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| Posted by Catherine Jordan
 Our guest speaker today was Mike from Bear With Us. This is the program he mentioned where for every like on this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/avivacommunityfund until the 19th of June they donate $1 to Bear With Us, Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre for Bears- an incredible organization that works towards the co-existence of humans and wildlife and the protection of Canada's bears.
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| Posted by Cathy P. Jordan
 | Our newest member, Bob was inducted into the club on Wednesday and was pinned by his sponsor Dave
|  | and welcomed by President Len. Congratulations Bob! | |
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| Looking good Carol! |  | |
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| Only 21 days to the best festival in the North. |  BDO Tub ready to party! | |
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| Don Wheeler of the North Bay Rotary Club spoke to us this week about ShelterBox. ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide and all this is contained in one green box. Don is a member of a ShelterBox volunteer response team and as such has traveled to many disaster zones around the world. |  | |
| Posted by Cathy P. Jordan
 | On June 20 there will be a training session for those involved in Dockfest. | |
| Posted by Cathy P. Jordan
Doug Jernigan has added an invitation to Rotarians in the District, for the District Learning Academy. Rotarians taking this program will have a broader knowledge of Rotary at the Community, District and International levels. For more information, click this link http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/SitePages/SitePage.aspx?accountid=50040&pid=83110 A summer programme is being offered this year. |
| Posted by Cathy P. Jordan
We finally heard of Rotary Foundation's approval of this project on Tuesday. Nine different District 7010 Clubs are involved as well as one individual. The RC of Jacmel has also made a contribution.
Once the Jacmel Rotarians receive the project monies, I know they are anxious to get it started. When it is finished some 4000 families will have access to water.
All the women in the photo and their families will be helped by this project. |  | |
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Peace begins with you! RI President Sakuji Tanaka joined Rotary leaders in placing wreaths in Hiroshima Memorial Park during the third Rotary Global Peace Forum in Japan. Participants adopted a declaration, “Peace Begins With You.” | |
| Posted by Cathy P. Jordan
| A case of type 1 polio has been reported in the Banadir region of Somalia, the country’s first case since March 2007. In response, an immunization campaign took place 14-16 May, aimed at reaching more than 350,000 children in the Banadir region. The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-18 is designed to achieve the certification of polio eradication by the end of 2018, strengthen routine immunization, and transfer the eradication initiative’s assets to other public health efforts. Rotary International, along with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are partners in the GPEI.
The new plan will cost $5.5 billion. Governments, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and other donors announced about US$4 billion
commitments during the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi 24-25 April.
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| Our President's Night dinner will be held on June 26 at Hidden Valley Inn, with cocktails beginning at 5:30 and dinner at 7:00. This is the night where President Len passes the gavel to incoming president Debbie.
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| Posted by Gord Mitchell on May 01, 2013
 Ross Kirwin – told us that our Peter Redwood has been nominated for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Award by the Town of Huntsville. From the website the definition is as follows:
“The Prime Minister's Volunteer Awards were created for two main reasons: first, to recognize exceptional contributions that individual volunteers, not-for-profit organizations and local businesses make to improve the well-being of families and their communities; and second, to highlight the best practices in community leadership that these outstanding volunteers have developed.”
Congratulations Peter!! You certainly fit the criteria. We’ll all keep our fingers crossed for you. |
| Posted by Gord Mitchell on May 01, 2013
 Just another Rotary Road trip to investigate potential service projects: Ross Kirwin, Debbie & Chris Knobelsdorf, Dave & Brandy Van Gelder, Nick, Rob Saunders, Ted Knobelsdorf & his partner out for a ride in the name of Rotary! They visited the Magnetawan Centennial Park.
There sure isn’t much in the “Mag” after the big fire that leveled the whole central part of town!! Will there be a report of ideas for development in the “Mag” that our club could be involved in?? Contact Princess Debbie K. for more information and further activities of Rotary’s Hog Riders & Friends. |
| Posted by Gord Mitchell on May 01, 2013
Cam white spoke briefly of an idea that our club can participate with The Muskoka Conservancy a volunteer-based, charitable organization whose mandate is to protect, conserve and nurture Muskoka’s natural and cultural environment now and for future generations. They believe in working with our community to create and support a vibrant Muskoka that honors the traditions of the community and protects our natural environment. They carry out four fundamental programs: land protection, private land stewardship, education/outreach, and habitat restoration. The Butterfly gardens create important habitat for the group of species that is important to pollinating many native plant species. The Conservancy wants to create a butterfly garden on Fairy View Drive which is the street up behind Kawartha Dairy on Highway # 60. Our club would provide time and labour to do planting projects that would attract the butterflies. This project would come under the activity of the Environmental Committee which has picked purple loose strife along highway #11 to reduce its spread into our wetlands and organizes the annual litter pick-up along Golf Course Road and Highway # 60 over the last several years. The Club members supported this new proposal idea in a show of hands at last week’s evening meeting. Please refer to the attachment for the full project idea. |
| Posted by Will Gibson on Mar 17, 2011
 Listed below are the Greeters for the next Month
If you cannot make the meeting please arrange a replacement Jun 19 Deb Duce Jul 03 Cancelled Jul 10 Kelly Hammond Jul 17 Jennifer Jerrett |
| Posted by Gord Mitchell on Jan 13, 2011
 Here's the schedule for the next few weeks:
18-Jun D Duce B Sibeon J Jarvis KEN 25-Jun B Strelec D van Gelder D Dunton DAVE
02-Jul B Strelec D van Gelder D Dunton ROB
09-Jul B Strelec D van Gelder D Dunton LEN 16-Jul J Jerrett K Hammond P Timmins KEN
23-Jul J Jerrett K Hammond P Timmins DAVE
30-Jul J Jerrett K Hammond P Timmins PETER
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