Past President Wilf Gray thanked the club for a great year and passed the gavel to incoming President Susan Davidson.  President Susan recognized Wilf for his commitment to Rotary and leading during challenging times.  Despite the continuation of covid the club continued to serve the community.

President Susan addressed the club.  “I am looking forward to a successful year.  We are a small club that accomplishes big things.  Our success is a team effort, and our families and friends working with our members dedicated members make this success possible. Thank you.” said Davidson.

“We will continue to serve the community and increase our impact.  Food sustainability, the environment, support for seniors and our seasonal Adopt a Family are areas we will be focussing on.  As opportunities open up we are also planning to participate in programs for youth including Adventure in Understanding and Rotary Youth Leadership programs.  The club will also continue the world-wide fight against polio and support of the work they participated in, in Nepal following the earthquake.

Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self” and BEL Rotarians demonstrated their commitment to this on Saturday.  The club met to maintain the lawns and gardens at Rotary Park (west end of the James Gifford Causeway) and clean and paint the gazebo.  In July of 2021, the gazebo was dedicated to charter member and long time advocate for the community Bob Ash, and is enjoyed by community members and visitors alike.  Thank you to Gerry Herron of Blue Diamond Window Cleaning for power washing the gazebo and to Home Hardware Bridgenorth for donating the paint and materials to do the work.  Our community partners make our service possible! 

It was a perfect day of golf, fellowship and sunshine as the BEL Rotary Season Opener Charity Golf Tournament returned after a two year hiatus due to covid!  Thank you to the Quarry Golf Club for your incredible service and all of the golfers and sponsors who made the day possible!    The money raised will support the work of BEL Rotary.  Most recently we made a donation to disaster relief to support those in need in the Ukraine and have shopped for the Lakefield and Bridgenorth Food Banks.

 

Thank you to our major sponsors, Canoe Financial, Scott Concrete Products, RED X Technologies, Craftworks at the Barn, Girvin Devitt Lawyer and Tony and Michael Davidson, TD Wealth.  We could not do the work we do without your generous support.