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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Sep 6 2010
September is New Generations Month in our Rotary calendar. During this month, we focus all Rotary activities that would support the development of our young people up to the age of 30.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Sep 6 2010
What would it take to change the world? Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Sep 6 2010
After 20 years of hard work, 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.
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Editor: Andreas Hug
Date: Aug 31 2010
As of 19 August 2010, Rotarians have raised approximately US$144.4 million for the US$200 Million Challenge. These contributions will help Rotary raise US$200 million to match US$355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill and Melinda Gates Charitable Foundation.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 24 2010
Thursday July 1st is Canada Day, and our Club will be withdrawing our regular weekly meeting for that Thursday - we'll meet again for the first weekly meeting of the new Rotary year on Thursday July 8th with new President Frank chairing the meeting...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 24 2010
July 1 2010 is the start of a new Rotary year. The Rotary International Theme for this year is "Building Committees, Bridging Continents". Incoming Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith wrote the following about how he came up with this theme:
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 24 2010
President Celia chaired her last meeting this morning as the 2009-2010 President. Joining the club members at this meeting was a visiting Rotarian from England, Malcolm Fox. Malcolm is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Bexley, just outside of London. Malcolm was in Guelph visiting his daughter and this was a return visit to our club, his first visit being on July 7 2008 when Karen Dowell was President....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 27 2010
Saturday June 26th saw fully half of the club members turn up for the 1st Adopt-A-Road clean-up on Brock Road in Aberfoyle...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: May 31 2010
Thomas, a member of our Rotary Club since 2007, won an "Emerging Leader Award" from the Chartered Insurance Professionals at their National Leadership Awards....way to go Thomas!
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Feb 21 2010
Congratulations to the organizing Committee and all of the members and volunteers who helped with this incredibly successful event....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Feb 9 2010
Congratulations to the organizing committee for the upcoming "Taste of Italy" Pasta Dinner - the tickets are all sold out more than 2 weeks before the event....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jan 27 2010
Tickets are now available for the 8th Annual "Taste of Italy" Pasta Dinner, held each February at the Puslinch Community Centre. Proceeds from this fundraiser go to support the Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning Centre.
In this, the 8th year, we're going to continue to improve the meal that you'll be offered....this year there will be meatballs too!
So get your tickets NOW before they sell out....and bring your appetite.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Feb 14 2010
This year, the club increased its level of support in the provision of dictionaries to eligible Grade 3 students by extending a presence into the private school sector of our community....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Oct 25 2009
The team from Segue Music "Suite Segue Schpellarz" won the 4th Annual Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee. They successfully spelled the word 'vexillologist" (definition: a study of flags) in the 6th round - the only team of the 3 in that final round that spelled their word correctly....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Oct 2 2009
Our Rotary Club celebrated not only the visit by the 2009-2010 District Governor Bob Palmateer, along with wife Sherrin, but also the induction of new member Wilbert Abbott...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Sep 23 2009
The Rotary Club of Guelph South awarded its first "Four Avenues of Service" Award to Charter Member and Past President (twice!) Margaret Nixon at a special awards dinner on September 21 2009 at the Springfield Golf & Country Club....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jul 3 2009
The Rotary Club of Guelph South was pleased to be able to welcome two new members - Brian Cowan and Cheryl Cowan. Brian and Cheryl are Puslinch residents and are eager to join the rest of the club in "Service Above Self" both in their community and internationally.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 29 2009
The new Rotary Year starts on July 1st with a new Theme "The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands"...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 29 2009
President Karen Dowell capped off a most successful year with a visit from outgoing District 7080 Governor Norm Bindon, who presented the Club with the 2008-2009 Presidential Citation....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 13 2009
Thursday June 18th's weekly meeting will be the big year-end finale for the team that has been keeping OUR charity - Rotary Foundation - front and centre throughout this Rotary year....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 11 2009
The Rotary Club of Guelph South has donated $1,500 to the Guelph Food Bank, and thanks to the "Kraft Hunger Challenge" our donation is being matched by Kraft Canada...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: May 22 2009
We're happy to announce that the 2009 "Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee" will have Honourary Co-Chairs: Paul and Jean Truex...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 11 2009
On the morning of Saturday May 2nd a group of Rotarians met in Aberfoyle to do a road clean-up, a stretch of Brock Road through Aberfoyle...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Apr 2 2009
On April 2, 2009 we were proud to welcome our newest member....ANDREAS HUG. Andreas is a Management Consultant. Rotarian Ann Caine is his sponsor.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Mar 19 2009
The Rotary Club of Guelph South was pleased to be able to provide a donation of $4,000 to the Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning Centre, located in Puslinch Township, at its March 19 2009 weekly meeting...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Mar 7 2009
The members of the Rotary Club of Guelph South were pleased to observe the presentation of a Paul Harris Fellow Award to Neil Mahnke, a charter member and Past President of our Rotary Club....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Feb 9 2009
WHO SAYS GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS WON'T USE A DICTIONARY???
On Monday February 9th our Rotary Club visited their second school, the new Rickson Ridge Public School in the south end of Guelph, where they handed out dictionaries to the Grade 3 student, then watched the students dive into them...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jan 28 2009
Four members of the Rotary Club of Guelph South visited the 2 Grade 3 classes at Aberfoyle Public School on Friday January 23rd and presented each Grade 3-er with their own dictionary, courtesy of Rotary....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Dec 7 2008
Congratulations to Charter Member (and Past President) Frank Oudesluys as he was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow Award at the December 4th weekly meeting.....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Dec 7 2008
On December 4th the Rotary Club of Guelph South welcomed sponsors and team members from the 2008 "Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee", along with other guests, to a special weekly club meeting in the "Pines" room at the Springfield Golf & Country Club...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Oct 24 2008
Congratulations to the 2008 Winners of the "Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee", THE BLUE PRINTS team from Blue North Strategies and team members Kris Culp, Nancy Harper and Brent Klassen.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jul 15 2008
Looking for more information on the 3rd Annual "Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee" ? The link on the left (Under "Site Pages") will take you to another series of pages that will have information on not only this year's event (October 23, 2008 at Guelph Place Banquet Hall) but on last year's event as well....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: May 15 2008
On Monday April 14th "Buzzie" the Bee and President Elect Karen Dowell presented a $4,500 cheque to Program Director Karen Calzonetti at the Playsense Activity Centre in Guelph.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jul 14 2008
On Thursday July 10th we were honoured to welcome a visitor from Rotary of Bexley (Borough of Bexley, Greater London area) in District 1120. He is here currently on a visit to his daughter who lives in the south end of Guelph....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jul 1 2008
July 1st marks the start of the new Rotary year. We have a new President (Karen Dowell) and a new Board of Directors and an energized club ready to make a difference! The Rotary International theme for 2008-2009 is "Make Dreams Real" and the July 2008 message to all Rotarians from 2008-2009 RI President Dong Kurn (D.K.) Lee follows....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 1 2008
Again for 2008 our Rotary Club sponsored 3 students from Guelph's Bishop MacDonell High School to attend the 3-day Rotary-sponsored "Camp Enterprise" in Waterloo....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jun 2 2008
Our Rotary Club is now a proud supporter of the County of Wellington's "Adopt-A-Road" Program. We have made a 3 year commitment to conduct roadside cleanups 3 times a year of the stretch of roadway through Aberfoyle down to McLean Road....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Feb 21 2008
During the first Rotary club meeting on 23 February 1905 in Chicago, Paul Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Hiram Shorey, and Silvester Schiele met to talk about their personal experiences. Harris then unfolded his general plan for their club meetings...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Mar 12 2008
In the late 1960s, noting the success of the recently formed Interact program, the RI Board realized the need for a program of service, activity, and fellowship for young adults no longer of Interact age (14-18). The name Rotaract (Rotary in Action) was selected to show the program's close affiliation with both Rotary and Interact clubs.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jan 16 2008
Dictionary delivery to Grade 3 Children
The Rotary Club of Guelph South, along with the three other clubs in Guelph, donated dictionaries for all Grade 3 children in Guelph, Aberfoyle, Elora,
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jan 6 2008
Past President Margaret Nixon has just returned from Mexico, representing our Rotary club on the team of 18 Canadians that traveled to Nogales Mexico to provide shoeboxes (and baskets) of gifts to underprivileged children there....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Oct 27 2007
CONGRATULATIONS to the winning teams at the 2nd Annual Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee held on Thursday October 25th at Guelph Place Banquet Hall! Here's a photo of the Champion Spellers team "The Spell Checkers" from John Calvin Christian School (sponsored by Hammond Power Solutions) with the trophy presented by Charter President Bill Hammond...
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Sep 5 2007
Congratulations to Club President Kevin Cahill and wife Stacey who welcomed their first-born child in the wee hours this morning.
Calvin Robert Thomas Cahill was born at 4:10am this morning, weighed 7.5 lbs, and Kevin reports that everyone is doing well.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Oct 14 2007
Our weekly meeting on Thursday October 11th had the theme "The BUZZ on the BEE" and the focus was the preparations that have been ongoing for the upcoming event on October 25th. Past President Margaret Nixon chaired the meeting, and was no sooner finished the announcements, when in walked our new Spelling Bee mascot!
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Oct 9 2007
The Champion Speller trophy is back in our possession, after spending the past year with the 2006 Champion team, "ALL CAPS" from the University of Guelph's Communications & Public Affairs Department. President Elect Karen Dowell picked up the trophy on Friday October 5th from team leader Andrew Vowles.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Aug 22 2007
We are pleased to announce that acclaimed author Jean Little has agreed to serve as the Honourary Chair for our 2nd Annual Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee that will be held on Thursday October 25 2007 at the Guelph Place Banquet Hall....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Aug 9 2007
We were so pleased to welcome a very special visitor to our regular weekly meeting today. Reg Pugh, a member of the Rotary Club of Gladstone-Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia has been on a home exchange program with a professor from the University of Guelph, and did a make-up today with us....
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Editor: Dianne Paron
Date: Jun 25 2007
July 1 2007 marks the start of the new Rotary 2007-2008 year. The new Rotary International President, Wilfred (Wilf) Wilkinson, has selected the theme "ROTARY SHARES" for his year in office. His main priorities for the upcoming year will be Health, Literacy and Water, as he has stated that "continuity is essential to Rotary's success".
President Wilf - the first Canadian Rotary International President in more than 50 years - was interviewed for the March 2007 issue of The Rotarian magazine....
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Jul 20 2007
Welcome Thomas Newby...
On Thursday July 19th at a special Visitors Meeting we were pleased to welcome Thomas Newby as the newest member of the Rotary Club of Guelph South.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Apr 9 2007
The Pikangikum Water Purification Project
This project was designed to respond in a small way to the desperate needs of children and families in Pikangikum First Nation. Children in Pikangikum (population 2,400) live in severe poverty. Hunger is part of normal life. Housing conditions are indescribable, with serious overcrowding, lack of running water, and outdoor toilet facilities. The community's infrastructure is in desperate need of upgrading, with an overtaxed hydro generating system and lack of community facilities. The school is outdated, having been built some forty years ago for 250 students and now trying to accommodate more than 800 students; 200 students cannot attend school because of lack of space there. Many children and youth engage in solvent abuse (gas sniffing). The rate of youth suicide is extreme.
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Editor: Paron, Dianne
Date: Feb 25 2007
On Friday February 23rd our Rotary club held the 5th Annual "Taste of Italy" Pasta Dinner at the Puslinch Community Centre in Aberfoyle. Diners were treated to a tasty meal, attentive table service, a comfortable ambience, and opportunities to participate in a silent auction and raffles.
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Editor: Dianne Paron
Date: Dec 7 2006
The Rotary Club of Wellington South has committed up to $3,500 from the "Touch A Word" program to the PlaySense Activity Centre in Guelph for adaptive computer technology...
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Editor: Dianne Paron
Date: Dec 7 2006
Rotary Club of Wellington South Donates $12,000 to Tikinagan (First Nations)
The Rotary Club of Wellington South has donated $12,000 to provide a reverse osmosis water purification system for the Pikangikum School.
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Editor: Dianne Paron
Date: Feb 16 2005
(A report to Gerry Duncan from Melissa Rosato on Margarita Island - February 2005)
I have revisited the first collector we have installed and know that I can be assured the materials are suitable (this is the first time we are working with PVC plastic posts); I am in the process of buying the rest of the materials and getting those 8 young men to build the remaining collectors.
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Editor: Dianne Paron
Date: Jan 12 2005
The members of the Rotary Club of Wellington South are proud to be funding the 10 fog collectors for the project that will determine the feasibility of collecting adequate potable water from fog in the arrid relatively unoccupied side of Margarita Island, Venezuela.
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