OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD
Mailing Address: 96 KING ST. E., OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA L1H 1B6
2021-2022 ROTARY THEME: “SERVE TO CHANGE LIVES”
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: Shekhar Mehta – Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, West Bengal, India
R.I. DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Ron Dick - Rotary Club of Oshawa , Ontario, Canada
ASSISTANT DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Gord Wallace – Rotary Club of Bowmanville , 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 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
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 Order at 7:02 pm and Welcome by President Dave Penney
Rotarians On The Call:
Pres. Dave Penney, Ted Morrison, Dave Andrews, Janice Coupland, Kris Sachdeva, Sue McKinnon, Hilda Finnigan, Al Finnigan, Larry Hurren, Bob Koski, Robbie Larocque, Tim Dwyre, Larry Hurren, Collin Carrie and Bill Creamer
Guests: Our guest speaker Steve Rutledge (Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunrise and Chair of Adopt A Village Laos)
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES:
Happy Birthday Leon Efraim August 8
Happy Anniversary Kay and Larry Hurren TODAY! Aug. 3rd
HAPPY THOUGHTS OF THE WEEK:
Pres. Dave Penney concerned – seeing Dr. Narini and having surgery on Friday
Al Finnigan happy his new Kayak performed well on maiden voyage
Bob Koski happy playing golf with new golf partners
Ted Morrison happy with bathroom renovations
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Rotary Foundation Walk 2021 will be on Sunday September 26 – keep this date open
Catch the Ace last week won by Linda Porritt – thanks to all who bought tickets; we need to promote with friends and family; those outside of our club,
District Conference 2022 – May 13,14,15 Marriott Hotel Bloor Street Oshawa ON
Hilda announce composted manure sales is being arrange for the fall
Our weekly news report from District Governor Ron Dick is about a youth-to-youth engagement Program.
Dave Penny heard from Joe Solway of the Bowmanville Club to work on the Feed-The-Need concert in December.
Board Meeting Tomorrow @ 7:00PM on ZOOM.
Aug 7 - Team #1 is at the Red Barn Bingo
Aug 9th Safety Village Meeting
Speaker: August 17th MPP Jennifer French
Speaker: August 24th Mayor Dan Carter
Speaker: August 28th Red Barn Team 2 is on duty..
All in the Dave Andrews weekly calendar.
Next week : August 10, MP Collin Carrie is the speaker
GUEST SPEAKER:
Our speaker this evening was Steve Rutledge —He visits us annually and it always is inspirational to hear from him.
Ted Morrison introduced Steve who presented talks on Laos and Beirut and their needs.
You can see Steve’s presentation watching his video
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.
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
DRAW # 4 ENDS JULY 27 AT 8 PM. Draw open to anyone in Ontario (at the time they purchase the tickets)
PLEASE GO ON TO OUR CLUB FACEBOOK PAGE AND SHARE THE POSTS AND THE EVENT FOR CATCH THE ACE OSHAWA
August 25 – 7 to 8 PM on Zoom – New Members Get Together - We are excited to connect! Get to know Rotary and other Rotarians in District 7070. Join for this first membership session of the 2021/2022 Rotary year.
On Wednesday August 25th from 7 to 8 pm the District Membership Committee is hosting a New Member Zoom get together. There is lots of interesting info about our Rotary organization and often not enough time in a regular meeting to ensure that new members get to hear about it. So on August 25th, join us as we share more Rotary basics and not so basics. Bring any questions you might have! The session will be of particular interest to members who have joined Rotary in the past 2 years, but it is open to all Rotarians in District 7070. Register here: https://rotary7070.org/event/membership---new-members---session-1/
September 11 - 9:30 am to 11:00 am on Zoom – GROW YOUR ROTARY – SESSION 1 - This informative and interactive workshop will help keep our Rotary members engaged. Explore the attraction of Rotary to bring new members to your club. Are you interested in your club’s path to Grow Rotary? Having a strong vibrant Rotary Club involves Membership - looking after our members - new, seasoned and potential, Public Image – reaching out to our communities showing them what we do and showing the power of what we can do - and our Foundation and what it allows us to do. We encourage at least 3 members from a club to attend so you can share the discussion and work on plans integrating Membership, Public Image and Foundation in your growth strategy.
September 26 – District 7070 Rotary Foundation Walk – Save this Date – Details will follow.
October 8 thru 10, 2021 – Rotary Honouring Indigenous Peoples Youth to Youth Engagement Event at Camp Kawartha -This innovative program aims at empowering the next generation of leaders by uniting Indigenous and Non-Indigenous youth and inspiring them to take action towards creating sustainable environmental change. If you know an Indigenous or Non-Indigenous youth (male, female, two-spirit, & disabled) interested in being an agent for change and currently enrolled in grades 9 to 11, this program is for them. Details right here: https://honouringindigenouspeoples.com/reconcili-action/
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