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The Rotary Club of West Ottawa mourns the passing of Jack Troughton

Posted on Aug 13, 2019

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.

Jack Troughton (1930-2019) Honored Life Member, 50 years with RCWO, PDG (1994-1995)

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, August 7 to August 13, 2019
Ticket #	Amount	Name	City	Win Date
1241	$25	Cecile Swerdfager	Ottawa, ON	7-Aug-19
3920	$20	Adolf James	Ottawa, ON	8-Aug-19
3853	$50	Larry Allen	Smiths Falls, ON	9-Aug-19
2321	$25	Jane Pelletier	Kemptville, ON	10-Aug-19
3853	$50	Larry Allen	Smiths Falls, ON	11-Aug-19
2146	$25	Ms L. Kennedy	London, ON	12-Aug-19
3604	$50	Wendy Huckabone	Kemptville, ON	13-Aug-19

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

Click here to visit the 2019 Rotary Cash Calendar Website

Roy Miller upgrades to become the newest member of the Rotary Club of West Ottawa

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

Sole Mates

Posted by Brett Brooking on Jul 10, 2019

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.

Far Traveled President Pardeep Reports on the Hamburg RI Convention

Posted by Brett Brooking on Jul 03, 2019

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.

A Rotary Picnic in the Rain

Posted on Jun 15, 2019

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.

Woodroffe High School Interact Club is Awake!

Posted by Joseph Redhead on May 22, 2019

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.

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

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