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, November 4

Editor: Tess Pierce

Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM

Grace: Larry Hurren

Toast to the KING: Bev Fiddler

Land Acknowledgement: President Dave

We respectfully acknowledge that the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is meeting on the traditional territory of the Mississauga 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: Bob Stewart

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

• Prospective Members Neil Gonsalves & Suzz Sandalwood

• Bob & Kathy Wallace (members of the Rotary Club of Port Hope)

• Sharron Morrison

• Linda Biddle

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES:

Nov 1: Farzana Ali

Nov 2: Lenore & John Baboolal

Nov 10: Janice Coupland

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hilda

• T-shirts and Golf shirts. Tees are $15, and golf shirts are $45. Golf Tees require a minimum order of 12 due to embroidery requirements.

• The Whitby clubs are sponsoring a Breakfast With Champions on Dec 3 at Deer Creek. Our club agreed to sponsor a student to attend. Tickets are $75. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

• Kids Against Hunger was a great event. Wonderful to see clubs collaborating.

• Welcome to all our guests.

Tess

• Dec 16 is our annual Holiday Party. Janice and Tess are coordinating. It will be held at Berry Hill Food Company in Oshawa. Details and sign-ups coming soon.

Ted M.

• It’s down to the wire for our Cakes and Hams fundraiser. All orders need to be submitted to Ted BEFORE November 12.

• The Grants workshop for District 7070 is Saturday, November 15, 2025, at the Oshawa District Shrine Hall, 1626 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, 8.30 am to 2 pm. REGISTER HERE for this important training opportunity

Our Speaker: Bob Wallace is the District 7070 Rotary Foundation Chair and a member of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Foundation-Canada.

Ted Morrison introduced his dear friend. Bob is a frequent speaker at conferences and contributes to Rotary leadership training, such as President-Elect Learning Seminars (PELS) and the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI). Bob, and his wife Kathy, travelled to India and administered the polio vaccine to children there. They are Rotarians through and through.

Bob Wallace provided an interesting tutorial that built upon Ted’s Rotary Moment.  He shared information about the Foundation’s worldwide impact, Canadian regulations, how the district gets involved, and ended with an update of our club’s contributions.

Worldwide Impact

Pooling our money and expertise accomplished great things in the world. As of the 2024-25 calendar year, the Foundation issued grants totalling 569 Million $ (US). These included 424 global grants, 468 district grants, and 74 disaster response grants. As of September the endowment is over 2 billion USD. Charity Navigator awarded RI Foundation a 4-Star rating for 17 years in a row.

Canadian Connections

In his role with Foundation-Canada Bob evaluates grants requests. The main role of this group though is to comply with CRA regulations All the money raised in Canada, stays in Canada. Polio funds are calculated differently. He told us about how one project in Uganda went from building a medical centre to receiving a global grant to develop commercial mandarin orange groves that keep the centre going and making improvements. (that we contribute to ).

Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood

We should be very proud of our club’s continued commitment to the Foundation. We exceeded our pledges to Polio (already this Rotary year)and(we are on the way to getting our goal for obtaining) the Annual programs Fund of the Rotary  Foundation. (I did not write down the exact numbers, but the report is available on the Foundation’s website.) Bob ended the talk with a call for folks to attend the Grant workshop District 7070 on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at the Oshawa District Shrine Hall, 1626 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, 8.30 am to 2 pm. REGISTER HERE.

Only one question, from Dave A. and that was about EREY. Bob joked that Rotary loves these acronyms. EREY means EVERY ROTARIAN EVERY YEAR. This represents a commitment to donate some amount yearly from every individual Rotarians in the club, every year.

 

Bob being thanked by Larry.

Meeting adjourned by President Dave M. at 7:57 pm                                                         

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