An incredible success story can be seen in the Bright Future School video. Very worthy of a little of your time to watch!
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On March 26,2024 a going away party was held for Ken and Glenda Murray. Graeme Fraser as MC led the "roasting" of Ken by saying only NICE things as per organizer Jean Begin's guidance. Lots of laughs as Graeme recounted some of Ken's history in our club. Joe Redhead followed with Peter Fisher to tell the tales of antics at the tennis club. And as a finale to the event Ken was recognized with not only a Paul Harris Fellow (now he is a PHF +3) but an Honoured Life Membership to our club. Click here to read the citations and here for the power point shown at the meeting.
Thanks to many Ottawa Area clubs for their donations to rebuild the pergola at Rotel. And many thanks to the volunteers who helped build it...especially Phil Powel-Smith who inspired many to take this project on. | |
Events in the planning stage for 2024 include another New Year's Levee, a visit to the Wabano Centre, another St. Patrick's celebration, a tour and talk by Riverkeeper at the NCC River House, and maybe taking in an Ottawa Titans game. Want to know more about Soc & Rec committee?
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The Rotary Club of West Ottawa (RCWO) partners with other Ottawa Area Rotary Clubs as well as non-profit organizations in Ottawa to sell and deliver over 5000 chrysanthemums for Thanksgiving. The club members sell, process the orders, map delivery routes, and actually deliver the Mums in time for Thanksgiving!!
The Club has established four pollinator gardens at the following locations: Broadview Ave. P.S. (2023); Regina St. Alternative School (2022); the Rotary Home (2022); and Rotel (2023). Club members maintain the gardens at Rotel and the Rotary Home and work with the students at Broadview and Regina during the school year and then assume the garden maintenance at the schools throughout the summer months.
Miriam Fraser, Co-Chair Community Services committee presented $2,000 to Caldwell Family Centre and $1,500 to The Ottawa Mission.
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.
Rotary Club of West Ottawa members Ginette Thomas, Jean Holbert-Leighton and Emilie Gendron joined Shaun Hopkins, Susan Hopkins and Ottawa Bytown members Linas Pilypaitis and Constance McLeese to prepare books for Regina Alternative School and Cambridge Public Schools students. Other helpers included Linda and Don Flynn. In total, 230 books were labelled and put in gift bags for presentation to each student with the book of their choice. | ||
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for our members and their family's hard work and dedication during the river cleanup event. Our Earth Day activities included our 1) Great Lakes Watershed cleanup including Rotary's Brewer Park Playground and 2) developing a sustainability information brochure. | |
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.
This is what 64 years of giving looks like! Disbursements since 1957
(Excerpted from the March 2020 Newsletter of District 7030)
On Wednesday 19th February 2020, the Rotary Clubs of Central Port of Spain and West Ottawa (RCCPOS & RCWO) paid a special visit to the All in One Child Development Centre in Beetham Gardens, Port of Spain.
Vimy oaks to put down roots at Ottawa high schools
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/vimy-oaks-ottawa-trees-planting-1.4658843
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/vimy-oaks-ottawa-trees-planting-1.4658843
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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
The Rotary Club of West Ottawa (RCWO) partners with other Ottawa Area Rotary Clubs as well as non-profit organizations in Ottawa to sell and deliver over 5000 chrysanthemums for Thanksgiving. The club members sell, process the orders, map delivery routes, and actually deliver the Mums in time for Thanksgiving!!
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