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THE PARKWOOD JOURNAL

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD

P.O. BOX 54023, OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA  L1H 8T2

“ENGAGE ROTARY - CHANGE LIVES”

 

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT:   Ron Burton – Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA

R.I. DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR:               Valarie Wafer -  Rotary Club of Whitby , Ontario, Canada

ASSISTANT DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Wayne Routly – Rotary Club of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada

 

                     MINUTES OF MEETING :  JUNE 24, 2014

 

Rotary Grace                                                                                                                

O Lord, The Giver of all good,                                        

We thank Thee for our daily food                                  

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways                             

Help us to serve Thee all our days.                                                                                                                                                                                

THE FOUR-WAY TEST                                     

1.  Is it the truth                                                            

2.  Is it fair to all concerned?                                         

3.  Will it build good will and better friendships?

4.  Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

                       

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2013-2014                                        

President:  Alan Finnigan

Past President: Jodi Hewett

Vice President: Robbie Larocque

Treasurer: Devon Biddle

Secretary: Pat Dyck

Club Administration:  Shawn Kellam

All Service Projects: Robert Kipling

Membership: Lennis Trotter

The Rotary Foundation: Laura Carey / Ted Morrison

Public Relations: Eamonn Doyle

Sgt-at-Arms: Andy Lyons  /Alan Nason / Bob Koski

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Grace:                           Past President Hilda Finnigan                                     

O Canada:                    Peter Dueck

 Toast To The Queen :  Incoming Vice President Mike McLaren                                                                          

 

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES  

Belated Happy Birthday to Caroline Kipling on June 21

2nd Happy Birthday to Linda Biddle on June 28

 

GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:

Welcome to our Visiting Rotarian, Geoff Lloyd, Incoming Vice President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and our Guest Speaker for the Evening

SARGEANT AT ARMS REPORT:   From Past President Alan Nason

ACE OF SPADES  DRAW:

Winner: President Allan Finnigan          Card Drawn: the 3 of Spades                .    

                 

NEXT WEEK:

July 1, 2014 - There is no Rotary Meeting  – Happy Canada Day

July 8, 2014:  On The Door : To Be Announced and To Be Announced

July 8, 2014:  Bulletin Editor: To Be Announced

Editor’s note: If you cannot be on the door or write the Club Bulletin, please find a replacement)

 

HAPPY BUCKS

  1. Past President and our current Secretary Devon Biddle is very Happy that Linda is having a Birthday on June 28. It is a big one, he says.
  2. Mike McLaren very happy to be here and very happy that he has lost 22 pounds since the Reverse Draw
  3. Marsha Chambers is moving again, but not back to Oshawa. She will be moving in Toronto into her Aunt’s home. You will always be welcome here at our Rotary Club.
  4. Robert Kipling  was asked by a number of members what he did to his finger and why it was in a sling. No accidents. It was plastic surgery that he had on Monday. He cannot wash dishes for at least 2 weeks when the stitches come out.
  5. Past District Governor Ted Morrison went to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto to get ready for his trip to China in October. He and Sharron saw the Forbidden City display. Simply magnificent. Be sure to go to the ROM and have a look.
  6. President Allan Finnigan was very happy this week, Past President Hilda Finnigan brought back the van , from her many speaking engagements , very clean. Washed up just perfectly. But the gas tank was empty.
  7. Past President Alan Nason, our Sergeant At Arms, tonight, was very happy just to be with everybody tonight.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS  

  1. Past President Hilda Finnigan wanted everyone to know that there will be no Rotary meeting on July 1 and the Presidents Night is on July 8, right here at the Oshawa Golf Club. Same time: 6 pm for cocktails and 6:30 pm for dinner. Spouses are invited. The cost of the evening is $36.00 per person. We will congratulate President Allan Finnigan on a terrific year as President of The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and welcome incoming President Robbie Larocque as our new Rotary Club President for the 2014-2015 Rotary year as we follow Rotary International Gary Huang’s theme to Light Up Rotary.
  2. Past President Hilda Finnigan  announced that following the Rotary Club meeting , right next door on the same floor, at the Oshawa Golf Club, District Governor Valarie Wafer will be hosting her thank you party and we are welcome to attend.
  3. President Al Finnigan brought our Rotary Club up to date with the results of a meeting held with representativs of the Oshawa Rotary Club regarding our Rotary Club’s participation in the Oshawa Rotary Ribfest. President Al went over , with our Club, the terms and conditions that were delivered by the Oshawa Rotary Club representatives. President Al asked our club for suggestions and any ideas that might allow our Rotary Club to continue participating in this event.

ROTARY MOMENT:    None Tonight.  

 

GUEST SPEAKER  :

Name of Speaker: Geoff Lloyd – Incoming Vice President and Rotarian of the Year of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and an Ambassador for ShelterBox Canada

Introducer:  Past President Marion Mills

Thanked By: Past District Governor Ted Morrison who noted that “We are pleased that Shelterbox is a Strategic Partner of Rotary International and that we  believe in ShelterBox” here at The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood

 

Geoff’s Remarks:

Shelter Box logo 

 

Geoff started off the meeting with a look at the origins and the scope of ShelterBox and thanked the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood for their many donations to ShelterBox over the years.

And every District 7070 Newsletter now has an up to the minute update and news from ShelterBox Canada, every month.

Be sure to go to this youtube website and watch more of the videos first-hand:

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/ShelterBoxUK/videos

 

ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity specializing in delivering immediate emergency shelter and tools to rebuild lives. Their vision is a world in which the basic emergency needs for survivors are rapidly met. And their goal is to help 50,000 families affected by disaster every year and establish a “surge capacity” to shelter up to 100,000 families in times of major crisis.

Rotary International signed an agreement with ShelterBox in March 2012 which increases their joint capacity to help families around the world displaced by disaster. The agreement formalizes the twelve-year bond between the two organizations and cements the place of Rotarians around the world at the heart of ShelterBox activities. It is the first time that any organization has become an officially recognized ‘Project Partner’ of Rotary International.

Founded in 2000, in Helston UK (the far southwest coast of England) , by Rotarian Tom Henderson, ShelterBox has worked in 90 countries, responded to 240 disasters with more than 135,000 ShelterBoxes and provided aid to over 1 million people. The people and volunteers at ShelterBox believe that everyone affected by disaster should have access to the shelter and basic equipment they need to survive, be safe, and live in dignity. Our support help the people at ShelterBox prepare for the next disaster and ensure a rapid response.

 Currently, ShelterBox has branches in the United States, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Luxemburg, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines, along with a branch associated with the Scouts.

ShelterBox fills the gap in disaster relief aid – while food and medicine are delivered by other agencies, they provide the shelter survivors need in the immediate wake of a disaster as they begin to rebuild their lives.

The highly trained ShelterBox Response Teams, (over 200 volunteers), deliver ShelterBoxes when and where they are needed. They collaborate effectively with other aid agencies, volunteers and local governments. Within 12 minutes of the earthquake hitting Haiti, there was a ShelterBox Response Team assessing the damage and getting to the immediate need of its citizens.

ShelterBox is often the first responder on the ground distributing desperately needed shelter and equipment following a disaster. The green box with the Rotary Wheel is a sign of hope in a devastated landscape.

Bruce Heller, a ShelterBox Response Team member and a Rotarian said that “Having recently returned from Iraq where  ShelterBox is distributing humanitarian supplies to Syrian refugees, I can tell you first-hand, by working together, Rotary and ShelterBox are making a huge impact on their lives. But more families cross the border each day and need our help.”

Last year, over 32 million people were impacted by disasters around the world. ShelterBox is constantly responding to new disasters whether they make headlines or not. Our support makes this possible.

Geoff was first involved when he was an Anglican priest very close to the headquarters of ShelterBox near Helston, Cornwall and when he came to Canada, it was a natural progression to help with ShelterBox Canada. Geoff is reaching out to many churches and organizations in Durham Region and eastward and is having some success. Our Rotary Club is one of many clubs in District 7070 that donate to ShelterBox Canada.

We can even track the box that we donate and see where it goes in the world and there will be a note inside saying it is from the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

In Haiti, the road to recovery is very slow and many people still live in the ShelerBoxes. Geoff showed us many of the pieces of equipment in a typical ShelterBox including a solar light bulb and a water purification system that can purify up to 40 litres of water. There are now 18 warehouses, strategically located throughout the world so they can be ready when and where the next disaster strikes. All ShelterBoxes are assembled in Helston, UK.

 

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.

 

The “ideal of service” is the key. It is an attitude that does not change from one version to the next. It is an attitude we all have, as Rotarians.

 

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Pat Dyck, our Club Secretary has a Rotary International Directory of all Rotary Clubs in the world, when and where they meet. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Pat Dyck, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.

HERE’S A LIST OF SOME ROTARY CLUBS CLOSE TO YOU:

MONDAY:

Belleville – Ramada Inn – 11 Bay Ridges at Hwy 2 - 12:00 noon

Oshawa – Oshawa Shrine Club, 1626 Simcoe St N.,  – 12:10

Markham-Unionville – Al Dente Ristorante, 39 Main St.N.,  - 6:30 pm

Port Hope – Knights of Columbus Hall, 1 Elias St.,  – 6:00  pm

Richmond Hill – Sheraton Parkway Hotel, 600 Hwy 7 East, – 6:00 pm

Trenton – Holiday Inn – 99 Glen Miller Rd. at 401 -  6:00 pm

 

TUESDAY:

Whitby  – Public Library, 405 Dundas St W - 7:00 am

Pickering – Chartwell Pickering Centre, 1801 Valley Farm Rd, – 7:15am

Bowmanville – Trinity Church Hall, 116 Church St. – 7:15 am

Picton – Royal Canadian Legion, 347 Main St.,  - 12:15 pm

Scarborough Bluffs – Loblaw’s Superstore (upstairs)  – 1775 Brimley at Progress – 7:15 am

Scarborough – Scarborough Golf Club – Golf Club Rd. – 12:30

Scarborough Twilight –  Stone Cottage – 1370 Kingston Rd. - 5:30 pm

 

WEDNESDAY:

Whitby-Sunrise – Sports Garden Café, Iroquois Park , 500 Victoria St W – 7:15am

Markham Sunrise – Delta Markham Hotel – 50 East Valhala Dr., Hwy 7 east of 404 – 7:00 am

Northumberland Sunrise – Dalewood Golf Club –  Dale Rd, Port Hope - 7:00 am

North Scarborough – Delta Toronto East – 2035 Kennedy Rd, Scarborough – 12:30 pm

Port Perry – Piano Rest., 217 Queen St.  – 6:15 pm

 

THURSDAY:

Ajax – Public Library, 55 Harwood Ave S., – 12:15

Agincourt – Radisson Hotel, 55 Hallcrown Place – 6:30 pm

Quinte Sunrise – Bay of  Quinte Golf Club, 1830 Old Hwy 2,  – 7:00 am

Uxbridge – Jersey’s, 104 Brock St W. – 7:15 am

 

FRIDAY:

Toronto – Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St, – 12:15

Cobourg – Best Western Cobourg Motor Inn, 930 Burnham Rd. at Hwy 2 – 12:15

Courtice – White Cliffe Terrace, 1460 Hwy 2 – 7:15 am