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Service Above Self
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We meet Mondays at 6:15 PM
Siva's Family Restaurant
1500 Riverside Drive
Timmins, Ontario P4R 1A1
CANADA
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| Posted by Marc Durocher
 Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders. Members of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
There are 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds. As signified by the motto Service Above Self, Rotary's main objective is service - in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.
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TIMMINS, ON: The Timmins Community Gardens will expand to Porcupine, ON. This next phase of the project will happen with a strong commitment by the Rotary Club of Timmins-Porcupine and Northern College. The Timmins Community Gardens is a volunteer project under the Timmins Family Health Team, Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC), Mountjoy Independant Farmers Market, Mattagami Regional Conservation Authority, Anti-Hunger Coalition of Timmins, Porcupine Health Unit, and community volunteers. The Rotary Community Gardens will be located on site at Northern College. This location is the second site of the Timmins community garden development. Community gardens are 5 ' x 12' parcels of land divided into small plots to provide residents with access to fresh produce, support nutritional health, strengthen neighborhood connections, promote sustainability, and increase physical activity. With much gratitude to the Rotary Club of Timmins-Porcupine and Northern College, the gated site will have 24 plots which will consist of 2 accessible plots and 2 charitable plots. Tonya Bennett-Bigeau, President of the Rotary Club says "we are pleased to be part of this important sustainable community project that will assist the people of Timmins Porcupine enjoy the benefits of having and maintaining their own garden. Our club strongly believes in the initiatives the organizations have taken with this project and we are honored to be part of the team. We look forward to watching this project grow both in popularity and in more tangible ways and assisting in whatever way we can. " "Northern College's participation is just another tangible demonstration of how the college partners with community organizations to help foster community and social development opportunities for the greater good of the community. We are pleased to make available a portion of our campus grounds for residents to plant, grow, and maintain their own garden. In doing so we help promote community sustainability and we help introduce residents to another dimension of their community college. Says Fred Gibbons, President of Northern College" The plots will be available for rent effective immediately by calling the TEDC for $20 based on first come first paid basis and limited to one plot per household or organization. It is expected that the construction will be completed by early June 2012. The Timmins Community Gardens committee is also seeking volunteers to help in the development of the gardens and formulate a committee for the Porcupine site. Please call the TEDC and leave your contact information.
For further information, please contact the TEDC @ 705.360.2656 or at 12 Elm Street North, Timmins. | | Posted by Marc Durocher
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The draws for Escape 2012 were held live during the Rotary Caribean Carnivale. And the winners are....
Early Bird $1000.00 - Mark Shail $500.00 Brian & Graziella Millions, Allan and Ross MacIvor, Sean McKane, Marilyn Davis, Kevin Patriquin, Allan MacIvor Dream Destination - Carole Demers Tuscany, Italy - Dr. A. Raveendran Curacao - Mark Labreche European River Cruising - Phil Marks Western Caribbean Cruise - Michel Vezeau Las Vegas - Helen Yaschyshyn | | Posted by Marc Durocher
The Timmins Museum recently opened in their new home and they were looking for volunteers to help serve drinks to those attending the grand opening. Rotarian Joanne St-Onge thought that this would be a great cause to support so she rallied the troops to help out for the event.
Pictured are: Charlie Boulay, Robert St-Onge, Christina Geddes, June Woodburn and Jo-Ann St-onge. | | Posted by Marc Durocher
 Our club recently donated $1000 to this very worhy cause!
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Although Michael is only a second year med student, afterhis talk to our club this Monday, it was every obvious to everyone inattendance that once he has completed his schooling, he will be a fantasticphysician. Michael is smart, eloquent and I think most importantly,compassionate. All traits that I am sure will help him in his goal tobecome a licensed physician once his schooling is completed. As many know, getting into Med school is very difficult. There are 17000 applications for the 7 med schools in Ontario. At teh Northern ontario school of medicine (NOSM), Michael was competing for one of only 64 spots among 1700 applicants. You have to admire his courage for applyingwith only a 3.75% chance of acceptance! The Rotary Club of Timmins-Porcupine is a proud supporter ofNOSM. The club previously donated$12,500 to an endowment fund in order to create a permanent “Jack HelpertMemorial Scholarship”. At one point during his presentation, Michael told us how when hewas 14 he was selected by our club toattend the “Adventures in Citizenship” program. He recalled how he had to be interviewed by apanel of Rotarians to be accepted. Michael also pointed out that “The skills thatI acquired from this interview were valuable and helped me in my med interviews”. It’s nice to see that the investment that our club made in a youngboy of 14 is still paying dividends many years later. We are very proud of Michael, and we look forward to following youas you grow in your career! | | Posted by Marc Durocher on Aug 03, 2011
Since theSpring of 2011, a number of community partners have come together in an effortto improve the TH&VS Pavilion located at HollingerPark in time for the City of Timmins’ 100thAnniversary Celebration scheduled to take place throughout 2012. The partnersinclude the TH&VS Homecoming Committee, the City of Timminsand the Timmins- Porcupine Rotary Club, who took the lead as the major financial contributorproviding $30,000 towards theenhancements of the project. Inaddition, Timmins Overhead Doors and Timmins Building Supplies donated serviceshelping to reduce costs of the project ThePavilion was originally constructed by the TH&VS technical students in 2000as a millennium project and so it was not surprising to see the TH&VS 2012Homecoming Committee come on board to support the significant enhancements thatinclude roll up doors, refurbished gable ends, piers for speakers, addition ofsuspension points for lighting, improved electrical service etc. This fall, thecurrent school administration, teachers and students will work at closing thethree remaining gable ends and refreshing the paint of the well used pavilion. Accordingto Mayor Laughren, “Timmins is a very special place in which tolive, learn, grow up and grow old, in large part because so many of us worktogether to strengthen and sustain the fabric of our community. By and large,people and organizations from the City have demonstrated energy, enthusiasm,generosity and passion for making a difference in the lives of others, and inthe overall quality of life enjoyed in our community. Though individualfundraising, giving and volunteer efforts, many continue to find ways tocontribute to the community in which they live, work and play.” The goal ofthe revamped TH&VS Pavilion project is to give Timmins and the performing arts community aplace to call home and a venue suited for medium-scaled events, but most ofall, to show community pride and involvement. Theinitiative was spearheaded by Midnight Express a well known music promoter whoprovided overall direction on the design of the enhancements for the TH&VSPavilion. “Ourcommunity is stronger as a direct result of our volunteers and our generouscorporate citizens” concluded Mayor Laughren. | | Posted by Marc Durocher on Jun 30, 2011
Each year, the Rotary club of Timmins-Porcupine donates over $3000 in scholarships to the various high schools in our community. Pictured below is Rotarian Charly Boulay handing the scolarships to Rose Boulianne (right) and Sarah Lawrence (left).  
| | Posted by Marc Durocher on Mar 28, 2011
Kendall, our Youth Exchange student will be heading to Argentina in August for the 2011/12 school year. . You can follow her blog here. Kendall's Family and Community will also be holding a spagetthi supper to help with the cost of Kendalls upcoming year. The event will happen Saturday May 7th, 2011 at 5:00 pm at The Mary Queen of the world Parish in Matheson. Cost is $10.00. |
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