It was a chilly day but BEL Rotarians, family and friends were out in full force! The Lakefield Santa Claus parade was a great success and in the words of the kids on the float - the best day ever!
The reputation of the BEL Club as "Axe Throwing Champions" is once again safe thanks to Scott Negrych! Scott won the third annual Peterborough area Rotary Clubs competition and brought the trophy home! BEL Rotarian Brian Menton won the inaugural competition and Ken Tremblay form the Peterborough Club was victor in year 2! Congratulations Scott!
At our annual Foundation and Paul Harris Dinner, the BEL Club had the honour of recognizing two of our community partners and two valued members with a Paul Harris Fellow for their incredible contributions. Girv Devitt has been a dedicated member for more than 40 years. He has served on all committees (including two times as president) and lead and participated in both international and local projects. Congratulations Girv on your Paul Harris +7.
Mike Richardson is the “go to guy”. He has been instrumental in connecting with schools to support local families through the “adopt a family” and seasonal programs, and works behind the scenes to make things happen! He sees needs in our community and works to meet those needs. Well done Mike on receiving your Paul Harris Fellow.
As part of our continued efforts to eradicate polio from the world, the BEL Rotary Club purchased tulip bulbs as part of a district wide fundraiser. On the weekend, members planted bulbs at four community gardens and Extendicare Lakefield. In the words of Foundation Chair Dorothy Menton, “It’s a win-win! Money is raised to support our polio eradication efforts and the tulips will enhance the beauty of our community in the spring!”
On October 24th, the world celebrated World Polio Day. Thanks to Rotary and our partners the world is 99.99% closer to Polio Eradication world wide!
Sunday September 11th was marked as a “Day of Service” and BEL Rotary stepped up to the task. Rotarians, family members and volunteers met at Rotary Park to “clean up”, garden and provide maintenance to the park and boat ramp. The youngest volunteer was 4 and the oldest 74! As part of the effort, the invasive shrubs along the road were cut down to create a habitat for pollinators to over winter. In the spring the garden will be planted with indigenous species designed to attract bees and pollinating insects and to also be a feeding area for the monarch butterfly.
The Canoe, is an iconic Canadian vessel symbolizing respect, relevance, reciprocity and reconciliation. The Adventure in Understanding Program embodies that spirit and brings together indigenous and non-indigenous youth to share and experience aspects of Indigenous culture.
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