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On June 24, 2022, at Oshawa Ontario Canada City Hall, with Mayor Dan Carter, members of Oshawa City Council, Rotary District 7070 Governor Ron Dick, Rotary Club Presidents Peter Hernandez & David Penny, and members of the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood celebrated the Rotary 4 Way Test Plaque NOW on display at the entrance to the City of Oshawa Council Chambers.....

Thank you very much to Rotary Club of Oshawa President Peter Hernandez for organizing this fantastic event. Another first for the Rotary clubs in Durham Region as Rotary marched in the annual Fiesta Week Parade on June 19, 2022. . Rotary's 4th Avenue of service is to encourage and foster international understanding , goodwill and peace and what better way to do it than to be with all the different cultural organizations in Oshawa during Fiesta Week 2022 right here in Oshawa Ontario, Canada. When the Rotary banner and the End Polio Now flags were viewed by the public as we passed by them, we could hear a resounding applause... unsolicited. What a great Public Relations event for Rotary.  Thank you to Peter Hernandez, John Burns, and Joe Solway for taking these fantastic photos.....

Our club, The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, in Rotary International District 7070 (in an area of Southern Ontario including Toronto, and stretching north to Alliston and east to Belleville), is part of one of the greatest service organizations in the world. 
 
Members attend Dinner Meetings held each Tuesday at 6:30 pm at the Oshawa Golf Club, 160 Alexandra St, Oshawa , where we gather in friendship, talk about upcoming events and service projects, and listen to guest speakers  (usually local and sometimes international leaders of our community).
 
Comprised of both young, dynamic, and dedicated newer members as well as devoted energetic and well respected long standing members of the community, the men and women of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood aim to “make a difference” at home in Oshawa, in Ontario, throughout Canada and around the world, by devotedly living the Rotary motto "Service Above Self". 
 
Oshawa-Parkwood Rotarians believe also in the importance of being active in all seven Rotary Avenues of Service – Club Administration, Community Service, International Service, Vocational Service, and Youth Service (formerly called New Generations). 
The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood members not only vocalize their concern for the local community and abroad, they actively participate in finding unique ways to meet the needs of the many organizations and causes.

The Rotary Club is actively working with 1.2 million Rotarians world-wide to eradicate Polio from the face of the earth.
 
The program, started in 1985, called PolioPlus is Rotary’s flagship program. By the time polio is eradicated, Rotary club members world-wide will have contributed US $ 1.7 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries.
 
Rotary is a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, along with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Polio is active in only 2 countries and Rotary is calling on everyone to help them end Poilo forever. Since 1985, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.

The world is on the verge of eliminating one of the most dreaded diseases of the 20th century -- poliomyelitis. During the first half of the 20th century, polio crippled over a half a million people every year. Even today, children in some developing countries continue to fall victim to the disease. But thanks in large part to Rotary International and to the 1.2 million Rotary members worldwide, including the 10 Durham Region Rotary Clubs , the disease will soon be all but a memory. 

The world is 99.9% polio-free, the fight to end polio is not over and Rotary Clubs world-wide continue to raise funds to meet the challenge.

Since Rotary and its partners launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1985, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 children paralyzed due to polio every year, and in all of 2017, only 12 have been confirmed as of October 18, 2017 : 7 in Afghanistan and 5 in Pakistan. 

Since 1985, Rotary members world-wide have contributed nearly US$1.7 billion to help immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio, and we have helped secure over US$ 7.2 billion from donor governments. Coinciding with World Polio Day, Rotary is ramping up its advocacy work in the 200 countries and regions where Rotary clubs exist to encourage every national government to commit to the funding levels needed to close the gap.

 

In many cities all over the world, October 24 has been proclaimed World Polio Day in honour of Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio from the world. Rotarians will be gathering at city and town halls to acknowledge October 24 as World Polio Day, and to reconfirm our deep commitment to Eradicate Polio from the face of the earth. Every year fellow Rotarian and Chair of Durham Region, John Henry proclaims October 24 as World Polio Day in all of the communities in the Region. Right here in our own Rotary District, in southern Ontario, Canada, flag raising ceremonies are held in Markham, Richmond Hill, and other towns and cities in southern Ontario. And there is always a flag raising ceremony at City Hall in Toronto right in the heart of the city, the home to the 2018 Rotary International Convention on October 24. We have also been able to light up the CN Tower, The Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto, and at the University of Toronto – Scarborough campus, on October 24, in red, white, and yellow ,the colours of the End Polio Now campaign, to raise awareness to our cause and efforts in eradicating this disease. ”

 

 

We thank everyone who join us every year , on October 24, for our annual World Polio Day events for the last three years from The Rotary Global Classroom at Durham College as we livestream our event to thousands worldwide as we hear and see Rotary leaders, Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners, celebrity ambassadors, polio survivors, and others  here in southern Ontario and from all parts of the world update us on our efforts worldwide to End Polio Now.  Watch previous World Polio Day livestreams from Durham College, Oshawa at https://durhamcollege.ca/globalclass/class/rotary-international-world-polio-day-2/  and at www.endpolio.org 

 

Background

A highly infectious disease, polio causes paralysis and is sometimes fatal. As there is no cure, the best protection is prevention. For as little as US 60 cents worth of vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life. After the successful engagement of over 200 countries and 20 million volunteers, polio could be the first human disease of the 21st century to be eradicated.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It includes the support of governments and other private sector donors.

Rotary’s main responsibilities are fundraising, advocacy, and volunteer recruitment. Since 1995, the advocacy efforts of Rotary and its partners have helped raise more than $8 billion from donor governments. And Rotary clubs also provide on the ground help in polio-affected communities.

Early in 2016, two members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and a spouse traveled to India, with their own money, and participated in a 4-day National Immunization Day (NID) program. They were three of the 2.3 million vaccinators that went to 190 million homes and 170 million children were immunized in one day. That is Rotarians Making a Difference at its finest moment.

It is so important to generate the funds needed to End Polio Now. To fail is to invite a polio resurgence that would condemn millions of children to lifelong paralysis in the years ahead. The bottom line is this: As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, all children – wherever they live – remain at risk.

As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high

For more , be sure to go to http://polioeradication.org/

THANK YOU OSHAWA. Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 39 years, the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood has SOLD OUT OF OUR ROTAY Heritage Holiday Cakes and Black Forest Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats), it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event. Best wishes for a healthful and prosperous New Year. 

“The Heritage Holiday Cake is a 2 pound (900g) dark fruit cake, and is packaged in Christmas Tin. Reasonably priced at $20.00 each, it makes for a very affordable Christmas gift.“This year, we have available, 2 kg (4.4pound) Smoked Black Forest Style Hams from Brandt Meats, delivered in a Brandt bag.....

Members of the 4 Rotary Clubs of Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood, Whitby, Whitby-Sunrise, together with many family members joined forces, in a COVID responsible environment, and partnered with Kids Against Hunger Canada to purchase and to pack more than 36,000 meals, in one day, on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at the Jubilee Pavilion, in Lakeview Park, Oshawa , it was announced today by the Ted Morrison, Past District Governor of Rotary International District 7070 and chair of the event......

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.... OSHAWA

ROTARY NEEDS YOUR HELP.

HELP US HELP  SIMCOE HALL SETTLEMENT HOUSE HELP THOSE IN OSHAWA THAT NEED OUR HELP RIGHT NOW.

Proceeds will support  Simcoe Hall Settlement House 

Members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood have joined forces to raise money for the community.

THANK YOU FOR SAVING YOUR EMPTIES  and donating them on JULY 17 FROM 10 AM TO 2 PM AT THE OSHAWA CENTRE, NEAR THE OLD SEARS STORE. 

Anything the Beer Stores and LCBO Stores accept !!!

Oshawa Centre - Stevenson & King, 419 King St W, Oshawa, ON L1J 2K5 North West Parking Lot

2 GREAT ROTARY CLUBS IN ONE GREAT COMMUNITY SAY THANK YOU OSHAWA !! 

www.oshawarotary.ca

www.rotaryoshawa-parkwood.ca

Welcome to FUNDITROTARYPARKWOODOSHAWA  - The Official Fundraising Site of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-ParkwoodWe encourage you to go to Oshawa's newest website and help the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood help your friends and neighbours right here in Oshawa and around the world with the humanitarian projects.

Durham College, in Oshawa, Ontario Canada, is pleased to announce the re-branding of its Global Classroom. Inspired by Rotary’s international efforts to promote peace, fight disease, support education and combat poverty, and in honour of 11 District 7070 Rotary Clubs’ financial support, the space will now be known as the Rotary Global Classroom. We are now working out the details of the re-branding process with Rotary International. 

Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 38 years, another sell-out . The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood thanks everyone in Oshawa and all over Durham Region for purchasing Heritage Holiday Cakes and Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats) for Rotary projects, it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event.

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood supports many community services such as Lakeridge Health – Oshawa, the Colonel R. S McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Senior Citizens, challenged adults, the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, Participation House, Grandview Children’s Centre, YMCA, Simcoe Hall Settlement House, Feed The Need Durham, the Back Street Mission, Mary Street School, Ontario Tech University and Durham College and many other services, here in the Durham Region and throughout the world, like the eradication of Polio, worldwide.

STAY TUNED FOR OUR CAKES AND HAMS SALE IN THE FALL OF 2021. JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 

Read more for all of the details....

Thank you for joining the 10 Durham Region  Rotary Clubs, live from the Global Classroom in the Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham  College where we celebrated World Polio Day with leaders from around the world. This year, it was online.

WE ARE GETTING READY FOR WORLD POLIO DAY 2021 IN DURHAM REGION LIVE FROM THE ROTARY GLOBAL CLASSROOM IN THE CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION AT DURHAM COLLEGE. STAY TUNED, EVERYONE. 

All Rotary and Rotaract club in District 7070 and all over the world. We saw proclamations presented and flag raised from the 8 City and Region to our 10 clubs in Durham Region , thanking them for Rotary's support, from our mayors of the 8 communities in Durham Region, were also be shown by video.

Then, Dr. Bob Scott, the past chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus Committee (worldwide) was our keynote speaker. He updated everyone on Rotary’s latest efforts to eradicate polio from this world. He talked LIVE with Ian Riseley (Past President Rotary International)  and with Dr. Tunji Funsho , Rotary's Chair of the Nigeria PolioPlus Committee ( and one Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2020). We also heard from Monique Nasoud, the former Durham College student who received the two drops of vaccine while growing up in Pakistan,   

We showed the Rotary International World Polio Day 2020 Global Update and livestreamed that to everyone in the world. Here is the link to the recorded broadcast: https://durhamcollege.ca/globalclass/class/rotary-international-world-polio-day-2/.

Once again this year, as has been the tradition for over 38 years, the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is selling Heritage Holiday Cakes and Smoked Hams (again, this year from Brandt Meats) for Rotary projects, it was announced, today, by Ted Morrison, Past President of the Rotary Club and Chairman of the fundraising event.

The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood supports many community services such as Lakeridge Health – Oshawa, the Colonel R. S McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, Senior Citizens, challenged adults, the Kids Safety Village of Durham Region, Participation House, Grandview Children’s Centre, YMCA, Simcoe Hall Settlement House, Feed The Need Durham, the Back Street Mission, Mary Street School, Ontario Tech University and Durham College and many other services, here in the Durham Region and throughout the world, like the eradication of Polio, worldwide.

Read more for all of the details....

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.... OSHAWA

ROTARY NEEDED OUR HELP.

AND YOU HELPED US HELP THOSE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OSHAWA THAT NEED OUR HELP RIGHT NOW.

We collected your empties and your food items and put them to work for our Community on September 26 .

Proceeds will support Rotary initiatives in the community fighting COVID-19 and the food banks of Feed The Need Durham .

Members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood have joined forces to raise money for the community.

THANK YOU FOR SAVING YOUR EMPTIES AND BRINGING YOUR FOOD ITEMS and donating them on Sept 26.

Anything the Beer Stores and LCBO Stores accept !!!

FOOD: non perishable foods like pasts, canned goods, rice, cereal, etc.

OUR CLUB MEMBERS WERE AT THE 2 DROP OFF LOCATIONS (10am to 2pm):
 

NORTH - Ontario Tech University, Founders Lot # 2, 2000 Simcoe St N, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

WEST - Oshawa Centre - Stevenson & King, 419 King St W, Oshawa, ON L1J 2K5 North West Parking Lot

2 GREAT ROTARY CLUBS IN ONE GREAT COMMUNITY SAY THANK YOU OSHAWA !! 

www.oshawarotary.ca

www.rotaryoshawa-parkwood.ca

WORLD POLIO DAY 2020 IN DURHAM REGION: OCT 22 FROM 7 TO 8:30 PM VIA LIVESTREAM:  

You are invited to join with the 10 Durham Region  Rotary Clubs, live from the new 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 year, it is online.

Everyone is invited from all every Rotary and Rotaract club in District 7070 and all over the world . Proclamations presentations and flag raisings from the 8 City and Region to our 10 clubs in Durham Region , thanking them for Rotary's support , from our mayors of the 8 communities in Durham Region, will also be shown by video.

Then, Dr. Bob Scott, the immediate past chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus Committee (worldwide) will be our keynote speaker. He will update everyone on Rotary’s latest efforts to eradicate polio from this world. He will be talking LIVE with Ian Riseley, Past President Rotary International)  and he may connect  with  PolioPlus Volunteers from around the world. 

We will also see the Rotary International  broadcast and we will livestream that too to everyone in the world. All clubs in the District are invited to watch the event.  This will be the link: https://durhamcollege.ca/globalclass/class/rotary-international-world-polio-day-2/.

For even more info, please take a look at the story by Oshawa-Parkwood Rotarian Dave Andrews in End Polio Now “Rotary Voices" on the Rotary International Website: https://www.endpolio.org/how-to-plan-a-virtual-world-polio-day-event

Each and every year, on the first Tuesday in December, members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and their families host, the Annual Christmas Party at The Oshawa Golf and Curling Club for the residents and their staff of Participation House. The evening features a traditional Christmas buffet dinner, followed by the singing of Christmas Carols, and the arrival of Santa Claus who gives out presents to the residents and staff of Participation House and families of the Rotarians.....

We are proud members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa- Parkwood  - Come Join Us

The members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood are very proud to be members of Rotary and also members of our Rotary Club, here in Oshawa.

And we want to welcome you to Rotary. We are neighbours, community leaders, and global citizens uniting for the common good. With you, we can accomplish even more. Rotary is a great opportunity to connect with leaders from all continents, cultures, and occupations.

It is time to make that commitment. Wherever you are in Southern Ontario, isn't it time for you to join a Rotary Club and give back to your community?

Are you The Missing Piece? For more information, look at www.rotary.org and www.rotary7070.org and here in Oshawa call: Vice President Sue MacKinnon, The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood 905-391-1501 or email her at susandianenash@gmail.com  OR call President Lennis Trotter at 905-985-0963 or email him at lennis.trotter@hotmail.com Click on the video below. You really are The Missing Piece..