| Ottawa Rotary Cash Calendar Winners, March 1 to March 15, 2020 | ||||
| Ticket # | Amount | Name | City | Win Date |
| 0168 | $50 | Stephanie & Christian Larose | Ottawa, ON | 01-Mar-23 |
| 2106 | $50 | Grace Lennox | Ottawa, ON | 02-Mar-23 |
| 3843 | $25 | John Dawson (Nicholas) | Braeside, ON | 03-Mar-23 |
| 1334 | $50 | Maite LeBolloch | Stittsville, ON | 04-Mar-23 |
| 0946 | $25 | Stanislaw Terziev | Kanata, ON | 05-Mar-23 |
| 1542 | $50 | Mike Rivet | $0 | 06-Mar-23 |
| 0040 | $200 | Antoine Bailey | Ottawa, ON | 07-Mar-23 |
| 3807 | $25 | Ken Waller | Sharbot Lake, ON | 08-Mar-23 |
| 1182 | $20 | Bob & Carolyn Grant | Nepean, ON | 09-Mar-23 |
| 3414 | $50 | Richard Smith | Ottawa, ON | 10-Mar-23 |
| 2104 | $50 | Samantha Christiansen | Arnprior, ON | 11-Mar-23 |
| 0064 | $25 | Anne Wilson | Ottawa, ON | 12-Mar-23 |
| 1944 | $100 | Maureen Leeson | Kemptville, ON | 13-Mar-23 |
| 4582 | $50 | Rebecca Harper | Montreal, QC | 14-Mar-23 |
| 1926 | $25 | Jeff Richardson | Oxford Mills, ON | 15-Mar-23 |
The photo is of Benedict, the Principal of the school, Gladys, the Vice-Principal, Cecile and Rooney both in Grade 6. Photo was taken by Nancy, Graduate of Moi University in Literature. She is the daughter of Millicent the cook - below in photo on right. Suan Cross, member of RCWO, took 2 Dictionary4Life books to Project Chance Africa school.
Every $20 paid for a Rotary Cash Calendar goes towards donations to Ottawa area groups doing much needed work and support. To each and every person who purchased a Rotary Cash Calendar - THANK YOU! | ||
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The need to help food banks is critical this Christmas season. The Heron Emergency Food Centre gladly accepted our donation of $1,000 to help in addressing food insecurity in our city.
Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa were very pleased to receive a donation from our club of $1,000!
| Dictionary4Life books are again headed into 11 schools | |||
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| And how can you resist those excited school children faces! Thanks D4L Volunteers!  | |
Once again - - Wow, some incredible award winners this year!
Here is a list of the awards given out at our June 28th final meeting of the Rotary Year 2022. Click on their name to discover their amazing contributions.
Paul Harris Fellows, non member:
Ruth Martin Awards:
Family and Community Service Award:
Lloyd Loynes Award:
Paul Harris Fellow Awards for Club members:
Honoured Life Members:
| Jennifer Jones is the first female President of Rotary International in the 117 year history of Rotary International. And she is a Canadian! | ||
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Showcasing the Miracle League of Ottawa Service Project Jennifer Jones and VP Valerie Wafer played a fun baseball game with Rotarians.  |  |  |
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 Ben, her husband, joined her to celebrate her recognition. He also was instrumental in their work in Kenya. | ||
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Ever wonder how to pay your annual dues or Happy Dollars? Or perhaps you would like to make a donation to the RCWO Service Fund be it a general donation or to The Rotary Foundation (Annual Program Fund and Polio Plus Fund). Click on the "how to" guide to learn more.
Miriam Fraser presented a cheque to Marilyn Matheson, Executive Director of Caldwell Family Services.
Both Shepherds of Good Hope and Mathew House received cheques from Community Services Chair, Baxter Willis.
Sharon Adunmo, Co-Ordinator Data Base and Gift Giving
David Botha , Project Co-ordinator for Furniture Bank, part of the Matthew House non-profit organization.
 A cheque for $10,000 was presented to Peggy Gilmour, chair of the Rotary Home; Gina St Amour, Executive Director of the Rotary Home; Bruce Brooks, Treasurer of the Rotary Home Foundation by Graeme Fraser, President of RCWO and also board member of the Rotary Home Foundation. |
Led by Marcia, on a sunny Saturday morning, 28 June 2022, Jen, Andrew, Larry and Jean journeyed to the South of Ottawa where we built a raised pollinator bed and planted area native plants.
This was an opportunity to safely interact with other Club members outdoors and, at the same time, participate in a service project that will help pollinators to survive in the urban environment and provide visual enjoyment for families requiring respite services at the Rotary Home. It's a win-win-win situation.
The full set of photos are at
Storybook Ottawa and our club partnered to give books to every student in Regina St. Alternative School. Each of 181 students chose a book from a list of 4 choices for each grade. They were presented to the school by curbside drop off. The process for preparing the books for the drop off can be seen in this very short video
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This annual event was held on May 14, 2022 hosted by The Rotary Club of Montreal West & NDG
The Rotary Club of West Ottawa donated C$3500.00 which came from 34 Rotarians and a top-up from the club. 3 Rotarians attended - Foundation Chair Gord Leverton, Past President Caroline deWitt and Susan Diening. The photo was taken at the Montreal-West City Hall and includes Astronaut and MP Marc Garneau who is a member of the RC of Montreal West & NDG.
Our member, Bea Osome, again embarked on an African project. This time it was a pilot water & sanitation (toilet) project which received District Matching Grant funding. Rotarian Bea and her husband, Ben recently travelled to Esiandumba, Luanda South, Vihiga County, Kenya, Africa to build toilets for boys and girls at the Esiandumba Primary School. The specific objectives were to: 1. Install a hygienic facility 2. Prepare and implement an operations and maintenance program for the facility and 3. Introduce an enhanced sanitation education at the school. And voila!
A successful project launch was held on Friday 18th March,2022.
Short video link : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17W5Uz10VZgiSSbLqay_Obsa8GHoU28US
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Community Service Chair, Baxter Willis presented a cheque for $1,500 to the Ottawa Food Bank.
The Mission Continues
The Rotary year is almost over, but the continuing mission of The Rotary Foundation never ends. The programs of the Rotary Foundation are for the present and future needs – educational programs, medical assistance programs, community assistance and development programs, and disaster response programs – all to improve the lives of the people around the world.
Thank you for supporting The Rotary Foundation programs and for allowing "the good work" of Rotary to continue. We should be proud of our accomplishments as this has been a fantastic year and our continued efforts to "End Polio Now."
La mission Continues
L'année rotarienne est presque terminée, mais la mission continue de la Fondation Rotary ne se termine jamais. Les programmes de la Fondation Rotary répondent aux besoins actuels et futurs - programmes éducatifs, programmes d'assistance médicale, programmes d'aide et de développement communautaires et programmes d'intervention en cas de catastrophe - tous pour améliorer la vie des personnes dans le monde.
Merci de soutenir les programmes de la Fondation Rotary et de permettre au « bon travail » du Rotary de se poursuivre. Nous devrions être fiers de nos réalisations car cette année a été fantastique et de nos efforts continus pour « mettre fin à la polio maintenant
Yours in Rotary Services DG
Fay Campbell
DG - 2021-22
Rotary District 7040
Rotary Club of Orleans
Many thanks go out to our volunteers at the Bushtukah warehouse on August 15th who loaded 1,910 dictionaries into the vehicles of 10 participating clubs from District 7040 and 7810. Left, in the warehouse, to be delivered were our club's 480 plus 64 surplus dictionaries and 116 Sackville, NB dictionaries. Our 11 teams of volunteers will deliver them to RCWO's 11 schools by curbside drop off due to Covid-19 again this Fall.
Meet last year's volunteers in this short video (or paste this url in your browser https://youtu.be/KZULLycOLHY) Here are some of this year's volunteers. Video to come that will tell the full story by end of November.
See what a difference one dictionary can make for life! RCWO's 60 second entry to the DGs challenge to tell the story of a club project. http://youtube/uCwcZQKQ6nE
To encourage donations for our local literacy project, Dictionary4Life, the Rotary Club of West Ottawa (Service Fund) Inc. has a profile on Canada Helps (www.canadahelps.org). Donating to this project has never been simpler! Simply click to make a safe & secure donation. A $20 donation will purchase at least 2-3 dictionaries! A tax receipt will be issued by Canada Helps for donations.
Would you like to learn more about how to navigate on our website?
If you are a RCWO member, Log in with your username & password and go to Member Area (top right hand corner) and click on "Register for a Webinar". If you can't remember your Log in information, contact Linda, Hadi, Brett, or Larry to help you get your Log In information.
Alternatively, go directly to https://site.clubrunner.ca/page/webinars
This is what 64 years of giving looks like! Rotary Club of West Ottawa member Bea Osome reported on her most recent trip to Kenya to work on providing more wells for villages in her home country. Bea is a 15 year RCWO member and a retired nurse who has a goal of clean water for all. Her most recent project is a well for the Madzou Primary School in Kenya to provide the students and the surrounding community with clean water. Digging the well required dynamite at times and required close supervision of the work force. The school will be responsible for well upkeep and will collect small payments from community users taking water for a fund to pay for vitally important ongoing maintenance
On May 12, the Rotary Club of West Ottawa hosted a panel discussion on business practices and financial strategies during and after the COVID-19 crisis.
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 Rotary Music for Humanity Concert October 24, 2020 |
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 2016 Musicians and Hosts |
Vimy oaks to put down roots at Ottawa high schools
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/vimy-oaks-ottawa-trees-planting-1.4658843
Shared via the CBC News Android App
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/vimy-oaks-ottawa-trees-planting-1.4658843
Shared via the CBC News Android App
Want to know what happened in the first 50 years? Check out our 50th Anniversary Book
And then check out the next decade in our 60th Anniversary Book
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