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Walkerton Rotary very active in the community by Tammy Crocker |
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Although the Rotary has been in Canada for nearly 100 years, the Rotary
Club of Walkerton has been in operation for 72 years and currently has
50 members.
Locally, the organization provides services such as donating to the Alzheimers' and Cancer Societies, St. John’s Ambulance, the Horticulture and Agriculture Societies, the local Food Bank, Youth activities such as the host and exchange program, Scholarships for both high schools, Literacy projects, Highway and Park Spring Clean up, Waste Management Day, the Roots of Bruce and the Buskers Festival. As Rotarians, they are also involved in the International student exchange and supplying disaster relief aid around the world. Tim Mancell Walkerton Rotary President According to Tim Mancell, Walkerton Rotary Secretary, "Every year we supply thousands of dollars to the Polio project internationally and have literally eradicated Polio throughout the world.” In addition to the Polio eradication project, the group also sent aid to Haiti last year and to Japan this year following the disaster there. In Japan, Rotary has already supplied three ‘Shelter Boxes’ to the country with a price tag of $1,000 each, with four more to follow. "The Shelter Boxes provide housing for 10 families and include the basic necessities to survive such as blankets, cooking utensils and other things to maintain a reasonable style of living that some people take for granted," says Mancell. Rotary is also currently looking to get involved in a project in Nicaragua which would involve the Sewage project in a village of 800 people. The project would bring fresh water into the village so that the children and their parents would not have to walk several miles for drinking water. The Rotary Club has also spearheaded a program in Uganda to purchase an ambulance. In partnership with the 'County Town Players' in the group's recent production of ‘Time Travel Interrupted’ at Jubilee Hall in Walkerton, Rotary did a lot of volunteer work behind the scenes, including building the sets for the play, assisting with ticket sales and ushering patrons to their seats, along with running the bar the last night at the Mix and Mingle. The Rotarians all volunteered their time, with the profits from the show going towards the new Brockton Clinic that recently opened its doors in Walkerton thanks in part to a major Rotary donation of $100,000.
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The annual Rotary Lottery is the club's biggest fundraiser. Tickets are $150 each, with monthly prizes of $2,500 given out and a grand prize of $5,000. Tickets can be purchased from Rotarians by contacting Tim Mancell at 519-881-1724. “Our mandate is to assist the community in every way we can,” said Mancell, who hopes to bring younger members into The Rotary Club. “We are always looking for members and encourage younger participants who want to volunteer in the community to come out to a meeting,” said Mancell. The Rotary Club meets every Thursday at 6:30pm at the Dunkeld Tavern, with some exceptions throughout July and August, when they usually have barbecues held at members homes. Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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