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THE PARKWOOD JOURNAL 

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD

Mailing Address: 96 KING ST. E., OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA L1H 1B6

 

2017-2018 ROTARY THEME: “ROTARY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE”

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: Ian Riseley – Rotary Club of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia

R.I. DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Neil Phillips - Rotary Club of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ASSISTANT DISTRICT 7070 GOVERNOR: Beth Selby – Rotary Club of Cobourg in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

What is Rotary ?

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 Membership Director Lennis Trotter at 905-985-0963 or our Club President Ted Morrison at 905-623-3810. 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?.

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.

See: http://video.rotary.org/EgFi/ia17-people-of-action-public-image-campaign-launch-joe-otin/

 

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 behavior 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

  1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviors and activities

  2. Use my vocational experience and talents to serve in Rotary

  3. Conduct all of my personal, business, and professional affairs ethically, encouraging and fostering high ethical standards as an example to others

  4. Be fair in all dealings with others and treat them with the respect due to them as fellow human beings

  5. Promote recognition and respect for all occupations which are useful to society

  6. 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

  7. Honor the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything that will bring disfavor or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians

  8. Not seek from a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship

 

THE ROTARY FOUR-WAY TEST

of things we think, say and do:

  1. Is it the truth

  2. Is it fair to all concerned?

  3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

  4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

 

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Dec 5 - page 2

MINUTES OF MEETING : Tuesday, December 5, 2017

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.

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Grace: Past President Hilda Finnigan

O Canada: Peter Dueck

Toast To The Queen : Sonya Thompson

GUESTS/VISITING ROTARIANS:

A warm welcome to all of the residents and staff of Participation House, and a warm welcome to Linda Biddle, Al Finnigan, Kristen Kellam and their two young children, Sharron Morrison and her granddaughter Mackenzie, Margaret Nason, Craig Porritt, Esther Trotter and Jean Keys. 

BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday to Judy Uphoff on December 2

Happy Anniversary to Rhonda and Bob Stewart on December 13

Happy Birthday to Sharron Morrison on December 20

Happy Birthday to Chidinma Igboanugo on December 23

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

BRING YOU LAPTOPS OR TABLETS ON JANUARY 2. OUR ROTARY ZONE 24 COORDINATOR, (AND PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR AND CURRENT DISTRICT SECRETARY) BOB WALLACE WILL BE OUR GUEST SPEAKER AND HE WILL BE HELPING ALL OF US ON HOW TO USE THE ROTARY WEBSITES (ROTARY.ORG ; ROTARY7070.ORG; AND ROTARYOSHAWA-PARKWOOD.ORG ) AND MY ROTARY

Thank you to Janice Coupland for arranging and dinner with friends on Friday, December 1 at Bella Notte Restaurant on Brock Street North in Whitby. A nice evening brought to you by the Fellowship Committee of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood.

Thank you to Janice Coupland and David Mankiewicz and to Vice President Linda Porritt and to Sonya Thompson and especially to Santa Claus for arranging our December 5 Participation House Christmas Party at the Oshawa Golf Club with our spouses and kids and grandkids . Lots of fun and so nice to be able to bring some joy to the residents of Participation House.

Janice CouplandDec 12 – Club members Party at Kris and Janice condo in Ajax – please dress up for the party (shirt and tie gentlemen) . Cost is $30 per person and bring your own refreshments. Sign up sheet is being circulated with Janice. Please let her know as soon as you can. And Please pay her on Nov 28, Dec 5 and Dec 12. janice will be sending around a note to those who are attending. (Fellowship at 6 pm and dinner at 6:30 pm).

Cakes and Hams – From Past President Dave thanks to everyone for a successful year and a very special thanks to Co-Chair Devon Biddle again. Bring your money to Devon, our Treasurer, as soon as possible.

Director of Service Kim Boatman – Encouraged ALL of our member to attend the Annual Breakfast in suport of Sharon's Kids. On Dec 9 , from 8 am to 11 am at the Tartan Tavern, 555 Rossland Road East. We are focusing on ages 13 yrs & Up! (Sample Gift Items: HMV gift certificates/ toiletries/blow dryers/curling irons/ makeup/shaving kits/ watches/calculators/socks/Chapters or Future Shop g/c). Bring an unwrapped gift & breakfast is compliments of The Tartan Tavern

Secretary Robbie Larocque – keep open the week of March Break in 2018. We have put our club's name forward to work the Maple Syrup Festival serving Pancakes and waiting on table at Purple Woods. It is a lottery and if selected, we will earn some much needed fundraising dollars for our efforts. Here is a closer look: http://www.cloca.com/msf/

 

REMINDERS:

From President Ted : One of the items that our Club member wanted , as a result of the Visioning exercise is to increase the profits from the 2018 Rotary Reverse Draw Dinner and Silent Auction . Ted said that one of the most dramatic ways to do so is to increase the profits from the Silent Auction. We can do that in two ways: dramatically increase the number of items (from 50 to 100 items) and dramatically increase the value of each item ( to at least $100 if not more towards the $200 to $500 range). And now is the time to start looking and asking.

From Past President Hilda – In her role as Chair of Club Administration asked everyone to bring EXACT CHANGE to the Rotary meeting for registration $22 and for Draw $2. And Happy Twoonies would certainly follow suit unless you wish to be every more happy.

From Sonya ThompsonOur partners at the Kids'Safety Village, The Whitby Lions Club is holding a New Year's Eve Party on Dec 31 at Heydenshore Pavillion Cost $80 per person (early bird price). Always nice to help out our partners. 589 Water St, Whitby. Doors open 6:30 Dancing until 1:30 Enjoy a served sit down meal at 7:15 Beef tenderloin and Chicken breast & veg Followed by a Trio of deserts. There will be Midnight snack /sweet table and coffee. Festive decorations & New Years party favors. We will have a Silent Auction, Raffle also Spot prizes. We have fantastic music by DJ Serge. This is a Adults only event. With a CASH bar. Tickets $ 170 per couple. Call Lion Christine at 905-576-6060 for tickets and more info

From Past Pres Lennis Trotter - January 8 – the next Kids' Safety Village Baord and Committee Meeting (start at 7:00 pm) - at the Kids'Safety Village

From Vice Pres Linda Porritt - January 9 – Our Club's Membership and Classification Committee Meeting (start at 5:30 pm) - at the Oshawa Golf Club

From Tess Pierce – The Oshawa Rotary Club is holding the Annual Polar Bear Swim on January 1 at 12 Noon at the beach at Lakeview Park . Your cost of admission for the eventi is $30 with the proceeds going to The Rose of Durham. Tess is going to swim , again this year. Her goal is to raise $1,000 and she has set up a 'Go Fund Me “ page and anyone can donate and help Tess raise the money. And thank you, Tess for the candy canes that we all received tonight at our meeting.

From President TedRotary Club of Etobicoke is asking for gently used hockey equipment to send north tou our indigenous people. A huge project of the Rotary club. Got something to donate? Equipment will go to MasterCard Centre, 400 Kipling Ave, Etobicoke, ON M8V 3L1 and benefit First Nations youth in remote northern Ontario communities. Read more about Rotary Club of Etobicoke's ongoing hockey equipment drive to benefit First Nations youth in this Inside Toronto story: http://bit.ly/2fMI8VX

From Vice Pres Linda Porritt: She is collecting volunteer hours for all of our service projects this year, starting July 1 2017 and ending June 30, 2018 and they will be entered into the projects at on Rotary Club Central for all of us to see. Keep track of all of your hours and report them to Linda for each project (committee meetings, research, investigation, donations, etc).

 

VOLUNTEERS - MONTH OF JANUARY

Front Desk - Past Pres Dave Andrews and Stanley Igboanugo

BulletinEditor and Official Greeter - Vice President Linda Porritt

(Editor’s note: If you cannot be there, please find a replacement)

 

ACE OF SPADES DRAW

None tonight

HAPPY BUCKS:

None tonight

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Dec 5 - page 3

GUEST SPEAKER:

Santa Claus

For more photos, be sure to go to our Rotary Club Website and view the 2017 Participation House Christmas Party Album

Meeting Adjourned by Vice President Linda Porritt

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Robbie Larocque, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.

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