Welcome to the Rotary Club of Orléans

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 7:30 AM
Portobello Manor
691 Valin Street, Lower Level
Orleans, ON K4A 0G3
Canada
Phone:
(613) 824-8819
Contact rotaryorleans2022@gmail.com
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President
President Elect
Treasurer
Past President
Director International Serv.
Club Administration
Director Fundraising
Director Communications
Secretary
Chair Membership
Chair, The Rotary Foundation
Chair, New Generations
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Congratulations to the MHS Interact Rotary Club! We have been officially presented with our Certification of Organization and recognized for last year's clubs efforts with a Citation!
Let's do it again this year! Food Drive up next!
Thank you to our sponsor Club - Rotary Club of Orleans for leading today's ceremony!
It was SO nice to see you all 💗
[Message by Janice Beaver, Nov 17 2023]
As President of the Rotary Club of Orléans I, Batool Siddiqui, placed a Wreath this morning along side various politicians and community group leaders.
Phil McNeely has worked on creating the Rotary Youth Forest for many years. AG Joan Hunter and DGE Teresa collaborated to see how we could recognize him for all his efforts working on this project. AG Joan offered that she had enough points to provide Phil with a Paul Harris award and today we both presented him with that award.
Congratulations Phil and thank you for your vision, your passion and your commitment to saving our environment.
What a gorgeous morning to carry out our semi-annual Fallingbrook Park cleanup!! Bonus, Peggy and Jill treated us to homemade muffins. Dorothy won the prize for the most unusual item found. Some had more fun than others, on the swing and slides...  Susie missed the cleanup but arrived in time to join Dorothy for coffee.  
 
On October 4th, Tricia Johnson, Director of Communications and Development at the Ottawa Food Bank, shared insights into the workings of the Ottawa Food Bank.  We learned about the farm/garden near Stittsville where they grow much needed vegetables and fruit for use within the Food Bank.  We learned about the huge number of clients, 33% of them are children, who need food in our community.  The need is increasing so much, while donations have seriously fallen, so much work is needed to support the community.  For children, there is an urgent need for diapers and other child-related items. A new larger rented building will help ensure that food is retained at high quality level, insuring that they are able to be distributed in a healthy manner to the public.  The only government funding is from the City of Ottawa ($ 400K/year), no funding is provided by the federal government or provincial government.  The donations come from the community!  Our club helps out raising funds for the Food Bank and organizing food drives at local grocery stores, plus our Merivale High School's Interact Club carries out food drives.  Thank you, Tricia for helping to open our eyes further about the community needs and the excellent work being carried out by the Ottawa Food Bank.
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