Rotary St. Catharines has inducted 5 new members since Nov 2023; including 2 on Feb 22. Welcome to Rotary St. Catharines Liz Palmieri, KimSchwenker, Roberto Godoy, Julio Murch and Brad Clarke.
Rotary St. Catharines is bettering lives in our local community - culturally, economically & socially. Respecting and reflecting our community's diversity. Truly Service Above Self.
At Rotary St. Catharines, we are People of Action, who inspire our younger generation to learn to read, aim for higher goals and become the best person they can be. Rotarian Rick Merritt is reading to a young student at Lincoln Centennial School.
The last time our volunteers read to children at Lincoln Centennial School was in March of 2000. Everything came to a grinding halt with Covid at that time. We offered to restart the program in September, but the school was reluctant to have adult volunteers back in the school. We are happy to announce we are back in action!
Each week 4 volunteers read to children for 20 minutes each over the course of the hour. Eventually we’ll also be doing some phonics work with the children.
In the spirit of giving this festive season, the Rotary Club of St. Catharines brings holiday cheer with $18,000 for 13 local causes! 🎁✨
Focused on community development, our Club’s ‘Local Community Service Grant’ supports non-profits and charities aligned with Rotary's mission. This year, the emphasis is on poverty reduction, with projects addressing food insecurity, mentorship programs, and various critical needs in vulnerable populations.
Along with announcing the winning Ribber Co-Chair Melissa DeBeau was happy to update the Club on another successful Ribfest!
We don't have the final number yet, but we are expecting it to be around $90,000.
The committee would like to thank the membership for coming out to volunteer, we had all shifts filled in record time. The recycling efforts of the garbage crew generated 1,620 kilograms of recyclable materials and 7,755 kilograms of organic materials that would have otherwise been collected as regular waste and sent to the landfill.