Events & Volunteering

Past Events

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Friday, November 25th
Power of Rotary Luncheon – Free the Children
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: Fairmont Royal York
Members are invited to hear Craig and Marc Kielburger speak about Free the Children and their social enterprise, Me to We. This is an amazing opportunity and tickets are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis. Please contact chialingku@gmail.com or netila.demneri@gmail.com for more information.

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Saturday, December 3rd
Rotary Children’s Christmas Party
Time: 9:00-2:00 pm (various shifts available)
Location: Fairmont Royal York
Volunteer to spread some holiday cheer to children with disabilities. If you would like to participate, please e-mail neisely2004@yahoo.com. Duties include: decorating the venue, stuffing gifts bags, face painting and dressing up as an entertainer.

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Saturday, December 3rd
Rotaract Club of Toronto Holiday Potluck Dinner
Time: 7:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Members only event
Members are invited to our first annual holiday potluck dinner party to launch the holiday season and to socialize with fellow Rotaractors. Please contact chialingku@gmail.com or netila.demneri@gmail.com to RSVP. There will be fantastic food, games, and most of all, good company.

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January 31st, 2012
Rotman Networking Event

Location: Rotman School of Management, Fleck Atrium (ground floor)
Address: 105 St.George Street Toronto, ON M5S 3E6
Agenda: 6:45pm to 7:00pm – Sign up
7:00pm to 7:15pm – Guest speaker. Topic – Short introduction on Rotary
7:15pm to 8:45pm – Networking with Rotman students
Please sign up here and here.
Contact: Andrew Y. – yang.j.andrew@gmail.com

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February 3-5th, 2012
Ski and Snowboard Getaway Social

Location: Blue Mountain Resorts
Cost: $120.00 ($60/night)
Please contact chialingku@gmail.com for more details.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012
R2R Networking Event – Rotary Club of Toronto, The Rotaract Club of U of T, and the Rotaract Club of Toronto

Location: 303 Bay St.
Place: The National Club
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Cost: $5.00 (includes a wide selection of hors d’oeuvres)
Dress code: Smart Casual/Business Casual
Members only event – please wear your Rotaract pin

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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thai’ed Up Fundraiser for the Hill Tribes in Thailand

Hosts: The Rotaract Club of the University of Toronto – our Sister Club
Location: 192 Bloor Street West
Place: Gabby’s
Tickets: $10.00
Click here to purchase tickets.

The Rotaract Club of the University of Toronto is ameliorating the situation by fundraising to stock books in a hill tribe school library. They hope to educate and empower them with better decision-making that will improve their quality of life. “Thai-ed Up: Fundraising for Hill Tribes” is a social open to all ages, but primarily catered towards those ages 18 and over.

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Sunday, February 19 & Monday, February 20, 2012
AFCY Volunteer Opportunity for Sk8 @ Harbourfront Centre

Location: 235 Queens Quay W Toronto
Place: Harbourfront Centre
Site: Harboufront Centre
Subway Station: Union – then take the 509 Exhibition or 510 Spadina streetcar west from inside Union Station.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012
International Trivia Night Social!

Location: 603 Markham Street
Place: The Central Pub
Cost: $5.00 – Tickets sold at the door.
Site: The Central Pub
Subway Station: Bathurst Station

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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Meals on Wheels Volunteer Opportunity

Location: pick up downtown
Time: 11:30 – 2:00 pm

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Monday, February 27, 2012
Clothing Drive in Support of Yonge Street Mission

Location: 117 John St.
Place: The Office Pub (Second Floor)
Instructions:Please bring gently-used clothing (in a bag) to our meeting. YSM is in need of business attire so the people they service can have proper clothing to wear to job interviews. Warm coats and parkas are also in need. Thank you!

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Friday, March 9, 2012
Membership Drive Social

Location: Richmond & John
Place: The Ballroom and Yuk Yuks Comedy Club
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Price: $20.00 (includes apps and entrance ticket to Yuk Yuks)

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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Film Screening of “Tapped” on World Water Day

Film: Tapped
Location: 80 John St. (King & John)
Place: Theatre Room, 10th floor (not 10m)
Time: 6:30 PM
Admission: $10.00

Please e-mail jyee.hk@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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Friday, March 29, 2012
Rotary’s Poker Night Fundraiser

Volunteers Needed!
Place: The Steamwhistle Brewery
Time: 6:00 pm
Volunteers: help process on-going purchases of “buy in’s” and “drink tickets.” You can also purchase tickets to play poker at the event. The money raised goes towards the Rotary Club of Toronto’s foundation where they use the funds to donate to local charities and worthy causes.

Tickets: $125.00 gets you a buffet dinner, and lots of laughs, your cards are free and so are the good times. You can purchase a table of ten for $1,500 or a full sponsorship package including dinner for ten and corporate acknowledgement for $5,000.

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Sunday, May 13 – Friday, May 18th, 2012
Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA)

Location: Belleville, Ontario
Place: Loyalist College Campus
Cost: All expenses are paid by our sponsoring Rotary club if you win the Award

Rotary would like to encourage you to apply for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), if you are available the week of May 13 – 18, it is a fabulous opportunity to network and collaborate with other young leaders – more information can be found here: www.rotary7070.org/program.php?program=4. If you are interested, please send your application to shannon.lundquist@accenture.com by Sunday, April 15, 2012.

FYI – Selection Criteria:
Candidates who are 19 to 22 years of age and who meet the remaining criteria have a much better opportunity for a successful week. Candidates who have completed at least 4 years of secondary schooling will be better prepared to understand and apply the lessons which occur daily. The principles of adult education are assumed and applied. Therefore a degree of academic maturity is required.

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Friday, May 25 – Sunday, May 27, 2012
Volunteer at Camp Scugog – A Rotary/Rotaract Sweat Equity Project

Location: Camp Scugog @ Lake Scugog (Directions provided upon registration)
Time: Friday afternoon/evening to Sunday afternoon
Cost: $80.00 (Rotaract member rate)
Register today by clicking here.

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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Volunteer for the Rotaract Wiki Project

Help create an unofficial International Rotaract Wikipedia site, also known as Rotaract Wiki. The goal of the Rotaract Wiki is to be a vast knowledgebase of information about Rotaract and the world of Rotary. We also hope that clubs and DRRs will actively update the Wiki to include club information–such as meeting locations and meeting times. Imagine being able to look up on the wiki any country or any state, and seeing a list of all active Rotaract clubs in that area, and being able to lookup each of those clubs for their meeting locations and presidential contact information.
Sign up: Fill out the early adopter interest form!
Project head: Mitty Chang, President of the Rotaract Club of Greater Fremont (California)

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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Volunteer for the Rotary Club of Toronto Social Media Committee

Volunteers are needed to assist with social media platforms and media relationships. This is an opportunity to contribute towards the marketing of the Centennial year and affiliated projects, as well as work closely with and get mentored by RCT members who are experts in PR/Marketing.

If you are interested, please contact Netila at netila.demneri@gmail.com by May 27th.

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Friday, June 1, 2012
Rotary Club of Toronto Argos Scholarship Fund Launch Limited spaces available.

Location: The Fairmont Royal York
Time: 12:00 – 1:15 pm
Lunch: $19 (50% discount)
Dress: Business casual or formal
Website: http://argonauts.ca/article/community-champion-scholarship
The Scholarship: The Rotary Club of Toronto and Toronto Argonauts Community Champion Scholarship is unique in its nature in that it provides funding for the tuition of the student’s complete post-secondary career. The winner has been selected and will be awarded the scholarship at the general meeting!

Pssst! Argos players and cheerleaders will be there too!

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Chialing at chialingku@gmail.com ASAP.

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Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June 10, 2012
Volunteer at AFCY’s Big Bam Boom – An Annual Youth Arts Festival

Location: Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West Inside the York Quay Center)
Time:

• Friday 6-10 pm & Saturday 11-6 pm -Needed: 2 volunteers who can help with BOTH Friday and Saturday and are willing to supervise the children at Harbourfront (along with other staff) during this time.
• Saturday – Shift 1: 11-2 pm AND/OR Shift 2: 2-6 pm - Needed: 4 people per shift to run the interactive art-making stations (No experience required. Just come with a fun, positive attitude and enjoy working with people of all ages.)

Note: For those who volunteer, there will be a Thank You Party held at Artscape Wychwood Barns, Community Gallery at 601 Christie Street on Wednesday, June 13th from 3-5 pm and 7-9 pm. Remember to RSVP by June 4th.
Website:www.bigbamboom.ca
If you are interested, please contact Neisely at  neiselyeugene@hotmail.com with your preferred time/shift by Sunday, June 3rd.

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Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Habitat for Humanity Build

Please contact maria.shibaeva@alumni.utoronto.ca or shelly.steffler@gmail.com by Monday, June 4th if you wish to volunteer.
Sign up: Team Rotaract.
Location: 42 Acme Crescent
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $75.00 minimum donation per person

Can’t make it? Consider making a donation to Team Rotaract at the link beside “Sign up”.

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Friday, June 22, 2012
Changeover

Location: Remy’s Restaurant, 115 Yorkville Avenue Toronto, ON M5R 3K5, (416) 968-9429 (Bay Station)
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Cost: A la carte dinner – check out the menu.
RSVP to Mark (cox.a.mark@gmail.com) with a YES or NO no later than Wednesday June 20, 2012.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Volunteer at “Right to Play” Tribute Dinner

Location: Info will be disclosed to volunteers.
Time: 3:30 PM to end (Dinner will be provided)
Info: Close to 100 volunteers will be needed for this event. RTP is looking to raise over $1 million to support RTP programs with tickets starting at $750.
If you are interested, please contact Michelle at michellessho@gmail.com by June 8th.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Volunteer as a Toronto Tour Guide for a Visiting Rotarian and his Family

Location: Downtown Toronto
Time: 2:25 PM – 9:45 PM
Potential remuneration.
If you are interested, please contact Netila at netila.demneri@gmail.com by May 25th.