Just a reminder that on Monday December 11th we have a very special guest coming to our meeting. Rotary International Director Drew Kessler will be there to speak and induct some new members. We have never had an International Director attend one of our meetings so this is very special for all of us to meet him. Please be sure to attend on Monday evening, spouses and guests are more than welcome.
All of Santa's Rotary elves were busy on Saturday preparing Santa's sleigh for his arrival in Port Hope for the annual parade. Special thanks to Steve Snider for his incredible skill in painting some of Santa's reindeer. The Rotarians in addition to making sure Santa was there also collected donations for the parade and the local food bank.
Port Hope Rotary Christmas Holiday Market
For many years the Port Hope Rotary Club sold hams and fruit cakes as a fund raising activity as the holiday season approached. Rotarians accepted orders and delivered these items to those who supported this activity. When Covid-19 changed our lives, the club had to devise a new fund raising plan.
Hence the Christmas Holiday Market was initiated which the Club has implemented for the past several years. This Market allowed our customer supporters to order and pay on line for their purchases. This has been a successful fundraising venture which has allowed the Club to provide a greater variety of products from which purchases can be made. In addition to the hams we introduced 8 further gift suggestions.
Beeworks created specialty gift bags and honey products. Queenies Bakeshop provided 600 delicious shortbread cookies. A four pack of different chocolate bars from Donini Chocolates proved to be a popular purchase. Last year we introduced our large bundle of assorted Christmas greens which included an outdoor array of forest sprigs along with a seasonal large bow. Friends of Rotary, along with a few of our Rotary members, collected these latter items from the forest of the donors farm. Collectively the Christmas Market has become a successful fundraiser in which a number of our members become involved as a community project.
On Saturday evening the Port Hope and Northumberland Sunrise clubs gather to celebrate Our Rotary Foundation. After introductions Bob Wallace provided an overview of our Foundation Programs and then interviewed our zone Director Drew Kessler and this can be heard using the following link. Interview with Director Drew Kessler
Our guest Speaker for the evening Was Sam Brophy Williams, a doctor from Australia who is studying in Toronto at Sick Childrens Hospital. He was the receipient of a Rotary Foundation Global Grant.
The members of the Port Hope Club recognized two very deserving members of the Port Hope Community.
First Julie Stewart for her incredible long time commitment to the youth and members of the community.
Heather McKeown was the second honouary for her outstanding work with fostering puppies, volunteering at the Community Health Center, the Mission Thrift Store among many other things.
In addition Rotarian Paul Tait was recognized with his Paul Harris Fellow +2 pin. This recognizes Paul and Marg's ongoing support for the Rotary Foundation.
On October 15th our club participated in the Rotary Foundation Walk. A great day of fun and fellowship while raising money for the Foundation.
The club continues the work on the Port Hope Centennial Riverview Park project. The pollinator garden has stater as well some of the benches have been installed.
Many members of the Port Hope club gathered on Saturday morning to cleanup around the Ganaraska Conservation Authority. After completing this area we went across the road to the Comfort Inn area and picked up more trash, 20 full bags. It is amazing how much trash people throw away. The group then headed downtown for lunch at the Thirsty Goose. Great fun for all of us.
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