Special Rotary EventJust 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.
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Santa Claus parade    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. |
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Christmas Market 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. |
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Our Rotary Foundation EveningOn 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.  |
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Port Hope Rotary Beacon for November 13 2023 |
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Port Hope Rotary Beacon for October 30, 2023 |
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Christmas Market |
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Port Hope Rotary Beacon for October 16 2023 |
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2023 Rotary Foundation WalkOn October 15th our club participated in the Rotary Foundation Walk. A great day of fun and fellowship while raising money for the Foundation.
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Rotary Cooks Breakfast For Cameco Employees |
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Fall Fair 2023 |
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Waterfront and Riverwalk Master Plan – Julia SnoekProgram Director of Service Projects Ron Tuttle introduced Julia Snoek, Director of Parks, Recreation and Culture for the town. Julia and her staff including Floyd Beattie, Eric Metcalfe, Leslie Murray and Amanda Millar have been very helpful as we planned and developed the park.   Tonight, Julia will speak to us about the draft Waterfront and Riverwalk Master Plan that the Waterfront and Riverwalk Working Group have developed after much public consultation and input.  The Final Waterfront and Riverwalk Master Plan will be presented to council in September. The plan sets the framework for future development along our waterways. The Master Plan includes five key areas of interest. These five areas will be viewed holistically and will result in a remarkable waterfront and riverwalk experience for residents and visitors alike. The five key areas of interest are: • West Beach • Inner Harbour • Centre Pier • East Beach to Gages Creek (including A.K. Sculthorpe Marsh) • The Ganaraska River from Lake Ontario to Highway 401 (including Corbett’s Dam, Optimist Park, Port Hope’s historic downtown) The master plan has a number of goalsfor the design outcomes: - serve community needs - respect for Indigenous people - support a variety of recreation activities - safe and accessible access to the water’s edge - protection of natural features - recognize heritage features - improve connectivity of walking and cycling trails - more public washrooms - support for a marina - commitment to public safety Julia said that they are hoping that there will be a public art display along the river and opportunities for education about the impact of Indigenous people. Other short-term plans include enhanced tree planting along the river south of Optimist Park. You can download the two parts of the Master Plan and watch a short video at https://www.myporthope.ca/waterfront. There will be an idea book set up for community members to submit ideas for the Waterfront and Riverwalk. Rotary Storage Container Ken O’Neill asked for volunteers to meet at Simpson Memorial on Toronto Road on Friday, August 25 at 2:30 p.m. to move the 80mpaaving stones to our storage container near Epic Gym. On that day Ken told us that we don’t need a new home for our storage container since Walter Hilman did not get approval from CN for his expansion plans. Membership Committee Report Co-Chairs Sandra Hicks and Bruce Coleman and the committee have developed strategies to increase membership.  Watch for more details soon. Seniors’ Seminar Drina encouraged interested members to sign up for the Seniors Seminar on Tuesday, August 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Cameco Room at the Cobourg Community Centre at 750 D’Arcy Street, Cobourg. There will be booths set up from local community organizations, all geared towards supporting seniors. It will be set up like an information fair, so seniors are free to walk around and ask questions to respective businesses and local organizations.  Wording on Sign in Park: The Rotary Club of Port Hope celebrated 100 years of service in 2022. To commemorate our centennial, the club along with the Municipality of Port Hope installed the shade structure and made improvements to the park by adding gardens, shrubs, trees and benches. Rotary International is a humanitarian service organization which brings together business and professional leaders in order to provide community service, promote integrity, and advance goodwill, peace, and understanding. The Rotary Club of Port Hope gives volunteer and financial support to organizations and individuals in our community and also participates in international projects. Find out more at www.porthoperotary.com  |
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Riverview Park UpdatesThe 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.  |
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District News
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Rotary Club of Port Hope/Agnew Golf and Social EventRotary Club of Port Hope/Agnew Golf and Social Event Monday July 31 |
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District News Good morning, Robert. Weekly message to D7070 AGs, Rotary and Rotaract Club Presidents & Club Secretaries from DG Iosif Ciosa. Please forward to your members! Welcome to the second week of May! The District Assembly was this past Saturday. Our first in-person District Assembly since COVID. What a day it was? Thank you to the speakers, everyone that came out and Centennial College for the great venue. A chance to learn, connect and friendship.
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2023 Surf and Turf4th Annual Surf & Turf Dinner at Home Saturday, June 10, 2023  Surf and Turf a great success thanks to all these workers. |
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Little LibrariesThe club has a project to build some additional little libraries to be placed by the library in the municipality. Thanks to the skill of Rotarian Tom Sears 5 are being constructed, two of which are finished and ready for installation. Thanks also for the painting skills of Tom's wife Doreen.  |
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Club AssemblyPresident Jim called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm and since it was a club assembly there were no visitors or guests this evening. Our traditional toast was said by President Jim and Past President Paul Tait resighted our Rotary Grace. Lisa prepared a lovely souvlaki dinner with salad, pita bread and rice but the Tuxedo Cake for dessert was the cherry on top! Thank you Lisa and helpers. |
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Centennial Riverview Park |
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District weekly newsGood morning, Robert. Weekly message to D7070 AGs, Rotary and Rotaract Club Presidents & Club Secretaries from DG Iosif Ciosa. Please forward to your members! |
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District 7070 Weekly NewsGood morning, Robert. Weekly message to D7070 AGs, Rotary and Rotaract Club Presidents & Club Secretaries from DG Iosif Ciosa. Please forward to your members! Welcome to the last week of April! This past Saturday, 22nd of April East Day; was our Rotary Day of Service - Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup. What a day it was, rain, rain and more rain.... Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors still got together with community partners to remove all kinds of garbage from the Great Watershed. Please send your photos to Dan Combes the chair of GLWC.    |
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Great Lakes Cleanup 2023Many 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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Elder AbuseWELCOME: Pres Jim welcomed everyone to the fellowship of Rotary. Sandra introduced her two guests – the first being Norma Daniel who owns High Fields Day and Destination Spa on Rose Glen Road and the second person being the guest speaker for the evening, Missy McLean from the Northumberland Elder Abuse Resource Network (NEARN). Following a Rotary toast and Rotary prayer, dinner was served.   |
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Weekly District news April 17thGood morning, Robert. Weekly message to D7070 AGs, Rotary and Rotaract Club Presidents & Club Secretaries from DG Iosif Ciosa. Please forward to your members! Welcome to the Third Week of April. What a week we had, summer came for a visit embracing us with sun and warmth. Perhaps a little early... PDG Jim Louttit and PDG Bob Wallace this past Friday organized a special opportunity to mix and mingle with Senior Rotary Leaders; Past RI President and TRF Trustee Chair Elect Barry Rassin; Past RI Director and Trustee Director Dean Rohrs; and Past TRF Trustee Chair Brenda Cressey. It was a great opportunity to listen to their messages and have informal conversations, a truly inspirational evening. Thank you Jim and Bob. |
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Float your Fanny 2023Thousands of people descended on the banks the the Ganaraska River in Port Hope to watch the 2023 edition of Float you Fanny Down the Ganny. The Port Hope Rotary was there at the finish line to provide hot chocolate and snacks along with goodie bags and commemorative shirts.  |
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Membership EveningThe Port Hope Rotary club recently invited past members to an information meeting to tell them what the club is currently up to. Attendance was wonderful and a lot of fun was had by all. As you can see by the smiling faces everyone enjoyed the evening especially the meal and fellowship.  |
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Paul Harris Recognition The Rotary Club of Port Hope recognized 4 people on Monday evening for the dedicated work within the municipality of Port Hope and Rotary |
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Rotary Centennial Riverview ParkMany Rotarians, municipality leaders and local citizens gathered at the new Rotary Centennial Riverview Park for the grand ribbon cutting to kick off the Port Hope Rotary clubs new park activities.    |
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The New Shade StructureThe work on the Port Hope Rotary Centennial Riverview Park has started. Here is the finished shade structure installed in the new park  |
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Rotary Riverview ParkThe work on the park has started. Here we see the completion of the concrete pad for the shade structure.  |
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Library Computer TablesHard working members of the club assembled computer tables for use by the public when using the Mary J Benson branch of the Port Hope library. Lots of hands made quick work which was followed by a bite to eat at a local restaurant.   |
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Port Hope Centennial Gala |
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2022 Surf and Turf |
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Support for UkraineThe Rotary Club of Port Hope hosted a fundraising effort from March 5 to 15, 2022. Funds were used in partnership with Shelter Box.org to provide emergency housing for people displaced by the crisis in Ukraine. Rotary club of Port Hope volunteers and generous community donors raised $4,800 during the 10 day campaign. Those donations were then matched by the Rotary Club of Toronto so a total of $9,600 was sent to support efforts by Shelter Box housing Ukrainian families in Poland.
Thank you to Home Hardware in Port Hope which provided space in their store for the club to collect in-person donations.  |
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Coldest Night of the YearOur Club was happy to take a walk in the sunshine on February 26th to support the Coldest Night of the Year fundraising for Greenwood Coalition. #cnoy2022
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Rotary Club of Port Hope Paul Harris Awards Dinner Presentations Video - November 2021 |
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Port Hope Veterans Banners Displayed for the Third Year
For the third year in a row the Rotary Club of Port Hope has been involved in displaying banners of Port Hope veterans. With the assistance of the Municipality of Port Hope, Port Hope Legion, and the Port Hope Heritage Business Improvement Area, fifty Port Hope veterans have banners hung up in their honour in and around Port Hope this year.
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Port Hope Rotary Thanked by the Municipality of Port Hope Accessibility Advisory Committee
On Friday, October 22nd, 2021, Ron Tuttle, Director of Service Projects for the Rotary Club of Port Hope, was presented with a framed letter from the Municipality of Port Hope Accessibility Advisory Committee Chair Selena Forsyth.
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Dedication of Farley Mowat Park - September 29, 2021
Members of the Rotary Club of Port Hope and Port Hope Town Council, the Mowat family and members of the Parks Recreation and Advisory Committee along with interested citizens gathered at the newly named Farley Mowat Park on the east side of the Ganaraska River by the boat-roofed house on Wednesday, September 29 for a dedication ceremony.
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Did You Know? - Rotary Bridge
The Port Hope Rotary Club was chartered in 1922 and the members of the day recognised that the downtown and Ganaraska river were going to be an important focal points for generations to come.
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Did You Know? - Little Libraries
The Port Hope Rotary club recognized that literacy is very important to each of us. The club knew that many do use the library but also have mountains of books in our homes that were gathering dust.
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What Rotary Means To Me - Bud Lynch
Rotary began for me in September 1973 when my client and great friend Ted Lacey invited me to join him for a Rotary meeting at Idalia Golf Club. At 29 I became the youngest member, but was impressed with the courtesy and respect I was afforded by members who seemed to be all the movers and shakers of the Port Hope community. |
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What Rotary Means To Me - Jim Millington
My dad was a Paul Harris fellow, was a Rotarian in Montreal, Toronto, Chatham and SARNIA. |
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Bronze Shelter Box Hero for 2020-2021
We are honoured to be named a Bronze Shelter Box Hero!
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President's Thanks You
Community Thank You…Your Support Helps Us Help People. On behalf of the members of the Rotary Club of Port Hope, I want to thank each and everyone of the friend of Rotary in our community for your ongoing generous support…we can’t do what we do without your help.
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Farley Mowat Week
The contest on the theme of “Canada’s North” was open to residents of Port Hope and also to those living in Arviat, Nunavut. Arviat is a village on the west side of Hudson’s Bay. Farley travelled there and worked with villagers on a film. We did not receive any entries from Arviat this year due to Covid-19 protocols and severe weather, but we look forward to future collaborations. |
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Farley Mowat WeekCelebrate Farley Mowat Week – May 10 - 16 The Rotary Club of Port Hope will celebrate Port Hope resident author Farley Mowat during the week of May 10 – 16. It would have been Farley’s 100th birthday on May 12. Farley passed away on May 6, 2014. His works were translated into 26 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf. The Rotary Club has worked closely with Claire Mowat, John Mowat, the Municipality of Port Hope, the Port Hope Public Library, St. Mark's Anglican Church and Furby House Books to plan activities during Farley 100 Week – May 10 – 16. Due to the Covid-19 lockdown, all events will be virtual.  |
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Farley Mowat weekCelebrate Farley Mowat Week – May 10 - 16 The Rotary Club of Port Hope plans to celebrate Port Hope resident author Farley Mowat during the week of May 10 – 16. It would have been Farley’s 100th birthday on May 12. Farley passed away on May 6, 2014. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf. The Rotary Club has worked closely with Claire Mowat, the Municipality of Port Hope, the Port Hope Public Library, St. Marks Anglican Church and Furby House Books to plan activities during Farley 100 Week – May 10 – 16. Due to the Covid-19 lockdown, all events will be virtual.  |
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Farley MowatNational Film Board Films about Farley Mowat If you would like to learn more about Farley Mowat, there are two films about Farley on the National Film Board website (www.nfb.ca) that you can watch on your computer, tablet or phone. Here is a link to learn more about the NFB apps for Apple or Android devices. Finding Farley – 2009 - 1 hour 2 minutes – by Leanne Allison In this feature documentary, husband-and-wife team Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being Caribou), along with their 2-year-old son and dog, retrace the literary footsteps of Canadian writer Farley Mowat. They canoe east from Calgary towards the Prairies (the geography of Farley's Born Naked and Owls in the Family) and then traverse the same paths that Mowat took more than 60 years earlier in Never Cry Wolf and People of the Deer. Their epic 5,000 km journey—trekking, sailing, portaging and paddling—ends in the Maritimes, at Mowat's Nova Scotia summer home. https://www.nfb.ca/film/finding_farley/ Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat – 1981 - 25 minutes – by Andy Thomson Farley Mowat has sold more books than any other Canadian writer – 10 million copies in 22 languages in 50 countries. In this short film, Mowat recalls some of his experiences that have found their way into his work. https://www.nfb.ca/film/ten_million_books/ |
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April Spring Wing Fling |
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Port Hope Rotary and Municipality of Port Hope Plan to Celebrate Farley Mowat
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Farley 100Get ready to celebrate Farley Mowat's 100 birthday with a week long list of activities in Port Hope. Readings a writing contest and a lot more. Look here for more details.  |
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What Rotary means to me, Sam Whittaker
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What Rotary Means to by Sylvia Binkley
I moved from Warkworth to Port Hope in 2006 and since my High School days in Orangeville observing Rotary Exchange students, I knew that when circumstances allowed me, I would like to become a Rotary member. |
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Rotary Christmas Market
The Port Hope Rotary Club completed another first for the club with a very successful Rotary Christmas Market. Thanks to all our customers, Queenies, The Railside, Food Inspired and Jennifer's Jazz It Up.
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Santa's Busy Pre Christmas Weekend
The Port Hope club had a busy weekend. On Saturday the members made sure that Santa made it safely to the parade for all the community to see. On Sunday Santa made a special stop in downtown to serve breakfast to many people and collect toy and $$ for the Salvation Army.
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Rotary Foundation Walk
Many Rotary members and the public joined in the Rotary Foundation Walk to see the Avenue of Hero's Banners
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ONE STOP SHOP HOLIDAY MARKETONE STOP SHOP HOLIDAY MARKET Sponsored by The Port Hope Rotary Club Supported by Furby House Books, Queenie's, Food Inspired, The Railside Restaurant, Brandt Meats, Heritage Baking Company This is your opportunity to get all your holiday shopping done safely and to support local merchants as well as a local service club. Drive through pick up of your gift orders will be on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Elias St. in Port Hope between 1pm and 6pm |
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Ed's House Hospice
We are pleased to report that the Rotary Club of Port Hope has completed our committed $50,000 donation to Ed's House Hospice, with our final installment made at a presentation on Wednesday October 28th. |
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Avenue of HEROE'S Walk
On Saturday November 7th The Port Hope Rotary Club is hosting a self paced walk around downtown to view the Avenue of Heroes banners. |
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Avenue of Heros
The Banners are going up today on the Avenue of Heros in downtown Port Hope. |
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World Polio Day
On Saturday October 24th, 2020 is End Polio Now day across the globe. Led by Rotary and many collaborative organizations, polio has been largely eradicated in our lifetime...truly a celebration.
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Avenue of HerosThe Port Hope Rotary Club is again proud to recognize members of our community who have served in the military. These banner will be going up soon and there will be a community walk on November 7th to view the banners. There will be 40 banners this year.
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Greek DinnersIn our ongoing efforts to assist local business in Port Hope the Port Hope Rotary club in conjunction with the Railside Restaurant server 196 Greek dinners to the Port Hope and Cobourg community.  |
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Capitol TheatreOur Name in Lights!  |
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Our Online meeting June 1, 2020 Lots of exciting happenings at Port Hope Rotary
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Club MeetingsDue to the COVID-19 pandemic our club is not meeting in person but are meeting online every two weeks. Please consult the calendar of events for dates e and times of our future meetings. Stay safe and look forward to meeting in person soon
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Avenue of HerosThe Rotary Club of Port Hope unveiled the latest community project the Avenue of Heros. Banners have been erected throughtout the down town area to honour local heros who were members of the Canadian military. A total of 29 banners have been erected for this year. .jpg) |
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Touch a TruckThe members of the Port Hope Rotary Club participated in the Touch a Truck event to raise funds for Ed's House, the hospice in our area being built.  |
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Port Hope Fall FairThe members of the Port Hop Rotary Club provided a food station at the annual Port Hope Fall Fair. We provided lots of burgers and hot dogs that the fair goers could purchase.  |
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Avenue of Heroes Banner Campaign
Avenue of Heroes Veteran Banner Program Launches in Municipality of Port Hope Banners paying tribute to local war veterans will adorn the streets in downtown Port Hope this fall
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Coldest Night of the Year |
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Port Hope Rotarians Paint Gazebo Several members of the Port Hope Rotary club joined with District Governor Mary Lou Harrison to paint the Gazebo on the east waterfront trail.
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Rotarians at WorkSeveral members of the Port Hope Rotary Club assisted the Salvation Army to collect and sort household goods, furniture and clothing to assist the families displaced by the devestating fire that occured on Wellington Street in Port Hope.  |
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First Aid RefresherSeveral members of the Port Hope Rotary club brushed up on their First Aid skills. .JPG) |
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Durham College Donation |
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Birthday Bags for the FoodbankThe members of the Port Hope Rotary hard at work packaging Birthday Bags for the Foodbank. These bags contained a cake mix, icing, balloons, streamers, noise makers, candles etc. All the things needed for a child to have a birthday party.  |
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Salvation Army Christmas HampersSeveral members of the Port Hope Rotary club assisted with the delivery of the Salvation Army Christmas Hampers and Toys  |
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Rotarians working at the Habitat for Humanity BuildSeveral Port Hope Rotarians took part in a Habitat for Humanity Build on November 9th. Walls were built and sub flooring laid.  |
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Little LibrariesIn the fall of 2016 the Port Hope Rotary Club members built 6 little libraries for the community to share books. Over the winter several local artists painted the libraries and this spring they are being placed in the municipality of Port Hope. This photo is of one of the libraries placed on King Street at the home of Claire Mowat.  |
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West Beach Clean UpPort Hope Rotary Club members complete the west beach clean up showing Service Above Self
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The new Riverview Park. Currently, we have raised $40,245.87 in donations.
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