MINUTES OF MEETING: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

 

Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM: by President David Mankiewicz 

Grace: Ted Morrison

Toast to the KING:  Larry Hurren

Land Acknowledgement: President David Mankiewicz

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: Robbie Larocque

Visiting Rotarians and Guests: 

Kay Hurren

Marie Igbokwe

Reg Malachowski 

Sandy Malachowski

Craig Porritt

John Daniel

Terri Lynn Larocque

Sharron Morrison

Patty Koski

Jan Penney 

Sudeep Oommen 

Sarah Oommen 

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Anniversary Feb 11 Leon & Keela Efraim

On Feb 12 both Lenore Baboolal & Bob Koski celebrate birthdays

 

Jelly Jar Guessing Game

So many off the wall guesses. From 33-300! There were 184 jelly hearts. Two folks tied for closest – Leon Efraim and Marie Igbokwe. Marie won the coin toss and took home the jelly hearts. We raised $91.00 for End Polio tonight!

 

Trivia Fun

A large and animated group attended tonight’s meeting (26 in total!). In addition to our spouses, we enjoyed the company of long-time Rotarian Reg Malachowski and his wife, Sandy. Also joining us was our newest member, Sudeep Ooomen and his wife, Sarah.

Instead of a traditional meeting format, Tess put together 20 (of what she thought to be ‘easy’) trivia questions. Five teams competed for a win. The questions were about both Valentine’s Day and Rotary. The best score from Team David M, Craig P, John D, Camille M, & Linda P. was 14/20. The ‘booby prize’ for lowest score went to Donald’s team with a whopping 6/20. This was a surprise because Donald often blurted out the correct answer instead of writing it down.

The questions that everyone got were:

• What do XXOO symbolize? (kisses & hugs)

• Where was the very first Rotary club in Canada? (Winnipeg)

The question everyone missed was: 

• How many Rotary clubs have the word "Tokyo" in their club names? (YES! 69. Go to # 49 on this website for verification.

Maybe Tess better re-evaluate what an ‘easy’ trivia question really is. Easy or hard we all had fun.

Thanks to Kay & Larry Hurren for the extra Merci! Chocolates. We also enjoyed cupcakes for dessert.

Our next meeting, on Feb 17, is a special Lunar New Year celebration. 2026-the year of the Horse.

 

Here are some great pics from Dave A. He managed to avoid being in any of them.

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, May 5, 2026

        & Thursday May 7, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

NO MEETING MAY 12 : Be sure to let Robbie & Dave A.  know about meal and attendance for May 19^th.

 

May 20

This special on-line presentation “Unite for Peace” promises to be a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcasing the peacebuilding work of Rotary. REGISTER HERE.

 

Meeting Called to Order: at 6:00 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Dave A.

Toast to the KING: Amandeep S.

Land Acknowledgement: President Dave

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: Donald I.

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Bob Merry

Michael Jones 

Natalie Horrell Guest of Shashi

Amaal Ebrahim Guest of Donald.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to Don Igbokwe on May 7^th

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dave A.

• Peace Forum is May 20. This online event includes Zone 28 & 32 and is a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcases peacebuilding work of Rotary. CLICK HERE to REGISTER. Advance registration required to get the ZOOM link.
• Reminder the District Assembly is May 23. RLI Part 1 also that day. The club will cover the tuition costs for both. We have 8 people signed up already.
• McHappy Day: Bev will be representing us
• Community BBQ: May 9 All local clubs celebration 11:30-1:30 300 King St Whitby.

Don      90 bottles Maple syrup left. If you want some, he has them in his car.

 

Robbie Safety Village meal May 19. Watch your email for details.

Hilda    Brady is still a volunteer Bingo. 

Tess

• ZOOM meeting 50^th Anniversary Committee 7 pm. Here is the ZOOM LINK.  Committee members please review the minutes from last meeting and be prepared to update us on your progress. Tess would like to have a budget ready for the Club Board by June. Thanks, Donald, for the link.
• Watch your emails for a survey in the next week. Tess & her Board will be using this information to set our yearly club goals. A paper survey will also be available. 

 

SGT AT ARMS:  Al Finnigan

ACE OF SPADES: – Dale Duke drew the King of Diamonds.   Only 22 cards left, and the pot is >500$.

 

Happy Bucks! Spring is here!                                                                                      

• Dave A. Welcomed Bob Merry
• Robbie thanked David for Thursday
• Shashi always happy. Especially happy that Natalie And Amaal.
• Olalaeye is happy to have 2 lovely ladies besides him and the happy positive vibes.
• Don is happy to see all our visitors. Sad Buck- he experienced a hack.
• Hilda hoped for a very successful Reverse Draw. Thank you to all who helped.
• Ted announced that we exceeded our goal of 70 Silent Auction items. We should have almost 100!
• David Penney is happy to wear his suit, and it still fits.
• Bev announced that the Teacher’s federation donated 500$ to our Reverse Draw.
• Larry is happy to be Kay’s personal support worker. She will be joining us Thursday. He was too tired to tell a joke.
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Let’s iron out the details! For May 7

This special meeting was to iron out all the details for the Reverse Draw on May 7. 

Everyone got their work assignments.

Photos of our event follow 

 

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 officer at the next club meeting.

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

 

@ The Mandarin

Special Social 

 

On May 20, you can learn more in a special on-line presentation “Unite for Peace”– a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcasing the peacebuilding work of Rotary through our commitment to create lasting change that enhances international relationships, improves lives and communities, and creates a more peaceful world. REGISTER HERE.

 

At The Port Perry Rotary Club Spring Gala:

 

 

April Social At The Mandarin:

Is that Ted going for his second dessert?

 

All smiles

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 officer at the next club meeting.

 

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

 

WHEN: Saturday April 25 9:30 am-Noon.

WHERE: Second Marsh 555 Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, ON L1H 7Y2.

WHO: Community members, Rotarians and Friends of The Second Marsh 

FOCUS: Celebrating Earth Day and the protection of the environment. 

 

On May 20, you can learn more in a special on-line presentation “Unite for Peace”– a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcasing the peacebuilding work of Rotary through our commitment to create lasting change that enhances international relationships, improves lives and communities, and creates a more peaceful world. REGISTER HERE.

 

Meeting Called to Order: at 6:00 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Kim Tan

Toast to the KING: Lennis Trotter

Land Acknowledgement: President Dave

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: Robbie Larocque

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Olaleye Oluwaolorunlanke Prospective member

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to Fahim Fikrat on April 21 & Camille Miquel Farfan on April 26

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dave A.

• Spring Cleanup @ Second Marsh is Saturday April 25. 9:30 – noon. Friends, family all invited to help.
• Reverse Draw IMPORTANT: Dave needs all ticket stubs and money in ASAP. We must tell the hotel the meal count and choices by MONDAY APRIL 27.
• Silent Auction We have over 60 items so far. Keep them coming.
• Peace Forum is May 20. This online event includes Zone 28 & 32 and is a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcases peacebuilding work of Rotary. CLICK HERE to REGISTER. Advance registration required to get the ZOOM link.
• Reminder the District Assembly is May 23. RLI Part 1 also that day. The club will cover the tuition costs for both.

Tess

• April Social on April 28^th will be at The Mandarin. Reservations are for 5:30 pm. Ask for the Rotary Table. 

SGT AT ARMS:  David Penney

ACE OF SPADES: – only 23 cards left.  Emmy held the winning ticket and drew the 3 of Spades.

 

Happy Bucks! We were all happy for the great weather (finally)

• Hilda is happy that the Reverse Draw is looking good.
• Al is happy that he passed his driver’s test.
• Bev is happy that the work on our 50^th gala is coming together, and that Rotary is helping her enjoy retirement.
• Olaleye made us laugh because he went to the wrong room tonight and that is why he was late.
• Robbie had a sad buck for someone’s shoulder injury. But this editor could not read her own writing, and I am unable to report whose shoulder was.
• Dale bragged about selling 25 bottles of Maple Syrup!
• Larry reminded us that the Beer Store has an Earth Day special when returning your empties. He also told a dad joke about a country western song.
• Shashi is happy to be with her Rotary family.
• Kim is happy to be home after her trip to Singapore and Malaysia. Her Great Grand Nephew won a prestigious piano award. She attended 2 Rotary meetings while visiting. The meals were 74$ each! But she was treated to one, so it was not too bad.
• Tess is very proud of her daughter Rachel who is the CEO of the largest furniture bank in Iowa.
• Ted is happy to be home from the Dominican. It was so hot his meds disintegrated.
• Camille is seeing the end of her semester. Just a couple exams to go.
• Yvonne is happy her child has learned to do their own laundry. What a great life skill!

 

Special Rotary Meeting.

 

 

Thanks to Dave Andrews we were ZOOMED into this Zone training on Storytelling and using the Rotary Brand. Amy Sheller, the Public Image Coordinator for Zone 32, is a video storyteller, film maker and President of the Rotary Club of Kutztown. She provided us with important “How tos” on using the Rotary Brand when telling our Rotary stories. Some highlights included 1) examples of incorrect branding, 2) how to log into Brand Central and download images and documents, and 3) using a story-telling template to help us design and share our stories. To enhance our stories, she suggested using action photos to support each story. We are People of Action, and another good idea is to spotlight members and their Rotary work on social media channels. These ideas energize our clubs and promote membership initiatives. Joe Solway, from Bowmanville Rotary, provided additional suggestions and reminded us that each month the District newsletter (edited by our own Dave Andrews) provides new ideas. Check out this link. Finally Joe and Amy encouraged each of us to visit the Learning Centre in My Rotary and take the three courses on using the Rotary Brand.

 

President David Mankiewicz closed the meeting at 8:02 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 officer at the next club meeting.

 

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

WHEN: Saturday April 25 9:30 am-Noon.

WHERE: Second Marsh 555 Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, ON L1H 7Y2.

WHO: Community members, Rotarians and Friends of The Second Marsh 

FOCUS: Celebrating Earth Day and the protection of the environment. 

 

Don’t forget to email Dave Andrews with your meal choices for weekly meeting by Sunday night. Please select ONE of the following NEW MENU selections. 

 

 

Meeting Called to Order: at 6:00 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Larry

Toast to the KING: Robbie

Land Acknowledgement: President Dave

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: Shashi

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Sarah Chiapparro (Tess guest & Potential member)

Michael Jones (Potential member)

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to Amber Derby on April 14

Happy Anniversary to Esther & Lennis Trotter on the 17^th.

Happy Anniversary to Britannian Knight Suecharan and Roger on April 19^th.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dave A.

• Learning Tuesday Special Event. Tuesday April 21. EARLY START 6pm dinner.  Next week we will have the privilege to participate in District 7070’s Learning Tuesday “Storytelling. The Heart of Your Rotary Brand.” Joe Solway, our Rotary Zone 28 Assistant Public Image Coordinator has invited our Zones 28 and 32 Public Image Coordinators, Cheryl Metiva and Amy Schuller to make this presentation and answer any questions you may have.
• Spring Cleanup @ Second Marsh is Saturday April 25. 9:30 – noon. Friends, family all invited to help.
• Reverse Draw tickets still available. You can take tickets tonight and turn in the money once they are sold. Thanks to Camille for designing our social media-ready poster. IMPORTANT: Dave needs all ticket stubs and money in ASAP. We must tell the hotel the meal count and choices by MONDAY APRIL 27.
• Silent Auction Items still needed.
• Peace Forum is May 20. This online event includes Zone 28 & 32 and is a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcases peacebuilding work of Rotary. CLICK HERE to REGISTER. Advance registration required to get the ZOOM link.
• Reminder the District Assembly is May 23. RLI Part 1 also that day. New and existing Board members and new members are encouraged to attend. The club will cover the tuition costs for both.

Don.     

• The maple syrup is now stored at his home. Plenty still available. Email or call Don to get additional bottles. Don’s phone is: 416-848-7420. Cases in his car. There are about 100 bottles left.

Tess

• April Social on April 28^th will be at The Mandarin. Reservations are for 5:30 pm. Ask for the Rotary Table. Signup sheet available at meeting.

Al:   Reverse draw update. Everyone has a job. He is happy to announce that we have a new suitcase sponsor

 

SGT AT ARMS: Larry H

ACE OF SPADES: – only 24 cards left.  Ticket # 301 won the draw. Linda P. drew the 10 diamonds. Over 500$ in the pot.

 

Happy Bucks! 

• Lennis: NO stitches!
• Mr. Stewart: Went to the Maple Leaf’s game and on way to parking lot encountered an old guy on the street yelling “you’re so cheap!” because Robert did not have any cash to share. But he did find 5$ and went back to give it to the crankiest guy in Toronto!
• Al: had a sad buck because his buddy called to see if he wanted to golf on Wednesday. Not a chance-still too cold.
• Robert: Book sale. Bookmarks are on every table. Prices are lower this year. Tess and Caroline represented our club in the set-up.
• Hilda: 5$ to honour the Lakeridge Health achievement award for one of her OR nurses. She also shared a Liver transplant patient story.
• Shashi: Happy to see family and welcome visitors and Lakeridge board experiences.
• Don: Happy to see Lennis is healed.
• Sudeep: happy to be back from Mexico.
• Linda: Grateful for our members who have community connections. Our members not only work for Rotary we have members doing awesome community work too.
• Dave A.: Welcome back to Michael Jones
• Larry: Joke about men in the Bible brewing coffee. 

 

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce (with help from Dave A. & Robbie)

 

WHEN: Saturday April 25 9:30 am-Noon.

WHERE: Second Marsh 555 Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, ON L1H 7Y2.

WHO: Community members, Rotarians and Friends of The Second Marsh 

FOCUS: Celebrating Earth Day and the protection of the environment. 

 

Easter Eggstravaganza

UPDATE: The two-day total for the Easter event saw some 6026 attendees, 3425 on Friday and 2601 on Saturday, The monetary donations both cash and tap amounted to $3664.35 over the two days. Thanks to all the volunteers!

 

Don’t forget to email Dave Andrews with your meal choices for weekly meeting by Sunday night. Please select ONE of the following NEW MENU selections.

 

Meeting Called to Order: at 6:00 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Camille

Toast to the KING: Yvonne

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: Hilda

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Stephanie Christenson 

Geoff Lloyd

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to John Baboolal on April 7

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dave A.

• Reverse Draw tickets now available. You can take tickets tonight and turn in the money once they are sold. Thanks to Camille for designing our social media-ready poster. IMPORTANT: Dave needs all ticket stubs and money in ASAP. We must tell the hotel the meal count and choices by MONDAY APRIL 27.
• Reminder the District Assembly is May 23. RLI Part 1 also that day. New and existing Board members and new members are encouraged to attend. The club will cover the tuition costs for both.
• Peace Forum is May 20. This online event includes Zone 28 & 32 and is a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcases peacebuilding work of Rotary. CLICK HERE to REGISTER. Advance registration required to get the ZOOM link.
• Spring Cleanup @ Second Marsh is April 25. Friends, family all invited to help.

Don.     

• The maple syrup is now stored at his home. Plenty still available. Email or call Don to get additional bottles. Don’s phone is: 416-848-7420.

Tess

• April 14^th is a meeting for the 50^th Anniversary Committee at 5 pm.
• April Social on April 28^th will be at The Mandarin. Reservations are for 5:30 pm. Ask for the Rotary Table.

Robbie

• Provided the final numbers for last weekend at the Safety Village.

Shashi

• Presented our club with two banners from her club visits in India. (Pictures at the end of this document.)\

Al

• The Reverse Draw brochures designed by Camille are now available.

 

SGT AT ARMS: Donald I.

ACE OF SPADES: Dave M drew the 4 Spades – only 23 cards left.

 

Happy Bucks! 

Our Lennis: The best volunteer ever. What a trooper.  6 Stiches and a smile

 

• Shashi was happy to be back. The clubs she visited are interested in doing something together with us.

• Bob S told a long story that included Brad Pitt as Mr. Black, photoshopped images and his own picture.

• Larry is glad Lennis is doing OK with no harm to his teeth.

• Lennis gave special thanks to Tess and John for the trip to emerg. (Six stitches and a CT Scan.) Thanks to Robbie for taking the lead while he was in ER and special thanks to Emmy for finding his lost hearing aid.

• Dave A. Welcome Stephanie and Geoff.

 

 

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a (wet) lamb

 

APR 3 & 4 - Easter Eggstravaganza at the Kids Safety Village – 9:30 am to 2 pm both days. Please sign up with Lennis or Robbie to volunteer. We expect over 5000 attendees. 

 

Don’t forget to email Dave Andrews with your meal choices for weekly meeting by Sunday night.

Meeting Called to Order: at 6:00 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Bob Koski

Toast to the KING: Hilda Finnigan

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: Dale Duke

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

John Henry (our speaker)

Tito & Anna Marie Marimpietri

Tito Dante Marimpietri

Ennio Digasbarro

Mark Sherriff 

Rhonda Stewart

Caroline Kipling

Linda Biddle

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Anniversary to Don & Maria Igbokwe on April 6.

Happy Birthday to Suzz Sandalwood on March 30.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Tess

• The Board meeting on April 7 will include the 2026-27 board. All incoming and current board members are expected to attend.
• April 14^th is a meeting for the 50^th Anniversary Committee at 5 pm.
• April Social on April 28^th will be at The Mandarin. Tess will organize.

Dave A.

• Reverse Draw tickets now available. You can take tickets tonight and turn in the money once they are sold. Thanks to Camille for designing our social media-ready poster.
• Reminder the District Assembly is May 23. RLI Part 1 also that day. New and existing Board members and new members are encouraged to attend. The club will cover the tuition costs for both.
• Peace Forum is May 20. This online event includes Zone 28 & 32 and is a high-energy hour of stories, music and more, showcases peacebuilding work of Rotary. CLICK HERE to REGISTER. Advance registration required to get the ZOOM link.
• Spring Cleanup @ Second Marsh is April 25. Friends, family all invited to help.

Ted

• There is Maple Syrup still available. Ted has some in his car. The rest are stored at Bill Creamer’s house. Bill is moving soon and any bottles there will be moved to Donald’s house.
• SILENT AUCTION items still needed.

Robbie

• Volunteers are still needed for Safety Village Spring Eggstravaganza April 3 & 4. Please come early and park in lot behind school next door.

 

SGT AT ARMS: Larry Hurren

ACE OF SPADES: The pot is over $500. Only 25 cards left. Tess had the winning ticket and pulled the 9 of clubs.

 

Ted Morrison: “Rotary’s Relationship With The UN”

The partnership between Rotary and the United Nations is a testament to what can happen when vision meets courage, and when service meets global responsibility. Ted provided a historical overview of the reasons why Rotary was invited to shape the vision that is now the UN. When the UN was being created the delegates turned to Rotary as a peace-building model. Rotary already had 40 years’ experience building peace though ground-breaking global projects. (No weapons needed!) Rotary’s influence helped weave our values into the fabric of the UN Charter. Nowhere is this more powerfully evident than our shared fight to END POLIO NOW. Today Rotary holds the highest consultative status seat of any NGO at the UN. As we look to the future our shared legacy proves that together we have changed the world and together we will do it again. Another beautiful Rotary moment.

 

 

 

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

Reminder

Maple syrup is ready to be distributed. Contact Ted Morrison to arrange to get yours.

 

It seems that this editor forgot to include a picture of Mr. Robbie (I love St Pat’s Day) in the March 18^th Bulletin. Here is his smiling face. Sorry Robbie.

 

Don’t forget to email Dave Andrews with your meal choices for this meeting by Sunday night.

 

Meeting Called to Order at 6:00 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Camille

Toast to the KING: Lennis

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: Al Finnigan

 

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Sarah & Sudeep Oommen (Sudeep’s induction tonight)

Prospective member Michael Jones

Milissa O’Conner (our speaker) & John O’Conner (Milissa’s spouse)

Also visiting from Redemption House family were Penny Waller, & Ryan Hunt

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Anniversary to Kristen & Shawn Kellam (March 23), Amandeep & Kamalpreet Singh (March 24), and Farzana & Ateef Rahman (March 29)

Birthdays include Emmy Iheme (March 27) & Lennis Trotter (March 30) CHA CHA CHA.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hilda:

• The Ploughman’s Choice sale is a go. Price per bag remains $8.
• May 23 is the Garden Club’s plant sale. We will have a table there to sell to Ploughman’s.
• Port Perry Spring Gala is Saturday April 25^th Tickets are $150/each.

 

Dave A: 

• Tickets for the Reverse Draw are available now. We need to sell 200.
• The District 7070 Assembly is May 23. All incoming board members encouraged to attend. The club covers your admission.
• Part I of Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) will be held at the Assemble. All members (especially new members & board members) are expected to attend, and the club covers your tuition.
• May 20 is the online Peace Forum.  Register HERE.
• The Great Lakes Annual Cleanup is April 25 from 10 am-noon. We would like 20 volunteers from the club to join the fun. Family and friends can join in the event.

 

SGT AT ARMS: Larry H

ACE OF SPADES: Hilda had the winning ticket but drew the 7 Hearts. The pot is almost $500. Only 27 cards left.

 

New Member Induction

“Welcome Sudeep Oommen”

Dave Andrews introduced our newest member Sudeep Oommen. While Sudeep. Is new to our club, his connection to Rotary is deep. He started his Rotary journey in 2014 with RC of Ajax. In 2017 he transferred to the RC of Woodbridge to be closer to his office. He has held several leadership positions. At Woodbridge he was President (2019 & 2020), Secretary in 2021, and Foundation Chair in 2022. At the District level Sudeep was AG 2022, 2023 & 2024. and served on the District Conference Committee in 2022 & 2024. Sudeep is married to Sarah and has two children. He is a recruiting executive for Sun Life.

MINUTES OF MEETING: Tuesday, March 10, 2025

Editor: Tess Pierce (With help of Dave A.)

 

Meeting Called to Order at 5:00 PM: by President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Larry Hurren

Toast to the KING: Linda Porritt 

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: Ted Morrison 

 

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

We welcomed our guests from Whitby Sunrise Rotary Club Janet Thorsteinson, Debbie Morgan and Joyce Marshall. 

Janet is the founder and Chair of Sew Girls Can Go To School. Debbie and Joyce help with the hands-on project.

We also welcomed Kay Hurren, Sarah Oommen, and all the way from Vancouver our Past President Sue MacKinnon.

Always a warm welcome to our Honourary member Linda Biddle (a great seamstress). Kay Hurren and Esther Trotter also pitched in.

 

Sew Girls Can Go To School – Sew-A-Thon

At 6 pm, Robbie Larocque with Terri Lynn and Veronica welcomed us for the hands-on cutting and sewing. 

Amandeep Singh joined us and brought his wife and son to help us too. Rotarian Camille Miquel Farfan, also 

joined us directly from classes at Durham College.

This was a special event (a hands-on community service project meeting of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood) for sewing re-usable menstrual pads for the teenage girls in the Dominican Republic. Without the ability to care for themselves during their periods, they miss 4 to 6 days of school a month, every month. Sewing these reusable pads will allow them to attend, thereby allowing better grades, and a better future. We had over 20 Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood members, spouses and their friends cut the material into circles and strips, to sew the pads, and to help with other tasks between those steps. Our efforts tonight will allow 200 girls in the Dominican Republic to go to school full time and receive an education.

After dinner we gathered in the Mclaughlin Room at the Oshawa Golf Club. The room was set up and ready to go. Janet divided us up into different workstations where we created and cut patterns of cloth and sewed the pieces together to make reusable sanitary napkins. The menstrual pads need to be assembled and once assembled, we turned them inside out, ready to be sewn again. 

Thank you, Janet, Debbie and Joyce, for letting us help you make pads for 200 girls in the Dominica Republic who will be able to go to school and stay in school.

 

 

The set- up crew at work.                                                           This looks easier than it really is.

 

Hard at work.                                                                                                   Lennis & Larry measuring away

 

Esther, Linda & Amandeep join the fun                             Joyce Marshall and Terri Lynn having fun!

 

Future Rotarians join the fun                                                                                            Robbie looks serious.

 

Look at their determined faces (Sue, Kay, and Linda)                                                               The sewing crew

 

President Dave with a little help from Janet and Camille

 

The Sew-A-Thon ended at 8:30 pm.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

Ted Morrison – March 25 at 2 PM – Maple Syrup labelling session at Bill Creamer’s, 877 Mount Allan Ave, Oshawa.

Spouses and friends most welcome to help.

Once labelled , we want the big sellers to pick up their maple syrup

 

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce

 

Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM: President David Mankiewicz

Grace: Robbie L.

Toast to the KING: Bev F.

Land Acknowledgement: President David Mankiewicz

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: Lennis T.

Visiting Rotarians and Guests: 

Our Speaker Johanna de Boer

Ajax Rotarian Dale Pratt guest of Dave A.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

March 3 Elfrieda & Peter Dueck

March 14 Elfrieda Dueck

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dave A.: NEXT TUESDAY – EARLY START TIME. Registration and Socializing starts at 5 PM. Dinner meeting starts at 5:30 pm. Followed by a Hands -On Project - Sew so Girls Can Go To School with Janet Thorsteinson. Family and friends are encouraged to join us. WATCH YOUR EMAILS FOR DETAILS.

Robbie: Ready or fun and games for our St Pat’s party at Whiskey Johns on WEDNESDAY MARCH 18? Robbie also needs volunteers for the Safety Village Spring festivities on Fri April 3 during the day and Sat April 4.

Tess: Save the date- March 29^th. Polar Bear Plunge “Freezinforareason” I'm taking the PLUNGE. Join me at Lakeview beach to jump into Lake Ontario to raise money for Rotary initiatives. Join my team "Team Tess" and jump with me IF YOU DARE! Or just watch from your warm car. My fundraising goal is $300.

Tess: The District 7070 Assembly is scheduled for May 23. All board members are encouraged to attend. Cost of the registration is covered by the club. I will provide registration details when available.

Ted: Maple syrup will be delivered March 25 or 26. Once the delivery time is finalized, we will meet at Bill Creamer’s garage for the labelling party. Those of us with large orders should arrange to pick up their bottles that day.

Dale Pratt: Join the Rotary Club of Ajax on March 31 to celebrate 75 years of service with an engaging Speaker Series event that includes dinner, entertainment, and timely conversation. The program features a keynote address and discussion with Daniel Tisch, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. Tisch will offer insight into the current and evolving state of USA–Canada trade relations. If you cannot make it, you can support a student’s attendance. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. 

 

SGT AT ARMS: Camille

 ACE OF SPADES: Ted M had the winning ticket and drew the TWO of HEARTS. The ACE is still in the deck. There are only 28 cards left with a pot of almost $500.

 

Happy Bucks! 

 

Bev F is happy to be home after a great trip to Puerto Vallarta. They did hear and see some evidence of the cartel violence, but they were quite safe in their resort. She is looking forward to her trip to Montreal to see her beloved Habs play the Leafs.

Robbie had a great time at the western-themed Flavours of Port Hope. It was fun and delicious, and he got to see Ted and Dave A in their cowboy finery.

Dave A was happy to finally have Johanna speaking to our club.

Dave M had a fabulous time in Florida and the Keys. Miami was fun and he & Rachel will definitely take another cruise.

Bob K was happy not to have the winning ticket for the Ace. 

 

Ted Morrison “The Power of Giving?”

In previous Moments Ted asked, “What is Rotary?” and “Who is a Rotarian?” This week he asked us to explore the power of giving. When we are asked why we joined Rotary, our most common response is “to give back to the community.” When talking about giving we often focus on the impact of providing meals or giving vaccinations. These are important and are the visible impacts. But tonight, Ted focused on how giving transforms us. We are reminded that we are part of something larger than ourselves and our actions produce a ripple effect in ways we may not fully see.

We are transformed. Giving lifts our spirits, sharpens our sense of purpose, and fills us with a quiet kind of joy. This doesn’t need a press release or a lapel pin to be real. It’s that feeling we get when we know we’ve made someone’s day a little easier. It’s knowing we are living our values. Values + action -- that’s where the real magic of Rotary happens.

Every act of giving, no matter how small, strengthens our community and us. It connects, humbles, and reminds us that the best part of life are the parts we share. By giving to the Rotary Foundation, we share resources with the rest of the world through Global Grants that connects a club in Oshawa to a life-saving water project in a remote village far away from us.Giving to the Rotary Foundation fuels hope, strengthens communities, educates children, and reduces the threat of disease. More importantly these connections promote peace far beyond the reach of one club. Our donations turn compassion into change creating a lasting impact around the world.

 

MINUTES OF MEETING:  Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce with help from Camille Miquel-Farfan

 

Meeting Called to Order at 6:26 PM: Vice President Tess Pierce 

 

Grace: Robbie L.

 

Toast to the KING: Bill C.

 

Land Acknowledgement: Vice President Tess Pierce 

 

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: Dave A

 

Visiting Rotarians and Guests: 

Bob Merry guest of Dale Duke

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy 121st to Rotary on Feb 23.

Larry Hurren, Feb 27, is having a birthday cruise!

A belated CHA CHA CHA to Ted M!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Tess: The reservations for weekly meetings are not being made on time. Dave had only 9 RSVPs by the Sunday deadline. Dave stepped into this role to help, and we owe him the courtesy of responding on time.

MAR 5 – District 7070 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION. 5:30 pm. Abilities Centre Whitby. All are welcome. Register HERE. Cost $15/person.

MAR 10 – EARLY START TIME. Dinner meeting starting at 5:30 pm, Oshawa Golf Club. Regular followed by a Hands -On Project - Sew so Girls Can Go To School with Janet Thorsteinson. Family and friends are encouraged to join us.

MAR 18: Weekly meeting is on WEDNESDAY. St Patrick’s Day celebration at Whiskey John’s, 843 King St W, Oshawa, ON L1J 2L4. Everyone Welcome.

Robbie: Will be sending around a sign-up sheet for St Pat’s. He needs a final count by March 10. Look for fun and games that night. We will all be ordering off the menu. Wear Green!

Dave A. Read this lovely thank you from Robert Kilpling.

To Fellow Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Oshawa Parkwood: 

I want to send you a sincere thank you for the unexpected gift of a large potted “peace lily" plant, together with "get well" wishes.  After two operations and six weeks in the hospital, I am finally back at home focusing on my recuperation. I look forward to seeing you again at Rotary meetings, hopefully sooner than later. Very best regards. Robert Kipling

SGT AT ARMS: Tess

ACE OF SPADES: Bob Koski had the winning ticket and drew the Queen of Diamonds. The ACE is still in the deck. There are only 29 cards left with a pot of over $400.

 

Happy Bucks!

• Ted: Finished with Physio. Now he’s exercising on his own and it is going very well.
• Dave A: Welcome to our old friend- Bob Merry.
• Bill C: Just back from Windsor (casino) with $1000 dollars more in his pocket.
• Bob Merry: Happy to be here and he is thinking about transferring to Parkwood!
• Bob K: Happy to be in a very welcoming club.
• Yvonne: Enjoyed good music on the radio coming in from a meeting.
• Tess was happy this is her last week pulling double duty.

 

Ted Morrison “Who Is A Rotarian?”

A few weeks ago, Ted challenged us to think about “What is Rotary?”. Tonight, he asked us “What is a Rotarian?”

Being a Rotarian, for Ted, means more than attending meetings or wearing a pin. It means choosing service over self and action over indifference. It means believing that small acts, when done together, can create lasting change. He reminded us that through Rotary we turn compassion into impact by supporting our communities, reaching across borders, and building friendships. Rotarians don’t ask who deserves help. We ask, “How can we help.” He gave each of us the following handout. Mine is hanging just about my computer at my desk in my office. Thank you, Ted, for another great Rotary moment.

 

 

MINUTES OF MEETING: Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Editor: Tess Pierce with help from Dave Andrews and Robbie Larocque

 

Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM: by Vice President Tess 

Grace: Larry H.

Toast to the KING:   Linda P.

Land Acknowledgement: Vice President Tess

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: Robbie L.

Visiting Rotarians and Guests: 

Barbara Suen & Steven Suen – our speakers

Rebecca Suen & Connie Dixon – guests of Kim T.

Rotary spouses Esther Trotter & Sharron Morrison

 

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday to 

Jan Penney February 20

Ted Morrison Feb 23

 

Announcements

Dave P: Happy to report that Pat Dyck is improving. She does not like to go out in bad weather. We will see her soon. Also, Robert Kipling is home and doing well.

 

SGT AT ARMS: Tess Pierce

The pot is over $400 — 30 cards left.

Dave A. had the ticket but drew the Jack of Diamonds.  The pot grows.

 

Happy Bucks! 

Only 30 Days Until Spring!

Thanks to Dave A for his help with Happy Bucks tonight.

• Ted M: Remembered something then forgot what he remembered. Called Kim Tan up to receive her replacement Paul Harris pin.
• Esther T: Happy to be here and Happy New Year! Their granddaughter is playing in an international hockey tournament with120 teams from 21 countries. So far granddaughter’s team is undefeated.
• Larry H: Looking for something red to wear for Valentine’s Day, Larry found his old Olympic 2010 Vancouver hockey jersey. Since he’s been wearing it, Canada has started to win more medals (GOLD!). He even wore it to a Generals game, and they won. Guess he better leave it on.
• Shashi: Always happy to be with her Rotary family and especially to learn about Chinese New Year. She will be missing a few meetings because of her trip to India. She also was happy to see Peter H back at a meeting. His speaker Thank You is legendary.
• Robbie: described his snow-shoeing experience at the cottage. The snowshoes worked well. His poles not so well. They sunk down to over his hips. The two trips he made exhausted him.
• Peter H: Happy to return. His business has made a huge pivot, and he is now working with the big food brokers. He even went to the Food Broker of North America meeting. His heart is always with Rotary. He also thanked us for the hospitality his girls received at the Christmas party.
• Kim: shared some tidbits on how to make the new year better. One tip was to avoid washing your hair for the first 3 days.  You do not want to wash away your prosperity. She will leave soon for her big trip to Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The Visa registrations were a pain, but she is now all set.

 

Happy New Year! The Year of the Horse

 

Thanks to Robbie for helping with notetaking for Tess.

 

The Rotary Maple Syrup for 2026. ORDER TODAY !!!  DELIVERY TODAY.

THANK YOU OSHAWA - ANOTHER SELL OUT YEAR . Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 43 years, the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood sold Holiday Fruit Cakes (this year from McFadgen’s Bakery, Glace Bay, NS) and Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats), it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event.

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood supports many community services such as Lakeridge Health – Oshawa, the Colonel R. S McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Senior Citizens, challenged adults in our community, the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, Participation House, Grandview Children’s Centre, YMCA, Simcoe Hall Settlement House, Feed The Need Durham, the Back Street Mission, Waverly Public School, Ontario Tech University and Durham College and many other services, here in the Durham Region and throughout the world, like the eradication of Polio.  

Read more for all of the details....

THANK YOU OSHAWA - SOLD OUT AGAIN IN  2025: Thank you everyone in Oshawa and beyond for treating yourselves , this year, to some beautiful tulip bulbs for your garden.. This year our bulbs are from Van Noort Bulbs, headquartered in Langley BC with facilities in Ontario and the Netherlands.

In 2026, you can order a box or more of these Canadian grown tulip bulbs and help Rotary End Polio Now. Rotarians have helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries. We are 99.9% polio free in the world, but we need your help to get to the finish line. The End Polio Now project, perhaps the largest of its kind ever undertaken by a service organization, has been hugely successful with only a few very small pockets of the disease remaining.

Call Rotarian Hilda Finnigan at 905-431-4258  or Ted Morrison at 905-623-3810 to place your order and make arrangements for pick up or delivery.

We are determined to complete this task and rid the earth of this devastating disease. Proceeds from this sale will go towards Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign. 

Cash or cheque made out to the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood OR order online on our fundraising page funditrotaryoshawaparkwood.ca and pay by credit card.

20 bulbs for $ TBA in 2026 (tax included). 

 

 

 

 

THANK YOU TO OUR PSONSORS, OUR TICKET BUYERS, OUR SILENT AUCTION ITEM DONATORS FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL  2025 Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood's Reverse Draw , Dinner  & Silent Auction

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025 AT THE COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, 1101 BLOOR STREET EAST IN OSHAWA.

WE ENJOYED A FABULOUS DINNER, BID ON SOME SENSATIONAL ITEMS IN THE SILENT AUCTION.

AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE OFFERED , THANKS TO ALL OF OUR TREMENDOUS DONATORS , A FABULOUS  SILENT AUCTION TABLE - OUR GOAL IS 75 ITEMS VALUED AT OVER $16,000.00

WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE 2026 REVERSE DRAW , DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION ON THURSDAY MAY 7, 2026 AT THE COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT.

SAVE THE DATE !!!

THIS IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD. PROCEEDS GO TO OUR MANY ROTARY LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS

The proceeds from this Gala event will be used to support many community service projects of The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood such as: The Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, hospital equipment for Lakeridge Health Oshawa , the Colonel R.S. McLaughlin Regional Cancer Centre, Participation House (for mentally and physically challenged adults), Ontario Tech U, Durham College, Feed The Need in Durham,  Simcoe Hall ,  the Eradication of Polio through Rotary International’s End Polio Now Campaign, Children's Aid Society of Durham Region, and Grandview Kids, and many more.

THINKING ABOUT BEING A CORPORATE SPONSOR IN 2026 ?  MAY 7, 2026 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER

Rotary connects 1.4 million members from 200 countries and geographical regions. Our work impacts lives both at the local and international levels, from helping families in need, right here in Oshawa, to working toward a polio-free world.

Rotarians are neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world. With differing occupations, cultures, and countries, Rotarians are given a unique perspective. Their shared passion for service helps Rotarians accomplish the remarkable.

 

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood has been serving the Durham Region for over 45 years through various fund raising endeavors. If you would like to learn more about Rotary or become a member please call President Linda Porritt at 905-626-6386.

Look for us at www.rotaryoshawa-parkwood.org and like us on Facebook Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary-Club-of-Oshawa-Parkwood/144377628968467?ref=tn_tnmn

The Rotary Maple Syrup for 2025 is SOLD OUT. THANK YOU EVERYONE  !!! 

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood was at the Oshawa Peony Festival June 7 and 8 at the Oshawa Botanical Gardens, selling Maple Syrup, Bird Houses and Ploughman's Choice all from Ontario. So nice to see our new MP and fellow Rotarians Rhonda Kirkland, Mayor Dan Carter, Deputy Mayor Bob Chapman, Oshawa Ward 2 Councillor Jim Lee, Regional Councillors Ward 4 Rick Kerr, and Titi Dante Marimpietre Ward 2 Oshawa drop by and say hello. And who dropped by , as he does every year, but Past District 7070 Governor Mark Chipman. 

Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup 2025 at the Second Marsh in Oshawa, Ontario Canada. Thank you Rotary Clubs of Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood and Courtice. Thank you Ontario Environment Minister Todd McCarthy, Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter, Deputy Mayor Bob Chapman, Oshawa MPP Jennifer French's husband Jon for helping the Friends of the Second Marsh (on Lake Ontario, in Oshawa, Ontario Canada). Thank you to Randy Nickerson for this fantastic photo.

 

 

 

The Rotary Clubs of Durham Region were pleased to donate funds to Grandview Kids and have the pool named the Rotary pool. Members of many of the Rotary Clubs of Durham Region attended the Grand Opening of the new Grandview Kids amazing complex in Ajax, on December 17, 2024. Thank you to Ajax Rotary club past President Ken Hurst for his many hours of working with the Rotary Clubs to make the donation possible.

 

Members of The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood received orders for Spring 2024 delivery !!!  And we SOLD OUT - Thank You Oshawa. Proceeds will help The Rotary Club with their many service projects.

Look for our 2025 Maple Syrup Sale coming in the Spring of 2025. 

THANK YOU OSHAWA ......... 

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood thanks everyone who came down to the parking lot at McIntosh-Anderson-Kellam (MAK) Funeral home on Saturday, July 8 for our Big Rotary Garage Sale. All of the proceeds will go right back to helping our many community service projects right here.

THANK YOU !!!

 

 

April 22, 2023 - Earth Day - And the Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup.

Members, families and friends of the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood and Courtice helped the Friends of the Second Marsh clean up the Second Marsh, in Oshawa, Ontario Canada. Thank you to our civic leaders, many if who are fellow Rotary Club members for helping: Durham Regional Chair and fellow Rotarian John Henry, Durham MPP Todd McCarthy, Oshawa Mayor and honourary Rotarian Dan Carter, Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster, Deputy Mayor of Oshawa Bob Chapman, Oshawa Councilors Jim Lee and Oshawa Councilor and fellow Rotarian Tito Dante Marimpietre.

This is the third annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup as thousands of Rotarians and their families from hundreds of Rotary Clubs that surround all of the Great Lakes , on both sides of the Canada-US border, are cleaning up the watersheds today and this week - as Rotary focuses on protecting the environment. 

 

Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood members, and friends of Rotary, served pancakes and provided cleanup at Purple Woods Conservation area for the Annual Oshawa Maple Syrup Festival on April 1 and 2, 2023 . Ana's son Jarel was a big help to our Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and so too were many friends of Rotary as we helped our friends at Purple Woods with their successful Annual Maple Syrup Festival 2023. Rotarians really are People of Action. Thank you Rotarians Ana Rejab , Linda Porritt, and Jodi Hewett for some great photos......

We had 4000 people attend the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, on April 7, 2023 to kick off their two day Easter Event! It was so great to see all the smiling faces .  Thank you to everyone at The Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, Durham Regional Police Service, Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise and the many volunteers.... Here are some photos....

THANK YOU OSHAWA. Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 40 years, the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood has SOLD OUT OF OUR ROTAY Holiday Cakes and Black Forest Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats), it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event. Best wishes for a healthful and prosperous New Year. 

“The Rotary Holiday Cake is a 1.8 pound (900g) dark fruit cake, and is packaged in Christmas Tin. Reasonably priced at $25.00 each, it makes for a very affordable Christmas gift.“This year, we have available, 2 kg (4.4pound) Smoked Black Forest Style Hams from Brandt Meats, delivered in a Brandt bag.....

On June 24, 2022, at Oshawa Ontario Canada City Hall, with Mayor Dan Carter, members of Oshawa City Council, Rotary District 7070 Governor Ron Dick, Rotary Club Presidents Peter Hernandez & David Penny, and members of the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood celebrated the Rotary 4 Way Test Plaque NOW on display at the entrance to the City of Oshawa Council Chambers.....

Thank you very much to Rotary Club of Oshawa President Peter Hernandez for organizing this fantastic event. Another first for the Rotary clubs in Durham Region as Rotary marched in the annual Fiesta Week Parade on June 19, 2022. . Rotary's 4th Avenue of service is to encourage and foster international understanding , goodwill and peace and what better way to do it than to be with all the different cultural organizations in Oshawa during Fiesta Week 2022 right here in Oshawa Ontario, Canada. When the Rotary banner and the End Polio Now flags were viewed by the public as we passed by them, we could hear a resounding applause... unsolicited. What a great Public Relations event for Rotary.  Thank you to Peter Hernandez, John Burns, and Joe Solway for taking these fantastic photos.....

Our club, The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, in Rotary International District 7070 (in an area of Southern Ontario including Toronto, and stretching north to Alliston and east to Belleville), is part of one of the greatest service organizations in the world. 
 
Members attend Dinner Meetings held each Tuesday at 6:30 pm at the Oshawa Golf Club, 160 Alexandra St, Oshawa , where we gather in friendship, talk about upcoming events and service projects, and listen to guest speakers  (usually local and sometimes international leaders of our community).
 
Comprised of both young, dynamic, and dedicated newer members as well as devoted energetic and well respected long standing members of the community, the men and women of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood aim to “make a difference” at home in Oshawa, in Ontario, throughout Canada and around the world, by devotedly living the Rotary motto "Service Above Self". 
 
Oshawa-Parkwood Rotarians believe also in the importance of being active in all seven Areas Of Focus and the five Rotary Avenues of Service – Club Administration, Community Service, International Service, Vocational Service, and Youth Service (formerly called New Generations). 
The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood members not only vocalize their concern for the local community and abroad, they actively participate in finding unique ways to meet the needs of the many organizations and causes.

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, which consists of about 42 members (professional Oshawa businessmen and women, from a wide variety of the community professions in Oshawa), and now in its 49th year in Oshawa, meets every Tuesday evening at The Oshawa Golf Club (160 Alexandra Street in Oshawa). 

To assist you in getting to know us better, The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is the second Rotary Club in Oshawa which was chartered in October 1976, having been sponsored by The Rotary Club of Oshawa. We support many local and International service projects in Oshawa, in Ontario, throughout Canada and the entire world. Here in the local area are just some of our many ventures. We work with the Ajax Optimists and the  Durham Regional Police and created The Kids Safety Village. We are very proud to be associated with the Village. Some of our Club members are on The Board of Directors of The Kids Safety Village and have been since Day One. We are also great supporters of Lakeridge Health Oshawa, The R. S. McLaughlin Regional Cancer Centre,  Handicapped Adults and the Participation House Projects, Parkwood Estate, Durham College , Sharon's Kids, Waverly Public School (playground), Friends of The Second Marsh,  bursaries for grads of MCVI , Grandview Kids Centre, and Feed The Need in Durham, just to name a few.

The Rotary Club is actively working with 1.2 million Rotarians world-wide to eradicate Polio from the face of the earth.
 
The program, started in 1985, called PolioPlus is Rotary’s flagship program. By the time polio is eradicated, Rotary club members world-wide will have contributed US $ 1.7 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries.
 
Rotary is a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, along with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Polio is active in only 2 countries and Rotary is calling on everyone to help them end Poilo forever. Since 1985, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.

The world is on the verge of eliminating one of the most dreaded diseases of the 20th century -- poliomyelitis. During the first half of the 20th century, polio crippled over a half a million people every year. Even today, children in some developing countries continue to fall victim to the disease. But thanks in large part to Rotary International and to the 1.2 million Rotary members worldwide, including the 10 Durham Region Rotary Clubs , the disease will soon be all but a memory. 

The world is 99.9% polio-free, the fight to end polio is not over and Rotary Clubs world-wide continue to raise funds to meet the challenge.

Since Rotary and its partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1985, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 children paralyzed due to polio every year, and in all of 2017, only 12 have been confirmed as of October 18, 2017 : 7 in Afghanistan and 5 in Pakistan. 

Since 1985, Rotary members world-wide have contributed nearly US$1.7 billion to help immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio, and we have helped secure over US$ 7.2 billion from donor governments. Coinciding with World Polio Day, Rotary is ramping up its advocacy work in the 200 countries and regions where Rotary clubs exist to encourage every national government to commit to the funding levels needed to close the gap.

 

In many cities all over the world, October 24 has been proclaimed World Polio Day in honour of Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio from the world. Rotarians will be gathering at city and town halls to acknowledge October 24 as World Polio Day, and to reconfirm our deep commitment to Eradicate Polio from the face of the earth. Every year fellow Rotarian and Chair of Durham Region, John Henry proclaims October 24 as World Polio Day in all of the communities in the Region. Right here in our own Rotary District, in southern Ontario, Canada, flag raising ceremonies are held in Markham, Richmond Hill, and other towns and cities in southern Ontario. And there is always a flag raising ceremony at City Hall in Toronto right in the heart of the city, the home to the 2018 Rotary International Convention on October 24. We have also been able to light up the CN Tower, The Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto, and at the University of Toronto – Scarborough campus, on October 24, in red, white, and yellow ,the colours of the End Polio Now campaign, to raise awareness to our cause and efforts in eradicating this disease. ”

 

 

We thank everyone who join us every year , on October 24, for our annual World Polio Day events for the last three years from The Rotary Global Classroom at Durham College as we livestream our event to thousands worldwide as we hear and see Rotary leaders, Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners, celebrity ambassadors, polio survivors, and others  here in southern Ontario and from all parts of the world update us on our efforts worldwide to End Polio Now.  Watch previous World Polio Day livestreams from Durham College, Oshawa at https://durhamcollege.ca/globalclass/class/rotary-international-world-polio-day-2/  and at www.endpolio.org 

Background

A highly infectious disease, polio causes paralysis and is sometimes fatal. As there is no cure, the best protection is prevention. For as little as US 60 cents worth of vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life. After the successful engagement of over 200 countries and 20 million volunteers, polio could be the first human disease of the 21st century to be eradicated.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It includes the support of governments and other private sector donors.

Rotary’s main responsibilities are fundraising, advocacy, and volunteer recruitment. Since 1995, the advocacy efforts of Rotary and its partners have helped raise more than $8 billion from donor governments. And Rotary clubs also provide on the ground help in polio-affected communities.

Early in 2016, two members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and a spouse traveled to India, with their own money, and participated in a 4-day National Immunization Day (NID) program. They were three of the 2.3 million vaccinators that went to 190 million homes and 170 million children were immunized in one day. That is Rotarians Making a Difference at its finest moment.

It is so important to generate the funds needed to End Polio Now. To fail is to invite a polio resurgence that would condemn millions of children to lifelong paralysis in the years ahead. The bottom line is this: As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, all children – wherever they live – remain at risk.

As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high

For more , be sure to go to http://polioeradication.org/

THANK YOU OSHAWA. Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 39 years, the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood has SOLD OUT OF OUR ROTAY Heritage Holiday Cakes and Black Forest Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats), it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event. Best wishes for a healthful and prosperous New Year. 

“The Heritage Holiday Cake is a 2 pound (900g) dark fruit cake, and is packaged in Christmas Tin. Reasonably priced at $20.00 each, it makes for a very affordable Christmas gift.“This year, we have available, 2 kg (4.4pound) Smoked Black Forest Style Hams from Brandt Meats, delivered in a Brandt bag.....

Members of the 4 Rotary Clubs of Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood, Whitby, Whitby-Sunrise, together with many family members joined forces, in a COVID responsible environment, and partnered with Kids Against Hunger Canada to purchase and to pack more than 36,000 meals, in one day, on Saturday, November 6, 2021, and the same 4 Rotary Clubs carried out the same magnificent humanitarian service project again on November 5, 2022, at the Jubilee Pavilion, in Lakeview Park, Oshawa , it was announced today by the Ted Morrison, Past District Governor of Rotary International District 7070 and chair of the event......

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.... OSHAWA

ROTARY NEEDS YOUR HELP.

HELP US HELP  SIMCOE HALL SETTLEMENT HOUSE HELP THOSE IN OSHAWA THAT NEED OUR HELP RIGHT NOW.

Proceeds will support  Simcoe Hall Settlement House 

Members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood have joined forces to raise money for the community.

THANK YOU FOR SAVING YOUR EMPTIES  and donating them on JULY 17 FROM 10 AM TO 2 PM AT THE OSHAWA CENTRE, NEAR THE OLD SEARS STORE. 

Anything the Beer Stores and LCBO Stores accept !!!

Oshawa Centre - Stevenson & King, 419 King St W, Oshawa, ON L1J 2K5 North West Parking Lot

2 GREAT ROTARY CLUBS IN ONE GREAT COMMUNITY SAY THANK YOU OSHAWA !! 

www.oshawarotary.ca

www.rotaryoshawa-parkwood.ca

Welcome to FUNDITROTARYPARKWOODOSHAWA  - The Official Fundraising Site of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-ParkwoodWe encourage you to go to Oshawa's newest website and help the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood help your friends and neighbours right here in Oshawa and around the world with the humanitarian projects.

Durham College, in Oshawa, Ontario Canada, is pleased to announce the re-branding of its Global Classroom. Inspired by Rotary’s international efforts to promote peace, fight disease, support education and combat poverty, and in honour of 11 District 7070 Rotary Clubs’ financial support, the space will now be known as the Rotary Global Classroom. We are now working out the details of the re-branding process with Rotary International. 

Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 38 years, another sell-out . The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood thanks everyone in Oshawa and all over Durham Region for purchasing Heritage Holiday Cakes and Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats) for Rotary projects, it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event.

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood supports many community services such as Lakeridge Health – Oshawa, the Colonel R. S McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Senior Citizens, challenged adults, the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, Participation House, Grandview Children’s Centre, YMCA, Simcoe Hall Settlement House, Feed The Need Durham, the Back Street Mission, Mary Street School, Ontario Tech University and Durham College and many other services, here in the Durham Region and throughout the world, like the eradication of Polio, worldwide.

STAY TUNED FOR OUR CAKES AND HAMS SALE IN THE FALL OF 2021. JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 

Read more for all of the details....

Thank you for joining the 10 Durham Region  Rotary Clubs, live from the Global Classroom in the Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham  College where we celebrated World Polio Day with leaders from around the world. This year, it was online.

WE ARE GETTING READY FOR WORLD POLIO DAY 2021 IN DURHAM REGION LIVE FROM THE ROTARY GLOBAL CLASSROOM IN THE CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION AT DURHAM COLLEGE. STAY TUNED, EVERYONE. 

All Rotary and Rotaract club in District 7070 and all over the world. We saw proclamations presented and flag raised from the 8 City and Region to our 10 clubs in Durham Region , thanking them for Rotary's support, from our mayors of the 8 communities in Durham Region, were also be shown by video.

Then, Dr. Bob Scott, the past chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus Committee (worldwide) was our keynote speaker. He updated everyone on Rotary’s latest efforts to eradicate polio from this world. He talked LIVE with Ian Riseley (Past President Rotary International)  and with Dr. Tunji Funsho , Rotary's Chair of the Nigeria PolioPlus Committee ( and one Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2020). We also heard from Monique Nasoud, the former Durham College student who received the two drops of vaccine while growing up in Pakistan,   

We showed the Rotary International World Polio Day 2020 Global Update and livestreamed that to everyone in the world. Here is the link to the recorded broadcast: https://durhamcollege.ca/globalclass/class/rotary-international-world-polio-day-2/.

Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 38 years, the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is selling Heritage Holiday Cakes and Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats) for Rotary projects, it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event.

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood supports many community services such as Lakeridge Health – Oshawa, the Colonel R. S McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Senior Citizens, challenged adults, the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, Participation House, Grandview Children’s Centre, YMCA, Simcoe Hall Settlement House, Feed The Need Durham, the Back Street Mission, Mary Street School, Ontario Tech University and Durham College and many other services, here in the Durham Region and throughout the world, like the eradication of Polio, worldwide.

Read more for all of the details....

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.... OSHAWA

ROTARY NEEDED OUR HELP.

AND YOU HELPED US HELP THOSE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OSHAWA THAT NEED OUR HELP RIGHT NOW.

We collected your empties and your food items and put them to work for our Community on September 26 .

Proceeds will support Rotary initiatives in the community fighting COVID-19 and the food banks of Feed The Need Durham .

Members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood have joined forces to raise money for the community.

THANK YOU FOR SAVING YOUR EMPTIES AND BRINGING YOUR FOOD ITEMS and donating them on Sept 26.

Anything the Beer Stores and LCBO Stores accept !!!

FOOD: non perishable foods like pasts, canned goods, rice, cereal, etc.

OUR CLUB MEMBERS WERE AT THE 2 DROP OFF LOCATIONS (10am to 2pm):
 

NORTH - Ontario Tech University, Founders Lot # 2, 2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

WEST - Oshawa Centre - Stevenson & King, 419 King St W, Oshawa, ON L1J 2K5 North West Parking Lot

2 GREAT ROTARY CLUBS IN ONE GREAT COMMUNITY SAY THANK YOU OSHAWA !! 

www.oshawarotary.ca

www.rotaryoshawa-parkwood.ca

WORLD POLIO DAY 2020 IN DURHAM REGION: OCT 22 FROM 7 TO 8:30 PM VIA LIVESTREAM:  

You are invited to join with the 10 Durham Region  Rotary Clubs, live from the new 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 year, it is online.

Everyone is invited from all every Rotary and Rotaract club in District 7070 and all over the world . Proclamations presentations and flag raisings from the 8 City and Region to our 10 clubs in Durham Region , thanking them for Rotary's support , from our mayors of the 8 communities in Durham Region, will also be shown by video.

Then, Dr. Bob Scott, the immediate past chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus Committee (worldwide) will be our keynote speaker. He will update everyone on Rotary’s latest efforts to eradicate polio from this world. He will be talking LIVE with Ian Riseley, Past President Rotary International)  and he may connect  with  PolioPlus Volunteers from around the world. 

We will also see the Rotary International  broadcast and we will livestream that too to everyone in the world. All clubs in the District are invited to watch the event.  This will be the link: https://durhamcollege.ca/globalclass/class/rotary-international-world-polio-day-2/.

For even more info, please take a look at the story by Oshawa-Parkwood Rotarian Dave Andrews in End Polio Now “Rotary Voices" on the Rotary International Website: https://www.endpolio.org/how-to-plan-a-virtual-world-polio-day-event