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MINUTES OF MEETING: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 Editor: Dave Andrews Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM: by President Hilda Finnigan Grace: David Mankiewicz Toast to the KING : Ted Morrison Land Acknowledgement: We respectfully acknowledge that the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is meeting on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nations, within the jurisdiction of the Williams Treaties. We are committed to our responsibility of stewardship, in these relationships and for this land on which we learn, share and live. Toast to CANADA : Kim Tan  Thank you to ken Hurst from the Rotary Club of Ajax for donating a cake for dessert in honour of the 70th anniversary of the opening of Grandview Kids Centre.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests Bryan Yetman – Chair of the Grandview Kids Foundation Tom McHugh – CEO – Grandview Kids Ken Hurst – Rotary Club of Ajax Desmond Owusu – Rotary Club of Accra Ridge, Ghana Jin Lee – Councilor, City of Oshawa BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: August 20 - Happy Anniversary to Colleen and Mike McLaren August 25 – Happy Birthday to Penelope Williams August 26 – Happy Anniversary to Dale and Janice Duke August 28 – Happy Anniversary to James & Comfort Blessing Ilenikhena August 28 – Happy Birthday to Madimba Tshibuabua August 29 – Happy Anniversary to Linda and Craig Porritt August 31 – Happy Birthday to Dave Andrews ANNOUNCEMENTS: Janice Coupland – next week, Aug 27, is a social night with spouses at Baton Rouge, 25 Consumers Dr Unit 2, Whitby, ON L1N 9S2 at 6PM. There are a number of dinner packages available at $25, $32, $40, $43, and $52. You can choose your meal when you get to the restaurant. Please sign up with Janice Coupland at janicecoupland@rogers.com . We are looking at Woodbine for our September social with our spouses.
 Sue MacKinnon reminded us that we are having another Big Yard Sale on September 14 from 9 am to 1 pm in the MAK Funeral Home (off Bond Street). Please start collecting you items for sale. We will have a trailer on site to put all of the item is soon. We will let you know when that will be. But start collecting today. We will need lots of volunteers that day too (at the Yard Sale and at the Farmer’s Market) . Set up will start at 7 am, and we also need volunteers to get left-overs to various locations after the sale. Please let Sue know if you can help before, during and after.
Bingo on August 31 – Peter H/ Hilda, Brady, David P, Ted Bingo – Sept 19 - 11 AM to 3:30 PM – Ted , Robbie, Lennis AND WE NEED ONE MORE VOLUNTEER . Please let Hilda know as soon as possible
SEP 18 – Rotary Club of Whitby - The Rotary Club of Whitby would like to invite you and your members to join us for an evening of Rotary fun and fellowship on Wednesday, Sept. 18. We have reserved the opening night of the award-winning musical "Million Dollar Quartet" in Whitby for Durham Rotary clubs only (including spouses/partners). This high-quality production is being staged at the Centennial Building and is produced by DreamCo, a professional theatre company founded by local artistic director Phil Nero. It has sold out to audiences in other communities, so we promise a great show! Tickets are just $28 plus tax ($31.64) and are available for purchase here - https://rotarywhitby.org/event/million-dollar-quartet/ . We also invite anyone attending to enjoy a meal before the show at KB Food or The Brock House in Whitby. These restaurants have generously agreed to donate a portion of your dinner tab to the Rotary Foundation. To facilitate this we would ask that you first reserve your dinner reservation then click on the 'Dinner' button on the page above so we can email you a ticket you present at the restaurant. KB Food: 120 Brock St. N. 905 430-0236; The Brock House: 918 Brock St. N. 905 493-4031. Please share with your members and let me know if you have any questions. We hope to see you there! Danielle Harder President | 2024-2025 Rotary Club of Whitby – ph 289.886.0189
Reminder: We go back to the North Oshawa Farmers market on Saturday August 31 (the Labor Day Weekend) from 8:30 am to 2 pm. We may even have tulip bulbs by then. We will be selling Ploughman’s Choice and Bird Houses. Al and Hilda Finnigan will volunteer for the Aug 31. We need volunteers for the following Saturdays (Sept 7, 14, 21, 28 and Oct 5). Please get out your calendars and let Hilda know when you can help.
Reminder: be sure to register for the Rotary Foundation Walk in Newmarket on October 6 from 8:30 am to 2 pm. https://rotary7070.org/events/copy-of-district-7070-rotary-foundation-walk-2024/ Bring your family and friends. Reminder: the Kids Against Hunger date will be Saturday November 2 from 8:30 am to 2 pm at the Jubilee Pavillion. We will need at least 20 Rotarians, spouses and family members from each of the 6 clubs participating.
Reminder: WORLD POLIO DAY LIVE FROM THE ROTARY GLOBAL CLASSROOM AT DURHAM COLLEGE – 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm (LIVE BROADCAST) – joint meeting of Durham Region Rotary Clubs and co-hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood, in the Rotary Global Classroom in the new Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham College where we will celebrate World Polio Day with leaders from around the world. This is one of District 7070’s premier events in the Rotary year : The Rotary Foundation's Polio Eradication Initiative to END POLIO NOW. Reception with light lunch and beverages being planned from 6 PM to 7 PM. Cost is $35 if you are coming to Durham College ($10 of which will be donated to the PolioPlus Fund in your name). Be sure to invite you spouse, relatives, business associates, and prospective members and all clubs in District 7070. We will see the live Rotary International livestream event and we will also broadcast our event live to Rotary Clubs and to Universities and colleges worldwide. All clubs in the District are invited. Proclamations from City and Region to our clubs. We will connect with PolioPlus Volunteers and special guests from around the world. Please register today: https://rotary7070.org/event/copy-of-world-polio-day-2023-live-from-durham-college/
SGT AT ARMS Don Igbokwe ACE OF SPADES ; Janice Coupland drew the 4 of Clubs … and the pot continues to grow HAPPY BUCKS: Janice – today would have been the birthday of her father Tess – glad to be back home from a vacation South and North (south to Iowa and north to Cochrane) Ted – tried his hand a woodworking again, using the tools in the woodworking shop at Wilmot Creek. Getting ready for a presentation in the fall. Good news. He still has his hands and fingers. Dale – Glad to have helped at Ribfest managing the stage. (21,000 steps on Friday; 22,000 steps on Saturday; and 20,000 steps on Sunday). David P – going to lunch to visit a friend in Burlington on Wednesday and he is going to try the GO Train, all the way from Oshawa. Dave A – very glad to see our City of Oshawa Councillor Jim lee visiting with us again. He is always welcome. Al – Glad to have helped out at Ribfest on Friday and Saturday. Robbie – going on vacation next week. Terri Lynn is already at the cottage for a few weeks now. SPEAKERS: Tom McHugh, CEO of Grandview Kids and Bryan Yetman, Chair of the Grandview Kids Foundation President Hilda introduced Tom. Tom joined Grandview Kids in January 2023. He brings significant experience to the role as a respected leader who has led complex organizations through times of change and expansion, previously spending eight years in a CEO role at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital and Alexandra Hospital – Ingersoll. Tom has worked in Durham since 2012, serving simultaneously as a Regional Vice President of Cancer Care Ontario and Executive Vice-president of Lakeridge Health. Tom began his career as a registered Occupational Therapist, supporting his appreciation of the rehabilitation services Grandview Kids is well-known for offering in the Durham Region. Supplementing his Occupational Therapy training, Tom earned a master’s degree in public administration, focusing on health policy. In addition to his experience in the field, Tom brings a deepened sense of care and understanding to his role at Grandview Kids acquired through his lived experience as a parent to four children, two with a developmental disability. Bryan Yetman started by thanking Rotary and our Rotary Club for our tremendous work in our community and world-wide. He noted that since 2002, our Rotary Club has donated $40,000 to Grandview Kids. Tom McHugh then gave us an update on Grandview kids and the new complex. He noted that Grandview kids started in 1953 and is the only child treatment facility in Durham Region, and is open to all kids in Durham Region and has been accredited since 1995 Their Vision: Every child and youth living at their full potential. Their Mission: Supporting children and youth with physical, communication and developmental needs to live, learn and play. Tom noted that 40% of the kids they help are autistic. Their Values: Their values guide us as they set out to deliver on the mission and vision. Combined, these statements define who they are, what they do, and where they are going – they are the standards to which we hold ourselves and each other accountable: belonging, excellence, connection, discovery and celebration. Please see their website for details https://grandviewkids.ca/about-us/vision-mission-and-values/ . In the 2023-24 year, Grandview kids helped 10, 842 clients and had 126, 712 visits from clients and provided total client care to 136, 380 clients. 25% of the clients come from Oshawa, the remaining clients come from Clarington, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Port Perry and Uxbridge. Their new Headquarters will be in Ajax, but they will maintain facilities in Oshawa, Bowmanville, and at the Ability Centre in Whitby and offices in Port Perry. Even after the new Ajax facility opens, Oshawa will be using Paul Dwyre High School for their clients. No one will be left behind. Clients range from 0 to 18 years of age (or 21 if they are still in high school) as Grandview meets their physical, communication and developmental needs. They provide services to the parents and work closely with the families as partners in client care. They assess, diagnose, and provide access to specialists in client treatment. They also do research in partnership with Sick kids and Toronto Bloorview. They provide specific services for the early years, the school years and throughout the entire life span unitl 21 years of age. They have a family engagement program and listen to the voice of the families. The new facility, on Harwood in Ajax will open in the fall of 2024 and will also keep the satellite facilities open at the same time. The new facility is 100,000 sq ft at a cost of $100 million, ($20 million of which was raised locally) . features include a playground, sunken garden, gym, pool, outdoor therapy terrace, family resource centre, outdoor sensory trail, a café, and treatment rooms . (see: https://grandviewkids.ca/the-new-grandview-kids/ ) . With a focus on hope, belonging, discovery and celebration, the New Grandview Kids will support the seamless and coordinated provision of family-centred care for children and youth with physical, communication and developmental needs. It will be an open, welcoming and inclusive community-based paediatric facility, offering an integrated mix of rehabilitation, medical and clinical services, as well as education and research activities. Bryan noted that the findraising campaign began in 2009. They received their land form the town of Ajax in 2016 and the $20 million fundraising campaign began. And they reached their goal. Groups like all levels of government, Canadian Tire’s jump Start program, McDonald’s, Insurance companies of Durham region, and Jerry Coglin were all key contributors along with some Rotary Clubs (Ajax and Whtiby Sunrise). The Rotary Clubs of Durham region started a campaign to raise $500,000 for the naming rights to the pool. If our club would like to participate in that campaign, we could make a commitment to make a major donation and pay for it over the next 5 year period. And with our donation, we could work with Grandview Kids to decide where that money would be used. 
Tom and Bryan were thanked by Sue MacKinnon.   President Hilda then adjourned the meeting. MORE INFORMATION IN THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS be sure to check this out!! IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, YOU CAN 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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