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Xmas home decorating contestPalgrave Christmas Home decorating Contest Palgrave Rotary runs a Holiday time home decorating contest every year in the village. This contest has been done for the last 10 years and rewards 3 homes. The judging this year was conducted by Anne Cairns who was one of the winners last year. The 3 homes that were picked this year by our judge were: 1st place: 22 Westview Cr. Ann Williams 2nd place: 76 Buckstown Trail Lavina Dastur Honorary Mention: 45 McGuire Trail Beth Pugliese Each one of the winners received a gift certificate from one of the generous companies: Taste of Freedom Tottenham Legacy Pine Golf Club Palgrave Caledon Hill Brewing Co. Palgrave Also the 1st place winner gets a plaque trophy with their name imprinted on the plaque and can keep this plaque in their home till next year’s contest. Palgrave Rotary would like to thank all the sponsors that supplied the gift certificates and all other sponsors that also so generously gave donations for the Christmas Tree Litghting event that is run every year in Palgrave. Without their help we could not run these 2 coordinated events. |
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Donation to Caledon Community ServicesThe following is a note from CCS (Caledon Community Services) to Palgrave Rotary. It's so nice to see the donations in action. Hello Raphael, a heartfelt and warm thank you to you and Palgrave (Caledon) Rotary for your incredible gift of $ 2040 in gift cards. Your kindness will directly touch many lives right here at home! Please share our gratitude with all Palgrave Rotarians! I know that my thank you might not mean much. But I thank you on behalf of Sandy*, a single Mom of two, who now does not have to choose between paying the rent or putting food on the table – thanks to you. I thank you on behalf of John*, a local Caledon senior, who will now have a special holiday meal thanks to you. And I thank you on behalf of five-year old Juliet*, who now has a full lunchbox thanks to you (even Oreos, her favourite treat). Did you know that one third of our food bank clients are children? We can only be there for our neighbours in need thanks to you. Thank you so much for being in our corner. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season ahead, and hope to see you soon too. Thank you for your kindness! |
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New Meeting quartersWe would like to thank Carl Nissen for opening his studio on Gore rd. to allow Palgrave Rotary to meet when the town could not help. The cabin is called The Light House and is used for meditation groups and assorted special events. Thank you,Carl. caledonholisticservices.com.
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Graduation AwardPalgrave Rotary was glad to award to 2 graduating students from the Robert F Hall Secondary School. Elaine Moynihan and Natalie Merekwe are the deserving students. Congradulations to both of you and wishing you continued success for many years to come.   |
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Palgrave Community ClockHey you all that have been wondering when our Rotary Palgrave Community Clock was going to be fix and reset. Well that was done this week after nearly 2 years of communication with the firehall, the town and the manufacturer of the clock, Rotary finaly succeeded. The cost for the repair was extensive and the town agreed to cover half the cost of repair with Rotary. Lets all hope it will survive again for another 18 years. Enjoy the service.
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Wines of the World event.Join us to help better serve our community.
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Palgrave Rotary Hosts Wines of the World 2022Ticket sales are now open for our Palgrave Rotary Wines of the World 2022 ! Tickets are available online at www.rotarywow.com ! From Sept 1st 2022, groups of 10 tickets, get a package discount of $50 ! |
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New membersPresident Dennis is happy to welcome 2 new members to our club. Nichole Piluso and Janice Bezanson. Both ladies have already been involved in our Tree Lighting event and our sale event of Xmas trees and Poinsettias. Welcome ladies to our club and wish you both a successful and enjoyable membership.
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Palgrave Rotary Xmas tree lighting eventOur Christmas Tree Lighting event that took place on Dec 4tth was a real success with over 250 people attending. Christmas songs performing contest for young people was mastered by Nichole Piluso as the MC. The Chuck Wagon served free food for all. The Girl Guides and the Ontario Rural Skills Network entertained the children with crafts. The home decorating contest was won by The Dawson/ Moody Family 1 Herriot St.followed by The Bankuti/Raso Family 11 Munroe St in second place. Of course, Santa arrived with his 2 Elves riding a beautifully decorated sleigh on wheels and pulled by a lite up decorated tractor. The total event was a success thanks to all the volunteers of the Palgrave Rotary Club.
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Chriistmas Tree and Poinsettia SalePlease participate in the selling of our Xmas trees and Poinsettias. See below for details.  |
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Victory House Woman's ShelterPalgrave Rotary is very proud to have been part of the setting up of the Bridge House which is a part of the whole project known as Victory House Women's Shelter in Caledon East. We supported the project by donating over $11000 that was partly our funds and funds from Palgrave Families that wanted to also help out by participating in this fund. These funds were used to mainly construct and furnish with appliances the kitchen area including the dining table and chairs that were also donated by a local family. Should you wish to get involved with this project in some ways just get in touch with Pat Valliere at:
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Rotary Park EmbellishmentIn our little Village of Palgrave the local Rotary club bought a rusty old used container to securely hold all the necessary equipment to create and maintain the skating surfaces on the local pond which is maintained by dedicated people from our community such as Ken Hunt. Palgrave Rotary members painted the container in a deep blue and we asked two local artists to paint up a design on the side of the container at no cost. (See the Pics).
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Donna Bolt RecognitionPalgrave Rotary Club is pleased to honor Donna Bolt for having dedicated herself for 8 years, taking care of the Rotary Clock Garden on Hiway 50 in Palgrave. As a member of this community, she dedicated herself to purchasing, planting and maintaining plants and grass surrounding the clock. Palgrave community thanks you and we are happy to present to you a gift certificate from Glen Echo. We should also thank Gord Barr (an honorary member of our club) who was there to assist you.
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What Rotary is NOTHere is the real status of Palgrave Rotary. Try it on you might like it.  |
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Selling Xmas trees /poinsettiasA new project for our club this year was the sale of Christmas Trees and Poinsettias via the internet. One of our members, Angie McDowell, took on the job of pulling this event together. It was a total success with a sold-out situation. The chuckwagon was also part of the 2 days of the sale and our member, Brenda Alderdice, made sure it would work out smoothly with free food for all the customers that were picking up their Christmas trees and Poinsettias that were preordered. All in all, it was a success all around.   |
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Our new storage containerWith the help of master painter Dan Petre and of our 3 members ( Angie McDowell, Paul Galer and Dennis Foss) we redefined our 20 ft sea container sitting in our Rotary Park area on hwy 50 from a rusty piece of metal to a beautiful dark blue container. We will now plan to decorate the side of the container with painted designs and our logo. Thanks also to Aldrey Ricardo, Ian Kittle, Gord Barr and Imtiaz Ahmad whom participated in sanding down and polishing this rusted container. Also the neighbor, Brad Vanlenthe connected and supply the hose and water to clean our container. The job is done and a good one it is. See on attached. Thanks gang. Bernie
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Celebration Year end Changeover nightOn June 24th, 2020 Palgrave Rotary celebrated our year-end Change Over event. We had 24 members that participated on a Zoom meeting celebrating the past year's achievement and welcoming a new president, Jeff Ercul and his new board of directors. The celebration also recognized and thank special members and our past president Ian Kittle for managing a very difficult year. The following special awards were presented to :
Ross Farrelly presented a celebration on the life of Pat Clifford who passed away this year. Pat joined our club 33 years ago. Angie McDowell was inducted as our first new member for the 2020-2021 year. An inscribed plaque with gavel was presented to our Past President, Ian Kittle thanking him for his dedication and hard work as our President for the year 2019-2020. Doug Nicholson did his Minute of the Week presentation for 3 or 4 minutes which was appreciated.... Our past president Ian reviewed the whole year by going over most of our events and meetings. It made the past year a very real and full of the achievements we all participated in. We all had a great evening on Zoom and I apologize for the photos attached considering the poor quality of some of them but Zoom will be Zoom. Bernie Rochon |
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Generous donation to a better PalgraveThe Palgrave Rotary club has been approached by a very generous Palgrave family wanting to donate a significant amount of money to go towards a project that would embellish or improve our Palgrave community in some ways. Things like lighting for the pond on Hwy 50, some kind roofed stage in one of our parks for events, bicycle repair station (tools and air pump), summer musical concert by the pond, and more. We are looking for suggestions. Put your imaginative thinking cap on and write to us here or on our Palgrave Rotary Facebook site. https://www.facebook.com/PalgraveRotary/ The following suggestions have already been submitted by Denis. We need more. Thank you from all of us to all of you. Bernie Zebra-crossing at the convenience store (it would be safer to cross the street to the cars on the other side)
- Public BBQs and picknick tables for get-togethers - A dock in the pond. For a little walk over the water, swimming (is that actually possible in the pond?) and/or lunching paddelboats/rawing boats - Public toilet next to the pond - More waste bins - Book/DVD/Games sharing station - Palgrave Community Potluck event, Big Band evening, Swing in Palgrave, Local musicians sing for the area (some day in the future) - Torch-lit/lantern walk at one of the trails - Archery/Crossbow Range - Barefoot path - Little Community Centre/Hall - Drinking water fountain (no chlorine taste, please ;-)) - Blackboard with information and offers from local producers and businesses. Or a "who is who" about different personalities from here. - A community garden with shared places and family sponsorships. - A herb garden. Don't buy them in the supermarket - get them fresh in Palgrave - An information board about the different animals in and around the pond. |
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Imtiaz for Palgrave Rotary working with Indigenous communities Indigenous Peoples Partnership of Rotary Clubs (A Bird’s Eye View of Services and Projects)
IPPC has also been offering bursaries open to students in all Indigenous Peoples communities in Canada. Rotary Club of Palgrave has completed the processing applications it received this year. One student has been selected for award to study at a university and one at a community college. Other clubs in the IPPC cluster are also engaged in making similar awards. |
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Our club has been active... Welcome to our club as a new member Denis Foss. We are pleased to induct you and look forward to your friendship and help. Thanks Brenda and Imtiaz for shopping for the Lego sets. The club did agree for the $500 purchase of these sets that are destined to the Nibinamik Education Centre which is located 500 km north of Thunderbay. Imtiaz generously agreed to pay for the shipping. Thanks Imtiaz for your support. Our road signs administrators have again set up a new messages inviting the community to attend our Wines of The World event which will take place on June 5th. Thanks for keeping us all informed Bill Clarke and Doug Nicholson.
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Paul Harris Fellow awarded to John Coxr The presentation of Paul Harris Fellow recognition is The Rotary Foundation’s way of expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs. It is named for Rotary’s founder, a Chicago lawyer, who started our organization with three business associates in 1905. One of our member John Cox was awarded this recognition because of his generous participation and donations towards many of our projects. President Ian Kittle presented the award to John. Congratulations to you and many thanks for your many years of service John.
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Donation to the Caledon LibraryOur director of Social Events, Brenda Alderdice and our President Ian Kittle were proud to present a $2000 donation to the Caledon Library to help them out with their new programs. Mary Maw and Colleen Lipp accepted the donation in the name of the Caledon Library at our last meeting.  |
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Haunted Firehall for HalloweenBrenda Alderdice and her Chuckwagon crew were part of and serviced the Halloween Haunted Firehall which was organised by The Albion Collision and of course a large crew of our Palgrave Firefighters. The entire event was a great success with more than 500 people attending.    |
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100 Women Care for Caledon We were very proud to host "100 Women Care for Caledon " at our meeting last night. The Bolton Rotary Club also joined us for that event which is always fun to do. Thank you for helping Caledon "100 Women Care for Caledon " . Your donations to local charities (more than $80,000) over the past 3 years have certainly help our community.  |
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President Ian visiting English clubsPresident Ian attends Rotary Meeting at the Rayleigh Mill Rotary Club, Rayleigh, Essex, England in October, 2019, meeting two other Presidents  |
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Evening GalaPalgrave Rotary Evening Gala. Please SHARE. Thank you. Bernie
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Rotarian of the year awardPalgrave Rotary awarded the Rotarian of the year for our club last week. President Ian presented the award to Jeff Ercul at our bi weekly meeting. Congratulations Jeff, it was well deserved. Bernie
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BBQ at Hudspeth and Dean Thanks to Darrell and Helena for hosting again this year a very well attended BBQ with 42 guests. Michele Belanger and Allison Rende catered a very beautiful dinner eaten outside in the impressive gardens of Helena and Darrell. President Ian was very proud to be able to present to us all 11 members of his family. Thanks to Natalie, Mary and Imtiaz for coordinating and running the evening. Cheers. Bernie
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Bethel Hospice VolunteersBethel Hospice celebrated Volunteer Week by creating a celebration dinner and inviting all their volunteers. Palgrave Rotary's Chuck Wagon participated in furnishing this dinner and Warren and Cheryl May were there to prepare and serve some of the food. See the following link for a thank you note from Bethel Hospice management to all their volunteers. .jpg) .jpg) |
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The Terry Fox RunSunday Sept. 15, 2019 at 8:00 am for registration and 9:00 am for the run.Stationlands Park corner of Hyw. 50 and Brawton Dr. in Palgrave. Palgrave Rotary is again running this event. Free pancakes and coffee.
Everyone is welcome to participate in a Terry Fox Run, regardless of age, athletic ability or socio-economic standing. While the Run does not have an entry fee or minimum donation we do ask all participants to fundraise or make a donation. You can raise funds online, use a pledge sheet or make a donation at the Run site. Whatever your choice, please know that every dollar counts.  |
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Doane House Hospice projectThe Doane House Hospice of New Market is celebrating its 30th anniversary. So to celebrate this occasion they undertook to refurbish their House that was originally built in 1845 and moved to its current location on Yonge st. 30 years ago. As part of the refurbishing Palgrave Rotary Club funded all the window dressings and a new dishwasher with the generous help of Tottenham's Budget Blinds management. Happy anniversary Doane House Hospice. "Hope and Healing Through Connection" |
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BBQ at the NicholsonThanks so much to Sandy and Doug Nicholson for hosting the Palgrave Rotary club for a BBQ evening at their beautiful property. Thirty one members of our club plus some friends of Rotary attended a beautiful meal catered by Michele Belanger and Allison Witherspoon. Bernie .jpg) |
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John Cox 85th birthday celebrrartionOne of our member, John Cox, celebrated is 85th birthday this week. More than 20 Rotarians and friends gathered at the Wishbone restaurant for dinner to celebrate his birthday. Brenda Alderdice organised the party and had a great birthday cake made with John's picture on it made of icing. A scrapbook with many pictures of John when he was a model for catalogues, were included. It was a very nice evening for John and much appreciated by him. Happy Birthday John. Bernie .jpg) |
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Palgrave Rotary Change over 2019 2020Today our Palgrave Rotary held the Change Over event which ends one year of administration by our President and all his directors. This important event took place at King's College School with champagne, appetizers and special dinner for all attending. President Jim Firth presented and announced the recipients of the John Davidson Award ( John Palmer), the Rotarian of the Year Award (Jeff Ercul), and three Paul Harris Awards ( Marie Jay, Pam Patterson, Diether Weeren). He then welcomed President elect Ian KIttle and honored him with his new title as President of our club for the year 2019/2020. It was a very nice evening attended by most of our members and some friends of Rotary. Lets wish President Ian and his new administration a great year of success and growth.
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Sleeping Children Around the World.Our Palgrave Public School teamed up with its students and parents to raise some monies to support SCAW (Sleeping Children Around the World). With all the students efforts the school was able to raise more than $1500. Palgrave Rotary for many years have offered and given a matching grant to what the school could raise. Hence we are all very happy to be able to donate over $3000 to SCAW this year thanks to the Palgrave Public School students efforts, this will purchase 86 bed kits for needing children. Well done. For more details look up the following https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62SCX8L_QlA BEDKITS Each $35 donation provides a bedkit that consists of a mat or mattress, pillow, sheet, blanket, mosquito net, clothes outfit, towel and school supplies. Bedkit contents vary from country to country depending upon local needs.   |
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Camp Enterprise 2019Palgrave Rotary was involved and participated in this year's Camp Enterprise which was held earlier this year. Camp Enterprise provides senior high school students with an introduction to professional, business owner and management careers, through 3 ½ days of exposure to the private enterprise system, the art of negotiation skills, insights into business concepts and the opportunity to have face-to-face discussions with business leaders. For more information paste the following link on your browser.   |
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Chuck Wagon at work with girl guides.Once again as we do every year the Palgrave Rotary Chuckwagon was at work helping with food at the registration day for the local tennis club. The local Girl Guides group offered to participate and sent in some volunteers to help with the serving and preparing of the food. Thank you ladies. Hope you had a good time helping out. Cheers Bernie .jpg) |
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The Meaghan Zaremba Music roomNatalie Saarimaki whom is the Youth Service chair for our Club presented a cheque to The Meaghan Zaremba Music room on behalf of the Palgrave Rotary. The Meaghan Zaremba Music Room is focused on providing music lessons to those who struggle with their own life challenges. To date, The Meaghan Zaremba Music Room supports over 55 individuals and partners with three community organization.
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Bolton Sea Cadets PresentationNatalie Saarimaki presented a cheque to the Bolton Sea Cadet organization. Palgrave Rotary has been supporting the Sea Cadets for many years and the Sea Cadets have also been helping our club on many of our events. Thank You.
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Meals on WheelsPalgrave Rotary once again this year helped Meals on Wheels by supplying frozen meals and helping out on the delivery of the meals to the people using the service. These meals are used on days of snow storms or icing on the roads which would not allow for a normal delivery from the organization. The service was very much appreciated.
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Alpha Dogs presentation
Palgrave Rotary was very proud to host The Alpha Dogs from Humberview Secondary School on Nov 7th 2018 for our dinner presentation. We have been supporting them since its debut. We presented them with a cheque of $2500 to help finance the competitions that the team attends. A history of the club and a review of the current plans were voiced by every one of its members attending our dinner. It was a great experience.   |
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Rotary Gala Success Our Gala and Auction event of this fall was a great success. It was held at the Royal Ambassador Banquet. Jeff Ercul was the dedicated soul that organized and conducted the event with the help of many members of our club. We had over 135 people attending and the live auction was a total success and so was the silent one. None of the items were left behind without a bid. The live music, the food and the wine selection were all quite good. Thank you Jeff and club members for all your efforts.     |
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Palgrave Christmas Tree Lighting eventPalgrave Rotary along with Palgrave First Club and the extensive support of River Ridge were able to purchase and mount the lights on our in Palgrave Stationlands Park . We also would like to thank these Palgrave businesses for their generous support: Migrations Travel and Cruises Ltd. • Palgrave Gas Station • River Ridge Services. The Church Public Inn • Dr. Richard Ehrlich - Dentistry • Leisure Time Park and Trailer Sales Inc. • Albion Hills Auto Collision • Cairns Roofing Ltd. All these local businesses made a generous contribution towards making our village a nicer place to be. Thanks to all of you.
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Norma Bangay ParkThe last step for the Norma Bangay Park planting of two Vimy Oak saplings, total renovation of the park and finally the recognition plaque which was planted today. I was very happy to dig this emplacement today ( See pics) for the plaque that recognizes the great effort that was put forth by both Krysta, Derek our club and the town of Caledon. Thanks to Derek and Krysta for this accomplishment for our community.
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Halloween with Albion Hill Auto CollisionPalgrave Rotary was happy to participate in the haunted house created by Albion Hills Auto Collision to celebrate Halloween. Many children from our community visited the Haunted House. On the evening of October 31 owners Sandra and John Barbaro transform the whole bodyshop into a haunted house for the local community. Thanks to you both for creating this event. Our Chuck Wagon will continue to participate in this event.
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Terry Fox donations through RotaryOne of our member Jeff Ercul has offered to run in Palgrave Rotary's name at our Terry Fox Run event on September 16th. We have accepted his offer. To all of you that would like to donate but cannot attend or participate Jeff will run for you. Here is an easy way to be part of the Terry Fox Run this year. Just respond to this post to bernie1590@gmail.com with the offer to donate. We will pick up the cheque (made out Palgrave Rotary) from you or you can mail it to Bernie Rochon 17350 Regional Rd. 50 Caledon L7E 0L1 . Rotary in turn will donate 100% of the received donations to the Terry Fox Run. Please be generous and support Jeff and Terry in their efforts to eradicate cancer. Thank you so much for your consideration and participation. Bernie Jeff run was a real success and accumulated $1400 worth of donations. Well done Jeff. |
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BBQ at the Ferens and Firth HomeOur Rotary Club of Palgrave was invited to share an evening of BBQ at President Jim and Samantha Ferens beautiful home. Twenty one of us attended this beautiful garden party. Thank you.
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Filipe's Horseback ride to South AmericaLong Ride Home: Guts and Guns and Grizzlies,800 Days Through the Americas in a Saddle (Journey America Book). Filipe Masetti Leite addressed our club and the Bolton Club at our weekly meeting. He rode from Calgary on his horses to reach the most southern point of South America in Argentina. It was an exciting evening. He did write a book about his trip titled "The Long Ride Home". The book serves as inspiration for others to follow their own dreams.   |
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BBQ at the Nicholson'sOur Past President Doug and his wife Sandy invited our club to come and share a BBQ evening with them. It was a perfect evening weather wise and the food which was catered by The Kitchen of Mono Mills was abundant and delicious. Friends of Rotary and members (30 in all) had a great evening of friendship.
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Wines of the World 2018The Wines of the World was held on June 30th. Sunny hot day with a great show of horses jumping competition. The food, the fashions, the wines and the friendship was a total success. See all the pictures on the attached link. Bernie
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International Convention dinner in Palgrave .JPG) .JPG) .JPG)  .JPG) .JPG)  .JPG) .JPG) So the Toronto International Rotary convention is now over. It attracted over 25000 Rotarians from all around the world. Palgrave Rotary hosted a dinner for 44 international members. They were met in Toronto and bused to our beautiful Palgrave which they visited. Dinner was served at the Caledon Estates Banquet Hall following a cocktail hour. See the attached photos for the opening ceremonies at the Air Canada Centre and the dinner in Palgrave. The whole event was a great experience for us all. Bernie
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Canada Day at Albion Hill Conservation.On a blistering hot day (felt like plus 40 degrees) 16 of our dedicated members and friends of Palgrave Rotary manned the entrance at the Albion Hills Conservation for the July 1st Canada Day event. We were passing out programs, Canadian flags, and melting chocolate bars to all the arriving families. We spent 5 hours of drinking lots of water and collecting donations for Rotary. It was a hot, fun time.  |
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Jeff Ercul becomes an Active MemberJeff Ercul was initiated as an active member of our club in June of 2018. Welcome to our group Jeff. Wishing you well in all your endeavors. .png) ) |
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Changeover Dinner EventJune 20th this year marked the year end of our club's current administration. We saluted and recognized members with the Paul Harris award Joe Sheppard, Doug Nicholson and Bernie Rochon; the John Davidson award went to Bernie Rochon; the Rotarian of the Year award honored Derek Clark. We also presented the plaque of President for 2017-2018 to Doug Nicholson with flowers going to his wife Sandy. Also noted were Joe Sheppard, John Cox and Susan Hicks for their great attendance record. Many friends of Rotary were in attendance to celebrate the end of another successful year at the Palgrave Rotary Club. Congradulation to those dedicated members. |
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Bolton Rotary hosts Palgrave RotaryTwenty three members of the Palgrave Rotary club attended the weekly meeting of the Bolton Rotary club. This was the second time this year for these meetings. Thank you Bolton Rotary for a great meeting and some fun game of business accumen. See you all in the fall. Bernie  |
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New Active Member InductionsPresident Doug was very proud to be able to announce the induction (sometime known as the inducement) of 3 Associate members as Active members. After a year of being Associate members and considering their option of becoming a full member , John Palmer, Myrna Roy and Andrew Saarimaki accepted the invitation. The Club was very pleased to accept these new members that have already been very active in participating in many of our events and challenges over the past year. Welcome to our Club Myrna, John and Andrew. Bernie .JPG) |
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District Indigenous Resource CommitteeJohn Lomax is the Chair of District 7080 Indigenous Resource Committee (CIRCLE). He talked about the many great projects they have under way. Our clubs project headed by Susan and Gerald is one that is key in the District.   |
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Our refugees have arrivedPalgrave Rotary is proud to announce that the refugee family that we have been helping to immigrate to Canada has finally arrived after 2 years of work. Thank you to our dedicated members and more specifically Diether Weeren and Susan Hicks. Much more information and request for help will be forwarded. Bernie  |
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Volunteers serving Bolton Senior CentrePalgrave Rotary members and Friends of Rotary join together to set up, serve, take down and clean up for the Volunteer Luncheon Celebration at the Senior Center in Bolton every year. It is a super occasion for our club and friends of our club to meet and mingle with all the volunteers that give so much of their time to help make the Bolton Senior Centre such a success. Bernie
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Hockey equipment donation with reward.From: Maureen Wainwright <maureenwainwright@edu.knet.ca |
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CLUB MEETING PALGRAVE AND BOLTON CLUBSThis was the first of what we hope will be many meetings between the Palgrave Rotary Club and the Bolton Rotary club. We had 38 people in attendance and the energy ran high. It seems that Malcolm wine instructions were well received and many questions were answered. Thank you Bolton for coming over and see you soon at your club meeting. Bernie  |
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Bed Kits for Children WorldwideThe Rotary Club of Palgrave was excited to attend the Sleeping Children Around The World school assembly at Palgrave Public School this morning in support of their amazing fundraiser for this charity. Students attended in pyjamas in recognition of the fact that their fundraising efforts provide bed kits for children in less fortunate countries. The photo shows the student fundraising committee with their awesome teacher Patrick Patten just prior to the assembly. The result was announced. The school had raised $2459.00 which meant they will give 70 bed kits to the charity for use overseas for school aged boys and girls. The Rotary Club has pledged to match the school's fundraising efforts, so now 140 bed kits will be purchased. Our club is so proud of Palgrave Public School's students and staff who were involved in this venture.  |
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Downsizing with Brenda AlderdiceBrenda Alderdice, the owner of Downsizing Divas and member of our club, educated all of us how to de-clutter our home and or downsizing our home. The presentation was very professional and very instructive in many ways. Planning our future for seniors is a very important item that should be addressed while seniors are still healthy and in early retirement. Brenda described many situations that she had experienced with seniors and told us about all the services that are available to achieve and easy and well planned future. Thanks Brenda.  |
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Palgrave Westview Park ProjectThe Rotary Club of Palgrave has partnered with the Town of Caledon to fund and retrofit the Westview Park located in the Village of Palgrave and make it completely accessible to adults and children alike. The park is located at 19 Brawton Drive has been renamed the Norma Bangay Park. The goal of the $85,000 project is to make this park a fully inclusive and accessible play and gathering space for the entire Palgrave community to enjoy. The new playground equipment, excavation work and accessibility upgrades will allow seniors, families and individuals with special needs to access and use new upgraded park facilities. Construction for this project is scheduled for the Spring of 2018. The park is dedicated to Norma Bangay to commemorate her contribution to children’s education in the local community. Norma began teaching in 1959 at the one room schoolhouse in Castlederg. Upon the closure of this school in 1962, she moved to Palgrave Public School where she taught kindergarten until her retirement in 1994. Norma continued to volunteer at local schools well after retirement, working with young readers who needed extra attention. Well loved by students and the community, Norma had a positive and lasting influence on several generations of Palgrave students. The Rotary Club of Palgrave gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation, a public, community foundation serving the people of Brampton and Caledon. We would also like to thank Brampton Brick Limited and Sierra Excavating Enterprises Inc. for their generous sponsorship and contributions towards the park upgrade. The Rotary Club of Palgrave is accepting donations to assist in meeting our financial commitment to this Community Project. All funds raised will be dedicated solely to Project. Please contact us at normabangaypark@gmail.com or 647-290- 9126 to make a donation to the Westview Park (Norma Bangay) Accessibility Upgrade Project. Thank you for your support. .jpg) |
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Visit with Bam in ThailandRoss Farrelly and his wife Cathy had the occasion to meet with one of our past exchange student, Bam, in Bangkok on their recent trip to Thailand.  . |
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Our Holiday Season CelebrationWhat a great evening with 58 of us stealing and sharing gifts. Kids being charmed by Santa and some great family gatherings. Our Christmas party is always a big success thanks to Janet who organizes it and directs it to its success. Thanks to Ian Kittle who took all these photos and shared them. It does not get much better. Have a great Holiday Season all of you. Cheers. Bernie  |
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Used Hockey Equipment for Indigenous.A group of Rotarians got together to review all the hockey equipment that has been donated to our campaign. We are still looking for more and you can deliver what you might have to 17350 Hyw. 50 Palgrave in the barn behind the sliding doors. Our friend from Drench-IT were also attending and hoping to sell some of their products that will yield some benefit to Palgrave Rotary. We will still be collecting till the end of December. Thank you for helping out. Bernie  |
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D.G. Kathleen Dick visiting our ClubDistrict Governor Kathleen Dick along with Ingrid Sproxton and Timothy Whitehead attended our weekly meeting this week. Governor Kathleen presented her plans for 2017-18 and described the major events that will be coming up. .JPG) |
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Terry Fox RunPerfect weather, great attendance, good food and much more all converged towards making The Terry Fox Run a big success. Families like President Doug's, Palgrave firefighters and our counselor Nick DeBoer were all part of the participants in
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BBQ at President DougPresident Doug and his wife Sandy Nicholson we very generous in receiving our club and guests at their home for a BBQ evening event.
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Rotary BBQ at the RustjaWhile the thunderstorms were threatening and Elizabeth was resetting her backyard for the second time for the event, finally the sun came out just 5 minutes before the official opening of the event. The spirits must have been kind to her while listening to her pleas. More than 40 of us accessed her beautiful grounds to attend this event and Michelle and Allyson also worked hard to prepare some beautiful and delicious food. Many guests of Rotary also attended including our honorary member mayor Thomson and his lovely wife Anne. So thank you Elizabeth and Steve for generously hosting this event.   |
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Moving Road SignOur rather old and heavy road sign had to be moved away from its last road home and make it cross hiway 50 to the East side north of Old Church rd. Well with the help of Elaine and 6 other man the job was well done in 20 minutes. Job well done by all. Thanks Bernie .jpg) |
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Alfa DogsThe Alpha Dogs are incredibly thankful for all of the support the Palgrave Rotary Club has provided over the years. In recognition of our sponsorship, they presented to our club a Thank You plaque for the 2016-2017 season. Thank you Alpha Dogs and all the best in your future efforts in competition.
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Change Over Event 2017The Change Over night took place on June 28th 2017. Doug Nicholson became our new president and President Janet Clark became our new Past President. Many awards were given out to dedicated members. Wearing hats was the theme for that evening. Sam Ferens and Doug Nicholson's families came to be part of the presentation. It was a great evening enjoyed by all.                        |
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Krysta Cadden Paul Harris Fellowship award.Krysta was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship award after 4 years of dedicated and innovative hard work for our Club. Krysta managed and organized many of our most important events while being also the Director for Youth at our club. We unfortunately will be losing her as she will be moving to Nova Scotia in August of this year. Thank you so much for your input and your vision for our club. You will be profoundly missed. Goodbye dear friend.   |
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Palgrave Garage SalePalgrave First group in cooperation with the Rotary club of Palgrave and the support of the local Firehall organized the first Palgrave Community Garage Sale. It was a real success with all the generous donations from local residents. All the proceeds will be directed to improving the Palgrave tree lighting. Thank you Palgrave First.   |
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Volunteer's Luncheon at Bolton Senior CentrePalgrave Rotary and Friends of Rotary helped to set up, serve and clean up for the volunteer's luncheon at the Senior Centre in Bolton. Fifteen members and friends worked 2 shifts serving 70 volunteers. It was lots of fun.
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Club Visioning MeetingWe all had (23 members) a very instructive and creative meeting at the community centre of the local United Church. For 6 hours we all endeavoured to project how our club should develop and continue to be successful through a visioning session. |
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Gord Barr presenting history of our clubOne of our more senior member, Gord Barr, made a PowerPoint presentation to our club covering many of the years of his membership. He joined our club in 1984 and since then has participated in just about every major project that our club has undertaken. Thanks Gord for a great evening full of memories.  |
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Janet Gray presented with her Paul Harris pinAt the January 18 meeting - President Janet Clark was honoured to presented member Janet Gray with her Paul Harris award and pin. Congratulations Janet on your accomplishment!
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Palgrave Pond - Open for the Season!It's time to lace up your skates again all ... the Palgrave Pond is up and running for the season! Thanks to the efforts of the Palgrave Volunteer Fire Fighters and their mighty crew of Ice Angels.
Click here for another great video of the pond courtesy of Adam Stevens - who also filmed the Ice Angel short movie tribute to our local Ice Angel - Ken Hunt.
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Oh What a Night!Rotarians, friends, family, guests and sponsors danced the night away at the Caledon Estates Banquet Hall on Saturday November 26th for our Annual Auction Gala event. See below for some photos and be sure to visit http://www.palgraverotarygala.com/event-photos.html to see all of the great photos (100+) courtesy of Pete Paterson Photography
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the Rotary Club of Palgrave!
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Caledon Meals on Wheels Frozen Meal DeliveryOn Friday November 18th, members assisted Caledon Meals on Wheels volunteers in delivering frozen meals to their regular clients. Each year, our Club funds these frozen meals which are used in times of inclement weather when volunteer drivers cannot get around the city safely to deliver hot meals to the clients.
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Paul Harris Award presentationPres Janet was then honored to present two Paul Harris Awards ... one to Gary Walters who received his +2 pin and one to Ross Farrelly who received his +1 pin. Congratulations to both of these long standing members.
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Palgrave & Bolton Clubs co-sponsor Caledon Parent-Child CentreThe Rotary Clubs of Palgrave and Bolton have partnered together to co-sponsor the Let's Get Together Program at the Caledon Parent-Child Centre for one full year. This will ensure that this key program that offers support to families of children with disabilities 2 nights a month at the Bolton location will continue uninterrupted for 12 months. Members of both Clubs surprised Teresa Colasanti (Executive Director) and Ailsa Stanners-Moroz (Program Manager) at the centre on Monday October 31 with the news ...
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Change over 2016Galleries of pictures depicting the evening and the members and guests that attended. Presentation to Rotarian of the Year to Ian Kittle; Paul Harris Fellow awards to Warren May and Tom Fuller; John Davidson Memorial award presented to Diether Weeren. Our new president Janet Clark was handed over the official gavel and Jim Firth became our new PP and was given a plaque with a gavel and many more bar joke items.
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Max Layton at Palgrave RotaryMax Layton reading from his book of peotry at a Palgrave Rotary meeting.
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Palgrave Rotary on Breakfast TelevisionOn Monday February 29 - Brenda and Krysta were live on scene with Jennifer Valentyne and the City TV Breakfast TV Crew to celebrate Meaghan Zaremba's Music Room at the Tisho Music Academy. There was singing, dancing and even head shaving - Meaghan shaved her head to raise funds for her program!
See all 5 segments here: http://www.bttoronto.ca/?s=meaghan+zaremba
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Palgrave Rotary collecting Hockey equipment.Palgrave Rotary needs Hockey EquipmentThank you Caledon.No more than 10 days ago, Susan Hicks from the Palgrave Rotary put out a request for new or slightly used hockey equipment that would be sent to John C. Yesno Indigenous School in Fort Hope, Ont. which is situated 3.5 hrs. Northeast of Thunder Bay. We partnered with Gerry Lue from the Etobicoke Rotary Club who were the lead on setting up this project. Our members and friends of Palgrave Rotary jumped on board and reached out to the community and we have had a stunning response.
The families of the Caledon Hawks were able to help out after Caledon Rep Hockey connected with 20 teams. Sandra Tomona rallied the Investors Group team & received amazing donations from Caledon Women’s Hockey League, & Rexdale Women’s Hockey League. Also Patti Foley and her “JustSayin” internet publication and Heather Savage of the Caledon Parks and Recreation department both passed on our message. The response has been overwhelming.
Here are the results:
260 Pcs. of equipment (hockey stick, pads, helmets etc.…)
326 Hockey Sweaters
175 pr. Of Hockey socks.
75 pr. Of skates.
17 full size hockey bags
Palgrave Rotary club would like to thank all the families and hockey teams that went out of their way to make this such a successful project with just 10 days’ notice. We are so grateful for your continued help and support.
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My Sister's Place Alliston Our club presented a $4000 donation to Deborah Herrington and Jenn Cloutier-Jury representing My Sister's Place in Alliston. This to help build a new playground.
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The Palgrave Pond opens for another season!Lace up those skates! The Pond is open ... thanks to the Palgrave Fire Volunteers and Ken Hunt for coordinating this years' efforts to keep the pond clear and safe!
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Visit from Former Members and Good FriendsOn September 9th, we were visited by some great friends and former members - Trevor Hawkes (aka 'the Outlaw'), Geoff Dilley and Ken Weber (who was also our speaker for the evening).
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Rotary on Cavalier's new Community TrailerCavalier unveiled their new "Community Trailer" - see photos below. It looks great!!!!
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Wines of the World       These pictures from our successful Wines of the World event on June 6, 2015 were taken by Snap Caledon who gave us permission to put these on our web site.Thank you Snap Caledon for your great coverage of our event!
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Palgrave Rotary Supports CPCCOn March 11, the Rotary Club of Palgrave presented the Caledon Parent-Child Centre with a donation of $2,500 in support of the Let's Get Together program.
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Paul Harris Award Winners-Janet Gray and Wendy Evangelista Congratulations!
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Rotary Supports Local Cubs and BeaversPaul Payne, Palgrave's Akela, Cub Megan, Beaver Natalie and Rotary's Guide Krysta!! |
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Stem Cell Dinner for Diabetes-Thursday May 1Three hundred people attended the stem cell dinner for diabetes held at the Royal Ambassador on Thursday May 1. The speakers were Dr. Gary Lewis FRCPC,MD and Dr. Maria Cristina Nostro Phd. The MC was Rotarian Murray Stewart (Bolton) |
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Cheque presentation to David Lockett of PACTPACT stands for Participation, Acknowledgement, Commitmment and Transformation-It empowers and supports youth through Lifeskills Community Service Programs and Lifeplan Coaching for high risk youth in conflict with the law. |
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Join Rotary Today ...Make a Difference Now!! www.joinrotaryontario.com (click link) |
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2013 Auction Gala is a Huge success!Thanks to Krysta Cadden, & Brenda Alderdice, with support from Warren May, Bob Hopson, Trevor Hawkes and Joe Sheppard. A great night was had by all. We have learned that our check in and check out needs tweaking ..... so next year's Gala will be better than ever! Thank you all Rotarians, donors and sponsors! Special shout out to our LIVE auctioneer Tom Dolson, HVTA volunteers and the Cutts and Chauvin kids from Humberview... thanks ! Thank you Musical guests Phillip Darley and Andre and the J-Tones a great night of music and dance. Terry Cutts |
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Christmas Tree Lighting Dec 7, 2013 5:30 PM at Palgrave Stationlands Park
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Excavations for the Greenhouse at Peace Ranch   Excavations started today (Tuesday, October 15) for the building of the greenhouse at Peace Ranch
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Our Club's Newest Exchange Student, Victoria CostacurtaKaren, Eva, Diether and Mike (who took the picture) greet Victoria at the airport. Victoria's home is Presidente Prudente, Brazil
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Letter to Rotary members from Paul ManchesterPaul Manchester is a platinum sponsor at our Wines of the World Event and has sent us a letter listing the winners of the wine draw at his booth and the 50/50 draw Dear Rotary Members, As a Platinum sponsor of Palgrave Rotary’s Wines of the World, we are pleased to announce the winners of our own Vintage Wine Draw. Congratulations to the following lucky winners!
Rosso ca del Merlo - 2003- Veneto Bryce Clark Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon -2007 Barry Eversley Don Melcher Cabernet Sauvignon - 2008 Susan Leslie Elderton Shiraz - 2008 Barossa Maureen Marley Marry Edwards Pinot Noir -2009 Marilyn McLaughlan Altesino Brunello Di Montalcino -2007 Tuscany Robert Vaughan Chateau La Tour Carnet -2009 Bordeaux Deborah Clarke Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon - 2010 Napa Valley
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President Elect Ron ... and much more!!
President Ron accepts office from Past President Deither
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WOW 2013 Success!!
Another fine evening at Wines of the World
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Jim Firth-New Associate Member
President Elect Ron and Doug , Acting Director for Membership
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Delaney Brogan Outbound Exchange Student
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Welcome to our new Associate Member, Janet Clark |
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Grade Three Students at Caledon East Public School |
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Induction of Marolyn Morrison as an honorary member
Marolyn Morrison was inducted as an honorary member September 26. Included with Marolyn is our president Diether and our district governor, Ian Ferguson
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NOVEMBER 17, 2012 SILENT AUCTION FORMAL GALA FUNDRAISERPromising to be a great event with Andre and the J Tones performing,
$60,000 in auction items. Live auctions & raffles. Your very best in formal wear, show yourself off. Contact all your friends and neighbours to join in. |
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Hospital Equipment for South America
Rotarians at Work
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April Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Gord and our exchange student Lars!!
 
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Outbound Rotary Exchange Update |
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Wines of the World 2012Wines of the World Come and join us for WOW’s 15th anniversary on June 8th at 6:00pm |
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SCAW 2012 at Palgrave Public School
These Grade 8 students contributed $350, enough to buy 10 bed kits for Sleeping Children Around the World. They presented the cheque to Dave Dryden recently.
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Newest Member President Darryl and sponsor John Cox welcome David Gardner as a our newest member. |
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AbbeyfieldAbbeyfield is an international society dedicate |
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KilimanjaroAscent of Kilimanjaro - For those of you who missed a great presentation by Gail Grant click link below to re-live the adventure!!  |
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Lottery Calendar Winners
Our 2011 Calendar was very successful the first winner was Rita Ried of Boton pictured here with Wendy Evangelista and Warren May . Click below to see previous 2011 winners. |
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Rotary ChangeOver Night |
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The Rotary Foundation Thanks You!
Ray Klinginsmith, 2010-11 President of Rotary
International, and Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar, 2010-11 Trustee Chairman of The
Rotary Foundation wish to thank you for the important support you provided this
Rotary year.
Rotary Thanks You from Rotary International on Vimeo. |
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BBQ Season starts at Rotary!! |
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14th Wines of the World Enjoyed by All!
Great evening of fine wine, entertainment and good old fashioned "catching up" with friends from years gone by!!
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Visit with "Dixie Chicks" Rotary Club |
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SCAW at Palgrave School
Jan. 25 marked the 20th year that Palgrave Public School and the
Palgrave Rotary Club have contributed to Sleeping Children Around the
World (SCAW), a charity that provides bed kits to children aged six to
12 in under-developed and developing nations.
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Luncheon for Volunteers at the Community Senior Centre
Members and friends from the Rotary Club of Palgrave recently served the Annual Luncheon for Recognition of Community Volunteers at the Bolton Rotary Community Seniors Centre
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Dave Lockett from PACT
Rotary Club of Palgrave makes donation of $3600 to Dave Lockett from PACT an organization that mentors troubled youth in the community.
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Caledon Parent-Child Centre
Maureen Thornton, was introduced as the Executive Director of the
Caledon Parent-Child Centre. The Centre is an Ontario Early Years Centre
and Family Resource Centre that provides support resources and education that
strengthen families, plus promotes the optimal development of children. Maureen
gave an over-view of the program and then Ailsa, program Director spoke
about one particular program, Special Needs Resource Program. Fathers that
participate in the program also addressed the membership.
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Palgrave Rotary’s 14th annual “Wines of the World” set to go!!
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much anticipated community event arrives Friday June 10 at 6 pm when Palgrave
Rotary hosts its 14th annual “Wines of the World” tasting evening at
the Caledon Equestrian Park, on Pine Ave. in Palgrave.
More than 25 members of the local business community continue to support the event through their active sponsorships which promises to make the 2011 event, with more than 60 wines from 13 countries, an even greater success. Heather Abrey photo/courtesy of The Caledon Enterprise |
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Sleeping Children Around the World Bed Kit Distribution - Honduras 2010 |
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Celebrating Halloween
On October 31st, the Rotary Club of Palgrave, friends and neighbors came
together to celebrate Halloween. This photo was taken on Herriot street
where these 3 trick or treaters loaded up their loot bags and enjoyed
hot chocolate and hot apple cider provided by the Rotary Club of Palgrave Chuck wagon.
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GULU Walk - October 23
The Toronto GULU Walk will be taking place, Saturday October 23
Consider your Member Directed Funds (MDF) !! |
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Rotary Night at the Church PubRotarians gathered to celebrate the opening of The Church Pub in Palgrave recently ... congratulations Terry!
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Wine Tasting Tickets now on sale!Get your wine tasting tickets for the big event June 21 2014, before they are sold out! This year will be another great event with all new wins new food and a new location in the equestrian park To get tickets please look at the wine tasting website www.RotaryWOW.com |
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The Club Honours Wayne Cowell while also saying Bye Bye!
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Santa comes to PalgraveSanta Remembers Victoria !!
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Humberview Robotics ClubFollowing a presentation by the Humberview robotics team, VP Jennifer Kipfer and Lead Teacher Tibor Torontali were presented with a cheque to support the development of the program.
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some of the many friends of the Gala ... thank you for your financial support |
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Tottenham Food BankPresident Ron and Community Services Director Susan present our cheque to support the Tottenham Food Bank.
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Weekly Meeting - August 21, 2013President Ron rang the opening bell right on time, even remembered to provide members with a 2 minute warning to re-charge their glasses. Opening festivities lagged a tad and Bob was heard to comment that the 'Anthem" was suspect! This brought forth a comment from Trevor that Bob's membership should be re-considered so it was obvious that although we cannot sing the Anthem very well Fellowship is alive and well! The saving grace was our usual fine version of the Rotary Grace. DG Mike had the pleasure of introducing our only guest, and speaker, Brian Harkness who is a former member and now with a club up north an hour or so away. Brian informed the club that he felt our Anthem was O K and Rotary Grace great!! Go figure. President Ron must stay awake at night working on the perfect solution for table order for the buffet dinner. After tonight's plan he will have many more sleepless nights! Or should have!! The twilight zone seems to have settled in around Palgrave. The members seem to listen to Pres Ron and then sort it out themselves. Either way it works. P P Diether used some air time to advise the club that our inbound student Victoria will arrive Sunday from Brazil and will initially stay with Diether & Eva. Victroia will then move in with DG Mike & Karen, her first host family. P P Diether requested members please keep Victoria in mind for any events or functions they may be attending or planning and please invite her so as to add to her experiences in Canada. Diether will be her counselor for the year so please contact him if you would like to invite Victoria to an event. Wayne then addressed the club as our Youth Exchange officer requesting at least one additional host family for Victoria's year, probably May - July next year. There are 2 non-Rotarian families volunteering so far so we need at least one additional host and if more Rotarians come forward the better as Victoria is a Rotarian Exchange Student!! Wayne then went on to inform the club that he will probably be moving to Westport ON next fall so we will need a replacement youth Exchange officer. I for one would like to take this opportunity to thank Wayne for many years of dedicated service to the youth program and the results we have had is a testimony to his hard work. Bob and Ross immediately made a motion that Wayne cannot leave, passed unanimously!! Trevor advised the club that he was happy to be back form his summer at the cottage, anyone notice his absence? Moving right along he then gave his normal comments about dues, VISA, overdue, laggards, I'm back, etc!! Bottom line being that the VISA machine was set up and just a humming looking for cards. Warren updated the club with reference to acquisition forms for the silent auction, available at the club as well as on-line. Start early please, reminds me I must speak to AC for the sim. Event is Nov 23 so let us get at it! The club needs to sell 300 tickets and ideally it would be nice if each member brought in gifts or items for auction with a value of $800, averaged among all members of course. Wendy you out there?? Of course she is. Tom reminded the members of Terry Fox Day coming up on September 15th and a few volunteers are still needed so if able please contact Tom. A great day for our community. Pres Ron advised the club that Jim has accepted his invitation to be our 3d member of the Community Advisory Committee, joining Richard & Bernie. We are in good hands. Pres Ron reminded the club that our official dinner with DG Mike & Karen will be Sept 4th. Would be great to have a the hall full of Rotarians, spouses and/or friends. Mark your calenders. Wayne has volunteered to present a Rotary minute next regular meeting, Sept 4th. Ross introduced our guest speaker, Brian Harkness, a former member of our club who spoke of the changes in aviation and why these have happened. Brian is a retired Captain from Air Canada where he flew for 35 years. Brian is currently New Generation Director with his club up north and passed out sponsor forms for a club event at his home club. Brian also exchanged club banners with Pres Ron On to events that have changed aviation! Brian currently serves as a consultant to Air Canada working in the area of new policies and procedures dealing with new generation approach aids. Events that have forced the aviation industry to look at itself unfortunately usually derive from incidents or accidents. Brian started with the Swissair accident that ended up in the water close to Peggy Cove, why did it happen and what did we learn? Primarily procedures were changed regarding smoke in the aircraft and how to create wire bundles in the a/c. I could go on as to how the changes were implemented but will try to keep this reasonably concise. Suffice it to say changes in procedures followed the lessons learned. On the lighter side sometimes the lessons learned result in humerous events, like a Airbus 320 declaring an emergency and landing immediately for what turned out to be burned toast in the galley! Brian went on to discuss 3 accidents Air France has had and applied the lessons learned to aviation today. Some incidents/accidents result from a training/cultural problem and once recognized they must be addressed. Korean Airlines would be a positive example of an airline recognizing they had a problem and addressing the problem quickly and positively. Unfortunately there are examples that go the other direction. Brian politely worked around the problem that the new generation of pilots tend to be under-trained today, lack the experience previous generations had and therefore present new challenges in training. The discussion of automation in today's cockpit is on-going and something that must be addressed, vis-a-vi the Air France A 330 accident over the Atlantic. Many feel that once the accountant mentality took over the airlines changes were made but not for the better. This discussion could go on and on so suffice it to say that the membership seemed to enjoy the presentation and asked pertinent, interesting questions during the Q & A session that followed Brian's comments. Bill asked an interesting question, why are young men and women still attracted to the profession today with such low starting salaries and poor working conditions? The answer is that there is still the love of flying out there, and in my words "it beats working for a living"! I would have hated to get a real job!! Many thanks to Brian for a most interesting presentation, judging by the quietness of members while he was speaking the club obviously enjoyed Your scribe had the pleasure of thanking Brian and presenting him a new coffee mug reminding him of his roots in Rotary. Your scribe donated a bed kit for the usual rendition of Happy Birthday and was rewarded with a new low!! I mean like a new LOW!! Many thanks. Happy Bucks were spent and if Nancy gets another hole-in-one we all get free drinks! Warren was the Sergeant for the evening and made up for any lack of funds over the past few meetings. He unfairly made the table where I was sitting pay a fine for $2 but what the heck, all for a good cause. Pres Ron was fined and sent back to the drawing board for table selection, surprise, surprise. Well done Warren! Janet returned from her cruise in Russia just in time to win the wine draw! Well done. Next week will be a Bar-B-Q with Gary & Nadine so please check in early, especially if bringing guests. Yes Bob, a spousal event See you there. Have a super week, be well.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
 Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924) Twenty-eighth President of the USA.
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Palgrave Memorial Leadership AnnouncementThe Rotary Club of Palgrave is pleased to announce the 2013 winner of the Leadership Award is Susan Robinson. Susan attended Mayfield Secondary School. Among her many achievements was the development and presentation of an anti-bullying program in area elementary schools. Runner-up for the award was Wolfegang Kornhauser. We wish to thank all those who nominated candidates. This year the selection committee considered 6 worthy applications. We appreciate greatly appreciate the contributions of all of these young people and wish them well in their future studies. |
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Palgrave welcomes 3 new membersPresident Ron and Peter welcome new members Jim Mike and Janet. |
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SandraTomana joins Rotary
Our newest member Sandra Tomana
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Behind the Scenes at Rotary Change Over Night
Great staff ... great meals!!
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Sea Cadets Thank Rotary
Bolton Sea Cadets thank the
Rotary Club of Palgrave for their continued support!
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Sea Cadets Thank RotaryBolton Sea Cadets thank the Rotary Club of
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Rotary Youth ExchangeDelaney Brogan prepares for year
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District Governor 7080 - Mike Gauthier
... and yes, he's from the Rotary Club of Palgrave!!
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Sleeping Children Around the World
Dave Dryden receiving our cheque to match the funds raised by the kids at Palgrave Public school. It's kind of unique that both International Service and Community Service is represented, since it spans both areas.
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Rotary Awareness Month
We are a part of a multi-district, Ontario-wide television campaign to promote Rotary and hopefully encourage interest in membership. More than 754 spots, will air from mid January 2013 through mid February 2013, during Rotary Awareness Month, on The Canadian Television Network (CTV) and CTV Two Network. |
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Palgrave ScoutingBrenda accepts our cheque in support of Palgrave Scouting |
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Spirit Tree Winery    On October 10, forty of our members and guests were hosted on a winery tour and meal at Spirit Tree Winery on Boston Mills Road in western Caledon. |
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Glassco Foundation Presentation Janet and Tom presented a cheque at our September 5 meeting to Colin Glassco in support of the work of his Foundation in Zambia . |
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Auf Wiedersehen Lars
Thank you all for a memorable exchange!!
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Change Over Night 2012
Outgoing President Darrell Hudspeth transfers gavel to Incoming President Diether Weeren
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Canada Day a Success!To all of you named below thank you so much. I think that we have proven to the club that this is a worthwhile fund raiser that should be pursued in future years. Considering that the attendance was down by about 35% from last year our totals are very good and the cost of administrating this event is nil outside of the water and the signage (which will only happen this first time). I had suggested that we could reach $6000 in revenue if the attendance was the same as last year. As it turned out we collected $5893.56 with only 65% of last year’s attendance. If we reach the attendance of previous years again and we will, the revenue should reach close to $7500 in future years. The 2011 revenue for this event was at the same level as this year with parking fees forcing the donation. Without the help of friends and neighbours that volunteered to help, we could not have achieved what I thought was a very smooth operation which also was lots of fun. So thank you Lymans, Grant, Evangelista, Dwyer and Hopsons. We did have 6 members that also participated in this endeavour. A big thank you to you also. WE DID IT!!!! AND IT WAS FUN WITH MUSIC AND DANCING. |
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Winners of Wine Draw
The following are the winners of the wine draw held by Paul Manchester, Scotia McLeod, one of our Platinum sponsors at Wines of the World:
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June 13 Happenings  President Darrell welcomes our newest member, Terry Pavy, and Wanda Janes presented the club with a wall plaque in appreciation of the support the Palgrave club has given the Bolton Sea Cadets. |
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A Celebration!  Our exchange student Lars and his host families, along with members of the May birthday club. |
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Wines of the World 2012 - Wine ListingsSneak Preview of Wines of the World Listings!!
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Community Shredding  PE Diether and President Darrell assist event co-organizer Trevor at our May 5 Shredding Day. The service was provided by Ian and Janice Chandler of the Carbon Neutral Shredding Co. Thank you to Susan and her committee for organizing this event. |
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Camp Enterprise 2012  A record of 17 club members joined Tayler Parnaby and this years participants from Humberview and Woodbridge Christian Secondary Schools. |
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Seniors' Centre Appreciation Luncheon
Thank you to all who volunteered to help serve and wash dishes at the Caledon Seniors' Centre Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.
 
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Operation Red Nose 2011 Operation Red Nose 2011. Thank you all for another safe holiday season! |
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New Members !
We welcome Ricardo, Monique and George. |
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Headwaters Presentation
Cathy Campbell and Catherine Matzig attended the November 2 meeting to receive a cheque as a part of the club's support for our local hospital. |
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Jazz NightBe sure to get your tickets for the Swing'n Jazz Night Dinner & Dance,
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Terry Fox Run in Palgrave
This year's edition of the Terry Fox Run in Palgrave raised over $10,500. Thanks go to the 175 participants and 32 volunteers who contributed to making the run such a resounding success. FOUND at the park after the run: 2 jackets and one reporter's notebook - if these belong to you, contact Tom Fuller at 905-880-3774
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Winners of the Draw at Paul Manchester during Wines of the World
Please see the letter from Paul Manchester
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Rotary Changeover in Style! |
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Palgrave Rotary Celebrates Hospice Caledon
Palgrave Rotary was pleased to present Hospice Caledon with a $2000 donation to help the wonderful work they are doing for the surrounding communities. They are an organization that is primarily volunteers, all 200 or so of them helping others live with dignity, choice, without pain in within the best possible quality of life. Check this great charitable foundation out @ hospicecaledonfoundation@hospice caledon.ca. Gabriella Coe(Executive Director, Hospice Caledon) is featured with Palgrave Rotary's incoming President Joe Sheppard along with Club Rotarian Peter Swain.
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PALGRAVE ROTARY PARK GRAND OPENING
JUNE 5TH from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Official Opening and presentation at 2:00 pm.
Bring your kids, your neighbors, your friends, your dogs and enjoy the day.
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Palgrave Rotary Christmas Tree Lighting
It was another festive community gathering in Palgrave on Saturday, December 5th at Palgrave Rotary's Annual Christmas Tree Lighting. Crafts for kids, hay rides and carols were enjoyed by all. Club Rotarians hosted the evening and provided free hot beverages from their Chuck Wagon. It was a great family event! A big thanks to all those Palgrave Rotarians and volunteers, for making it happen. |
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Mike Gauthier/Paul Harris Recipient
Mike is pictured here addressing the Club after receiving his Paul Harris Award from Palgrave Rotary. Mike too, has been honoured with this award to celebrate his commitment to Rotary and all it represents. He is another exemplary example of selfless giving for the good of others. Congratulations Mike, as fellow Rotarians we are delighted.
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Bernie Rochon/Paul Harris Recipient
The Palgrave Rotary Club was delighted to present Bernie Rochon with the coveted Paul Harris Award for his ongoing exemplary commitment to community and giving. Congratulations Bernie, it is well deserved!
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A Big Thanks for a Successful 2009 Silent AuctionThe Silent Auction Committee would like thank its Guests and fellow Rotarians for helping make this year's Silent Auction event a very worthwhile undertaking. The event raised in excess of $26,000 which will help fulfill Palgrave Rotary's many charitable commitments in 2010. You have all helped, once more, "to make a difference". And it is greatly appreciated. |
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Palgrave Rotary's Change Over Night
What a great night of celebration! A Black Tie event that thanked our out-going President Alan Whike for his leadership through 2008/2009 and welcomed our "first-ever" Lady President, Nancy Hageman. What a wonderful tribute to Rotary and the Club. And yes, she sure commands the attention from the members! Her ideas are new and bold and our 2009/2010 year will no doubt be one that will be remebered fondly and carried with a pride of accomplishment. We've got your back Nancy----go for it! |
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