ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: Francesco Arezzo – Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy
R.I. DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Niecy Dillon-Tyrovolas - Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunrise , 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
Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviours and activities
Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary
Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically, encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others
Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as fellow human beings
Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to society
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
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
Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship
Meeting Called to Orderat 6:30 PM: by President David Mankiewicz
Grace: Donald Igbokwe
Toast to the KING: Emmy Iheme
Land Acknowledgement: President Dave
We respectfully acknowledge that the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is meeting on the traditional territory of the Mississauga’s 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: Camille Miquel-Farfan
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Laura Oliver, our speaker
Beverly Fiddler, prospective member
Birthdays and Anniversaries
No happy events this week
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ways & Means committee met today. Directors and Chairs watch your emails for budget updates.
Reminder the District Conference at Fern Resort is Oct 24-26. There is still time to register.
Rotary Foundation Walk Sept 28 at Nort Johnson District Park in Vaughan
Our club’s BBQ is Sept 13. Our host is Fahim Fikrat,158 Taylorwood Court, Oshawa, Ontario. More information to follow.
Send you Aug 26 meal choices to Dave Andrews at dave.f.andrews99@gmail.com just for this week, before Sunday evening at 10 PM.
The Learning Tuesday Webinar is going on right now with Dave A’s help. We will be able to watch it on YouTube later this week. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/D8TSMGLUhXA?si=rW0nrZmyUyLExqO-
SGT AT ARMS: David Penney
ACE OF SPADES:
Bev picked ticket #472 and Ted Morrison claimed it was his number, even though he ‘supposedly’ misplaced the stub. Since he is a trustworthy fellow, we let him have a chance at the Ace. Unfortunately, he picked the 6 of Hearts. The pot grows.
HAPPY BUCKS:
Robbie. Happy to have his 10x10 shed re-roofed. It was an experience. Robbie used this opportunity to show his 2 daughters how to do a bit of home maintenance. It was a slow, hot job but 14 hours later he had a new roof.
Robert K. Speaking of home maintenance … Mr. K crossed 2 jobs off his list. Painting the garage door frame – both inside and out to prepare for the wonderful new door that hopefully will be installed soon.
Emmy. A happy/sad buck tonight. Emmy’s second family - who took him in when he was in Kitchener, had a sad gathering that was a happy event. His second Dad passed away last week, and the family had a wonderful celebration of his life. They told stories, laughed, and cried. It was beautiful.
Ted. Welcomed Donald back from Nigeria and bragged about that shiny new Buick Denali he picked up today. There are lots of bells and whistles, and one he especially likes is that each driver can preprogram their seat positions, etc. Ted got a bit of ribbing from Tess because Ted is driver # 1 and Sharon is driver # 2. We got a good laugh at Ted’s expense.
Dave M. Rachel and he bought their first vacation trailer near Minden. He also welcomed Donald home.
Tess introduced Laura Oliver the Fund Development and Communications Manager of Luke's Place. She is a talented and driven fund development and communications manager with experience and proven success in fundraising, brand and event marketing, and multi-channel communications. Laura is no stranger to service. Prior to Luke's Place, Laura spent ten years in public service working for the MPP of Ajax, Joe Dickson as his Executive Assistant at Queen's Park, and his constituency office. Laura is committed to gender equality and women's empowerment and is committed to the fight to end gender-based violence.
Luke’s Place was founded because of the tragic death of Luke, a 3 1⁄2 year old boy, killed by his father during his first unsupervised access visit. Following Luke’s death, professionals and survivors in Durham Region explored solutions for addressing the difficulties experienced by women survivors and their children. These meetings led to a community conference. One of the recommendations of the conference was to develop a resource centre for women leaving violent relationships and dealing specifically with custody and access issues. Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children was incorporated in December 2000 and begin delivering services in September 2003. Initially Luke’s Place served the greater Durham region but now serves clients throughout Ontario.
Luke's Place was founded because of the tragic death of Luke, a 3 1⁄2 year old boy, killed by his father during his first unsupervised access visit. Following Luke’s death, professionals and survivors in Durham Region explored solutions for addressing the difficulties experienced by women survivors and their children. These meetings led to a community conference. One of the recommendations of the conference was to develop a resource centre for women leaving violent relationships and dealing specifically with custody and access issues. Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children was incorporated in December 2000 and begin delivering services in September 2003. Initially Luke’s Place served the greater Durham region but now serves clients throughout Ontario.
Luke’s Place is not a Shelter. Their primary mission is to provide resources, especially in family law, for women and their children experiencing intimate partner violence. This includes family and court support, legal advice from pro bono attorneys, legal information sessions and a free resource room. They developed several toolkits for navigating beyond separation. Recently they’ve added a technology safety toolkit.
Laura shared several stories and statements from women they served. One that surprised this editor were the ways offenders can use tech to track their victims such as hiding air tags on cars.
Questions
Madimba asked what type of funding they rely upon (Government, grants, and private donations like Rotary).
Dave M asked about how they collaborated with other local groups. (One keyway is their shared space with folks at Rose Of Durham and other groups. This helps cut costs and puts many important resources in one place.) Dave also asked about educating the offenders. Here Laura said there are programs, but they need improvement. Not only for the curriculum but for the follow up with legal teams, parole officers and similar workers. She stressed that education about intimate partner violence must start in schools.
Bev F. asked about how they serve underrepresented groups like women of colour and indigenous women. Laura reminded us that intimate partner violence happens across all races, class, educational groups and Luke’s Place connects with anyone who needs help.
Ted ended the session with a question about how a club like ours can support Luke’s Place and if we could donate to a specific area or the general fund. This is up to each donor, and Laura provided a brief overview of how we can work together to decide.
Robbie L. thanked our speaker.
President David Mankiewicz closed the meeting at 7:50 pm.
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 Executive Secretary Dave Andrews or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officerat the next club meeting.
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