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Call for ProposalsThe Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora will consider providing funding for your community project. The application form can be downloaded from the left hand side of this page under "Home Page Download Files" |
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Prestigious Award to Club Member Jim Gibbons (centre), a member of our club for many years, was recently awarded the Citizen of the Year Award by Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce. Congratulations Jim.
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New Catch the AceThe 1st draw for our new Catch the Ace will take place on January 21, 2024 at Fergus Legion. The box containing the envelopes has been loaded and is ready for the 1st draw. Can you Catch the Ace and win the jackpot of minimum $5,000. Draws will take place every Sunday until the Ace of Spades is revealed. Tickets can be purchased at www.ferguselorarotarycta.ca or by clicking here.  |
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Annual KidsAbility Xmas Party In preparation for our annual KidsAbility Christmas Party toys are purchased and then wrapped for this party that takes place in 2023 at the Fergus Legion. All KidsAbility clients are invited to this party as well as some close and young relatives of Rotarians.
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Youth club aims to inspire the next generation of rotarians Members of the Fergus-Elora Rotary Interact Club created 'thank you' notes designed for the hardworking COVID-19 team at Groves Hospital.Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora A team of dedicated youth is learning to serve the community. The Interact Club of the Fergus-Elora Rotary Club invites students in grades 9-12 to meet new people and help improve the lives of those around them. Club youth director Barbara Lustgarten-Evoy believes the most defining trait of Interact is the Rotary concept of ‘kindness and service above self.' “It’s important that the younger we introduce our youth to the world of giving and of caring for our neighbours, the more it becomes a part of who they are as adults,” Lustgarten-Evoy said. |
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Catch the AceThe jackpot of $141,810.50 for our recently ended Catch the Ace went to Tena Stortz of Mount Forest.  Jim Gibbons, Bruce McLeish and Jeff Ostic (all on left) presented the jackpot cheque to Tena Stortz and family. Substantial net profits from this fundraiser will all be donated to worthy projects in Centre Wellington. This was the 4th and most profitable Catch the Ace run by the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora and we thank all ticket purchasers. |
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Flag Raising CeremonyRemarks by Neil Dunsmore, a club member, at Polio Flag Raising Ceremony: "The Fergus Elora Rotary Club has been part of a worldwide initiative to eradicate polio. For more than 30 years Rotary and our partners have driven the effort to eradicate polio worldwide, this was the first initiative to tackle global eradication by vaccinating children on a massive scale. Rotary community service clubs focus on fund raising volunteer recruitment and awareness. The Fergus Elora Rotary Club has been organising fund raising activities in the Fergus Elora area for the entire month of October such as: 1. Pizza for Polio with our partner Vito's pizzeria any Laura from October 2nd to October 9th any pizza purchased from Vito’s a donation was made by the owner nick to our polio plus campaign. 2. Pints for Polio with our partners the brewhouse in Fergus on October 5th a donation was made by the brewhouse to our polio plus campaign for every pint of beer sold. Thank you to Dennis Cradock and the Brewhouse. 3. Pies for Polio with our partners Fergies Fine Foods in Fergus, who on October 24th will donate the proceeds from every pie sold to polio. Thank you to Miriam Foell for her generous donation and just an interesting side note here Miriam's father was part of the team that developed the polio vaccine for Rotary International. I would like to thank our past president Rob Galloway for all his hard work this year on our polio campaign as well as Leanne Iravani for starting the pies for polio and pints for polio several years ago their hard work has made our club a Rotary Leader in the Polio Plus campaign." For the last 30 years Rotarians around the world have come together with their communities on a single mission to eradicate polio now! We have worked hard, and our efforts are bearing fruit. We are down to 37 cases worldwide, but the fight is not over we have to continue to push. We must continue to reach those isolated areas in the third world countries to make sure this disease does not make a resurgence! We have here today a polio survivor Pat Woode, Welcome pat and thank you for your support. We are asking our community to come together and reminding them with this flag to keep working hard so that no child, no family in the world feels the pain of polio like Pat and her family did,. What this flag is here to do is to remind you and to thank you for the efforts of this community in eradicating polio once and for all! |
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Hospice Kickoff with $500,000. Pledge SIGNING OF AGREEMENT - L-R - Dr. Sarah Gower, Dr. Alan Simpson, Dr. Bob Wright- Rotary President, Norman Manning (sitting) Rotary President, Rob Galloway-Rotary Past President, Leanne Iravani - Rotary Past President Dr. Bob Wright's Speech -
What a wonderful day for this very important event. I am Bob Wright Co-president of the Rotary Club of Fergus Elora It was more than 4 years ago that members of the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora met with Drs Sarah Gower and Alan Simpson to share in their goal to build a hospice facility in Centre Wellington. During Past President Rob Galloway's year as president, the Rotary Club members approved that the Club's highest long term priority should be the financial support to help build a Hospice facility in the community. During Past President Leanne Iravani 2 years as president, Rotary members and the Hospice committee kept this priority moving forward throughout the difficult times brought on by the pandemic. Today Co-president Norm Manning and myself have the pleasure and honour to announce that the Rotary Club of Fergus Elora is committing to support this project by pledging $500,000 towards the capital campaign. This sum will be paid over the next 10 years. We will formalize this pledge by signing an agreement with Aboyne Rural Hospice and by presenting them with the first $10,000 to kick start this project. Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Gower and Allan Simpson for their leadership and to all of the medical professionals in our community who have recognized the need for this facility and for bringing us through the last difficult 30 months. |
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Interact Club UpdateDistrict 7080 Interact eNewsletter - May 2021  Update: Interact Club of Fergus Elora By Barbara Lustgarten Evoy The Interact Club of the Fergus Elora Rotary Club, is a small but mighty team of dedicated Interact members. The group of 10 – 15 students is committed to serving their community in as many ways as possible, as often as possible. During Covid, they have gathered weekly online - almost without fail. Although the group normally meets in the local high school at lunch, it’s not a school-based club and is in fact, community based. That said, there is no teacher overseeing the students, rather the director of Youth Services from the Rotary Club that sponsors it, is the person who works closely with the President, Vice President, and members at large. This year also sees the Rotary Club of Fergus Elora offering a financial award to be used towards Post-Secondary Education to one (or more) graduating Interact members. The Fergus Elora Interact Club has been operating for many years, has undergone plenty of change in that time, and is very proud to share that everything that is done now, is done through the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lens. This means everyone is welcome and we (the club) will do whatever we can do to both invite and maintain membership, that’s truly representative of all. In the past, the club has made trips to New York for United Nations Day, to Port Elgin for a fun Halloween Haunt, and to Kitchener, Waterloo where everyone had a great time visiting museums, going hiking, taking part in a bowling tournament, dining out together, and doing activities (like a treasure hunt) to get to know one another better. Choosing the annual causes is always great (it’s done in the Fall as membership changes quite drastically between June and September) and the club always try to pick one local, and one international initiative to get behind. Past choices include, Human Trafficking Awareness, Food Safety, local Hospital support, and so much more. During the last year, much was achieved by this group of amazing young people ...they did something called the POP (Power of Positive) Project. The Rotary Club of Fergus Elora sponsored the costs of all materials, put the ‘packages’ together, and did deliveries and pick-ups to the homes of many children who couldn’t otherwise get involved. There was opportunity for local youth to make arts and crafts, enjoy painting and delivering rocks, and ultimately serving the community by ensuring most of the completed art work went to places where the messaging continues to uplift and inspire! In addition, they wrote cards to the front-line workers, and then to the members of the local club as a way to keep people connected and motivated to share a friendly word. The focus looking forward includes celebrating Pride Month this June, and planning ahead to 2021/22 school year with tons of new and exciting ideas. The most defining trait of the Fergus Elora Interact Club, is that it lives by the concept that kindness and service above self, really IS the Rotary Way! |
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Wightman TV - Rotary BingoOur TV Bingo will resume on Tuesday October 4, 2022. Channel 1- Wightman TV  |
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Club Members Make Donation To CRC
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CATCH THE ACE WINNERCongratulation to our jackpot winner, Rosemary Skilling of Fergus who caught the Ace of Spades in envelope #32 on draw #47 held on Aug 21/22. Thanks to all of our ticket purchasers and vendors.  From left – John Martin, Dave Evans, Bruce McLeish, Jim Gibbons, Rosemary Skilling, Janette Gajic, Leanne Iravani, Brian Bielby, and Gil Plummer. Photo by Joanne Shuttleworth |
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President's Night - Highest Recognition - Paul Harris Awards      Paul Harris Awards were presented to: Gil Plummer, Bruce McLeish, Dave Roberts, Norm Manning, Jim Gibbons and Rob Galloway |
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President's Night Pics  Left - Peter Little as our newest honorary member 21/22 Right - John Campbell - President's Recognition Award 21/22 |
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Catch the Ace VideosAll videos of Catch the Ace are located on our You Tube Channel. Click here to view.
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Rotary's 117th BirthdayROTARY INTERNATIONAL’S BIRTHDAY on FEB 23RD 2022 The world’s first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, was formed on February 23rd, 1905 by Paul Harris, an attorney who wished to capture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The Rotary name derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members offices. Rotary’s popularity spread, and within a decade, clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York to Winnipeg, Canada (chartered April 13/1912). By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents. The organization adopted the Rotary International name a year later. As Rotary grew, its mission expanded beyond serving club members’ professional and social interests. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to help serve communities in need. The Organization’s dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its motto: SERVICE ABOVE SELF. By 1925, Rotary had grown to 200 clubs with more than 20,000 members. Over the years the organization’s distinguished reputation attracted prime ministers, presidents, mayors and distinguished luminaries -among them Neil Armstrong, Angela Merkel, John Kennedy, Walt Disney, Bill and Melinda Gates Rotarians take pride in their history. In honour of that first club, Rotarians have preserved its original meeting place. Room 711 in Chicago’s Unity Building, by re-creating the office as it existed in 1905. In 1993, the R.I. Board of directors set aside a permanent home for a restored Room 711 at R.I World headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. Rotary International in 2022 now has 1.4 million Rotarians, in 130 countries with over 46,000 clubs. Happy Birthday Rotary International Feb 23, 2022 for helping others for 117 years. Thank you, Fergus-Elora Rotarians, for being part of this great organization.
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Canada Day Garden Decorating Winners |
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Canada Day Porch Decorating Contest - Winners Porch/Door Decorating Contest Winners 1rst prize winner Doug & Robin Russell, 549 Walker St. Fergus $150.00 2nd prize winner Alison & Ralph Rainford, 240 Provost Lane, Fergus $100.00 **DONATED BACK TO ROTARY *** 3rd prize winner Megan Scott, 35 Bricker Ave., Elora $50.00
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 John Campbell, Club Treasurer presents a cheque to Sally Litchfield of Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce. The Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora is pleased to sponsor the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s Rapid Screening Initiative. Through this initiative, the Centre Wellington Chamber is providing free rapid tests for small and medium-sized businesses in Wellington County.
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THIS IS WORLD IMMUNIZATION WEEK This week is World Immunization Week! Donate to support @Rotary’s fight to #EndPolio because #VaccinesWork endpol.io/give
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Award to Ted Ecclestone |
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Funding OpportunityOur 2nd funding opportunity during 2021 for the distribution of funds to local organizations is now underway. Applications can be downloaded from our website. Look for 'Home Page Download Files' on the left side of this webpage. Below is our ad as it appears in the Wellington Advertiser. While not indicated in our ad, we will consider all applications.  |
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ShelterBox Donation Earns Award |
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News About Our Interact ClubAll the members of our Rotary Interact Club created these Thank you notes designed for the hardworking Covid Team at Groves Hospital. The youth of our community continue to amaze and inspire us.
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An Additional Focus Area for UsRotary International has added Environment as an additional area of focus for Rotary. The seven focus areas are: 1. Environment
2. Community economic development 3. Basic education and literacy 4. Peacebuilding and conflict 5. Disease prevention and treatment 6. Water, sanitation and hygiene 7. Maternal and child health |
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DonationsSo that funds would not sit idle, we made a donation from our Catch the Ace draw that will re-start when it is safe to do so.  Click on 'Read more' to see an additional donation and to Like this story or make comments
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Steps to Stop the Silence Fergus Elora Rotary Club member Neil Dunsmore took the first steps to stopping the silence around mental health and suicide by walking 531 km or 330 miles from The Township of Centre Wellington to the nation’s capital Ottawa. When asked why he would take on such a challenge, Dunsmore answered with a typical Rotarian response “It’s about my community! We are 2.7 times the national average for suicide and that’s an issue for me. Someone needs to raise awareness and get this issue on everyone’s radar, the Federal Governments, the Provincial Governments and the service clubs. Our community is in crisis and when a crisis hits, we have no choice but to act. Service above self! |
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Africa Kicks Out Wild Polio VirusIn 1996, the great African leader Nelson Mandela launched the Kick Polio Out of Africa campaign with Rotary International’s support, setting out a vision for a polio-free Africa. At the time, wild polio paralysed 75,000 children each year. To protect communities from this crippling disease, African leaders, health workers, volunteers, parents, global donors and organizations united to reach every child with polio vaccines. |
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New Groves Hospital Opens
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Thank You from Big Brothers-Big Sisters |
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Club Provides $14,500. to Local Charities The $2000.00 given to the Food Bank is unique in that we provided 80 twenty-five dollar grocery gift cards to purchase food at a local grocery store. In order to keep their distance Jackie Andrews on the left and Brian Dowling on the right accepted the cards on two miniature hockey sticks. The others in the backround are co-presidents Ed Davis on the left and Bob Wright with manager of the foodbank Fred Aleksandrowicz on the right. Chair of Centre Wellington Board of Directors, Jackie Andrews mentioned this program will have a very positive impact on the people coming into the Food Bank as it gives them a chance to go and purchase some food they like. The Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora Cares |
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Happy Bucks - April 21, 2020From John Campbell: I should probably be fined for this but I picked up on the idea from Guelph Rotary on tying a red ribbon around your tree or front porch rail to show our support for the front line and essential workers. Got the word out to 195 homes here in Pine Meadows and I am happy to say that about 60% of the homes have already so and the number is growing. Very happy not only because of the red ribbon campaign but also because we live in a very caring community. That's all for this Tuesday. Send me your note anytime about why you are Happy for next week's bulletin. ..............Bruce |
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HAPPY BUCKS - April 14 2020 |
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Coronovirus InformationPlease see the following link for up to date information: |
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Weekly Draws for Catch the AceFor the video of our draws see Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora Facebook Page. You will be directed to that location by clicking here
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Pints for Polio |
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Presidents Changeover    Top Photo - Leanne Iravani receives Past Presidents pin from Ed Davis Next Photo - Co Presidents Bob Wright and Ed Davis with Leanne Iravani Next Photo - Ed Davis and Bob Wright hold Rotary theme flag for 2019-2020 Bottom Photo - Co Presidents for 2019-2020 Ed Davis and Bob Wright
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Food Bank At their Annual General Meeting, Centre Wellington Food Bank provided the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora with the Friend of the CW Food Bank Award. This was received for Hall Rental for Annual Christmas Hamper, Food Drive volunteers, and Christmas Children Book Drive.
Pictured is Leanne Iravani , President of the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora with the award. |
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Cheque Presentation Pictured above: John Martin, Vice President -Royal Canadian Legion, Fergus; Stephen Street, Groves Hospital CEO; Leanne Iravani, President-Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora; Lori Arsenault, Executive Director-Groves Hospital Foundation; Randy Graham, President- Royal Canadian Legion,Fergus and Bruce McLeish Secretary-Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora. The Rotary Club held a Catch the Ace draw to raise funds for our new hospital and help to fulfill the $500,000 pledge that the club made to the hospital. The $44,707.15 is the full net proceeds of the Catch the Ace draw. Thanks to Wellington Advertiser and Fergus Printing who helped substantially to make this draw such a success.
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Catch the Ace - Jackpot Winner The $30,000 jackpot winner on April 28, 2019 was John Fines. He holds the Ace of Spades that was contained in envelope #37 that is held by his wife Kathy. Congratulations to the winner and thanks to everyone who purchased tickets during this lottery draw. All net proceeds that will be in excess of $40,000 will be donated to Groves Hospital Foundation. Round # 2 of Catch the Ace is underway with draws every Sunday at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 275, Fergus with the 1st draw on May 5, 2019.
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Catch the Ace - Jan 20/19 - Draw Winner Jim Dixon, draw winner Jan 20/19 received a cheque for $590 from Jim Gibbons, Chair of the Catch the Ace Committee of Fergus-Elora Rotary Club. Jim Dixon hoped that his selection of envelope #3 would contain the Ace of Spades and he would have won an additional $9,553.50 that is in the jackpot. Tickets for this weekly draw are available at Fergus Legion and Dixon Home Hardware and cost $5 each. All net proceeds will go to Groves Hospital Foundation..
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Ham/Cheese Fundraiser 2018  From now till Christmas all members of the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora are selling ham and/or cheese. The ham is a premium Schneiders cooked ham approximately 4 1/2 pounds. It comes in a festive gift bag. Cost is $30. The cheese package consists of 4 blocks (each 280 g) of Balderson cheese (as indicated in the picture, 1 jar of peach chutney and 2 packages of President's Choice crackers, nicely done up in a gift bag. Cost is $35 ( which is below retail). They make excellent gifts, for family, friends and employees. Orders will be delivered to you on your requested date up to December 20. To order either ham or cheese or both and pay with Visa or Mastercard click here |
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Catch the Ace Details and RulesA "Catch the Ace" progressive (accumulating jackpot) raffle lottery is a multiple draw game in which participants purchase tickets for a chance to win: A. a percentage of the proceeds from the sale of tickets from one draw and; B. the draw winner also gets a chance to win a progressive (cumulative) jackpot by selecting a new card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. • The person who holds the winning ticket selected in each draw has an opportunity to select one playing card from the single deck of 52 playing cards. If the Ace of Spades is selected, in addition to winning a percentage of the proceeds from the draw, the person will win the progressive jackpot. • If the card selected is not the Ace of Spades, the selected card is removed from the deck and the progressive prize portion of the ticket sales for that draw is rolled over into the progressive jackpot for the next scheduled draw. • The licensee conducts the scheduled events until the Ace of Spades has been selected and the progressive jackpot has been awarded. • Tickets are valid only for the draw they are purchased for. Once the draw is complete, the non-winning tickets are removed from the draw container and a new series of tickets will be sold for the next draw. Rules for Catch the Ace - Round 4 - Commencing Dec 11, 2022 Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora Catch the Ace – Rules of Play Prizes and Distribution
Prizes will be allocated each Sunday
Sales and Tickets
Group Play (In-Person Sales Only) ● Group play is considered more than 2 individuals names on a ticket ● The person in charge of the group (the captain) will print their first name and surname on a ticket followed by the word “captain” in brackets after their surname ● The name of the group should be printed on the back of the ticket ● Any winnings will be paid to the captain of the group. The captain will be the person responsible for the fair and equitable distribution of prize money among the group play members. Draws
Mon. 2 PM to 6 PM Tues. to Thurs. 2 PM to 11 PM Fri. 1 PM to 11 PM Sat. 12 PM to 10 PM Sun 12 PM to 5 PM
Catch the Ace - Draw Preparation:
Card Draw Week 52
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Catch the Ace — Special Circumstances:
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Rotary Bingo on Wightman TVThanks to all our bingo players who played TV bingo in the Fergus and Elora area during the past year. We will be returning near the end of October 2018 on Wightman TV channel 1 on Monday nights. A huge thank you also to our sellers of bingo cards who gave their commission back to the club so that we could help worthy charities in our community. We hope that you will continue to shop in their stores. These card sellers were:  CANADIAN TIRE, 950 TOWER ST SOUTH,FERGUS--------------------------------------------------------  ZEHRS, 800 TOWER ST SOUTH,FERGUS------------------------------------------------  DIXON HOME HARDWARE BUILDING CENTRE 745 ST DAVID ST NORTH, FERGUS ----------------------------------------------------  COLDWELL BANKER GRAND HOMES REALTY 162 ST ANDREW ST EAST, FERGUS ----------------------------------------------------  WIGHTMAN 490 ST ANDREW ST WEST, FERGUS ---------------------------------
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Award Luncheon on May 29, 2018 |
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Donation to KidsAbility Charmaine Brown of KidsAbility receives a cheque from Leanne Iravani, Club President. Funds are to be used on their 6 and Up children's program.
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Spring Gala |
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Tree Planting on April 28, 2018
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Donation to Child Witness Centre Leanne Iravani, President of Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora presents a cheque to Laura Muirhead, Executive Director of Child Witness Centre.
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Donation to Special Needs Soccer Pat Espina of Fergus Elora District Soccer receives a cheque from Leanne Iravani, President of the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora. The cheque is for the special needs soccer program.
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Donation to Fergus Elora Senior Trans.jpg) Don Doyle, Treasurer of Fergus Elora Senior Trans receives a cheque from Leanne Iravani, President of the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora
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Donation to Community Resource Centre Leanne Iravani, centre, presented a cheque to Lindsay Cowan, Supervisor of Early ON and Alyssa Cunningham, Supervisor of Outreach and Support Services of Community Resource Centre. $1200 will be used for books for the Literacy program, $500 toward startup of Memory Cafe. and $1500 for swim passes.
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Donation to Big Brothers-Big Sisters Mar 27/18 - Kristen Drexler, Executive Director of Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Centre Wellington receive a $1500 cheque from Leanne Iravani, President of Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora. Funds were used towards the first ever URU Camp in Centre Wellington that is designed toward Grade 5 and 6 students.
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Annual Children's Christmas Party){kind=small}  December 19, 2017 - A number of children from KidsAbility joined in with our related young ones to have lunch and meet Santa at our Annual Children's Christmas Party with KidsAbility. |
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Awards Presented at Christmas Party
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Free Movie Viewing |
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Free Public Skating |
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The Model of GivingA strong role model can make all the difference during a child’s formative years. For Bob Grant, his father Roy set the standard as a Charter member of the Mount Forest Lions Club and by serving his community in humanitarian needs.
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Ham/Cheese Fall Fundraiser.png) .png) From now till Christmas all members of the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora are selling ham and/or cheese. The ham is a premium Schneiders cooked ham approximately 4 1/2 pounds. This size is not available in retail stores and has been made especially for us. It comes in a festive cello gift bag. Cost is $30. The cheese package consists of 3 biocks (each 280 g) of Balderson cheese (extra old, old and medium) 1 block of PC Gouda cheese, 1 stick of dry sausage, and 2 packages of President's Choice crackers, nicely done up in a gift bag. Cost is $35 ( which is below retail). They make excellent gifts, for family, friends and employees. Orders will be delivered to you on your requested date up to December 22. To order either ham or cheese or both and pay with Visa or Mastercard click here. |
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Ham and/or Cheese FundraiserThe Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora is running a fundraiser that starts in mid-October and runs to mid-November. All members of the club solicit your support to help us to raise funds for our many community and International projects. Hams can be purchased at a cost of $30. These hams are approximately 4 1/2 pounds, are made by Schneiders, are fully cooked and are a size that cannot be purchased in grocery stores. They make excellent Christmas gifts for yourself, your employees, relatives and friends. They come packaged in a festive cello bag. They will be delivered to you on your choice of dates up to December 31, 2017. Your order and payment in advance by Visa or Mastercard can be made by clicking here. Cheese assortment packages can also be purchased at a cost of $35. The cheese is Balderson brand and comes in packages of 280 g. Included in the assortment is a package of medium, old, extra old and PC Gouda cheese (200 g) along with 1 package of President's Choice garlic crackers, 1 package of President's Choice rosemary crackers and a stick of premium dry Italian salami. They come packaged in a festive cello bag. They will be delivered to you on your choice of dates up to December 22, 2017. Your order and payment in advance by Visa or Mastercard can be made by clicking here. |
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Funding RequestsThe Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora considers funding requests from other community organizations on a semi-annual basis. These requests will be considered in April and October each year and must be requested by completion of an application form that is available for download. The application form for requests that will be considered in April 2019 is now available in "Word" format and in "pdf" format by download under "Home Page Download Files" on the left side of this page. |
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Funding RequestsThe Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora considers funding requests from other community organizations on a semi-annual basis. These requests will be considered in April and October each year and must be requested by completion of an application form that is available for download. The application form for requests that will be considered in October 2018 is now available in "Word" format and in "pdf" format by download under "Home Page Download Files" on the left side of this page. The closing date is October 19. 2018. |
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Funding RequestsThe Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora considers funding requests from other community organizations on a semi-annual basis. These requests will be considered in April and October each year and must be requested by completion of an application form that is available for download. The application form for requests that will be considered in April 2018 is now available in "Word" format and in "pdf" format by download under "Home Page Download Files" on the left side of this page. |
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Member BBQ Aug 15/17- Thanks to Don Vallery and Pine Meadows Retirement Community, we were able to use the community hall and facilities for our member and guest BBQ. A good time and excellent food was enjoyed by all. |
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Canada Day Quilt DrawThank you to everyone who purchased a ticket in the draw for the quilt. The quilt was won by R. Wheatley of Fergus who had the winning ticket #0130.
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Donation to KidsAbility.jpg) Jun 20/17-Charmaine Brown from KidsAbility receives a cheque from President Jim Waites. Funds are to be used for their "6 and up" program in Fergus that is estimated to cost $10,000. |
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Visit of District Governor.png) Oct 10/17 - Leanne Iravani, Club President provided a Polioplus thank you certificate to District Governor, Kathleen Dick who visited the club on her annual official visit. |
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Donation to S.H.A.R.E..png) Oct 10/17- Les Frayne from S.H.A.R.E. Foundation received a club cheque for $2,000. to help with that organizations international water projects. Also in the photo is Club President Leanne Iravani and Marg Frayne. |
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Donation to The Door Jun 13/17- Doug Calder from "The Door" operated by Highland Youth for Christ was presented with a $1,000 cheque for youth programming. |
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Donation to Wellington Centre for Sustainable Agriculture Jun 13/17- Valerie Tibbles representing Wellington Centre for Sustainable Agriculture was presented with a cheque in the amount of $750 by Club President Jim Waites. Funds will be used to build a cob pizza oven on their premises. |
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Canada Day Handmade Quilt Draw WIN “Canada 150”“Heirloom” Queen Size Quilt Draw: July 1 – Canada Day Picnic & Fireworks FERGUS SPORTSPLEX  TICKETS: $5 each OR 3 for $10 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT FERGUS SENIORS’ CENTRE Victoria Park Seniors Centre 150 Albert Street West, Fergus OR FROM ANY ROTARIAN - After June 1/2017 Quilt was Hand-made by Craft Group Victoria Park Seniors’ Centre |
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Canada Day 2017 |
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Donation to KidsAbility.jpg) Jim Waites, Club President presented a $5,174.00 and $250.00 to Lisa Talbot, CEO of KidsAbility Foundation. The larger amount is the second half of a donation that was approved last spring for a speech pathologist on a part time basis at the Fergus location. The smaller amount was to put together a pilot program for boys in Fergus with disabilities for socialization. |
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Donation to Spark of Brilliance Jim Waites, Club President presented a $1,000 cheque to Margaret Hill of Spark of Brilliance. The funds will be used for art and other material used in putting on workshops that are open to anyone but are particularly geared to those individuals who are coping with mental health issues.The organization aims to bring together those who might otherwise be socially isolated.Many of the attendees live below the poverty line, most being on disability pensions. The workshops promote an atmosphere of acceptance and a sense of accomplishment and well-being.
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Donation to Centre Wellington Food Bank Jim Waites, Club President, presented $1,000 cheque to Centre Wellington Food Bank Chair, Jackie Andrews. The funds being provided are used by the food bank to partly cover the cost of renting space in Centre Wellington Sportsplex for their Christmas Hamper Program. A Township grant is no longer available for this rental.
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Donation to Father's Heart Healing Ministries Jim Waites, Club President presented a $1,000 cheque to Maggie Baratto and Vanessa Belanger from Father's Heart Healing Ministries. That organization operates a residence home for women exiting human trafficking, the sex trade and addiction. Funds will be used to purchase tables, chairs, hair salon equipment for new salon for hair and make up to be established as a part of their operations. This will assist in the increase of self esteem in their clients through appropriate self-image and self-care. |
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Donation to Community Resource Centre Jim Waites, Club President presented a cheque for $2,700 cheque to Alissa Cunningham and Ron MacKinnon from Community Resource Centre. $1,500 of the funds will be used to purchase swim passes for children age 1-19. Last year, 90 children from 39 families were enabled to engage in a healthy activity within walking distance of most individuals. The balance of $1,200 will be used to purchase books for young mothers as part of a kit to build literacy in young children. |
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Donation to The DoorJun 13/17- Doug Calder from "The Door" operated by Highland Youth for Christ was presented with a $1,000 cheque for youth programming |
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Donation to Count Down to Canada Day.jpg) Jim Waites, Club President presented a $1,500 cheque to Marilyn Abraham for Count Down to Canada Day Program in Fergus. |
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Donation to Friends of the Grand River.jpg) Friends of the Grand River represented by Jason King and Terry Ryckman were presented with a cheque by Club President Jim Waites. $1,962 will be used toward the planting of new trees along the river and $500 will be used to assist with the deep water fish habitat. |
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Ham & Cheese Fundraiser Ham or Cheese for your own use, or give as Christmas gifts, all profits to charity
Call Bruce McLeish 519-846-5725 or any of our members.
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John Jefferson cooking steak. |
Rick Roberts getting some wieners and sausage ready to eat. |
Dorothy Henson was presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship (Rotary's highest honour) by Jim Dixon. |
Volunteers for Rotary events during the past year were presented with thank-you certificates. |
Donation to S.H.A.R.E Agriculture Foundation
Leanne Iravani, Director of International Service, Marg Frayne from SHARE, Jim Waites, President of Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora and Les Frayne, Project Manager from SHARE. A cheque for $3,000 was presented by the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora to S.H.A.R.E. Agriculture Foundation for the purchase of 44 eco water filters for 44 families (250 people) in a remote area of Guatemala where young community members help to improve conditions in their underserviced communities.
There are few supports to communities in this area of Guatemala and the project work is done in Mayan villages which are very isolated and impoverished. All but a few of the communities are accessible by long and difficult jungle trails. A few communities are accessible by boat. The families grow corn on the hillsides to feed their families. Some families have a pig or some free range chickens or turkeys. Some that live nearer the water are fishermen. The homes are traditional thatched huts with dirt floors and wooden walls. Women cook on open fires in the hut. The water in many of the villages is sourced from streams and springs sometimes at a distance from the villages and it is polluted. Families suffer from recurring intestinal illnesses from using this water.
Donation to KidsAbility
Linda Kenny, CEO of KidsAbility receives a cheque from Fergus-Elora Rotary Club President Jim Waites. The funds will be used to assist KidsAbility to provide a speech and language therapist at their Fergus office on a part time basis. Over the years, the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora has been a strong supporter of KidsAbility for the work that they do in supporting families and children.
2016 Elementary School Awards
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For a number of years, the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora has provided a Community Service Award to a graduating student from each of the local elementary schools. The above picture is Leah Hutchinson, a student of John Black Public School who received the award that was recently presented at their graduation ceremony in June 2016. Congratulations to Leah and all of the other students in Fergus and Elora who received this award.
Donation to Michael House Pregnancy Care Centre
Dave Beynon and President Ed Davis present a cheque for $3,000. to Michael House Pregnancy Care Centre, 187 Bristol Street, Guelph. The centre serves women not only in Guelph but Wellington County. Funds will be used to equip their teaching room at their newly opened supportive housing building. Funds will be used for board room table and chairs, refinish floors and paint the room and the purchase of audio visual equipment.
Canada Day 2016 Sponsors
A HUGE THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
Township of Centre Wellington
Zehrs
Canadian Tire
Meridian Credit Union
Scotiabank
RBC
CIBC
TD Canada Trust
BMO
Ostic Insurance
Ecclestone Financial
Bamford Electric Inc.
Highland Pines Campground
Ron Wilkins Jewellers
Ward Hearing Service
Geo-Solar System
Coldwell Banker Grand Realty
Dr. Bob Wright Veterinary Services
Heritage River Retirement Residence
CW Ball Hockey
Wightman Telecom
Wrighthaven Homes
Club Honours Charter Members
Cecil Wolfe and Bruce Oldfield are both Charter Members of the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora. The club was officially chartered on May 26, 1966 and they have now been members for 50 years. At a 50th anniversary club luncheon on May 31, 2016, they were presented with special gifts in commemoration of this event.
Donation to Centre Wellington Food Bank
Past President Paul Rogers and President Ed Davis make a presentation to Jackie Andrews of Centre Wellington Food Bank. Funds from the donation are used to assist with rental costs of space at Centre Wellington Sportsplex for their Christmas hamper program.
Donation to Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning Centre
Past President Bob Wright and President Ed Davis make a presentation to Alissa Gibson representing Sunrise Therapeutic Riding & Learning Centre. Some of the funds will be used to purchase ribbons for their annual horse show. Regardless of where they place, the ribbons are all stunning and the children are thrilled to receive them. Many of the riders have never before had an experience of winning an activity, so it is a special moment. The other part of the funds will be used to purchase new feed bowls and hanging water buckets as well as grooming supplies for the therapy horses.
Award from Shelterbox
Donation to Grand River Conservation Foundation
President Ed Davis makes a presentation to Sara Wilbur, Executive Director, and Richard Seibel, Board Member, of Grand River Conservation Foundation on behalf of the club. These funds will support the development of the new Guelph Lake Nature Centre, which supports about 1,100 students from the Centre Wellington Area each year (in 2014, thirty-one elementary classes and ten classes from Centre Wellington District High School.) Students at the Centre make essential connections with nature at a time when children no longer simply go out and play; the lessons learned there increase their interest in the outdoors, foster self-reliance and encourage our community’s young people to become our next generation of environmental ambassadors. Exposure to the outdoors helps promote physical and mental health in kids, reduces anxiety and offers young people who may not thrive in a traditional learning environment to feel good about their accomplishments.
Guest Speaker – Robin Smart of the Alzheimer Society of Waterloo Wellington
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Funding Requests
The Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora considers funding requests from other community organizations on a semi-annual basis. These requests will be considered in April and October each year and must be requested by completion of an application form that is available for download. The application form for requests that will be considered in early April 2017 and is now available in "Word" format by download under "Home Page Download Files" on the left side of this page.
New Member: Dave Bamford
Classification Speach: Sheryl Palmer
Rotary's Push To End Polio Now
Induction of Steven Cormier by Graham Giddy.
Photos
Guest Speaker: Norm Lichfield-Water Projects
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Boys and their Toys
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Rotary International
30 Years of Rotary's Fight to End Polio
Member Induction: Rhonda Schnurr-Smith
Guest Speaker: Ron MacKinnon
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Rotary's Committment
Rotarians have not only been present for major events in history—we’ve been a part of them. From the beginning, three key traits have remained strong throughout Rotary:
We’re truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Today we’re working together from around the globe both digitally and in-person to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems.
We persevere in tough times. During WWII, Rotary clubs in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Japan were forced to disband. Despite the risks, many continued to meet informally and following the war’s end, Rotary members joined together to rebuild their clubs and their countries.
Our commitment to service is ongoing. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. By 2012, only three countries remain polio-endemic—down from 125 in 1988
Donation to Child Witness Centre
Past President Bob Wright and President Ed Davis present a cheque for $1,000. to Linda Mark of Child Witness Centre. Funds will be used toward their 2017 Youth Symposium for up to 1500 Grade Eight students and teachers in Guelph and Wellington County of which 230 are from Fergus and Elora.
During the course of the day students and teachers have the opportunity to hear 3 inspiring speakers. Key messages include: You can be the change ! It takes ONE to make a difference ! Step outside your comfort zone and try new things ! Be an 'energy giver' not an 'energy taker' ! Students are given tools and strategies to help them face challenges in their own lives as they enter high school, a key point in their development.