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Rotary Centre for Youth

131 Wellington Street,
Box 1140
Bracebridge, ON P1L 1V3
Canada

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SURPRISES FOR EASTER

FROM: MEDIA RELEASE, MARCH 31, 2021

Easter will be a bit sweeter for some children this year!! The Rotary Club of Bracebridge in partnership with an anonymous donor has purchased and delivered chocolate treats to the Manna Food Bank. The chocolate treats valued at $2500 were purchased locally to also support Bracebridge's business community.

Paul Hammond, Chair of the Club's Human Services Committee said, "The Manna Food Bank supports many families in our community. Through this donation, we hope this brightens the day for some children that might not be visited by the Easter Bunny this year."

Photo of Club Member Paul Hammond and Dennis Grenier, Volunteer from Manna Food Bank

Picture: Club Member & Chair of Human Service Committee, Paul Hammond and Manna Food Bank Volunteer, Denis Grenier

Dresses for Dominica

As part of our International work, the Club sent Little Dresses to Dominica.

We were thrilled to hear that the girls really like them.

Thank you to Susan Montgomery who headed up the sewing circle. The circle consisted of Rotarians and community members who came together to make the dresses!

MEALS FOR MANNA

Through a District 7010 Grant, the Rotary Club of Bracebridge is producing 50 ready-to-heat meals each month over the winter. All meals were boxed and brought to Manna Food Bank freezers, ready for distribution. The "catering" crew who created the meals at the Rotary Centre for Youth, were Rotarian Mike Galbraith, Dave Stevenson, Jon Denbok (the organizer behind the project) and Andrew Smellie (not seen). Mann Food Bank Director, Sam Robinson was on hand to receive the food donations.

HELP TO COLUMBIAN ISLAND

Members of the Columbian community in Toronto and from the Rotary Club of Bracebridge raised over $20,000 in funds for Colombia’s San Andrés Archipelago, hit hard by a Category 5 hurricane in November, 2020. Located about 230 miles off of the coast of Nicaragua, the storm primarily hit the island of Providencia, demolishing the scant infrastructure, including thousands of homes and the local hospital. Bracebridge Rotarian Gabe Rubio-Cotte (born and raised in Columbia), Pres. Brenda Rhodes and Rotarian Richard Borland, receive a cheque from the members of the Toronto-Columbian community that will be sent, along with Club funds, to a Columbian Rotary Club in Bogota, who are helping with relief efforts.

SANTA PARADE GOES TOPSY TURVY

The Bracebridge Santa Claus parade was quite a bit different this year. The floats were stationary and the spectators drove past!! As well, our float was all upside down and made up of all kinds of themes! Rotarians Dave Brouillette, Dave Stevenson, Darcy Hammond and Don Wilton were on hand to greet the drive-bys!!

Christmas Gifts 2020

Rotarians Ron Nicholson, Joanne Wolochatiuk and Linda Brouillette (taking the pictures) put together Christmas Gifts for Men to be handed out by the Salvation Army during their annual Christmas hamper campaign.

CHRISTMAS COMES TO THE ROTARY GARDENS

Several members of the Rotary Club of Bracebridge brought Christmas to Taylor Road on Saturday

Pine boughs were decorated with red berries and bows with a dash of white and

hung in the middle of nineteen sections of the 160 ft fence along the side of the Rotary Gardens fence facing onto Taylor Road.

Judging by the car horns tooting, the thumbs up signs and the yelled “ looking great “comments from passing cars the decorations lifted the spirits of all those that drove by.

In these difficult times Rotary wishes everyone a peaceful and happy Christmas.

As it has done for many years the Club will be helping out those families at Christmas in need of help.

DELIVERY OF HAND SANITIZER - PART 2

Rotarians John Mullen, Paul Hammond, Gary Austin, President Brenda Rhodes, Kent Phillips, Doug Marshall and Don Wilton blitzed the Town of Bracebridge on November 12th with a second round of hand sanitizer for the local businesses. All those receiving the sanitizer were very appreciative of the gift since hand sanitizer has become a common product to use in our daily lives.

LEGION POPPY CAMPAIGN DONATION 2020

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Bracebridge, President Brenda Rhodes gives Bracebridge Legion Poppy Campaign Chair Shirley Ruttan a cheque for $500. The Club annually gives to the Poppy Campaign that goes directly to helping improve the lives of our veterans in their later years.

This year's donation is in memory of Rotarian Bill Towns and in honour of Rotarians Steve Newroth, Gabe Rubio-Cotte and Oliver Reprich who each have served their country through military duty.