The mission of Rotaract is to provide an opportunity for men and women to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address the physical and social needs of their communities, and to promote better relations between all people worldwide through a framework of friendship and service.
You are invited to visit us at an upcoming meeting.
Clubrunner is up and running, we will be doing a training session on April 1st. Please login and add a profile picture! Make sure your birthday and membership anniversary are correct.
Social Committee:
Social Update:
We have had wonderful turnout for our socials! Whether it be our Halloween party, our ugly holiday sweater dinner, The Keg Steakhouse, or Corisa's house party. We have held our after meeting socials at a variety of local spots including Kenzington's Burger Bar, Donaleigh's Irish Public House, Grillicious, and Flying Monkey's! Thanks everyone for coming to support!
Community Service International:
C.S.I Update:
Are you smarter than a Rotaractor? Come find out at our trivia night hosted by Town Trivia at Redline Brewery on March 12th @ 7:30 pm! There will be alcoholic beverages, food, prizes and more... Tickets $15. All proceeds go to Barrie Youth Haven.
Day of Giving: Do you need help in tackling a small chore or small job? We can help! On April 25th Rotaract will be helping with small jobs such as windows, gardening, yard work, painting, cleaning and more!
Rally for the Kids: Come out and join the Barrie Rotaract Club for their annual Volleyball tournament in June! All levels are welcome. (Date and information to be confirmed) It will be in June.
Membership Update: March 18th- Open house Meeting @ Kenzingtons 6:30-11. Invite friends and colleagues. Fellowship, food, and fun! Keep a look out for our new club brochure to help promote our club to the community. Let us know what makes you feel engaged. We want to know!
Professional Development Update:
Upcoming speakers:
April 1st - Women’s and Children's Shelter: Kelly wishes to provide the club background information on what exactly the shelter does and how they do it, aswell, we have asked her to highlight the shelter’s funding needs and how additional funding would be spent. *This also could lead to a potential discussion point with the club regarding the difference between restricted and unrestricted contributions.
April 15th - Fred Dobbs NVCA (Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority) Fred wishes to discuss the upcoming tree planting organized by Lauren.
Their mission:
to protect, enhance and restore water.
to protect, enhance and restore land.
to protect life and property from flooding and erosion.
to provide educational and recreational opportunities for the public.
to partner with our Watershed Municipalities, provincial/federal agencies, Conservation Ontario, and other interested stakeholders to achieve mutual goals
3. April 29th - Heidi-Marie: Founder of LuAna's Bookshelf. LuAna's Bookshelf is dedicated to raising money for schools all over the world by empowering children to help take control of their own education.Heidi travels the world to find poor schools in desperate need of funding. Together with the children of these schools, she creates storybooks to sell and raise money for their school. No two books are the same. Every illustration within the book is a collaboration, each element drawn by different children from the school. The books also contain special elements relating to the specific country they were created in, and each book is printed both in English and the language of the children printed just below, allowing the reader to experience the many languages of this world. By being part of the creation of these books, the children feel that they are in control of their education and their future.
Additional Speaker Ideas: The committee has been in contact with Habitat for Humanity Huronia - potential volunteer opportunity for the club (especially those who enjoy the physical labour aspect)
Public Relations
Committee now has designated tasks - Becca will be doing event posting and website maintenance. Rebecca will be doing social interactions including, liking sharing and commenting on other community posts. Alex will be doing the newsletter.
We have a beautiful new pull-up banner to showcase the 4 way test and our charter date.
We also have a new newsletter (obvs hehe)!!!
Rotary/Interact Club Updates:
2 Rotaractors can attend Barrie-Huronia meetings for free each week.
We are still looking for people to sign up for Interact meetings.
