R2R Networking Opportunity for Rotaractors!
If you plan to attend, please bring $5.00 to our meeting tomorrow night at The Office Pub. Katie will be there to answer any questions you may have.
Clothing Drive in Support of Yonge Street Mission!
Every year we hold a clothing drive to support the Yonge Street Mission – an organization that offers help and support to people in need in Toronto through community centres, clothing resale, health services and housing assistance. Try your best to bring pre-loved clothing – particular business wear – to our club meeting on Monday, February 27th.
Thank you for your help!
Last Chance to Buy Your Tickets!!
Film Screening of Benda Bilili! at TIFF Bell Lightbox to benefit End Polio Now
Click here to purchase tickets.
Note: No physical tickets will be issued. There will be a guest list with your name on it, so please bring a piece of photo i.d. with you.
See you on Friday!
- Kelly
Come watch Benda Bilili at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and help us End Polio Now.
Join us for our largest fundraiser of the year! We are raising awareness about Polio and raising funds to eradicate this disease. You will not want to miss this. Tickets are limited.
Event: Purple Pinkies for Polio Fundraiser
Hosts: Rotary Club of Toronto, Rotaract Club of the University of Toronto, and The Rotaract Club of Toronto
Film: Benda Bilili (IMDB Review)
Price: $30.00 Click to purchase tickets! *No physical tickets will be issued. There will be a guest list with your name on it, so please bring a piece of photo i.d. with you.
Date: Friday, January 27th, 2011
Time: 7:30 – 10:00 PM (Registration at 7:00 pm)
Location: 350 King Street West (King & John)
Place: Tiff Bell Lightbox, Cinema 4
Note: Tax Receipts will be issued by the Rotary Club of Toronto via e-mail. Donations will also be accepted online through our link.
Websites: http://www.rotarytoronto.com/, http://www.uoftrotaract.com, and http://www.torontorotaract.com.
Rotary Successfully Raised US $200 Million to Eradicate Polio!!!
We reached our goal of raising US $200 Million for the End Polio Now campaign.
Dear Rotaractors and friends,
Rotary International has succeeded in meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s US$200 million match in funding for polio eradication, raising more than $202.6 million as of 17 January!
Please click here for the full article: http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/120117_IA12_polio.aspx
To date, Rotarians worldwide have contributed more than $1 billion toward the eradication of polio, a cause Rotary took on in 1985.
To contribute towards this cause join us at our ‘Purple Pinkies for Polio’ Fundraiser for End Polio Now on January 27th, 2012 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. You can purchase your ticket here: http://rtc.r-esourcecenter.com/event//index.asp?Event_Id=25.
Thank you,
- Netila Demneri
Toronto and Montreal are hosting Interota 2014!!
Winning the bid for Interota 2014
Dear Rotaractors,
In case you have not heard already, Canada has won the bid for hosting Interota 2014 in Toronto and Montreal!
The competition was certainly felt with Lebanon, Greece, Hong Kong, Ghana, Nigeria and Poland also bidding for Interota 2014. In the end, though, our presentation and presence there won Canada the majority of the votes with a considerable difference and we got the honour to bring back home the Interota bell for 2014!
We have an exciting three years of planning ahead of us! Please follow us here for regular updates: Facebook Page
Cheers,
- Netila D.
Rotary Seniors’ Christmas Party
Rotary Christmas Seniors' Party
On Friday, December 9th, our club members volunteered at the Rotary Seniors’ Christmas Party held at the Fairmont Royal York. The Rotary Club of Toronto hosts this party once a year to bring Christmas cheer to 250 seniors who are primarily shut-in seniors. The guests were treated to a traditional Christmas Turkey lunch followed by live entertainment, carols and a special visit from Santa! Happy Holidays!
Rotaract Club of Toronto’s Holiday Potluck!
Holiday Party and Birthday Shout Out to The Rotaract Club of Alexandria!
To kick off the holiday season, we held a holiday potluck dinner for all our club members and friends. The night was filled with an abundance of food, spirits and great friends. We also came together to give a video shout out to The Rotaract Club of Alexandria to celebrate their 25th birthday. The final video is going to be played in their grand celebration for Rotaractors, Rotarians, and different international NGO’s and VIPs from all around Egypt. We cannot wait to see the final video.
Happy Holidays to you all!
Rotary Children’s Christmas Party
Rotary Children's Christmas Party
More than 240 children with physical disabilities and their families kicked off the holiday season with a special Christmas party hosted by The Rotary Club of Toronto and friends. The party took place on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
The Rotary Club of Toronto has a 82 Year tradition of hosting a Christmas party for kids with special needs in Toronto, and this year the Club invited kids from the following groups to make this a truly memorable event.
Easter Seals Society
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf
Lake Scugog Camp Kids
Gilda’s Club of Greater Toronto
Starlight Foundation of Canada
Over 725 plus participants attended the event this year, including children with physical disabilities, their siblings, parents, members of the Toronto Police and, of course, many Rotary Club of Toronto volunteers.
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The Power of Rotary Luncheon: Craig and Marc Kielburger, co-founders of Free the Children and Me to We
Craig and Marc Kielburger speaking at The Power of Rotary Luncheon
On Friday November 25, Craig and Marc Kilburger, the founders of Me to We and Free the Children, spoke about their work to a sold-out audience of almost 350 people. Their mission – to empower youth as agents of change – resonated with the Rotary Club, and their organizations, along with Frontier College, were honoured with a Community Service Award. Thirteen members of the Rotaract Club of Toronto and seven members of the U of T Rotaract Club volunteered or attended the luncheon, and heard Marc and Craig discuss the myth of compassion fatigue, making social change cool, and the move from charity to partnership.
- Shelly S.
