowledged provider of local workforce information and champion of workforce development initiatives unique to Durham Region. Their Mission is to produce and offer comprehensive Labour Market Information to our stakeholders, to facilitate workforce solutions by engaging community partners and employers and to encourage development and maintenance of a sustainable and dynamic workforce. It was so nice to be able to have a whole hour for our Zoom meeting. We look forward to all of our Zoom meetings and thank you both, for all of your help.

OUR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS STILL ON ZOOM AND WILL NOT BE AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

We will let you know when and if we return to the Oshawa Golf Club. As it stands right now, the Oshawa Golf Club is not hosting any outside organizations (such as ourselves) at the present time.

FUNDRAISERS UPDATE:

# 1: GROW GREEN WITH ROTARY – Fall 2021.

Pre-order starting Sept 1. Delivery Sept 7. PLUS we will be at the North Oshawa farmers Market on Sept 11, 18 and 25 and Oct 2 and Oct 9

FUNDRAISER# 2: CATCH THE ACE:

IT’S HERE. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS.  – PLEASE GET REVVED UP TO GET YOUR “ASK” IN GEAR AND GET ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS TO BUY TICKETS EVERY WEEK FOR A CHANCE FOR THE BIG JACKPOT AND “CATCH THE ACE”. THE WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING . DRAWS EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 PM.

FUNDRAISER# 3: END POLIO NOW TULIP CAMPAIGN – FALL 2021:

Coming SOON:

OUR REGULAR WEEKLY ZOOM MEETING LINK:

Topic: Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood Weekly Meetings on ZOOM, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Time: 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/99926166884 
Meeting ID: 999 2616 6884

Pass Code: 2020
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Meeting ID: 999 2616 6884

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abpb4qHfvS

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.