 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 mid May! What a week has been? Starting with visiting the Rotary Club of Trenton and Colborne a great evening at these 4 Walls. Thursday was a full day starting with special presentation by David Howard from Homes for Heroes at the Toronto Club, followed by the 34th annual Oshawa Parkwood's ANNUAL REVERSE DRAW, DINNER, AND SILENT AUCTION. Culminating with RYLS at Ganarasca Forest. Kudos to Mark, Niecy, Janet and Laura, for organizing the RYLS event. The young men and women had an amazing time. |
Friday evening, celebrating the newest club in our District, theRotary Club of Toronto Tibetan! The charter evenings an absolute success, many Rotarians from different parts of the District came out to show their support!Over 200 people came out to support the charter. Part of the ceremony was the induction of 3 new Toronto Tibetan members. The entertainment and the food was out of this world. The charter evening was held at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre.
Saturday morning was on to The Inter-Rotary Spelling BeeFinals. Presented by 6 Rotary Clubs: Brighton, Campbellford, Picton, Quinte Sunrise, Stirling. Trenton and Wellington. This was the first in-person Spelling Bee Finals in person since COVID. An amazing group of young boys and girls came out to test their Spelling Skills. What an amazing turnout, parents, neighbours and grandparents were there cheering on the contestants.
A special surprise was at the Inter-Rotary Spelling Bee Finals, Ian Acton the lead producer for the video event. Ian was the first Rotary District 7070's Rotary Exchange Student. Ian went to South Africa in 1972. Past RI President Wilf Wilkinson was our District Governor. Currently Ian is a member of the Rotary Club of Belleville.
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