Whats New at Brighton Rotary today:
Next board meeting will be held at R Steve B' home April 25th
Elizabeth and her children will arrive in Canada June 4
Brighton Rotary together with the six Rotary Clubs in Northumberland County will plant 500 trees in our communities this fall.
ENSS Environmental Club Earth Day event April 22 in Memorial Park a big success and Rotary Club of Brighton participated - advertised planing trees. Thank you letter received from Ms. Falla
Rotary Adult spelling Bee held at Trenton Rotary April 15 a lot of fun even though we bowed out early.
Bowl for Kids Sake - Big Brothers Big Sisters - at Brighton May 15 at 6pm to 7:30pm. R Emily volunteered to organize with R Clay.
Diners and Duffers books available for sale now. Sales going well but limited books still available.
Our 2024/25 outbound youth exchange student Elena attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Symposium last weekend
Our 2024/25 inbound youth exchange student will be a young lady from Finland, to arrive mid August.
Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup April 27 - Rotarians will meet at Constructed wetland viewing platform parking lot on Saturday April 27th at 10am
Walleye Fishing Derby May 3 to 5. Brighton weigh station volunteers include Rotarians and Knights of Columbus. Derby training by Trenton Kiwanis to be held April 24 at 6pm at Trenton DBIA office. Duty roster circulated.
District Assembly - June 1, 2024 from 8am to 2pm at Centennial College Event Centre 8th floor, 937 Progress Avenue, Toronto.
Rotary Leadership Institute - in person all three parts available - April 20th in Scarborough Centennial College Event Centre. Starts at 8:30am to 4:30pm
Vision statement
Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Members in attendance today: 7 Correspondence:
Guests: Rotarian Exchange Student Gabriel from Brazil, Cathy Herrington and Marilyn Edmonds.
1. DG John Burns weekly news letter.
2. Received thank you letter from Health Outreach for Rotary's donation to support dental missions to Guatemala earlier this year.
3. New version of Club Runner being rolled out and training is available on-line.
4. Request for support for Humans for Education to empower women in Kenya to break the cycle of poverty.
5. Update about Eye2Eye Film Festival presentation to ENSS students.
6. From the Campbellford Rotary Club upcoming events (see attached posters) - Roast Turkey Dinner and entertainment April 26 and Car tour June 167. Bowmanville Rotary Club celebrating 100 years
8. ENSS Graduation will be Thursday June 27 at 1pm.
Membership Application: Membership application received from Audrey Koerber. Members have 7 days to file with Secretary any objections in writing explaining objection and reasons.
Please remember this – “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way”
Smile: 
A wife buys a dozen underwear of the same colour for her hubby. The hubby protests saying, "Why buy me the same colour? People will think I never change underwear!"
Wive asked, "Which people?"
There was total silence....
Song: This Land is Your Land
Sharing Pot: $21 won by R Clay who donated it to the Elizabeth fund.
What are we Happy About: enlightening presentation, cool stuff quilting, grand mother's quilt used and never knew how it was made, sad buck having to put dog down, getting up to share with us at an ungodly hour, interesting presentation, very educational, chickens arrived, to appreciate skills more common long ago..
Rotary Minute:
The Environmental Action Committee (EAC) for District 7070 was established in the 2020-21 Rotary year to facilitate Rotary’s enhanced focus on environmental sustainability. The overall goal of the Committee is to promote tangible environmental actions by Rotary, Rotaract, and Interact clubs in helping to protect and restore our natural world.
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The term “Environment” is very broad and open to interpretation. It is often viewed through different lenses, e.g.: Physical elements: land, water, atmosphere and ecosystems
Environmental issues: energy consumption, green house gas emissions, pollution, habitat loss, packaging, plastics, waste, climate change, land degradation, toxics, water quality, etc.
Sources of environmental pressures: transportation, agriculture, urban systems, manufacturing processes, residential/commercial infrastructure, and individual/aggregate use of resources.
Regardless of how we frame the “environment”, protecting and restoring our natural environment requires individual and collaborative actions among all actors within society. At the core of this effort are the local actions within communities. This is where Rotarians, as people of action, will become the agents for bringing about the needed change.
The Focus of the District EAC
The District 7070 EAC is a resource for the District and its clubs in their quest for greater engagement with the environment. Accordingly, the focus of the EAC is to:
Be a catalyst for the District to play a significant role in Rotary’s 7th Area of Focus, Supporting the Environment, launched in July 2021
- Act as a resource for the District and clubs on environmental projects and issues
- Promote educational and awareness building activities about the environment
- Build partnerships with other groups to advance Rotary’s interest in the environment
- Promote policies and best practices for greening Rotary’s activities