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THE PARKWOOD JOURNAL

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD

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

2024-25 ROTARY THEME: “ THE MAGIC OF ROTARY ”
 
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT:   Stephanie Urchick – Rotary Club of  McMurray, Pennsylvania, USA  
 
R.I. DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR:    Virginia O'Reilly - Rotary Club of  Toronto East , Ontario, Canada
 
ASSISTANT DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR:  Shauna Moore – Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunrise , Ontario, Canada
 

 

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 President Hilda Finnigan at 905-431-4258 or Club Past President Linda Porritt at 905-626-6386 

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?

 

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MINUTES OF MEETING: June 4, 2024

                                   Editor:  Hilda Finnigan

 

Meeting Called to Order: by President Linda Porritt

ROTARY GRACE: Led by Sue MacKinnon

Oh 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

 

TOAST TO THE KING: Led by Robert Kipling

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We respectfully acknowledge that we are hosting this Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood meeting from land within the jurisdiction of Williams Treaties and on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nations, the Anishnaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. This acknowledgement reminds us of our responsibilities to our relationships and the ancestral lands on which we learn, share and live.

TOAST TO CANADA:  Led by Peter Hernandez

Visiting Rotarians and Guests

Oshawa Parkwood was pleased to welcome many guests and visiting Rotarians to this special evening:- Jan Penney,

Maria Olnyck, Caroline Kipling, Patti Koski, Maria Hernandez, Terrilynn Larocque, Sharron Morrison, Peter Irvine (Whitby

Sunrise), Trish Best, Emmy Iheme, Kim Tam, Donald Igbokwe (Oshawa).

 

 

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: 

Happy Birthday Kim Tam on May 31st;  Robert Kipling on June 7th; and Bob Ellliott on June 11th;

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lennis Trotter – Kids Safety Village Board and Committee meeting  June 10 at 2pm

Hilda – reviewed our plan for the Peony Festival on June 8 and 9 at the Oshawa Botanical Gardens, including set up and take down. Thank you everyone for volunteering. We will be selling Ploughman’s Choice and Bird Houses.

REMINDERS:

Hilda – We will be asking everyone to sign up for at least 2 committees next year. A sign up sheet will be going around soon.

Ted – A reminder to ask everyone to make a donation to the Rotary Foundation before June 30. We have surpassed our goal for donations to the Polio Fund. Thank you all. We are short of our goal for donations to the Annual programs Fund. Please consider a donation. Thank you.

JUNE 8 -9 – Peony Festival – Oshawa Botanical Gardens - we are selling Ploughman’s Choice and the Bird Houses.

JUNE 12 – is our next Rotary Board of Directors Meeting. At the Biddle Building. 7:30 pm start.

JUNE 14-16 – The Rotary Club of Pickering need volunteers for their ribfest. Please reach out to them. Fred Walker is their President. He can be reached at fredrickw000@gmail.com  .

Wind Reach Farm is excited to be hosting the RCMP Musical Ride and the SUPER Dogs show on Wednesday, June 12th. and Thursday, June 13th. They are  expecting 3,000 people and are seeking volunteers to help with parking and other areas

JUNE 18 – No meeting at the Oshawa Golf Club. Please register and watch the Learning Tuesdays Rotary Foundation Zoom meeting with Rotary International’s Chair of the PolioPlus Committee Mike McGovern and a Rotary Foundation scholar as well. Starts a 7 PM.

It is RIBFEST Season. Be sure to volunteer your services and help the neighbouring Rotary Clubs  at any one or more of the following Ribfests coming very soon:

Remaining Ribfests: Bowmanville - June 7-9; Pickering - June 14-16; Whitby-Sunrise - June 12-14; Oshawa Aug. 16-18.

 

SGT AT ARMS

Dave Penney – no duties this evening as Ted Morrison lead us in a fun game of   “Heads and Tails”!?  Winner of a fine set of coasters was Patti Koski

 SPEAKER:      Our Director of Foundation PDG Ted Morrison emceed our program recognizing our Club, Oshawa Parkwood for participation in the Rotary Foundation.  Important points included the following

  • Our donations make us 2nd highest among clubs in Durham Region; higher than most Clubs in District 7070

  • This year 23/24 we have surpassed our goal for donation to Polio Plus but are just slightly below goal for the Annual Fund – still time to meet this goal before June 30th

  • Reminder that Annual Fund donations are returned to Clubs in the form of Grants for our projects such as Kids Against Hunger; this year will be $9,000.00

  • Our Greatest Campaign “Polio Eradication” was launched in 1985; has saved the lives of 20 million children throughout the world

  • In 2024 there are 6 cases – 3 in Afganistan/3 in Pakistan

  • Cost of maintaining vaccinations is $400M/year

  • Rotary donations being matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Polio virus has mutated!! This new virus causes paralysis

  • An unvaccinated man in New York state contracted this – he had not traveled; virus was found in  waste water systems in several areas including Montreal

  • We are close but not finished yet

  • World Health Organization (WHO) does see an end date of December 31st, 2026;following this 3 years Polio Free for final declaration

                    Ted, assisted by President Linda Porritt, presented awards to the following

                             Paul Harris Fellows  Bill Creamer, Robbie Laroque, David Andrews

                            Special Paul Harris Fellows Tim Dwyre, Peter Irvine

                           Major Donor   Dave and Jan Penney, Peter Hernandez and Irina Roudenko

A TRULY GREAT EVENING RECOGNIZING “SERVICE ABOVE SELF”

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 Thank you to our newest Major Donor, Peter Hernandez for all of the fabulous photos.

 

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 Sue MacKinnon, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.

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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Patricia Dyck
January 18
 
James Ilenikhena
January 28
 
Timothy Dwyre
January 28
 
Spouse Birthdays
Rhonda Stewart
January 12
 
Patti Koski
January 21
 
Speakers
Jan 14, 2025 6:00 PM
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Jan 21, 2025 6:00 PM
His Annual Update to Our Club
Jan 28, 2025 6:00 PM
Dinner Out with Spouses
Feb 04, 2025 6:00 PM
Committee Updates to The Club members
Feb 11, 2025 6:00 PM
Valentine's Dinner Out with Spouses
Feb 11, 2025 6:00 PM
Challenge League Sports
Feb 18, 2025 6:00 PM
Alzheimer Society of Durham Region
Feb 25, 2025 6:00 PM
Activities at Hearth Place
Mar 04, 2025 6:00 PM
Humane Society of Durham Region
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Upcoming Events
Bingo - Red Barn
Jan. 16, 2025
11:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
 
Bingo - Red Barn
Jan. 25, 2025
11:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
 
Club Board of Directors Meeting
Feb. 05, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
 
Bingo - Red Barn
Feb. 22, 2025
11:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
 
Bingo - Red Barn
Feb. 27, 2025
11:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
 
Club Board of Directors Meeting
Mar. 05, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
 
Night of A Thousand Dinners -March 6, 2025
Ontario Regiment
Mar. 06, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
 
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Executives & Directors
President
 
Vice President
 
Secretary
 
Treasurer
 
Director - International Service
 
Director - Rotary Foundation
 
Director - Membership
 
Director - Club Administration
 
Director - Community, Vocational,Youth Service
 
Past President
 
Director - Public Relations
 
Executive Secretary
 
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