CONGRATULATIONS to club member Marc Johnston on being awarded a Paul Harris Fellow. A heartfelt thanks for all of your hard work and dedication.
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District Conference 2018
community centreOct 20, 2018
8:10 AM – 9:10 PM -
Board Meeting
Oct 24, 2018
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Fall Trivia Rotary Club of St Catharines Lakeshore
Nov 03, 2018
6:30 PM – 11:00 PM
THE ROTARY CLUB OF ST. CATHARINES LAKESHORE “School to Home Reading Program”
The old story book ending: “And they all lived happily ever after”…began with a Child learning to read.
PURPOSE: “The School to Home Reading Program” was initiated in 2011, in memory of Gary Landry a founding member, to help increase literacy levels; build confidence; encourage family involvement and instill the joy of reading at an early age.
PROGRAM: The Rotary Club of St. Catharines Lakeshore operates the Program by recruiting, training & scheduling students from our Community, Niagara College & Brock University to mentor weekly between October & April. Volunteers are read to by the Students as they critique, document & encourage. A win-win as mature students mentor younger ones, as well as receiving community hours & references. We purchase “leveled” books yearly & in June, our Club honours a girl and boy from each school with “The Vic Kovacevich or The E.P. Flegg Most Improved Reader Award.” We present a Rotary medallion, their name on a Rotary hall plaque & a gift certificate from Book Outlet.
St. Catharines Schools:
Port Weller & Assumption 2011 – June, 2018 Our Lady of Fatima (English & French Immersion) 2013 – present Prince of Wales 2014 – present Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys (Francophone), 2015 – present Harriet Tubman 2018 - present
The Rotary Club of St. Catharines Lakeshore is passionate about Literacy! We always need Volunteers…. PLEASE JOIN US! CONTACT: Sarah at: SANDREWS16@nc.students.niagaracollege.ca
The fun and friendly dinner club!
Service Above Self
2nd and 4th Wednesday of Month at 6:15p.m.
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites St Catharines Conference Centre
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites St Catharines Conference Centre
327 Ontario Street
St. Catharines, ON L2R 5L3
Canada
St. Catharines, ON L2R 5L3
Canada
Committee Chairs, Milica Kovacevich and Linda Landry are pleased to announce this year's School to Home Reading Program Coordinator from Niagara College. Welcome Sarah Andrews and good luck.
Please join us celebrating this month Literacy by participating in our School to Home Reading Program
Hello all St Catharines Lakeshore Rotarians
Well its now past labour day and we have an exciting fall to look forward to.
Check out our website for upcoming program speakers and activities
Ticket sales are going well for our Nov 3 Trivia night
Tickets are being organized for our annual Season's Cheer raffle. These funds go to support our amazing literacy programs
The Rotary Leadership Institute is being offered at Niagara College on Sept 15 - Sept 6 is the deadline for registration
Please consider registering for the District conference on October 20 at the Community Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
On Sept 26, we start dinner at 6 pm sharp. We will then have a facilitated session (approximately 3 hours) to review our strategic plan and look to develop more detailed action plans
Look forward to seeing you all on Sept 12.
Monday, August 6th wraps up another successful Ribfest. Thanks to all members who donated their time and energy servicing our booth. Many thanks to the Ribfest Chairs, Gary and Sandi Chard; without them this event would not have gone smoothly.
ROTARY MEDALISTS
We were pleased to host this year's medalists from Holy Cross, Governor Simcoe and St. Francis. The students were happy to share with us their current interests as well as their future plans. Thank you to member Al Scales for his continued interest in supporting the youth of St. Catharines.
Our heartfelt thank you goes out to our hosts Len and Annette. They opened their home to the club in order to celebrate a well deserved farewell to President Kent Chisholm. Thanks Kent for a terrific year of leadership and celebration. Welcome Ellen Wodchis, our incoming President.
Coletta McGrath, Executive Director of Quest, a community health centre, spoke to us about their Mission, their Vision and their core values. Coletta has worked as their ED since 2008. She has been a long time advocate of this interdisciplinary, community based approach to providing primary health care services to Ontario's most vulnerable and marginalized individuals.
Quest provides this primary health care service to individuals experiencing social, economic and cultural barriers while promoting wellness, community and social justice.
Sincere congratulations to our latest recipient of a Paul Harris Fellow, Linda Jones. Linda received her award at our year end President's Bash. She has been invested in our club for many years, always present at our fundraising events, most notably our annual Plant Sale.
It is with heavy hearts that we have lost our member Peter Robinson. Peter was a great worker at the club in everything he did from literacy, strategic planning or just flipping burgers at Ribfest. He will be missed by all.
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Yolanda Henry, an invested volunteer with the Tabitha Foundation, shared its goals and accomplishments of "Building Dreams for Cambodia's Poor".
The Savings Program is the cornerstone of Tabitha's work. It encourages families to save their money in order to break the cycle of poverty. How it works is families achieve 4 to 6 dream items each year, ranging from basic necessities like a cooking pot, a sleeping mat, a bicycle and/or a child's education. Tabitha's relationship with a family will last for approx 5 to 7 years. This is long enough to allow families to break the cycle of poverty and graduate to complete financial independence.
Besides the Savings Program, the Foundation's team of volunteers builds homes, wells, schools and are currently invested in the building of a hospital to serve the health needs of the women.
Tabitha Foundation is a registered Canadian charity. 2% of all funds raised in Canada are used for Canadian Administration. For more information go to www.tabitha.ca
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Thursday September 6 Marlene and Clarice
Thursday September 13 Ellen and Volunteer need****
Thursday October 4
Thursday October 11 Joy and Beth
Sunday October 28
Thursday November 1
Thursday November 8
Sunday November 25
Thursday December 6
Sunday December 23
Thursday December 27
Thursday January 3
Sunday January 20
Thursday January 24
Sunday February 17
Thursday February 21
Thursday February 28
Sunday March 17
Thursday March 21
Thursday March 28
Sundays are 9:30 to 11:30 pm
Thursdays are 5:30 to 7:30pm.
Reminder you must come in your blue rotary shirt and black pants