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The latest Rotary Cash Calendar 2019 Winners

Posted by Brett Brooking

Here are the latest winners from the 2019 Rotary Cash Calendar Draws!

Ottawa Rotary Cash Calendar Winners, April 17 to April 22, 2019
Ticket #	Amount	Name	City	Win Date
0065	$25	Chantal Guindon	Ottawa, ON	17-Apr-19
2831	$50	Martin DEJ	Ottawa, ON	18-Apr-19
3521	$25	Glenn Floyd	Orleans, ON	19-Apr-19
0731	$50	Brent Emmerson	Luskville, QC	20-Apr-19
3645	$50	Terri and Bruce McClymont	Prince George, BC	21-Apr-19
3213	$25	Simon Bernard	Cantley, QC	22-Apr-19
0220	$20	JP and Dale Sabourin	Ottawa, ON	23-Apr-19

Congratulation to the winners and good luck to everyone who supported this fundraiser!

Click here to visit the 2019 Rotary Cash Calendar Website

What does 62 years of giving look like?

This is what 62 years of giving looks like! Disbursements since 1957

What does 50 years of perfection look like?

Posted on Mar 12, 2019

It has been 50 years of perfect attendance in a long and distinguished Rotary presence for Jack Troughton. Today this achievement was celebrated by the attendance today of his family and more than a dozen Past, Present and Future District Governors at his home club of the Rotary Club of West Ottawa.

RCWO Past President Jean Bégin presents Jack Troughton with his pin for 50 year of perfect Rotary attendance

When you deliver over 5000 plants in 3 days, navigation is critical

Posted by Brett Brooking on Mar 07, 2019

When you deliver over 5000 plants in 3 days, navigation is critical!

In recognition of his assistance to the Rotary Club of West Ottawa, this week Geir Engdahl of Norway was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship. The awards ceremony was performed at the Oslo International Rotary Club with club President Robert Laan presenting the award and reading the citation.

OIRC President Robert Laan presents Geir Engdahl with his Paul Harris Fellowship

Read on to find out how Geir's software helped enable teams of volunteers to organize the delivery of over 5600 chrysanthemums for RCWO's annual Mums for Thanksgiving fundraiser.

These shoes are made for running...and that's just what they'll do

Posted on Feb 27, 2019

When RCWO member Nigel Lever found out that Carol Waters and Suan Cross of Project Chance Africa had an opportunity to send some extra supplies to their school in Kenya, he took the reigns and made it all happen. Project Chance Africa supports the operation of a school and community centre in the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

What we funded in 2017-18

Look at what we funded in 2017-18 through our Community Services Committee and the International Services Committee.

Flashbacks of a Prairie Kid

If you have any Prairie roots, or if you would like to know what it was like going to school in the WWII years or if you have an interest in the 40's and 50's or if you would just enjoy an entertaining read.....this book is for you! We would like to introduce you to this just published book entitled “Flashbacks of a Prairie Kid” by Merv Letts ISBN 978-0-9867490-2-5

Sinai Surgeon

Sinai Surgeon - The Adventures of an RCAF Medical Officer with the UNEF is the gripping tale of RCWO`s own Dr. Merv Letts during his time peacekeeping in the Sinai Peninsula during the 1966-67 lead up to the Six Days War.

Dictionary4Life

This Fall, our club will present Dictionary4Life books to ten schools in both the public and Catholic school boards.

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. now 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.

Let's Drop to Zero

LET'S DROP TO ZERO

Click here to see how

World Polio Day - October 24, 2018

For more than 30 years @Rotary and partners have been working to#endpolio. We're #thisclose to ending the disease forever. Join us!" #endpolionow or visit endpolio.org