THE PARKWOOD JOURNAL

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD

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

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO:

ROTARY – People of Action

Rotary is where neighbours, friends, and problem-solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change.

We're made up of local business, professional, and civic leaders. 

We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships and through that, we're able to get things done in our community. 

It's up to YOU.............Join leaders in our community

Be sure to share this with all of your friends and associates and ask them to get in touch with our Club President Robbie Larocque at 905-576-8500 or our Club Vice President Linda Porritt at 905-626-6386.

You are invited to our next Rotary meeting. You may wish to become a Rotarian. Dinner is on us. Isn't it time to give back to your community?.

THE OBJECT OF ROTARY

is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful

occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of

business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Rotary Code of Conduct provides a framework for ethical behaviour that all Rotarians can use, together with The Four-Way Test, in their business and professional activities.

ROTARY CODE OF CONDUCT

As a Rotarian, I will

1. Exemplify the core value of integrity in all behaviours 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. Honour the trust that Rotary and fellow Rotarians provide and not do anything that will bring disfavour or reflect adversely on Rotary or fellow Rotarians

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?

MINUTES OF  MEETING:  Tuesday, July 26, 2022

                                          Editor:  Ted Morrison

Meeting Called to Order at 6:31 PM: by President Robbie Larocque.

Land Acknowledgement:

We respectfully acknowledge that we are hosting this Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood meeting from land within the jurisdiction of Williams Treaties and on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nations, the Anishnaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. This acknowledgement reminds us of our responsibilities to our relationships and the ancestral lands on which we learn, share and live.

Rotary Grace:  Hilda Finnigan

Toast to the Queen   Robert Kipling

 Visiting Rotarians and Guests:  Simon Gill (speaker), Director of Economic Development for the Region of Durham.           

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

August 3 – Happy 48^th Anniversary to Larry and Kay Hurren

August 8-  Happy Birthday to Leon Efraim

SGT AT ARMS:             Bob Koski

ACE OF SPADES:

Winner was Lennis. He drew the eight of spades…too bad Lennis.  

HAPPY BUCKS:

1 Bob Koski was happy for all the successes in sport teams , Blues Jays, Brooke Henderson , etc

2.Larry was happy for 48  GREAT years of marriage with his wife Kay.

3.Lennis was happy to have survived a great classic car trip with the Kellams.

4. John was happy to have survived the car rally with Lennis because they had car trouble but was able to get a part for a car so old.

5. Colin Carrie was happy to be here. He and his wife are looking forward to a holiday in Mexico. They have never been there before.

6. David A is happy to have Simon here to talk to us tonight after many failed attempts.

7.Robbie was happy that his wife’s knee surgery went well. She came home the same day.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. President Robbie reminded member that your annual dues are now due. Please pay our Treasurer ASAP.

 2. The Foundation walk is on Sunday September 25. Since we are one of the hosts please make arrangements to go. It will be held at Heber Down Conservation area (the old Cullen Gardens) off Taunton Road

3  Purple Woods Maple Syrup festival will happen again next March. We will try to volunteer as we have done in the past.

4. OCT 20 – WORLD POLIO DAY IN DURHAM REGION - 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm –  joint meeting of Durham   Region Rotary Clubs and co-hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood, in the Rotary  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 is one of District 7070’s premier events in the Rotary  year : The Rotary Foundation's Polio Eradication Initiative to END POLIO NOW.    Be sure to invite you spouse, relatives, business associates, and prospective members and all clubs in District        7070. We will see the live Rotary International livestream event and we will also broadcast our event live to  Rotary Clubs and to Universities and colleges worldwide.  All clubs in the District are invited. Proclamations from City and Region to our clubs. We will connect with  PolioPlus Volunteers and special guests from around the world.

5. The bus trip to the  Blue Jays Game on August 13. Get you tickets through Marie Visser soon. Ted & Sharron are going. The cost is $65 each for the bus and tickets to the game. This is an Inter Club Social   - Join The Rotary Club of Courtice for some Inter Club fun taking in the Saturday August 13th Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Guardians, 3:07 PM game.  Ticket cost is $65 per person and includes round trip bus transportation and 1 ticket in Sections 204-205 rows 4 through 8. We will be offering bus pick up from the Courtice Community Complex at 2950 Courtice Road and another pick up at the Chuck E Cheese Parking lot in Whitby, departing from Courtice at 12:30pm sharp and Whitby at 12:45pm sharp.  Please note that this is a Vladdy Victory Bobblehead Giveaway Game for the first 15000 to enter the building.  The return buses will depart the Rogers Centre at 6:15pm sharp and return you to your original pick up location.We are offering this to Rotarians and family first then we will open it up if we have extra tickets.  Don't delay sign up today!  REGISTER HERE: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/1131/Event/blue-jays-baseball-inter-club-social

6. Robbie passed around the Committee list. He urged EVERY member to select 2 or 3 committees to serve on this year. The committee is where the work of Rotary gets done!

OUR ROTARIANS AT WORK:

Thank you to our Public Image Director Al Finnigan for getting these new “Rotary At Work” volunteer vests that we can wear at fundraising and community service events to let everyone know that Rotarians in the Oshawa-Parkwood Rotary Club really are “People of Action”. Here is a phot of Al, Hilda and David Penney at the Red Barn Bingo a few weeks ago. They really stand out.

SPEAKER:  Simon Gill , Director of Economic Development for Durham Region.

Introduced by David Andrews, Simon gave a very interesting account of the history of Economic Development in Durham region. He the outlined what the “INVEST DURHAM” 15 member team has been doing for the last 5 years including Covid time.

When discussing the FUTURE of Economic Development in Durham, he emphasized the talent that we have in Durham.

His Team continues to support small business and work on attracting new investment by marketing Durham as an area that has the talent to get the job done. Simon encouraged everyone to “google” Invest Durham and the timeline of Innovation for more information.. He encouraged everyone to shop Durham.

See: Invest Durham:  https://www.durham.ca/en/economic-development/

And: Innovation Timeline: https://www.durham.ca/en/economic-development/the-durham-advantage/innovation-timeline.aspx

Leon Efraim thanked Simon for a very informative talk

President Robbie closed the meeting at 8.10 pm.                     

MORE INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER ROTARY EVENTS

AUG  2 –  Regular Weekly Meeting – – MEETING CANCELLED

AUG  3 – BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING – 7 PM at Robbie’s office

AUG  6 – BINGO – RED BARN – Evening – 5 PM – Team # 2 - Al and Hilda Finnigan, Dave Andrews,  David Penney

AUG  9 - Regular Weekly Meeting – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM . Oshawa Golf Club    - Speaker: Dan Carter, Mayor of Oshawa

Aug 13 – Inter Club Social  - Blue Jays Game - Join The Rotary Club of Courtice for some Inter Club fun taking in the Saturday August 13th Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Guardians, 3:07 PM game.  Ticket cost is $65 per person and includes round trip bus transportation and 1 ticket in Sections 204-205 rows 4 through 8. We will be offering bus pick up from the Courtice Community Complex at 2950 Courtice Road and another pick up at the Chuck E Cheese Parking lot in Whitby, departing from Courtice at 12:30pm sharp and Whitby at 12:45pm sharp.  Please note that this is a Vladdy Victory Bobblehead Giveaway Game for the first 15000 to enter the building.  The return buses will depart the Rogers Centre at 6:15pm sharp and return you to your original pick up location.We are offering this to Rotarians and family first then we will open it up if we have extra tickets.  Don't delay sign up today!  REGISTER HERE: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/1131/Event/blue-jays-baseball-inter-club-social

AUG 16 - Regular Weekly Meeting – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM . Oshawa Golf Club   Speaker : Steve Rutledge – Adopt A Village Laos

AUG 23 - Regular Weekly Meeting – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM . Oshawa Golf Club    - Speaker:  member from Ukranian Canadian Congress – Durham                                                    Topic – How We can help  Ukranian Refugfamilies in Durham Region

AUG 27 – BINGO – RED BARN – Matinee  -11 AM – Team # 3 – Sue MacKinnon, Larry and Kay Hurren,   Bill Creamer

AUG 30 - Regular Weekly Meeting – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM .   NO MEETING AT THE OSHAWA GOLF CLUB     SOCIAL NIGHT – SPOUSES INVITED

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 Sue MacKinnon, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.