If you missed us this weekend at the Georgetown Farmers Market, we'll be there again on July 19 and 26th. Plus, there is still time to get your tickets for the Honda Car Raffle in support of the Universally Accessible Children's Playground at Dominion Gardens Park. And there is a new early bird draw to be held on August 19th for an iPad Air!
Come out to see us at Canada Day in Glen Williams. We'll be in the parade with 2 entries - for the Car Raffle and for Hope in High Heels. We'll also be selling our famous Montreal Smoked Meat sandwiches to support the food bank!
Watch for our float in the Canada Day Parade in Glen Williams. You still have time to register for 'Hope in High Heels' a (really short) walk to support Halton Women's Place. Don't like to walk in high heels? Just sponsor someone to support the shelter.
Get a ticket for a chance to win this Honda Civic Sedan and support the completion of the Universally Accessible Children's Playground at Dominion Gardens Park in Georgetown, Ontario. Tickets are 1 for $100 or a 3 pack for $250.
The early bird prize of an iPad Air was won by Mr. Larry May. Mr. May has kindly donated the prize back to be drawn again and therefore the next early bird prize of an iPad Air will be on August 16th at 2:00 pm! Get your tickets now to get in on the prizes!
About 300 miles south of Ciudad Juarez, one of Mexico's most dangerous cities, is the small town of Guerrero in central Chihuahua. The community is home to the Guerrero Clinic, which has weathered neighboring drug wars and financial setbacks to treat the poor since 1980.
Walter Branson, a member of the Rotary Club of Brazosport, Texas, in the United States, has been involved with the clinic since 1983. Branson says the governor of Chihuahua credits the clinic with providing 60 percent of indigent care in the state.
The drug wars in Mexico, which began in 2006, initially scared away U.S....
Ron Burton has made the world his office.
Over the past year, the Rotary International president has traveled more than half-a-million miles across 50 countries, to inspire and motivate Rotary's 1.2 million members. Although many encouraged him to use cheaper, virtual alternatives, he believes it takes face-to-face engagement.
"I was the first president to have a Google Hangout and have done Facebook chats," Burton says, reflecting on his term, which ends at midnight 30 June. "But I asked Rotarians this year to Engage Rotary, Change Lives, so I needed to live that as well, by sitting at...
Ever wonder why the Rotary year begins 1 July? The international convention initially played a key role in determining the start date of our fiscal and administrative year.
Rotary's first fiscal year began the day after the first convention ended, on 18 August 1910. The 1911-12 fiscal year also related to the convention, beginning with the first day of the 1911 convention on 21 August.
At its August 1912 meeting, the Board of Directors ordered an audit of the International Association of Rotary Clubs' finances. The auditors recommended that the organization end its fiscal year on 30 June to...
This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was detected in a sewage sample collected in March 2014 near São Paulo, home of this year's World Cup. Brazilian authorities are conducting further investigations to rule out any local spread, but at this time no cases of polio have been reported in Brazil, which has been polio-free since 1989.
Genetic sequencing found the positive sample to be most closely related to a virus found in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in March. The risk of further exportation of polio from Equatorial Guinea remains high as...
Marta Lopez bakes up to 100 items a day in a small clay oven. Higinia Reyes owns a corn mill. Remigia Dominguez is the head of a weaving co-op. All of these women live in rural Honduras and run their own businesses with the support of loans provided by the Adelante Foundation and Rotary International.
The rural villages of the Lenca Corridor in the western highlands of Honduras are home to some of the poorest indigenous people in the country. This is where the Adelante Foundation, a microlender, finds poor women who want to become self-sufficient business owners.
Adelante collaborates,...
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We meet on Friday mornings at
7:15 am to 8:30 am
Ares Restaurant
232 Guelph St, (Lower Level) Georgetown, ON
Access from Mountainview Road South,
East Side
