Please join the family of Jack Troughton
and the Rotary Club of West Ottawa
in a celebration of the life of Jack Troughton
on Tuesday, September 24.
Here are the latest winners from the 2019 Rotary Cash Calendar Draws!
| Ottawa Rotary Cash Calendar Winners, September 11 to September 17, 2019 | ||||
| Ticket # | Amount | Name | City | Win Date |
| 1357 | $25 | Merv Shirley | Nepean, ON | 11-Sep-19 |
| 2743 | $20 | Ricardo Contreras | Lombardy, ON | 12-Sep-19 |
| 1556 | $50 | Carol Goudie | Ottawa, ON | 13-Sep-19 |
| 1065 | $25 | Wendy Beard | Kanata, ON | 14-Sep-19 |
| 1865 | $50 | Randy Hughes | Kemptville, ON | 15-Sep-19 |
| 2472 | $100 | Dennis Medaglia | Ottawa, ON | 16-Sep-19 |
| 1274 | $25 | Alasdair Rankin | Ottawa, ON | 17-Sep-19 |
The Rotary Club of West Ottawa is committed to International Service. Part of that service includes supporting relief efforts in times of a natural disaster. This past few days have seen the devastation created by Hurricane Dorian as it wreaked havoc on the Bahamas.
Ramon Espinosa, DaNica Coto And Michael Weissenstein of The Associated Press reported: “The devastation wrought by Dorian — and the terror it inflicted during its day-and-a-half mauling of the Bahamas— came into focus Wednesday as the passing of the storm revealed a muddy, debris-strewn landscape of smashed and flooded-out homes on Abaco and Grand Bahama islands. The official death toll from the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit the country jumped to 20, and there was little doubt it would climb higher.”
The Rotary Club of West Ottawa is committed to helping those in need. To that end, we are collecting donations to contribute to the much needed resources in the Bahamas. Please consider a donation through our Canada Helps page.
On the evening of Saturday, September 7, a contingent of 6 club members and two spouses travelled to Watertown, NY to participate in the September membership drive for WPBS-TV. The Rotarians answered calls and took pledges while President Pardeep was interviewed to give the viewership more information about Rotary, his club, and the Rotary Cash Calendar fundraiser in particular.
While WPBS is located across the border in the state of New York, over 70% of their membership is located in Canada.
The Rotary Club of West Ottawa is mourning the passing of long time club member Jack Troughton. Jack joined RCWO at the age of 39 and was active in the club for 50 years. He was a Past President of the Club and a Past District Governor who served Rotary with distinction having received some 8 Paul Harris Awards as well as the Avenues of Service Award. He was a mentor to many and a friend to all. He will be greatly missed. (Obituary, Ottawa Citizen)
In honour of Jack and in accordance with the wishes of the family, the RC West Ottawa will be hosting:
A Celebration of Life for Jack
September 24
The schedule for the event is:- 11am - Noon: Mingle with family and friends (no receiving line)
- Noon - 1pm: Speeches
- 1pm - 2pm: Refreshments, and mingle with family and friends
Jack Troughton (1930-2019) Honored Life Member, 50 years with RCWO, PDG (1994-1995)
After joining the Rotary Club of West Ottawa as an Associate Member over three years ago, Roy Miller was inducted as a member at the August 6, 2019 meeting. Roy's partner is club member Inna Flyazhenkova, who joined the club back in 2014 after transferring her membership from the Rotary Club of Volgograd.
Roy Miller's Rotary Pin is presented by club member, his partner, Inna Flyazhenkova
So what exactly do the members of the Rotary Club of West Ottawa and their friends do when they visit the Shoe Bank Canada warehouse every month? The first answer is they sort shoes! The second answer is they strengthen fellowship through working side-by side.
The latest shoe sorting work party on July 6th for Shoe Bank Canada brought together members of RCWO, members of the Rotary Club of Stittsville, former RCWO members as well as family members and friends.
Big thanks to Caroline Clarke and Phil Bronsther of the Stittsville Rotary Club for coming out. And big thanks for Phil bringing his grandson Jake and his neighbour Nancy along, both veterans of the shoe sorting job. Big thanks to former RCWO member Alf for bringing his whole family out (Christine, Ally, Sophie, Mia and Kai) for a morning of sorting in the shoe warehouse, their first experience doing so. Thanks to Alex, Jade and Hazel of Shoe Bank for all their hard work. And thanks to the RCWO Rotarians, Ron Doll, Marilyn Letts, Merv Letts, Doug Heyland and Brett Brooking -- and his son Carter. See below for what they got up to.
Freshly returned from his travels abroad, President Pardeep Ahluwalia briefed the club on the proceedings of the 2019 Rotary Hamburg Convention. His presentation included highlights of his convention experiences, lessons learned and a summary of the themes and messages to come out of this year's Rotary International convention. See below for more details and a link to download his Powerpoint presentation.
No amount of rain could dampen this enthusiasm!
This past Saturday, June 15, members of the Rotary Club of West Ottawa gathered at the house of Ed and Anne-Marie Balys for a BBQ to celebrate the supposed coming of summer.
Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 12 to 18 is known as Interact. Interact exists to develop constructive leadership and personal integrity, and foster an interest in world fellowship, in high school students worldwide. The Rotary Club of West Ottawa sponsors an Interact Club at Woodroffe High School. That club is mentored by teacher Jaden Lairson, the Head of the Canada and World Studies Department.
This is what 62 years of giving looks like! Disbursements since 1957It 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
Look at what we funded in 2017-18 through our Community Services Committee and the International Services Committee.
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 - 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.
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.
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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
