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Congratulations 50-50 WinnersWinner for July- Barb McAllister of Garden Bay $945 Winner for August - M. Vlahovic from Burnaby $642.50 |
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The Picnic Table Crew
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50/50 Rotary June Winner, Dom Rand, Madeira ParkCongratulations to our June 50/50 winner of $2,415, Dom Rand, her husband Lachlin and baby boy, Roman, Madeira Park. |
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Garden Bay Lake SignagePast President Bill Charlton puts the finishing touch on updated informative Garden Bay Lake signage.  |
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50/50 Rotary June Winner, Dom Rand, Madeira ParkCongratulations to our June 50/50winner, Dom Rand, her husband Lachlin and baby boy, Roman, Madeira Park. |
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Winners of the best dressed Mexican SocialA relaxing of Covid restrictions, brought Rotarians out of the woodwork, for a tailgate party in the legion parking lot. It was wonderful to finally meet in person, social distancing etc on a beautiful evening. Many thanks to Carolyn Farrand, and Ann & Patrick Munro for getting into the festive spirit, cruise coming up soon. Diana won the raffle and, has re-gifted her Tequila bottle back to the Club for another round!   |
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Cheque Presentation Rotary May 50/50 FundraiserRotary Club President Bill Charlton presents Jon Paine a cheque for $845. Congratulations Jon!  |
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PHSS PAC Donation - 50/50 Draw at Work
 Pender Harbour Rotary President Bill Charlton presents 50/50 fundraiser cheque for $500. to Pender Harbour Secondary School PAC President Anne Pino in support of the breakfast and lunch programs at PHSS., on behalf of the PHSS 2021 Graduates |
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MPES Donation - 50/50 Draw Donation as Work Pender Harbour Rotary President Bill Charlton presents 50/50 fundraiser cheque for $500. to Maderia Park Elementary School PAC President Troy Lacher, in support of the breakfast and lunch programs at MPES., on behalf of the PHSS 2021 Graduates |
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Memorial Picnic Table for Rose Everett |
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March 2021 Rotary 50/50 Winner!! |
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Please support Rotary Pender Harbour, and your community by purchasing our 50/50 tickets, a great chance to win cash and help your community at the same time. Click the title above to be directed to a page link where Tickets can be purchased at the following secure web address https://penderharbourrotary.rafflenexus.com/ Since this is a monthly draw, your chances of winning are greatly improved by purchasing multiple tickets & tickets for each monthly draw. Best of Luck and thank you for supporting your community Your PH Rotary Family |
2020 Summer Highlight: District Governor Visit
An expression of gratitude to Paul Hanson and his crew at West Coast Wilderness Lodge for hosting our District Governor Dave Hamilton and First Lady Tanya Hall.
A delicious West Coast inspired luncheon was preceded by an afternoon Pender Harbour , aboard president, Bill Charlton and wife Lynn’s yacht, CANIK TOO
Rotarians at work.
Friend of Rotary John VanTongeren and Rotarian, Niels Frederiksen recently installed three new book shelves in the Pender Harbour Reading Centre.
Frederiksen crafted the cabinets, with materials purchased by the Pender Harbour Rotary Club.
The Pender Harbour Reading Centre is open Tuesday - Saturday 11am -2pm - and offers an comprehensive array of titles.
For additional information on the Reading Centre, go to: penderharbourlibrary.ca
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Glen and Ian made two plywood Santas, cutting out the santa image and then painting them. One was put on the boat at the entrance to Maderia Park, the other by the real estate office.
On April 7th , President of Pender Harbour Rotary Club, Sarah Johnston, and Jan Gisborne ADG swore in five members of our club. This is the largest induction we have had for many years, our club was officially started in Dec , 2003.
From left to right Jan Gisborne, Peter Babik, Christine Turenne, Carol Pashniak, Stacey Stewart, Sarah Johnston, Richard Massullo
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The October visit of the District Governor John Anderson to the club.
President Patrick Presents: -
Rotary Speech Po-Ya
Pender Harbour? Where is it? I remember I was sitting in front of the computer, trying to find information about it…but…didn’t really get much information about it.
So I started to picture this place, maybe it is a place full of malls and I can shop all day? Or maybe it is a place that never gets rain since it’s called “ The Sunshine Coast”? or it might be the opposite, it might never stops snowing because it is in Canada?... I had so many questions about this mysterious place, I couldn’t wait to figure it out!
So after saying goodbye with my family in the airport, I flew to Canada alone. I was on the plane, thinking” what am I doing? Poya, do you realize that you are going to be apart with your family for a year? A whole year!!” and then there’s a stronger voice” this is what I want to do, to be an exchange student, I’m making my dream come true, and I know I can do it, no matter what challenges I am going to face, I won’t give up! I won’t let my parents down, I won’t let myself down!”
So the journey started on Aug 16th, 2011, my first week in Canada was in Tweedsmuir Park with some other exchange students and Rotarians, my first impression to Canada..” Cold!”
Coming from Taiwan, where the temperature was 33 degrees the day I left…now I’m at Burns Lake about 5 degrees, mountains covered by snow…I looked at myself, gloves, scarf, thick socks, 3 sweaters, hoodie…and I looked at the student from Mexico who was standing beside me…well I wasn’t too bad actually, because she’s got 5 sweaters on…she could hardly walk…haha at least I could walk…just a bit slow…and then I noticed a tough girl with a T-shirt and shorts on, immediately, I knew where she’s from…she was the Real Canadian I could tell easily!
It was a fun trip, I was very homesick though…
Finally Dave drove me back to Pender, I thought it was a long way from Burns lake to Pender, but apparently Canadians didn’t think so, they said to me” not too bad, it’s just a 12- hour drive!”…well I thought to myself, I’d better get used to it!
Dave kept driving and driving…I wondered if he’s ever going to stop even though we were already in a place where all I could see was- trees! And then he stopped in Garden Bay and dropped me at my counselor- Jan Smalley’s house, well this was a bit different than what I had imagined, I was pretty sure I didn’t see any malls on the way here, and…I don’t have …neighbours! Well…maybe I did, just I couldn’t see them.
My exchange journey is hard to sum up in a few words, I just had too much fun and too many stories that I want to share…too many people that I want to thank…
My parents didn’t want me to study abroad until I found Rotary Youth Exchange program, though they are not Rotarians, they’ve heard of this program, and they always trust Rotary, this program has a successful reputation in Taiwan! That’s how everything started, that’s when I got this opportunity to have more perspective to view the world! It’s a big world, and I never got to know Canadian culture until I really lived with Canadians. I’m so happy that I have three amazing host families, they contribute so much but never ask anything back.
One year ago, being an exchange student was my dream. I've been making it real since then, now I’m here, with the friends of life, and you guys, the amazing Rotarians! I not only learned about Canadian culture from Canadians, but also I learned so many different cultures from others exchange students. This is such a wonderful life-changing program, definitely the best year in my life so far! I will never forget that it's because of you guys…my dream comes true!
All the happiness, sadness, craziness that I’ve been through with my host families, friends and Pender people.. I wouldn't want to change a bit of what had happened during my year in Canada, not even one little bit...because everything is just perfect! All the highs and lows, that's what makes it unforgettable!
I don’t want to count down my last 40 days with Pender people, and 23 days with exchange students, time really flies fast…but that's the reality, gotta wake up from my beautiful exchange student dream one day, but when I wake up, I will hold on to these memories that we created with laughter and tears, put them in my heart... with a big smile, I will continue making my next dreams come true...
Thank you Rotary and all the people who have helped me during this important year in my life, thank you so much for hosting me, everything is just perfect except for now…I think I have 4 Dads and 4 Moms…my family is visiting Canada in July, and that’s gonna be a problem, one of my dads might want me to do my homework, one of my moms might want me to wash the dishes…I hope I could just see them all in once at Christmas or Lunar new year, when I can get presents and lucky money…
Thank you Rotary! Now I’m gonna go back and said to people” Most of the Canadians don’t live in igloos, and they do have summer…well kind of…, and in Pender, chances are, hitting a dear happens more than hitting a car, and maple syrup goes the best with pancakes, and if you tripped someone on the street and that person said sorry to you, you know he or she’s Canadian…and by the way, try forks and knives, they are so much easier than chopsticks! and I want to say …Canadians are awesome, eh!”
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This year we decided to participate in the Lion's Club two day Garlic Festival event. Rick Smalley pulled together a team who met to sample some trial menus and then agreed on selling a prawn dinner with ceasar salad and filone bread. The Lion's club were looking to double attendance over last year by having some big name musical entertainment along with multiple vendors. We ordered out food supplies based on the projected turnout and then thanks to Lucy at John Henry's had a place to store them for the event. We were also required to provide assistance to the Lion's with parking so with all the preparation required and the number of people required to cook, prepare salads, plate, take money cook bread we needed all hands on deck and the members and their wives, sons, RYLA students and friends rose to the occassion. It was a busy three days with setup Friday, some food preparation Friday and then final setup and food prepararation Saturday morning. Runners brought food supplies from John Henry's coolers and fresh baked bread thanks to Sue. John King's son John, a professional chef, showed us how best to cook the prawns and present the meal on a plate and away we went full tilt through both Saturday and Sunday.
It was a lot of work including the take down Sunday but everyone pitched in and had a good time working the event. The volumes of people did not show up so we did not raise any money at the event but we learned a lot of lessons. Thanks to all who helped out and especially Rick who had the courage to take on this new fundraiser.
These funds have helped youth in our community through the provision of bursaries to students at Pender Harbour High School, the sending of 7 youths to the Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly, the provision of computers and software for special needs students at Pender Harbour High School and the sponsorship of Brianna Milligan as a Rotary Exchange student to Sweden. We are also hosting an exchange student from Taiwan. Dave Bradley again took the district exchange students on a BC tour and then back to his place on Sakinaw lake. We had a hike into the Skookumchuck for them on the Thursday and then hosted a farewell barbecue on the Friday. The students did all the cooking and provided great entertainment.
In addition we helped sponsor the Attack on Danger Bay Longboarding Races.
We have kept busy this year building picnic tables some of which we sell to fund the provision of tables to local parks.
A very successful initiative which brought the whole community together and found us working with Fisheries, local fisherman, community volunteers and the local Lions Club was the herring enhancement program.
Another successful project which was well supported by community volunteers was a salmon viewing platform at John Daly Park.
We have continued to support Rotary International’s Polio Plus campaign through our Hop Scotch fundraiser and through pennies for Polio jars located throughout the community. We have also supported international relief efforts including our own club fundraiser for the Japan earthquake.
We Are proud parents.
We have had herring spawn at both Garden Bay and Bargain Bay. The eggs at both locations have hatched successfully and the curtains have been pulled and cleaned at Garden Bay. It is very interesting to see a large number of dead eggs atached to the creosoted poles in Bargain Bay while the eggs on the curtains were very healthy and you could see eyes inside the eggs.
Fisheries have offered to store the curtains for us so we can repeat the process next year.
This is only the beginning of a project that may have significant impact to the Harbour by bringing back the herring.
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Check out the Rotary videos now on our website.We held our annual Hop Scotch event at the Pender Harbour Golf Course on January 11. Our thanks to all who contributed, donated and attended. Special thanks to IGA and Troy Callewaert, Rona and Russ Jones and Prudential- Sussex Alan Stewart. Dan Volway, Macallan ambassador from Vancouver, led us through Macallan's new scotches labelled by colour rather than age. It was very interesting to taste scotches within the same brand ranging in price from $65 to $300 per bottle. German specialty beers selected by Dave Mochuk provided the "Hops" component.
John King ably filled the job of auctioneer and we raised a good sum, many thanks to those who contributed baskets to the auction.
As a consequence we have donated $2,000 to Polio Plus and the campaign to fight polio, the balance of our net proceeds will go to local projects.
What started as a warm summer August day gave rise to a great Show and Shine. We had 73 entrants, with vehicles from 1923 up to modern "rods" and including some great motorcycles. Hosted again by Ron and Marita Johnston from the Garden Bay Pub and Restaurant ( and thank you Ron and Marita) the Rotary
Club of Pender Harbour-Madeira Park tended the registration desk, BBQ, sales of T-Shirts, 50/50 draw and tallied the votes.
Despite a downpour of about 15 minutes where we all thought this was the end , the rain stopped and the sun came back out. Except for a few convertibles no one was deterred and the show went on.
Dr Smalley did a wonderful job of the BBQ, Jan Smalley, Sandy Ryan, Mike Ryan, Patrick Munro delivered the goods, John King handled the sales of T-shirts, Lucy, Sarah and Lorraine handled the front desk and became the computers tallying up the votes on the cars. The voice heard around the grounds selling 50-50 tickets was Bob Steele who amazingly sold a total ring of tickets for a total of $1,450 giving the winner $725.
Many prizes were won by the entrants, fabulous vehicles and ones that we all wish we could at least have a chance to sit in or ride in. Best in show went to Allan Skelley with his '67 Corvette Stingray, matching numbers, high performance and just a joy to look at. 
If you did not have a chance to see this show you truly missed a display of transportation from the 20's through to the modern era. The hours of labour and love into these vehicles is amazing and impressive. Make a note not to miss next year's show, Pender Harbour is truly fortunate to have this quality of vehicles for the public to see. A picture into yesteryear.
Assistant District Governor Jan Gisborne came down from Powell River to install the new board for 2014. Glen Bonderud was thanked for his service as President and then Glen who is the new secretary and the rest of the board were sworn in by Jan. John King was sworn in as the new president and in what has become a tradition the new president presented each of his board members with a bottle of wine. Jan was also presented with a bottle for her much appreciated trip to attend the ceremony.
Dave Bradley presented "the King" with his royal sceptre.
Check out more photos in the photo Albums.
President Glen Bonderud presented Ian Grant with his Paul Harris award at a well attended lunch meeting.
Wow! Another great event headed up by Dr. Rick Smalley. This year was our best yet as we made over $3,000. Kudo's to John King who did a great job as auctioneer, Rosemary Bonderud who did the decorating and pulled together the baskets and to all the members who pitched in and helped donating baskets, picking up the liquor, hosting our speaker, providing transportation and serving the night of the event.
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Jon Paine again led a project with the local community to help bring herring back to the coast through providing safe places for them to spawn rather than on creosoeted dock pilings which are toxic to the eggs.
This year we had more nets in the water…..and less herring than last year.
We had herring curtains in Garden bay, Whisky Slough, Bargain Bay, Egmont, and down the coast in Secret Cove and Halfmoon Bay. Where last year eggs were seen on the rocks and pilings in these areas this year the only place that experienced eggs was in Bargain Harbour at Don White's dock. The curtains placed at Don's dock had an estimated million eggs. Just south of Don White’s there were two curtains at Richard Paton’s dock but there were no eggs. It is hard to see why they would spawn at one dock but not 50 meters away at another.
Closeup of Herring Eggs
This was our 10th Annual Art Auction and we keep getting more efficient at each one. This year Ron and Marita had the assistance of a committee, John King, Glen Bonderud and Jon Paine, thanks to all and a special thanks to Reg who put in many additional hours this year in support of our new system speeding up taking the money at the end.
Lucy and Sue getting ready for bidder number 22.
Our 4th annual Hop Scotch was a great success. It has created a buzz around the harbour with people already looking forward to next year and bringing friendss who missed this years event. David Mochuck again did a marvelous job of choosing five scotches and three speacialty beers for our tasting pleasure. Heather Brown provided great food at the golf club and Alan Stewart as auctioneer helped raise funds for our Rotary Projects and Polio.
Many thanks to Rick Smalley who has organized all the Scotch Tasting events and is dedicated to making sure everyone has a great time and gets home safely.
For our CALENDAR of Speakers & Events,
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Our MEETING place...
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Story by John King
The Rotary Club of Pender Harbour has sent five ShelterBoxes for the relief of the peoples of Haiti, at a total cost of $5,000.
Each ShelterBox contains a tent, bedding, dehydrated food, water, water purification tablets, first aid kit, cooking utensils, and stove; the box itself will act as a container for water storage. Each box will sustain 10 people for a month.
Story by Paola Stewart
On January 22, 2010, the Rotary Club of Pender Harbour will be providing assistance and encouragement to the girls of Madeira Park and vicinity as they participate in a seven-kilometre run.
Canadians matching hope with action...
Photograph of Ursula Hardwick, program facilitator, by Glen Bonderud
Roots of Empathy is an in-school program launched to foster a caring community within the classroom and to reduce bullying and other forms of peer aggression.
UPDATE! At the meeting of January 15, 2010, the club voted to donate $2050.00 to the program for 2010/2011.
Photograph by Glen Bonderud
The Rotary Club of PH has presented a cheque for $3070.06 to the Egmont and District Volunteer Fire Department. The funds will go toward a fire truck recently purchased from Vermont. The new truck significantly enhances fire protection in the area and, as an added boon, residents will now pay less for home insurance.
Left to right in the presentation photo, taken December 18, 2009: Fire chief and Rotarian Peter Sly, VFD members Doug Elliott and Jim Smith, Rotarians Ron Johnston and President John King
Pender Harbour Rotarians and friends gathered at the Pender Harbour Golf Club, November 28, 2009, to kick off the holiday season and to raise money in support of Rotary's program to end polio. The event featured a wide array of food, six different kinds of Scotch, and four unusual types of beer to sample.
The club extends its appreciation to the organizers of the event, Al Holt and Rick Smalley. Many thanks for your work, and congratulations on a successful event.
Watch Hop-Scotch highlights...
For audio, click on the Sound icon.
Story by Glen Bonderud
At the meeting of November 27, 2009, the Rotary Club of Pender Harbour presented a check for $3500 to Pender Harbour School principal Nancy Brindley and shop teacher Jay Walls. The funds will enable the school to purchase four new computers: two for special needs students and two for shop programs.
Left to right in the photo: Secretary Glen Bonderud, Principal Nancy Brindley, and President John King
Learn more about the Rotary Foundation...
Visit the Foundation website...
Or register for the free online course Rotary Foundation Basics...
Story by Rick Smalley
Another memorable Rotary Salmon BBQ for the 2009 PH Jazz Festival...
For memories of last year's BBQ, click here to watch the show Jammin' with Salmon. For the still show, click here...
Story by Ian Grant
Our President Elect offers a firsthand account of his day at the Rotary Leadership Institute...
Undeniably, the social event of the summer! It was also a chance for a lot of the club to say good-bye to Ricardo, our exchange student from Brazil. For pictures of Ricardo at the party, click here...
For other highlights of the evening, watch below...
To view the show with music, click on the Sound button.
To switch from small to full screen and back, click on the Full Screen button.
Click here to watch a brief video showing how Rotary membership helps others. Do you know a "missing piece" who might want to join us?
What's Rotary glitz? To find out, take a look at the flashy images from the 2009 convention in Birmingham, England. Click here...
Image shown here: Closing Plenary Session of the 100th Annual Convention of Rotary International, June 24, 2009, Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, LG Arena, Birmingham, England.
Photo by Monika Lozinska-Lee © Rotary International
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In 2009, District 5040 was selected as one of 100 districts around the Rotary World to participate as a pilot district for Future Visions. More... |
To view the show with music, click on the Sound button. To switch from small to full screen and back, click on the Full Screen button.
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Rotaract is a service club for young men and women. Here's the organization in action, around the world and on our doorstep:
To view the show with music, click on the Sound button. To switch from small to full screen and back, click on the Full Screen button.
Here's a show of images and information to help you answer questions about Rotary and spread the word about who we are and what we do . . .
The show includes both nights of the double Scotch tasting event hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Sunshine Coast~Sechelt, and Pender Harbour~Madeira Park, November 28 & 29, 2008.
Click here for A Taste of Scotland . . .
Our year in pictures . . .
Click here to watch SHOW & SHINE '09...
For the still show, click here...
Proceeds from this annual event support the Egmont and District Volunteer Fire Department.
PH Rotarian Peter Sly (left) at the opening of the new firehall, June 20, 2009
Three local recipients of Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) were guests at our meeting of October 17, 2008 . . .
In the early years of Rotary, Vocational Service was not the high ideal to which we now aspire . . .
Rotarians didn't invent the wheel--we're not that old! But we can take credit for reinventing it, in more ways than one
We have our own spin on Service Above Self
Kitchen Sink Rescue Farm in Roberts Creek, currently provides sanctuary, of healing and hope, for horses, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, cats, dogs and even a lizard. Pictured left to right; Rotarian Bill Charlton Cheryl Jensen and Mike Lewis.
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