Stories


Rotary and Friends at the inaugural Pride by the Lake Sylvan Lake Rotary (and friends) helped with the the inaugural Pride by the Lake on August 29th, 2026 Read more...	Rotary and Friends at the inaugural Pride by the Lake	Michel Barwell	2026-08-30 06:00:00Z
Sylvan Lake Rotary Mourns the Passing of Dolly Parton Recently, the Sylvan Lake Rotary Club launched the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Sylvan. We joined many other Rotary Clubs in offering this program to the children of Sylvan. We were all saddened yesterday to hear the news of Dolly's passing. Our Sympathies go out to all of her relatives and fans. Read more...	Sylvan Lake Rotary Mourns the Passing of Dolly Parton	MB	2026-08-26 06:00:00Z
100 Children Already Registered for Imagination Library in Sylvan Lake! The Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake launched Dolly Parton's Imagination Library on July 1st, 2026. As of the end of July we had almost 100 children signed up! Read more...	100 Children Already Registered for Imagination Library in Sylvan Lake!	Michel Barwell	2026-08-10 06:00:00Z
Sylvan Exchange Student Returns from the Netherlands Rotary was pleased to welcome Kolby Orriss back after her year as a Rotary exchange student to the Netherlands. Read more...	Sylvan Exchange Student Returns from the Netherlands	Michel Barwell	2026-07-17 06:00:00Z
Another Successful Canada Day Celebration Sylvan Lake! The Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake continues to be instrumental in the success of the Canada Day Celebration in Sylvan Read more...	Another Successful Canada Day Celebration Sylvan Lake!	Michel Barwell	2026-07-01 06:00:00Z
Sylvan Lake Rotary Launches Imagination Library in Sylvan! The Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake has launched Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. All parents (or grandparents and guardians) are welcome to register any child under the age of four to receive an age appropriate book monthly absolutely FREE thanks to the Sylvan Lake Rotary Club. Read more...	Sylvan Lake Rotary Launches Imagination Library in Sylvan!	mb	2026-06-24 06:00:00Z
Imagination Library Coming to Sylvan Lake The Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake is excited to be partnering with Dolly Partons Imagination Library staring this NOW! This program will provide, to every registered child, one book a month (absolutely free) from birth to four years of age. Click here to enroll your child now! Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has become the preeminent early childhood book-gifting program in the world. The flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, has gifted nearly 200 million free books in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and The Republic of Ireland. The Imagination Library mails more than 2 million high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to enrolled children from birth to age five. Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading and inspiring children to dream more, learn more, care more and be more. Read more...	Imagination Library Coming to Sylvan Lake	Michel Barwell	2026-06-14 06:00:00Z
Lighthouse Stands Proud Through Time Heading west on the lakefront walking path you are led to the Lighthouse. Strolling the Lighthouse Commemorative Path and Rotary Lighthouse Park is beautiful reminder of the energy of a Laker. Like the Lighthouse, Lakers are enduring, resilient and strong, proud and filled with passion. During the summer months our beautiful lady welcomes visitors with grace and during the quiet of winter she stands strong and proud through passing time for her community. History of our Lighthouse To commemorate the 100th birthday of Sylvan Lake, The Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake took on the challenge to rebuild the lighthouse from the ground up and in 2016 the project was complete. The original lighthouse was in decline and after demolition, Trevor Sigfusson, President of SL Rotary at the time, took on the challenge to rebuild. Since then, our community has supported the Town of Sylvan Lake and Rotary, as they work together to continue to enhance Rotary Lighthouse Park. Designed like Peggys Cove Lighthouse, over $240,000.00 was raised through various grants, donations and fundraisers and on Canada Day 2016 the Rotary Lighthouse Park was officially open for visitors. Click the link below to view our lighthouse through time. photoalbums/lighthouse-through-time Read more...	Lighthouse Stands Proud Through Time	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-11-03 06:00:00Z	#WeAreRotary,#community,#fundraising,#lighthouse,#memorialstones,#sylvanlakealberta,#volunteersmakeadifference,#yourdonationsmatter
EBike Raffle WE ARE SOLD OUT TICKETS ON SALE NOW Raffle License #604496 Contact any Rotarian you can email c-geisel@hotmail.com. We accept e-transfers too. Watch for our Yellow Shirts as we set up our display in Sylvan Lake and Area. If you see a poster at a business ask them how to get tickets. It's easy and WOW what a prize package!	EBike Raffle	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-07-18 06:00:00Z	community,fundraising,raffle,sylvanlakealberta,sylvanlakerotaryclub,volunteer
District Conference 22 All Hail our Interactors This years District Conference was held in Cochrane and we had a huge crew attend. It was a great day filled with speakers and information on the relevant subjects of the day. Read more...	District Conference 22	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-07-02 06:00:00Z
New Feature Coming soon New feature coming soon to our bulleting called: Kudos To Each month Kudos To will feature a member of our club, highlighting club activities, interests etc. and hopefully a live interview. Fingers crossed. Stay tuned for updates as this is an idea in progress.	New Feature	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-05-10 06:00:00Z
Top Lineup of Guests in April Thank you to our April Guest Speakers April was a great month for program content at our weekly meetings. Not only did our club welcome three new members, we were treated to a variety of topics regarding issues relevant to the community and the world. Read more...	Top Lineup of Guests in April	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-05-09 06:00:00Z
April Brings Membership Flowers April Showers Bring Membership Flowers Membership grows in April with the official Induction Ceremony held for three Rotarians. One returning member, Kjeryn Dakin, a self made Restaurateur and a member of Sylvan Lake Council was officially welcomed back. Kjeryn's classification is Restaurateur and her businesses on Lakeshore Drive have succeeded due to her hard work, her smarts and her love of pleasing people. Duane Evans, a career engineer with Novus and Enbridge has travelled the world with his work and now joins us under the classification Oil Pipeline. Cindy Pangborn, new to the community, officially joined as well under the classification of Business Management - Oil and Gas Read more...	April Brings Membership Flowers	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-04-21 06:00:00Z
My Pronouns Are Musings of Cindy-Lou... My pronouns are she/hers. What are yours? -------------------------------------------- Recently Rotary International made an amazing statement with a mandate of inclusion, diversity and equity for all. When I applied this statement to our club it is obvious we have work to do. Mentally and ideally we are an amazing group of open minded, caring people who already follow our new Rotary mandate, but we could do more, myself included. We are working to expand our membership but what could we do right now? What more could our club do to support this RI mandate? This has been my lingering thought for weeks. During my ponderings I started to notice something very interesting in my correspondence coming from some members of the District Club. Many are signing their official correspondence with identifying pronouns included. RESPECT! I don't even do this. This gave me an idea. I hope you consider this as an opportunity to open conversations with staff, friends and family. We have a Transgender person in our family and I have been story telling and advocating for this generation of people, those who don't fall into the "norm". Personally, as a Member of Rotary, I am proud to be a part of an organization where I am comfortable to speak our family's truth. It has been a beautiful journey of science, faith, compassion and understanding. Sadly, there is so much to do, especially with regards to education on a matter most of us find truly uncomfortable to talk about. What are your preferred pronouns? If I asked you this question, would you look like a deer blinded by a vehicles headlights. Ummmmm, Don't feel bad. That was me not that long ago. Even with my knowledge and understanding of the Gender Scale and it's importance to this generation, I found it uncomfortable, or perhaps a better word would be unnecessary. I found it unnecessary to identify my pronouns. Why would I have to do that? I am not transgender, I am just a woman. I don't fit in the Gender Scale. Or do I? Well pondering brings conclusions. Here are mine. The Gender Scale has changed and the old standard of only male and female no longer exists. The Scale is like a slide rule, reinvented with diversity and inclusive to all. I am on the Scale, you are on the Scale. (my Oprah impersonation) Everyone is on the Scale! Wait....What? It is true. Everyone fits in the new Gender Scale. Unlike the Scale of our forefather's, stiff and regimented, this Scale is different, inclusive to all. This is progress. THIS is a true representation of equality, equity and diversity for all and this Scale was generated by our youth. The Gender Scale is a reinvention of an antiquated system. It's kind of like the Metric System - still a means of identification, just in a different way. If that wasn't mind boggling enough, here is another revelation for you to consider. If you have been using any kind of prefix in your name like Mr. or Mrs., you have been identifying your pronouns all your life, just in a different way. NOW I GET IT! Read more...	My Pronouns Are	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-04-13 06:00:00Z
When Will The Ice Melt Ice Off the Lake 50/50 Raffle Starts April 1st! Get your tickets and make your guess Read more...	When Will The Ice Melt	Sheila Scrutton	2022-03-28 06:00:00Z	50/50,Ice off the lake,Sylvan Lake,rotaryclubofsylvanlake
Saturday Night Around The Fire ROTARIANS HOST THE FINAL LAKESHORE FIRE OF THE SEASON Read more...	Saturday Night Around The Fire	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-03-24 06:00:00Z	rotaryclubofsylvanlake
Rotarians at Canadian tire CANADIAN TIRE ALWAYS A FRIEND OF ROTARY Read more...	Rotarians at Canadian tire	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-03-24 06:00:00Z	canadiantire,donate,rotaryclubofsylvanlake,ukrainerelief
Get Your Binoculars Out Myrna Pearman, Photographer and Naturalist Returns as Speaker Read more...	Get Your Binoculars Out	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-03-24 06:00:00Z	albertabirds,birds,mrynapearman
StoveTeam International ANNOUNCEMENT New International Project for Sylvan Lake Rotary Club brings awareness to the needs of people in remote areas of Latin America. Your Sylvan Lake Rotarians work hard on the community level and support worthy projects on the international level as well. This year Club Members have pledged support for a new project called StoveTeam International. Our goal is to raise $10,000.00 through a Rotary International Grant as well as a local fundraising project to be announced. Read more...	StoveTeam International	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-03-20 06:00:00Z	donate,guatemala,rotaryinternational,stoveteaminternational,volunteeer
Ukraine Refugee Crisis Your Direct Funding for the Ukraine Refugee Crisis Through The Sylvan Lake Rotary Club Can Be Made RIGHT HERE! RIGHT NOW! e-transfer: rotaryclubofsylvanlake5360@outlook.com THE NEED IS IMMEDIATE e-transfer to: rotaryclubofsylvanlake5360@outlook.com Members of your Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake have been working hard on the international level since the invasion of Ukraine. We have partnered with Rotary Clubs in Zamosc and Warsaw, Poland and when you send an e-transfer through the email address provided below, to the Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake, 100% of your donation is transferred to the Polish Rotary Club working on the front lines of the refugee crisis. Over 2 million women and children as well as the elderly have fled the Ukraine in the past 2 weeks. The need is immediate and on going. The Polish Rotary Clubs are working with refugees on the Poland-Ukraine border supplying medical and food aid for Ukrainians trapped in the war zone. Your funds are directed for immediate use where needed through a front line of community information. Join us today and help the Ukraine Refugees through on the ground support from our Rotary International Partners in Poland. e-transfer to: rotaryclubofsylvanlake5360@outlook.com Read more...	Ukraine Refugee Crisis	Cindy-Lou Pangborn	2022-03-12 07:00:00Z	donate,poland,refugees,relief efforts,rotaryinternational,sylvanlakerotaryclub,ukraine
Annual Ice Off the Lake 50/50 IS done! CONGRATULATIONS to our Winner!! Betty Welch!! Watch the live draw recording!! https://fb.watch/5iW0M7kQx9/ 0 Comments Reply	Annual Ice Off the Lake 50/50 IS done!	Scott McDermott	2021-04-01 06:00:00Z	50/50,Ice off the lake,Sylvan Lake