THE PARKWOOD JOURNAL

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF OSHAWA-PARKWOOD

Mailing Address: 200-481 Taunton Rd W., OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA L1J 0G3

 

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 President Hilda Finnigan at 905-431-4258 or Club Past 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, December 16, 2025

Editor: Dave Andrews

Thank you to Dr Tess Pierce for arranging a fantastic Holiday party at Berry Hill Restaurant in downtown Oshawa on December 16, 2025 for our Rotary family and friends. Thank you to Peter Hernandez for all of the fantastic photos. Thank you to Robert Kipling with your surprise every year.

Great fun,Tess. Trying to guess who belonged to that “Special Something”  that no one knows about .

See all of the photos on our bulletin and also on our club website and on our club Facebook page too. 

• Dave A

Cakes & hams. Please remit payments to Linda P before Christmas.

The Local Buzz is asking our 2 Rotary Clubs to sponsor ads (3 ads from each club) for a full Rotary Page in their monthly newspaper, for the 2026 calendar year.  Bottom of the page will be the ads. Top of the page will be the latest news about our two clubs. We need your commitment as soon as possible for the Feb 2026 issue. Contact Dave A. for more information. Check out a recent issue HERE. Are there any more businesses that would like to associate their names with the good deeds of Rotary in Oshawa?

Phone & Address Lists. The updated lists have been sent out. Please contact Dave A if you have any corrections.

Ted is home and doing great. Give him a call. So nice to see him at the Holiday party. Ted congratulated everyone at the party for a wonderful 2025 and is looking for great things from our club in 2026.