| Apr 17, 2013
"The club fellowship and meal were very good and the guest speaker was Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar Rachel Yordy. She supported our RI President Tanaka's belief on how "Peace through service brings out the best in us".
Rachel spoke about her work project experience in remote places such as Ethiopia and Afghanistan and although you knew she was working within poor and oppressive situations, there was no bitterness or anger expressed. Instead, she related how she learned from the people she met living in these circumstances and you could sense the passion she has for peace & conflict issues. It is exciting to think that there may be a Canadian Rotary Peace Centre established soon at the University of Waterloo." Lana Burchett, RC of M.
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| Apr 12, 2013 Completing the series of six shows, "The Real World of Fiji" was enjoyed by a few hundred attendees at Port Credit S.S. auditorium. Plans are well underway for next season as the six shows have been selected. This series is a joint venture between two Rotary clubs - Mississsauga West and Mississauga Lakeshore |
| Apr 09, 2013 Fred and Liz Durdan, on the eve of their 50th Wedding Anniversary, were recipients of Major Donor status pins as well as an engraved glass award from TRF.. |
| Apr 09, 2013 Jack Scoffield received the Paul Harris Fellow award for his continued financial contributions to TRF |
| Apr 02, 2013 Michele Laddaga, with a classification of "Process Engineer", was inducted to the club. |
| Apr 02, 2013 Shohreh Amin received the Paul Harris Fellow Award for her continued financial contributions to TRF.. |
| Apr 02, 2013 Sheridan College had its initial start in the Lorne Park area before being moved to an Oakville campus. Since then new campuses have grown in both Brampton and Mississauga. Dr Jeff Zabudsky reviewed the program evolution and where he sees the future for this college and its continuing links to the local university |
| Mar 04, 2013 For the past few weeks a PR campaign encouring the public to consider joining Rotary has taken place using the BIG screen at Celebration Square (City Hall). This initiative was a joint venture of all nine clubs in the City |
| Mar 02, 2013 Many volunteers were involved in serving over 500 guests at the Bradley House Museum. Rotarians were involved in the mixing, flipping and serving of the flapjacks |
| Feb 12, 2013 Rtn. Anil had his ticket drawn then proceeded to pick the Jack of Diamonds from the remaining two cards to win $1084. This particular 50/50 had been going for 51 weeks!! |
| Feb 05, 2013 Abby da Silva, Program Director told of how this organization, while assisting kids individually to make positive choices, builds healthy communities one child at a time through group based activities. There is no central facility, rather B&GC use different spaces available throughout the Region. There are 1300 kids involved in the program and thousands more are involved in the student nutrition programs at breakfast. |