Our days are getting longer, the snow is almost all melted and our Mother Earth is starting to warm up.  Earth Day is less than one month away!

 

That mean that it is time to complete our preparations for the Great Lakes Watershed clean-up.  It is scheduled for Saturday April 22, 2023  between the hours of 9:00 am and 12 noon! 

 

We are welcoming all our partners and 'pickers' back from last year and are looking to include the many new partners Rotary in Grimsby made last year with the Grimsby Glows event and the Fantasy of Trees.

We are now in the volunteer recruitment phase! 

Rotary and the Town of Grimsby are looking to exceed our 120+ community volunteers who joined us for the cleanup in April 2022.  Encourage everyone you know to spend a little time on Saturday, April 22nd to help clean up our precious watershed, creeks, roadways and our Town.
 
SIGN UP opens on March 22nd, please join us as a cleanup volunteer.
 

The clean-up is scheduled for Saturday April 23, 2022  between the hours of 9:00 am and 12 noon!

This year we are very pleased to announce that the Town of Grimsby and The Green Advisory Committee are strong partners and integral to our planning and success.
 
We are now in the volunteer recruitment phase! 

Rotary and the Town of Grimsby are looking for almost 100 community volunteers who will join us for the cleanup.  Encourage everyone you know to spend a little time on Saturday, April 23rd to help clean up our precious watershed and our Town.

 

Please SIGN UP   now as a cleanup volunteer.

 

Visit the Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup - West Niagara website.

The Rotary Club of Grimsby has been a vital, local service club for 45 years.  One of its most well-known recognitions is the Paul Harris Fellow.  The honour is bestowed on Rotarians and non-Rotarians who exemplify Rotary’s motto – Service Above Self.  

Each year, the Rotary Club of Grimsby has recognized at least one Rotarian and one community members who meet the high professional and personal standards set by Rotary’s founder Paul Harris.  The Rotary Club of Grimsby traditionally honors the recipients at a gala dinner, and they receive a special certificate, a gold pin, and a gold medallion on a blue-and-gold ribbon.  See Paul Harris Fellow history video.

 

This year, the Rotary Club of Grimsby pivoted to an on-line virtual recognition event honouring three community members and one Rotarian.  Over one hundred individuals, locally and from around the country, attended the event via Zoom.

 

Our regularly scheduled 3rd Thursday meeting for March was a little different this year.  Instead of attending a local club Zoom meeting, Club members were asked to register for and participate in the District 7090 Conference which was being held virtually.  Over 4 days, interesting and inspiring speakers shared their perspectives of how Rotary is changing and evolving and offered a variety of suggestions for local clubs.  There was also a lot of merriment and virtual socializing!  

 

Liz asked several of the members who attended any or all of the days for their thoughts about the conference.  It is interesting how the perspectives are different based on how our  different Rotarians view "their Rotary".  One key message through out the conference and what your fellow Rotarians recollect is the need to change and the possibilities that abound.