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Fridays at 12:15 PM

Rotary Centre for Youth

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

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HOT MEALS AND WARM HEARTS

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.

WIN A STACK OF CASH

WINNERS OF THE ROTARY MAJOR CASH DRAW WERE:

FIRST PRIZE OF $20,000 - SHEILA BURGESS, BRACEBRIDGE SOLD BY JEAN POLAK

SECOND PRIZE OF $2000 - TODD CROWDER,

WALKER'S POINT SOLD BY BOB JACOB

THIRD PRIZE OF $1000 - JANET RICKARD, BRACEBRIDGE

SOLD BY PETER RICKARD

EARLY BIRD DRAW OF $500 - ANTHONY PETERKIN, BRACEBRIDGE SOLD BY PAUL HAMMOND

THE DRAW WAS 99.7% SOLD OUT!

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED THIS DRAW. PROCEEDS GO TO HELPING BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS SENIORS!

Rotarians Susan Montgomery and Nancy Cox-Godfrey load the car ready for 424 handwritten Christmas Cards and Christmas Crackers to be delivered to all the Seniors Residences in Bracebridge. Every Senior in all four Residences will receive a card and cracker with their Christmas dinner this year. All 7 members of the Senior Focus committee worked on this project in hopes of bringing joy to the senior community.

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.

THE CHRISTMAS TREES ARE HERE!!!

SOLD OUT IN A WEEK!!!

All hands on deck for the loading and unloading of our Club's Annual Christmas Tree Sale.

Eighteen Rotarians came out to help. It was a lovely sunny day for this to happen and

the lack of snow made it even easier!!

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.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2020 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

photo of 2019 Citizen of Year - with Pres Andrew and Doug

Do you know someone who has displayed a pronounced and continued pattern of exemplary civic duty and self-less volunteer service in our community?

Nominate them for the Rotary Club of Bracebridge's Citizen of the Year for 2020

Annually, the Rotary Club of Bracebridge celebrates the volunteer achievements and contribution of one individual through naming them Citizen of the Year.

It is a great honour for our club, and a wonderful opportunity to show our appreciation for those in our community who give back continuously and who help make Bracebridge an amazing place to live. Past recipients include Mayor Graydon Smith, Jean Polak, David Crossthwaite, Cathryn Willard, Brock Napier, Audrey and Wayne Forth, Lyle Cathcart, Bruce Evans, Gerry Fox and Shirley Finch - all who have contributed to Bracebridge in their own way.

For a full list of previous recipients visit the Club's website.

Nominations can be made in 3 ways:

Electronic Submission - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RotaryCitizen2020
Downloading a Nomination Form
By calling the Committee Chair at 705-645-5508 to obtain a form or by email to bbrotary2020@gmail.com

The Citizen of the Year for 2020 will be announced in December and the winner decided upon by the members of the Nomination Committee for 2020. Members are Committee. Chair Cheryl Kelley, Art Cox, Ron Doty, Andy Fox, Doug Marshall, Karl Smith and Don Smith.

ROADSIDE CLEAN UP

As part of our club's Environmental support, it was great to see Rotary friends getting together to clean up both sides of Hwy 118 from Golden Beach Road turn off to Ziska Road turn off on Thursday October 8, 2020. It only took about an hour to make the area spotless, followed by a social distancing bonfire with beverages. Those attending were (Lt to Rt): Ron Nicholson, Sue Nicholson, Joanne Wolochatiuk, Susan Montgomery, Keith Montgomery, Neil Hutchinson, visitor Marnie Clark, Karen Quemby, Jean Polak, Gord Nielsen and (photographer in front) President Brenda Rhodes.

ASH CAN DISTRIBUTION - SAVE THE TREES

The Friends from the Watershed, along with the Rotary Club of Bracebridge, held an ash can distribution day on October 3, 2020 at the Rotary Centre for Youth.

Present on this day were Friend of the Watershed Paul Grinnell, Rotarian and Friend of the Watershed Neil Hutchinson and Rotarian Nancy Cox-Godfrey.

Fireplace ash is collected to spread on forest floors to help trees absorb much needed calcium. Calcium then helps the trees absorb water which, in turn, helps reduce spring flooding.

This is a Muskoka wide project for the Watershed Council.