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| Posted by Ray Saitz
Today’s speakers were Kathi Neill, Megan Bolton, and Evan Bates from the Youth Division of the John Howard Society. The speakers took turns outlining the John Howard Youth programmes including institutional support for prisoners through programs such as Rethink for Anger Management, Anti-theft workshops, and Substance Abuse. The emphasis is to shift from custodial to intervention measures using for example Extra Judicial Measures (police referrals) and Extra Judicial Sanctions which include stressing meaningful consequences. Peterborough Rotary has pledged $50,000 towards the Children’s Playroom in the Crossroads Shelter. Lynn Zimmer, Ex Director of the YWCA, accepted a further $5000. cheque towards that goal from President Atul Swarup (pictured). 
| | Posted by Peter MacLoghlin
The Swimathon wrap-up event was held at 11:00 in the Holiday Inn. Chair Lyn Kimmett announced that this years Swimathon raised $50,300 & that Rotarian Sophie Andreou has agreed to co-chair the 2014 Swimathon. Lyn & Carl thanked the committee, Century 21 staff, sponsors & of course the participating swim teams. They then presented a cheque for $12,500 t Easter Seals rep Coralie Jacobs. Dave Di-Bella from Freedom 55 presented Dave Adams of 5 Counties with a cheque for $6000. Rick Storey thanked long distance swimmer Annalise Carr for her contribution in promoting the Swimathon especially among students, joining carl in the pool & speaking to students at Prince of wales & Crestwood.Awards were presented for best dressed teams 1st The catholic School board, 2nd the Rotary Jacque Cousteau & 3rd the McColl family. The Schhool board & McColl teams were the recipients of a 1 week gift of a hot tub from RotoSpa. St Peters High school team received an award for raising $1590 the highest of participating school teams.. Lyn on behalf of Rotary president Atul thankd everyone involved in the Swimathon then highlighted our club’s projects including $100,000 for building 5 homes with Habitat for Youth, RGWT upgrades, Camp Kawartha. Honduras mission, Polio Plus, Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks Festival, YWCA Crossroads home, the school brealfast programme at Prince of Wales & Langley Scout Park. Atul expressed his admiration to Carl for raising $800,750 in the 27 years of the swimathon | | Posted by Peter MacLoghlin
The District 3490 GSE team from Taiwan was hosted by our club, Kawartha & BEL from Sunday April 28 to Thursday May 2 as described in this weeks bulletin & Ray’s posting on the Home Page. Wed afternoon May 1 Rick Storey led the team on a bike ride on the RGWT from our Rotary Shade shelter north of Trent to Beavermeade. Rotarians Mo Cox, Pete Macloghlin & exchange students Gregoire & Jordan Pind cycled with the group while Gord Regts & Peter Koselag transported the bikes to & from the Community bike shop (B!KE). It was an ideal day for cycling & provided an opportunity to showcase Peterborough from the RGWT. The group really enjoyed the chance to be outside & get some exercise. The photo was taken at the Rotary wheel in Rotary Park beside the London St pedestrian bridge | | Posted by Ray Saitz
Our weekly meeting had two very interesting parts. Rick McFee told us how in 2000 he participated in The Arctic Millennium Expedition in which he and four others travelled 7200 km from Inuvik to Iqaluit by snowmobile in 3 months. One of the highlights of the trip was The Trans Canada Trail Water Drawing Ceremony in which water was carried from Tutoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea to share with all the communities visited on the way. Rick outlined the goals the expedition hoped to achieve and showed us many photos which he took during the expedition. We also welcomed the members of the Group Study Exchange from Taiwan District 3490 who gave us a very informative presentation on the beauty and wonder of Taiwan. The team's leader, Rotarian Polish Chiu, introduced the other members of the team and presented several gifts from Taiwan to President Atul (pictured). | | Posted by Ray Saitz
Our weekly meeting at the Holiday Inn was the occasion for a presentation of an award and a heartfelt presentation. President Atul awarded long time member Mel Headon with a well-earned Paul Harris Award. Our weekly speaker was Julie Kirkpatrick, a local lawyer and author of The Camino Letters. She outlined the inspiration for the book which was her 600 km pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela from the Pyrenees in France to the cathedral in the Spanish city of Santiago. Along the way she tried to fulfill 26 daily tasks suggested by 26 friends and the book is a collection of the letters she wrote on a daily basis to each friend. She outlined the physical challenge but more importantly she summarized the life changing nature of the solitary walk as a pilgrim on a much-travelled route. | | Posted by Ray Saitz
Our weekly meeting was the occasion of two significant cheque presentations. Rotarian Ken Tremblay handed over a cheque for $500 to Chris Entwhistle, a Grade 7 and 8 teacher at Prince of Wales Public School. The money will be used to purchase a sno-cone machine to help raise money for school projects. In another presentation, Rotarian Nick Avlonitis presented Tom Kingdon and Tracey Randall of Musicfest (pictured) with a cheque for $1428 which were the proceeds from the sales of Diner's Club Books. Our guest speakers for this week were Christine Painter and Barry Diceman who brought us up to date on the progress of the Lang-Hastings Trail. Peterborough is now part of hundreds of kilometres of connected trails spanning the eastern half of the province. | | Posted by Ray Saitz
We had the opportunity of welcoming three intelligent and personable students to our weekly meeting. Pictured from left to right are the Kawartha Club's outbound student Jordan Pind who is off to Taiwan, our visiting student from Belgium, Gregoire d'Harveng, and Kennedy Crockower whom we will be sponsoring when she travels to Brazil. Each student got some time at the podium for an introduction and we all wish them well. Our guest speaker for the meeting was City of Peterborough planner Brian Buchardt who brought us up to date on the proposal to transform the Louis Street parking lot into an urban park. | | Posted by Ray Saitz
Our weekly meeting of February 25, 2013 was held at the Peterborough Golf and Country Club and it was our honour to welcome Ashley Brzozowicz. She was a member of the Canadian Olympic 8-person rowing team which won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Ashley told us how she came to find her sport and develop her skill in rowing. She showed a film of the 2012 race in which Canada placed second behind the U.S.A. She is pictured with Rotarian Colin MacKenzie and President Atul. | | Posted by Peter MacLoghlin
On Friday February 22, after months of planning, the Rotary/Carl Oake Swimathon was held in the YMCA pool. This year the Swimathon featured 14 year old Annaleise Carr who swam Lake Erie in 2012. The photo shows Annaleise with Carl. In addition to joining Carl in the pool Annaleise spoke to the students at Prince of Wales and Crestwood schools. This year over 30 teams participated in the Swimathon, raising close to $50,000. Rotarians serving on the committee included Chair Lyn Kimmett, Carl, Mike Evans, Rick Storey, Sophie Andreou, Pete MacLoghlin, Don Earle, Melissa Doyle, and Joe Hall. Our thanks to Rotariam Bob Gallagher who once again arranged for the Swimathon to be held in the YMCA pool. |
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May 27, 2013
Camp Kawartha and Five Counties Children's Centre
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Jun 03, 2013
Inbound Presentation
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Jun 10, 2013
Off Site at Peterborough Golf and Country Club
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Jun 17, 2013
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Jun 24, 2013
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Jul 01, 2013
No Meeting
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Jul 08, 2013
Update on Peterborough Airport
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Jul 15, 2013
Presidential Changeover
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