The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to have inducted a new member at the Club meeting on June 11th. Terry Pook has been a Rotarian since 2002 and has moved to Truro only a month ago from Ontario. Her most recent club there was the Rotary Club of Grand Bend. Before she retired, Terry was a Nurse Practitioner Specialist in HIV /AIDs. She has been on several NIDs in India and Africa. She is interested in International and local service work.
Terry is married to John, has 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 1 dog.
Rotary has been a big part of Terry's life and she stated how happy she was with the reception she had received since moving to Truro and how she looked forward to being a member of the Rotary Club of Truro.
A group of Rotarians and friends volunteered at the Colchester Food Bank on Friday, June 1st. They included Mengdi (Dalhousie AC), Chester MacPhee, Sruti (Dalhousie AC), Youwei Chen, Judy Nicholson and Mark Mason. Other volunteers were there but missed the photo.
Colchester Food Bank is a not-for-profit agency that receives no government funding for its day-to-day operations, relying on its generous donors and Volunteers to help provide food for those in need. For Rotarians, this is a great way to serve the community.
Contact Mark if you are interested in being part of the next group going to volunteer.
Members of the Rotary Club of Truro toured the Truro Campus of the NSCC for their May Vocational meeting. Campus Principal Leck Krzywonos showed the group some of the exciting changes happening on the campus with major physical upgrading to several of the building including the old pool which is being refitted as vocational training center. There are plans in place for pedways to eventually connect all the buildings. Lech shared the growth plans for campus telling us that the student population was now over 800 and continuing to grow.
Joining Leck on the tour were Tom Savary, President Alana Hirtle, Jim and Barbara Goit. Following the visit ,the group repaired to Sherlock's at the Best Western where they joined Judy Nicholson for some fun social time.
Thank you for the tour Lech. We're very fortunate to have such a great educational facility in our community.
Our travelling Rotarian, Dr. Kevin Quinlan is on a CESO assignment in the Philippines and took the opportunity to visit with a couple of nearby Rotary Club.
The first was the Rotary Club of Tuguegarao Citadel. He reports that there is a good balance of men and women and that their main activities include helping poor farmers and supplying eyeglasses. They expressed a need for an international partner to be able to apply for a Rotary grant so some further discussion will be necessary. The DGE is a member of this club.
The Rotary Club of Truro has been awarded the District Governor's Citation for work toward achieving all the requirement of the Rotary Citation by the time of the District Conference. Our club was only one of 10 in the District to receive the award.
The Rotary Citation was formerly known as the President's Citation and the date for finally completing all the requirement has been moved to the end of the Rotary Year. Achieving the Rotary Citation indicates that the club has worked hard in meeting all it's obligations as a Rotary Club in all Avenues of Service and is a well run and balanced club.
The award was presented to President Alana by Vice President Ryan Beazley who was at the recent District Conference in St. John's. Alana said how proud she was of the effort that many have made towards achieving the award. She also said that while it was a real team effort, the citation would be hanging in her office!
Thanks to those who gave up their Saturday golf game, gardening or just about any other activity on a beautiful morning to tramp up /down the ditches at the Robie Street / Hwy 102 interchange picking up assorted waste which has been launched from the windows and the backs of trucks over the last year.
Included in the pick-up party were; Ken McLean, Rod Jones, Ed MacDonald, Brian Matthews, Chester MacPhee, Ken MacDonald, Tom Savoury and Mike Topley.
Some 34 bags of garbage and a small kitchen stove were collected! All adjourned for a well earned coffee when the work was done.
As part of RI President Riseley's tree challenge, each club around the world was tasked with planting one tree per member this year. The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to have partnered with the local Scouts Canada troop to plant trees at the old Truro dump site.
On Saturday, May 5th, Rotarians, family and friends including Audrie-Jo & Mike McConkey, Barbara Goit, Wayne Gillis, Youwei Chen, Alana Hirtle, Jane Gourley-Davis, Garth and Trinkie Coffin, Lydia Sorflaten and Mark Mason accompanied by students Katie, Marianne and Minseo all met up with the scouts and paired off to plant approximately 1000 spruce seedlings donated by the the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. They will grow into a great forest some day on this reclaimed site.
A big thank you to Audrie-Jo for arranging this activity!
Our travelling Rotarian, Kevin Quinlan, met up with the Ulaanbaatar Peace Avenue Rotary Club in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, which was celebrating its 5th anniversary.
Kevin reports that the Club is the 1st and only club formed totally by former Rotaract members. They stick to the 18-30 year rule so after the age of 30 they can join a club. A group of Rotaractors got together and formed this club. There are 14 Rotary Clubs, 15 Rotaract Clubs and 3 Interact clubs in the city of Ulaanbaatar.
On the club's vacational tour April 26th several members of the Rotary Club of Truro were given a tour and explanation of the Auto Recycling and Parts business by owner and Rotarian Andrew MacDonald It was fascinating. He explained how the cars came to the facility and how ultimately almost every part was turned into something that could be used again. Great visit.
Rotarians staffed a table at the Truro Farmer's Market on Saturday, April 21st. giving out Community Yearbooks and talking about Rotary. It was a great way to end a highly successful Rotary Week. Shown in the photo are part of the crew, Judy Nicholson, Jim Goit, Jim Gould and Ryan Beazley.
The Rotary Club of Truro recognized three individuals with prestigious awards at their annual Charter Night Event. Click the name for the Citation details.
Rotarians took part in tours of Rotary House as part of Rotary Week activities. The staff and clients of the Colchester Community Workshops were proud to show of their facilities and the work that they do.
The Rotary Club of Truro is proud of its long and ongoing relationship with the Workshops as they make a difference in our community.
There were a number of Paul Harris Fellowships recognitions presented at the 2018 Charter Night Celebration. Included in the photo are left to right: Wayne Gillis (PH +2), Dg Don Sword who did the pinning, Jim Goit (PH +4), Audrie-JoMcConkey (first PH), Judy Nicholson (PH +2), Rod Jones (PH +8), Dave Mills (PH +3). Richard Bowness (PH +6) was absent for the presentation.
Rotary Week got off to a great start with the official flag raising in front to the Truro Town Hall right after the Club's Monday April 16th regular meeting.
A large number of enthusiastic Rotarians watched as Town of Truro Mayor Bill Mills and Colchester County Mayor (and Rotarian) Christine Blair helped President Alana Hirtle raise the Rotary flag up the pole. It will fly for the remainder of the week in recognition of the role that Rotary has played in the community for the past 92 years.
The Rotary Club of Truro sponsored a one day Rotary Leadership Award (RYLA) day on April 13th. A total of 39 grade 10, 11 and 12 students from South Colchester Academy (SCA), Cobequid Education Center (CEC) and North Colchester High School attended the workshops, working together on leadership skills and finding out more about Rotary.
Some 14 of the students passed in personal portfolios and were interviewed by a team of Rotarians. The top two, Emma Toole and Veronica Hawkes were awarded with $500 bursaries to help with their post secondary education. Congratulations to all those attending.
Thanks to Rotarian Steven Gallant for organizing this great event and to Rotarians Sarah Boss, Youwei Chen, Jim Goit, Ken MacDonald, Les Mosher, Darlene Stevenson and Lydia Sorflaten for helping out.
Rotarian Youwei Chen answered the call to the club from the Canadian Cancer Society to help sell Daffodils in support of their annual Daffodil month fundraising efforts. Over the period of March 22 to 24, Youwei and his friends he recruited to help him, Zhujun Qiu and Ziwei Zheng, covered shifts at the booth and sold all their flowers.
This was the first time Youwei had been involved with a fund raising effort for an organization and he said they all had fun.
Rotary Service comes in many forms and helping other charities other than Rotary reach their goals is just one of many ways it can be done. Thank you Youwei.
Members and Friends Volunteer for Canadian Cancer Society
This April 16-22nd will mark our first annual Rotary Week in Truro. I’m excited to announce that we have a full itinerary of activities for Rotarians and friends of Rotary to participate in. I would encourage every club member to take in at least one event. The public is always welcome.
Rotary Week Itinerary
Monday April 16, 12:00-2pm, We will have the regular lunch meeting and then walk or drive down to the Town buildings where Rotarian and town CAO, Mike Dolter will raise the Rotary Flag.
The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to have inducted another new member at their March 26th meeting.
Steve Batreaux is a certified Financial Planner with Credential Financial. Prior to joining the team at Community Credit Union, he was with RBC. Steve currently resides in Dartmouth with his wife, three children and two pets, and is hoping to move to Truro in the near future. Steve volunteers some of his time with the United Way.
Steve's club sponsor is Wayne Gillis.
Pictured is Club Secretary Lech Krzywonos (standing in for Wayne Gillis), Steve Barteaux and Club President Alana Hirtle.
Welcome to Rotary Steve.
Steve Barteaux Inducted as Member of the Rotary Club of Truro
Thank you to Fulton Insurance Agencies Ltd and Rotarian Adam Wyllie for joining the list of sponsors of the Rotary Club of Truro website. Website Sponsors ads appear on the website main page of the site as well as most all of the subpages and club newsletters.
The website continues to be a critical communication tool for our club and it reaches not only all our members but many Rotarians and visitors to Truro who come to our site. By offsetting the cost of the technology, sponsorship of the website is important in helping the club fulfill its objective of providing service to our community.
Thank you all our continuing sponsors.
If you would like to become a website sponsor, please check out the website sponsorship guide page or contact Jim Goit. It's a great way to show your support of Rotary.
Registration of the 2018 Rotary Charter Night celebration is now open. (Click here for the registration page) Please register for tickets to the event via the Members or Guests buttons. Note: Non-members of the Rotary Club of Truro may register using the "Guests" button.
The special guest speaker will be Maggie MacDonnell, the 2017 Global Teacher of the Year and is sure to inspire you. Check out the web page on her prize and be sure to watch her videos.
There will also be several Rotary awards presented including the Community Service Award and Rotarian of the Year and Paul Harris Recognition.
Come out, bring a friend and help celebrate 92 years of Rotary in Truro and area.
92nd Annual Charter Night Celebration Open for Registration
The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct two new members at their Feb 26th regular meeting.
Andrea Jackson has been Branch Manager Community Credit Union Truro since 2017. Before that she as with CEED (Center for Entrepreneur Development) in Halifax and the Nova Scotia Cooperative Council in Turro. Andrea and Scott live in Valley and have three children and a rescue dog. Andrea's sponsor is Wayne Gillis
Jim Harman is a Rotarian, formerly with the South Hampton Rotary Club in Ontario. He is a retired elementary school teacher who relocated to our area a few of months ago. He and his partner Kyle live in Maitland and have visited the club several times. Jim enjoys gardening, traveling, volunteering with equestrian special needs people and painting with watercolours and acrylics. Jim's sponsor is Jim Goit.
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Truro Andrea and Jim.
President Alana Hirtle formally induct Anna Rutherford into the club as an active member at the club's regular meeting on February 5, 2018.
Anna was born and raised in the Truro area. Her grandfather was Dennis Wright, a member of the Club in the 1990's.
After working in western Canada for a few years after graduation, Anna returned to our area and is now Community Relations Coordinator with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colchester.
Anna was presented with her pin and material by her sponsor Brian Matthews.
Anna told the group she looked forward to being a Rotarian and getting to know everyone in the club.
The Town of Truro is looking for submissions for the “Nominate Your Neighbour” campaign. Please help identify those individuals, couples or families who make our community neighbourhoods great. Those who through their selfless efforts, help to create a more connected, friendly and safer community and those who are working to make their community great.
You may find more information on the Town’s Facebook and website:
The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to receive a Certificate of Appreciation from Easter Seals for its continuing support of Camp Tidnish and their programs for Nova Scotians with disabilities.
The Rotary Club of Truro is looking for young people in Colchester County to take part in the Adventure in Citizen Program.
The Adventure in Citizenship program brings together a select group of 200 students from across Canada to learn about Canadian democratic institutions through meetings with political leaders, senior officials and each other. The Rotary Club of Truro will participate in the program again this year and encourages 16 -18 year old high school students in Colchester County to apply. The Club will pay for the selected candidate to fly to Ottawa and attend the program.
Our application process calls for a short essay (approx. 250 words) or a 30-90 second creative video on “What does being a Canadian citizen mean to you?“ The second stage of the process is a short interview by several Rotary members on February 22/18.
The deadline for application to the Rotary Club of Truro is February 15th. Send completed essays or videos to Ken MacDonald by email to kenmacdo@gmail.com by midnight February 15, 2018.
Share the post on the clubs Facebook page and refer as many young people that you know (or their parents) to the program.
The spring Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) session is being held in Dieppe NB on Saturday April 7, 2018 at the CCNB Campus, 505 Rue du College located off Champlain St in Dieppe, NB. The sign in desk opens at 8:15 am and the sessions will run from 9:00 am to about 4:00 pm.
All three Parts of the program will be offered. The cutoff date of Mar 21st however space is limited in each part, so don't delay in registering if you want to attend.
Registration is all done on-line by clicking this link. The fee payable by cheque (or cash) at the door is $125. Breaks and lunch are included in the fee. When you register, indicate you are paying by cheque.
The Rotary Club of Truro will support members who want to attend by paying the registration fee.
The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct two new members at their December 11, 2017 meeting.
Darlene Stevenson spent 28 years in the public service, recently retiring from ACOA. She lives in Masstown with her husband Sid Peters, Chief of the Glooscap First Nation. Her son Dylan works in financial services and daughter Joecy is in grade 12, looking at going into chiropractic. Darlene is an avid horsewoman and is Secretary of the NS Pony Club. She looks forward to learning more about Rotary and expanding her range and options for community service. Darlene is sponsored by president Alana Hirtle.
Youwei Chen grew up in Fujian, China and came to Canada in 2008. He graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Economics. He spent a few year working in the food industry as supervisor, restaurant owner and now have moved on as an entrepreneur in B2B and B2C E-commerce. He also looks forward to learning about Rotary and engaging with the community. Youwei is sponsored by PDG Jim Goit.
There was another great Rotary Family Christmas Brunch held on Saturday Dec 9th at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry. With a total of 84 in attendance including 25 children a great time was had by all. The group with entertained by the Fiddling McConkey brothers. Santa made his usual visit however this year the role was played by Jim MacLean as Santa Ed was not back from Florida yet.
The 2018-19 Executive for the Rotary Club of Truro was confirmed at the club's Annual General Meeting held December 04, 2017. Ryan Beazley will become President and Lech Krzywonos will move up to Vice President. Jane Gourley-Davis will join the team as Secretary for the year.
The Rotary Club of Truro is fortunate to have members come forward to assume the important leadership roles for the Club.
The Colchester Christmas Index Program is in full swing and Truro Rotarians are assisting and participating in many ways. These are a few pictures of just some of activities this week. The Christmas Index Program makes a very difficult time of year for many, just a little bit brighter.
The Paramedics from the Truro area held a toy drive at Walmart from 10 am to 6 pm on Dec 2nd. The Rotary Club of Truro joined in the fun. By the end of the day, the Paramedics and Rotarians had collected 25 LARGE boxes of toys and financial donations for the Christmas Index Program.
Truro Rotarian Audrie-Jo McConkey participated Sunday Dec 3rd in the Ugly Sweater Run organized by the Truro Run Tribe. Participants contributed close to $3,000 that will go to the Colchester Christmas Index Program. Shown with Aurdie-Jo is Christine Bulk of the Truro Run Tribe.
The Rotary Club of Truro held it's November 23rd Rotary After Hour/Vocational Visit at G&G Computers where Rotarian Keith Gillis told the 8 members and one guest in attendance about his business and the challenges it faces in attracting and retaining qualified employees. We also discussed the latest advances and trends in technology and even got a chance to try out a Virtual Reality setup. Fun.
Thanks to Keith for hosting and for those who attended.
Mrs. Frances Sproule is a quilt maker extraordinaire! Over the years, her quilts have gone as far away as Australia. But at 95, quilting has slowed down!
Frances's late husband, Clifton H. (Tip) Sproule was a Rotarian in the Truro Club for many years. Frances always contributed baby quilts to the Rotary auction. She is a wonderful person with a great sense of humour.
Frances donated this gorgeous Canada 150 quilt to the Rotary Club of Truro. It is all hand stitched and hand embroidered and took countless hours to make.
The club will use it as a fundraiser to support club programs.
The Clubrunner Mobile App has recently added even more enhancements. Check out their new video. If you do not already have the app, you should check it out as it makes it super easy to get in touch with other club members and stay up to date with Club news and events. Available for IOS and Android phones.
President Alana was on hand at the recent DalAC Scholarship Appreciation night and presented the Rotary Club of Truro's International Student bursary to student Shixin Cai from China.
Catherine Saunders (wife of Rotarians Dale Saunders) was researching her family history (her Mom was born on Port Hood Island, Inverness County). As she was looking through the ‘Inverness County Bulletin’ in the records at the Nova Scotia Archives in Halifax and happened upon an article about the formation of the Rotary Club of Truro dated February 27th, 1926.
The article refers to a meeting in Truro "last night" (Feb 26th) although other newspaper articles indicate it was Tuesday night (Feb 23rd) which is the night our history indicates was the actual date. There were 25 members of the Rotary Club of Halifax and 15 members of the Rotary Club of New Glasgow who met with about 15 men from the Truro area to have dinner and discuss the formation of a Rotary Club in Truro. The next meeting of the new club was to be held on March 5th.
While official records from RI show the Charter date as April 2nd, 1926, our own club history shows that March 5th is the date the club held its own inaugural meeting and received its charter from Charles Burchell, third Vice President of Rotary International. The paper work may have taken time to get to RI headquarters.
Three members of the Rotary Club of Truro joined 26 other Rotarians from all over the region on Saturday, Oct. 28th to sharpen their leadership skills and learn more about Rotary.
Lech Krzywonos completed Part 1, Alana Hirtle did Part 2 and Barbara Goit completed the Group Discussion Leader /Facilitator training program which qualifies her to lead future RLI sessions.
Reaction to the day was, as always, very positive and people were wondering when the next session will be held so they could register. RLI will next be in Dieppe, NB on April 7, 2018. Registration will open soon. Let's get a carload or two and go up for the day.
Augusto Enriquez is one of the most well-known and charismatic singers in Cuba. He spoke to the Rotary Club of Truro on Oct 30, 2017 about Los Primos and efforts to secure musical instruments for children in Cuba As a bonus, he gave an impromptu performance as the end of his presentation, promising to come back to do a full concert for us.
The Ugly Christmas Sweater Run is on this year Dec 3rd. The registration fees go to the Christmas Index. Interested runners should check it out. Rotary Team?
Opportunity to support Christmas Index for Runners
District Governor Don Sword made his official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on October 23.
In addition to meeting with the Directors and Chairs and speaking to the Club at our meeting, the DG and his wife Pat visited Rotary House and the Colchester Community works as well as other projects around the community. They also attended the club's Get to Know Rotary event in the evening, interacted with Rotarians and potential Rotarians and then helped us celebrate World Polio Day. It was a busy time in Truro!
We appreciated the DG's message of encouragement and are working to helping him fulfill his PIPE dreams.
The Rotary Club of Truro held its first Get to Know Rotary event at the Best Western Truro Glengarry on the evening of Oct 23rd.
Three individuals interested in knowing more about Rotary talked to some of the 15 Rotarians as well as the DG and his wife Pat. The group also celebrated world Polio Day happening on Oct 24th. We are SO CLOSE.
The Rotary Club of Truro is hosting a special reception in the private dining room at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry on Monday October 23, 2017 from 5-6:30 pm.
This informal event will give you an opportunity to meet some members of the Rotary Club of Truro and learn more about Rotary and the good work being done in our community. It is also an opportunity to meet the District Governor Don Sword and his wife Pat and hear about the work of Rotary around the region and the across the world. They will also help us celebrate World Polio Day on Oct 24th.
All are welcome to this special evening. There is no admission and light snacks will be provided. Bring a friend and find out what it means to be a Rotarian.
Spread the word by sharing our Facebook Event post at http://tinyurl.com/y7n4qb8w. Think of someone who would make a good Rotarian and bring them to the meeting.
The 4th annual Bollywood night sponsored by the Rotary Club of Truro was one of the best yet. Om and Meena Khanna were again key to the organization and success of the event. There were 20 Rotarians in the total of 300 who enjoyed the evening.
The food and entertainment were excellent. All money raised will help with the club support of programs such as sending campers to Camp Tidnish.
Kirk will be taking Rotarian head and shoulder photos at the October 2nd club meeting. These photos will be used for the Community Yearbook.
Newer member who have not had your picture taken or others who want to change the one they have, please make sure to come to the meeting on the Oct 2nd.
The 10 member Rotary Friendship Exchange team from Estonia and Finland spent a couple of hours in Truro on Sunday, September 17th at the fall farm Social hosted by the Rotary Club of Truro. About 50 Rotarians, friends and family enjoyed the event, held at the home of Laurie and Mike Sandeson, there was local food and fun for all. A copy of the team information is available as a download.
The team exchanged Club banners with President Alana and gave a brief description of Rotary in their home countries. They also had the opportunity to learn a bit about our area while enjoying their meal before moving on to their next stop.
It was a great day for everyone. Special thanks to Laurie and Mike for hosting and to Judy Nicholson for her hard work and organizational skills.
The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a series of one-day courses offered to help refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their base of knowledge about Rotary. Courses are fun, topical, interactive, and geared toward busy business, professional and community leaders who want to become more knowledgeable Rotarians and more effective leaders in their vocation and their Rotary club. It is open to all Rotarians but is especially beneficial for newer Rotarians.
You can find out more about RLI and the various sessions by checking out our on-line resources. Experienced Rotarians will be the leaders of the sessions and you will meet other Rotarian from clubs all over the Atlantic region.
The fall session of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) will be held Oct 28, 2017 in Truro at the Truro Campus of the NSCC, 36 Arthur St. We are planning to offer all Parts of the training if enough Rotarians from District 7810 and 7802 register On-line registration is available by clicking this link. Don't delay as space is limited for each Part.
Our club will us the regular October Rotary Hours session to host a reception at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry on October 27th starting at 7:00 pm. It is be for all Rotarians who are in Truro for the RLI event on the 28th.
Participating in RLI has proven to be the defining moment for many Rotarians. We hope as many Truro Rotarians as possible will attend both the Friday Night reception and the RLI itself on Saturday.
The Rotary Club of Truro holds a Rotary After Hours meeting once a month to give Rotarians and others a chance to get together in a none formal setting, have some fun and talk about Rotary. On August 24th we met at the Oasis Bar and Pool area of the Best Western Truro - Glengarry. Many (most) of us have never been to this space at the Glengarry despite having been at the hotel many many times over the years. Newly renovated, it a great place to meet, especially on such a beautiful summer evening.
There will be a break in the Rotary After Hours meeting during September given the other events already scheduled but will return October 27th when the club will be combining the meeting with a hosted reception for Rotarians in Truro for the Fall Rotary Leadership Session at the NSCC on October 28th.
We hope to see you at the next event and if you have an idea for an After Hours meeting in the future let us know.
The Rotary Club of Truro held it's 4th Rotary Swim of Polio across Shortt's Lake on Sunday August 13th. A total of 6 swimmers take part with several others watching from boats as they made their way across. Funds raised will go to the Rotary Foundation's End Polio Now Cause and you can still show your support by contributing at http://Rotary.org/Give
Shown are swimmers Trish Toole, Audrie-Jo McConkey, Lydia Sorflaten, Ed MacDonald, Marilyn Brown and Louisa Sorflaten.
The Club held it's annual summer social at the Shortt's lake home of Richard and Maralyn Bowness. on August 13th. The weather cooperated to make it another great event and there was enough food and drink for many more. Thanks to Judy Nicholson chair of the committee, Ed for Bar tending (kind of) and Richard and Maralyn for hosting us.
Rotary Club of Truro members joined their friends on the DalAC float in the annual Truro Pride Parade Saturday July 29th. Pictured are Mark Mason and Audrie-Jo McConkey (who both work at DalAC) along with Marilyn Brown and Club president Alana Hirtle. It looks like everyone had fun.
On Saturday, July 29th, Camp Tidnish celebrated 80 years of offering summer camps to children, youth and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Brian Matthews, Wayne Gillis and Laurie Sandeson attended the Open House representing the Rotary Club of Truro.
They were pleased to tour the cottages and see first hand the heat pumps that were up and running which our Club helped purchase. It’s a remarkable Camp and a project that the Rotary Club of Truro should be very proud to have supported for many years.
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The Rotary Club of Truro Summer Social for 2017 will be held Sunday Aug 13, 2017 from 4 - 8 pm at the Shortt's Lake home of Richard & Marilyn Bowness, This will be a pot luck supper and Rotarians are asked to bring food depending on the first letter of their last name.
The 4th annual Rotary club of Truro's Swim for Polio across Shortt's lake will happen Aug 13th starting at 10:00 am.
The event will raise money to contribute to the End Polio cause. With only 6 new cases world wide so far this year, the end is in sight but we need to keep the pressure up to eliminate this dread disease forever.
If you are going to swim (or just want to come and "spot" the swimmers) please register. You can also support the event by making a contribution to Polio for one of the swimmers. Details for the event can be found on the events page.
This is a fun event and a good lead in to the summer social.
The Rotary Club completed the turnover of executives at the semi annual meeting held on June 26th. Outgoing President Ted Jordan Presented Alana Hirtle with the President's Pin and Alana in turn presented the gavel plaque to Ted in recognition of his great service to the club during the past year.
Roger Ryan is the 2016-17 recipient of the Rotary Club of Truro's Community Service Award.
The Community Service Award goes each year to a non-Rotarian within Truro or Colchester County who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work and financial commitment to organizations or individuals in need. This year’s recipient is Roger Ryan. He and his wife Barbara took over Ryan’s IGA from is father Jack in 1976. Ryan’s IGA was one of the “go-to” businesses in Truro for community groups, sports teams, and service clubs…..nobody ever left Ryan’s IGA empty handed.
As he was away at the time of the annual Charter night celebration, Rotarian Rod Jones was presented his Paul Harris +4 recognition pin at the Club's June 19th regular meeting.
The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. For each additional $1,000 gifted, the multiple number +1 to 9 is added until the Rotarian reaches Major donor status at $10,000.
Established in 1957, the PHF is used to show appreciation for and encourage substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation’s only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.
Thank you Rod for your generosity to the Rotary Foundation.
Shown in the photo are Ken MacDonald (Recognition Committee), Kevin Quinlan (2017 Charter Night Chair) and Rod Jones.
The Rotary Club of Truro has a new Strategic Plan covering the years 2017-2020. Lead by incoming club president Alana Hirtle a committee has worked for the past few months consulting with club members and crafting a plan to guide club activities into the future.
Our club is extremely proud of Immediate Past District Governor Jim Goit, pictured here with his lovely wife Barbara, as he was presented with the "Heart of the District" award yesterday at the District 7820 Conference in Wolfville. The award recognizes a past District Governor for outstanding service to the District during and after his DG year. Well done Jim!
The Annual Adopt a Highway clean-up was held Saturday May 27th. The group of 11 hardy Rotarians met at the Canadian Tire parking lot at 9 am and then moved over to the Hwy 102 / Robie Street interchange to collect all the paper and plastic they could. The NS Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal provided the vests and bags and picked up the bags from the roadside.
While it was cloudy, overcast and on the cool side, the Rotarians collected approximately 25 bags of trash. There was consensus that this was down from previous years which is a good thing. In addition to the beer cans, coffee containers and car parts the group usually picks up, the most interesting find was the pregnancy test kit and the empty birth control container found a short distance from one another.
There was a great turnout to the May edition of Rotary After Hours on Thrusday May 25th when Truro Rotarians celebrated the 100th Birthday of the Rotary Foundation. A quick game of Rotary Foundation Trivia was played followed by a special birthday cake which was enjoyed by all. We even sang (some would call it singing) Happy Birthday to the Foundation.
Join us for RAH next month. It's the last Thrusday of June at 5:15 pm.
The Rotary Club of Truro hosted a day long Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) session for high school students on May 5, 2017 at the Truro Campus of NSCC.
As part of the leadership training the students divided into groups and created short videos about issues faced by young people. The seven videos have been posted to the Club's YouTube site.
The Rotary Club of Truro hosted a very successful Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Event in Truro on Friday 5th 2017.
This year’s RYLA event had 37 students in attendance with students attending from each of the 5 large regional high schools. This year we also had 2 students attending from the Halifax district to participate in the day and will be taking feedback to the Rotary clubs there.
Winners of the two $500 bursaries were Josey Peters, a 17 year old student from CEC , as well as Lindsey Burgess, also a 17 year old student from CEC. Out of the 37 students, 17 were prepared for their interview with a personal portfolio. A special thanks to Rotarians Jim Gould and Ken MacDonald who were tasked with the job of reviewing all the portfolios and holding the interviews.
The day consisted of many activities for the students to participate in as well as a chance to each group to produce a 5 minute video on the challenges and advice they would provide to students entering high school.
This year we provided the students with a binder that they could use as a personal portfolio in the future.
It started as a casual conversation in the Ski Instructors locker room at Ski Wentworth during the winter of 2014 with the observation that there was a need for improved adaptive ski equipment for disabled skiers. This evolved into a Rotary District Grant application that was submitted and approved in 2015-16. A funding partnership between Alpine Nova Scotia, The Rotary Club of Truro and Rotary District 7820 resulted in the purchase the first new Sit Ski at Wentworth in some time. It arrived in March 2016 just as the season was ending.
Now that there has been a full year to use the machine, Ed McQuillan, Chairman NS Chapter of the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing and Ski instructor Hiro Ozawa will come to tell the club about the impact this sort of equipment has in the lives of disabled skiers. Ed and Hiro will be speakers at the Rotary Club of Truro's May 1st noon meeting at the Best Western Glengarry.
Injured in a ski accident that left him in a wheelchair, Ed has a first hand perspective on sports for the disabled. He is Chairman of the NS Chapter of the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing.
A professional ski and snowboard instructor at ski Wentworth since 2000, Hiro is a CADS (Canadian adaptive snow sports) ski level 3 course conductor, snowboard level 3 course conductor and someone who teaches instructors in the use of such equipment.
Come join us to hear from Ed and Hiro on May 1st.
Skiers to Report on Club Supported Project at Ski Wentworth
Lydia Sorflaten and her husband Allan continue their work in Ethiopia helping local people with entrepreneurial skills and business development.
Her blog describes very well the people she is meeting and the hard work that is going into helping in the distant land. Follow along at http://sorflatentravels.blogspot.ca/.
The popular Rotary After Hours sessions are starting up again. Join other club members for a once a month informal hour of conversation and sharing. There is food and drink as well if desired!
Sessions will be the last Thursday of the month, 5 -6 pm ,Sherlock's Piano Bar @ the Best Western Glengarry. The March one is on the 30th. Bring a friend and introduce them to the fun side of Rotary
If you haven't checked out the Mobile version of the Clubrunner app recently, you should. There have been significant improvements in the latest version and it is a now a useful tool for Rotary members to have ready access to our Club Information.
Available for both Google and IOS, (Sorry Blackberry users) just search in the appropriate App store for the Clubrunner App. Once Installed, you will need to log in with your username and password.
There are several features in addition to the Member Directory that you will find useful.
Truro Rotarian Mike Topley joined the 2017 Guatemala Outreach Team building safe cooking stoves. Indoor cooking with open fires leads to serious health issues for the people of rural Guatemala and the design and installation of safe stoves has been the thrust of a local group for several years. Rotary is a supporter of this worthwhile effort. Check out https://www.facebook.com/GuatemalaOutreach/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE
The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to inducted Sarah Boss in the club as its newest member.
A graduate of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Agricultural Economics, Sarah is the Commercial Account Manager for RBC in Truro. Previous to that she was RBC Branch Manager in her home town of Amherst.
Sarah and her husband Curtis live in Murray Siding with their two children.
The Rotary Club of Truro is looking for young people in Colchester County to take part in the Adventure in Citizen Program.
The Adventure in Citizenship program brings together a select group of 200 students from across Canada to learn about Canadian democratic institutions through meetings with political leaders, senior officials and each other. The Rotary Club of Truro will participate in the program again this year and encourages 16 -18 year old high school students in Colchester County to apply. The Club will pay for the selected candidate to fly to Ottawa and attend the program.
Our application process calls for a short essay (approx. 250 words) or a 30-90 second creative video on “What does being a Canadian citizen mean to you?“
The deadline for application to the Rotary Club of Truro is March 20th. Send completed essays or videos to trurorotary@gmail.com by midnight March 20, 2017.
Share the post on the clubs Facebook page and refer as many young people that you know (or there parents) to the program.
The District Conference website (http://7820conference.com) is now open and early registration is encouraged. There looks to be a great program in the Annapolis Valley.
The Club was pleased to induct Adrian Nauss as a member of the Rotary Club of Truro.
Adrian is manager of the local branch of RBC. He comes to Truro with considerable Rotary experience as he was previously a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor where he had reached the position of Club vice president before coming to Truro.
The 2017-18 Executive for the Rotary Club of Truro was confirmed at the club's Annual General Meeting held December 19, 2016. Alana Hirtle will become President and Ryan Beazley will move up to Vice President. Mike Dolter will join the team as Secretary for the year.
The Rotary Club of Truro is fortunate to have members come forward to assume the important leadership roles for the Club.
The Rotary Club of Truro recorded a return toast to the Rotary Club of Brisbane Airport. The Brisbane Airport Club sent notice of their toast on December 6th and the Truro Club reciprocated with a recorded toast on video.
The practice of toasting clubs is a great way to build friendships and acknowledge the worldwide nature of Rotary International.
The 2016 Rotary Club of Truro Annual Christmas Brunch was a great success again this year. There was a special visit from Santa and all the good little girls and boys were very excited to see Ho Ho.
Congratulations to Truro Rotarian Kirk Saint who was named 2016 Portrait Photographer of the year by Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) Atlantic. You can see Kirk's photos by clicking here.
Is it any wonder the club's photos look so great! Congratulations Kirk.
Chris MacDougall made an excellent presentation at the November 21st Rotary Club meeting about his cross country bike trip across Canada in support of cancer research. This video is a summary of that presentation.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a contribution to the Arthritis Society for Camp JoinTogether. The following is their report on the camp.
Camp JoinTogether 2016 was amazing! Because of the support The Society received, we were able to accept 80 children and from all reports this camp was the BEST EVER!
Following is the link to Camp JoinTogether 2016 video. Please cut and paste the url to view. The song playing is the new Camp JoinTogether camp song, Fun Forever (at Camp JoinTogether) created by a Dad and his music students at NSCC.
The Christmas Index of Colchester County has begun operations for the year. A project of the Rotary Club of Truro, the Colchester Christmas Index is a cooperative effort of groups and individuals in Colchester County dedicated to providing assistance for those in need at Christmas time. The ultimate goal is to have each family that requires assistance matched to a group, family or individual.
Rotarians (and others) can also help by volunteering at the Index Centre in the Truro Centre Mall Esplanade. Contact volunteer coordinator Chester MacPhee. 902 673-2850
The Rotary 2016-17 Theme Banner, Rotary Serving Humanity, was presented to President Ted Jordan by DG Elva Heyge at the Oct 31, 2016 meeting of the club.
A recording of DG Elva's presentation to the club can be found on the Club's Facebook page.
The Rotary Club of Truro Recognitions Committee is seeking nominations for the Community Service Award. This award is presented to a deserving citizen, who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work or financial support to organizations and / or families in need in our community. Full details of the award including past recipients can be found on the Club Website
The deadline for submissions of nominations is November 30, 2016. The award will be presented at the 91st Club Charter Night on February 16th 2017.
Send submissions to Rod Jones, Chair Recognition Committee
Lindy Finnie (Linda@colchesterhighlandgames.com) of the Scots Society of Colchester and Event coordinator for the Colchester Highland Games made a presentation to the Rotary Club about the games coming to Bible Hill, September 9th, 2017.
Check out the group's website. (http://www.colchesterhighlandgames.com) They are looking for volunteers for many activities and you have a chance to be part of this historic and fun event.
Just a quick update from our Bollywood Diner and Dance.
The event went well with everyone seeming to enjoy themselves. The balloon sales were a big success with $2,020. raised. With Ted Jordan involved in the sale it is expected that BNS will provide $1,000 in matching funds.
Many thanks to all members who bought tickets, tables and or worked at the event. Alana did another great job at organizing the table assignments, working the door and collecting the silent auction money. Thank you. Judy and Marilyn did a great job working the door. Many thanks to Audrie- Jo, Les, Ryan, Ted and Diane Standing for selling balloons.
Many, many thanks to these volunteers. We presented CCWF and Third Place Transition House with cheques for $3,000 each. After doing the rough financials it appears we may have netted +/- $7,500. and should be advancing another $750. to each group when all numbers are finalized.
Two Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Truro participated in the Blueberry pie eating contest held at the annual Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival.
First time entrant Alana Hirtle gave it her best and looked spiffy in her Rotary T-shirt, but she has a ways to go to beat veteran pie eater Rotarian Keith Gillis. This is Keith's 3rd win in this particular event.
Great effort Alana. You should get extra points for promoting Rotary. You'll get him next year.
The Polio Swim Challenge continues in support of Rotary International's Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Shortts Lake Sunday morning August 7th seven swimmers accompanied by a kayak and two boats made their way across the lake. Pledges are coming in. One team has $800 in pledges! Other people are finding unique ways to support the Polio Challenge. Pictured here, ready for the swim, are Laurie Sandeson, Ted Jordan, Lydia Sorflaten, Les Mosher, Chester MacPhee and Richard Bowness. We were joined by Jacqueline MacPhee, Trish Toole and Louisa Sorflaten to swim across the lake.
Luke MacDonald is a Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Halifax Harbourside. He donates $5.00 to Rotary Foundation's End Polio Now campaign each time he wears his Rotary cycling jersey on a ride and he has challenged other Rotarians to do the same.
PDG Jim Goit wears his jersey on almost all his rides and has picked up the challenge by doing the same and making a donation to the Rotary Foundation. At the Rotary Club of Truro's Monday he announced that he has completed 32 rides and there are two and a half months of biking season left!
The Jerseys also help promote Rotary in the community. This is a photo of PDG Jim with Rotarian Ron Zwaagstra on a recent ride around the Aspotogan loop.
The speaker for the July 25th meeting of the Rotary Club of Truro was Jo Ann Fewer, CEO of Perennia, an agriculture, food and bio-resource company headquartered in Truro.
As an experiment, her presentation was "livestreamed" on Facebook. This is a relatively new facility of Facebook and the first time that it has been tried by the club. It was meant to be posted directly to the Club's facebook page but instead went to PDG Jim's personal FB Page and was subsequently shared with the club site.
There are obviously things that can be improved (lighting makes a difference) but as a learning experience, it was enough to show the potential for the technology.
Club's Speaker for July 25th Livestreamed on Facebook
The third annual Bollywood night has been announced for September 10th, 2016 at the Holiday Inn Truro starting at 5:30pm. Tickets are $50 ($500 for a table of 10) and are available from Rotarian Jim Gould (jimngould60@gmail.com or 902-895-9654) . The event is again being organized jointly by Om and Meena Khanna (and friends) and the Rotary Club of Truro and will feature East Indian food follow by East Indian /Western entertainment and then a dance with DJ Harv.
The 2016 edition of the Swim for Polio fundraising event has been announced by the Rotary Club of Truro. It will take place on August 7th at 10:00 am and swimmer will cross Shortt's lake. Please swim or sponsor one of the Rotarian swimmers.
Outgoing President Dr. Kevin Quinlan is presented with the Rotary Gavel by Incoming President Ted Jordan as a think you for his term as Club President for 2015-16.
The new Executive and Board of the Rotary Club of Truro was installed today at the Semi Annual Meeting of the Club. Ted Jordan was confirmed as President, Alana Hirtle as Vice President and Ryan Beazley as Secretary.
The new board was challenged by incoming President Ted to Not be Afraid to Fail but rather Be Afraid to Not Have Tried. Congratulations to all.
The Rotary Club of Truro received special recognition from the Government of Nova Scotia through local MLA Lenore Zann for its project to improve schools in the Cameroon. Project author Lydia Sorflaten accepted the award from President Elect Ted Jordan. Congratulations to all.
The Truro Raceway has invited the Truro Rotary Club to take part in Cheering for Charity 2016. The club will be the Charity participant for the month of July.
The way the program works is as follows: Seven drivers from the Truro Raceway are paired with sponsor. Each time a driver wins a race at Truro Raceway from June to November, their sponsor donates $25 to the recipient non-profit. Each month, they have a different non-profit organization that will be receiving the donation. Check out the Facebook page on the program.
Thanks to 10 Rotarians plus 10 more friends, family, and Interact Club members from CEC for volunteering their Saturday morning to cleaning up the Robie Street / 102 Interchange and traffic circle. The ditches were slippery and wet but no-one complained as 43 bags of plastic, fast-food wrappers, cups, styrofoam and various other debris were collected.
The Rotary Club of Truro offered to match the fundraising efforts of the local interact Club. In the picture Club lesion Laurie Sandeson presents a $500 cheque to the CEC Interact Club. Great Work!
The Rotary Club of Truro welcomed representatives of the IWK who wanted to thank the club in person for a $50,000 donation for the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. This donation, part of the Bethel Trust proceeds, will help the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to be among the best in the world. In the picture above Club President,Kevin Quinlan presents the cheque to Keely Wallace - IWK Foundation Philanthropy Team
Tom Savary is the newest member of the Rotary Club of Truro. Inducted on May 16th at the club's regular meeting Tom was sponsored by Rotarian Jim Gould (Left). DG Jim Goit helped with the induction ceremony.
Tom moved back to Nova Scotia six years ago to make Truro his home. He has worked for CIBC for 21 years in various roles in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, returning to Truro, as Manager of Commercial Banking and Agriculture. He and is partner Alison have bought a farm house to renovate in Beaver Brook which he says has been both fun and frustrating at times.
Tom has two grown children, Rachel, who is studying for her doctorate of Animal Science at the University of Saskatchewan, and son Nathan, who is working in Moncton. Alison has three children, Daniel who is travelling the world, Claire, attending CEC in Truro, and Samuel who attends CCJH. Samuel is a Gymnast with the Truro Spartans. Welcome Tom and Alison!
An incredibly successful District Conference was held on the weekend of May 12-15. Approximately 258 Rotarians and friends from all over the District were in attendance and feedback has been that the conference was second to none. The program was informative and inspirational and the entertainment was "OFF THE HOOK". A summary of the evaluation survey is found on the District Website. Read the comments at the end.
Congratulations to the host team and especially to Co-chairs Laurie Sandeson and Brian Matthews who received the District Governor's Citation from DG Jim for Outstanding Service to the District.
The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct a new member at it's regular meeting on May 8th . Jean Morris is a speaker, trainer and coach at The John Maxwell Team and an Occupational Health Nurse at Colchester East Hants Health Authority. Rotarian Lech Krywonos is Jean's sponsor.
Jean registered for the District Conference even before she was inducted!
Food bank representative Mary DeAdder accepted a donation totalling $15,000 from the Rotary Club of Truro. Making the presentation was Rotarian Ken Maclean.
The donation will be used for gift cards for food from Superstore and Sobeys.
The Rotary Club or Truro used a portion of the Bethel Trust money to make a donation of $10,000 to Third Place Transition house. Pictured accepting the cheque from Rotarian Sharon Corcoran (right) on behalf of the organization is Sandra Falle.
The Rotary Club of Truro heard from three recipients of the Harold Bethel Trust during the club’s meeting last Monday. The club has given out roughly $300,000 with the trust. From left, club president Kevin Quinlan, John MacDonald and Hank van Leeuwen of Easter Seals (umbrella organization to Camp Tidnish), Mindy LeBlanc with Community Health Boards of Colchester and East Hants (representing Early Years program), Trish MacKinnon of the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board (representing Early Years program), Shane Crawford and Wendy Sampson of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Rotary District Governor Jim Goit, and Adam Wyllie, a Harold Bethel Trust committee member.
The club made a $2,000 donation from the Bethel Estate funds to the St. Vincent de Paul for their community assistance program. DG Jim Goit presented the cheque on behalf of the Club to Brenda Chisholm.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a $9,000 contribution towards the Nova Scotia Health Authority Early Years Project. This is an early intervention program at two schools in the NOVA family of schools.
President Kevin Quinlan made the presentation to Trish MacKinnon and Mindy LeBlanc who thanked the club and stressed how important the Early Years program is for families in our area.
Donation to Nova Scotia Health Authority Early Years Project.
As part of the distribution of the Bethel Trust, the Rotary Club of Truro made a donation of $25,000 to go towards capital improvements to Camp Tidnish.
Rotarian Martina Munden made the presentation. Accepting the cheque on behalf of Easter Seals were
Henk Van Leeuwen and John MacDonald.
Mr. Van Leeuwen thanked the club for the long term support of the camp by contributing to several capital improvements over time as well as for the ongoing sponsorship of a large number of campers each year.
Club Makes Donation for Improvements to Camp TIdnish
The Rotary Club of Truro presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Arthritis Society - Nova Scotia Division in support of their Camp JoinTogether program.
Camp JoinTogether is offered to Maritime children and youth living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Campers at JoinTogether can share a common experience with peers and engage in camp activities. The donation from the Rotary Club of Truro will allow ten young people to go to camp.
Pictured accepting the cheque are campers MacKenzie and Jenna. Behind them are (L-R) Rotarian Christine Blair, Jone Mitchell, Director of Development, Maritime Region at The Arthritis Society and District Governor Jim Goit.
The Rotary Club of Truro presented the Colchester East Hants Hospice Society with $15,000.00 worth of Atlantic Superstore gift cards for their Food From the Heart Program.
In the picture, Rotarian Rod Jones presents the cards to Hospice Executive Director Craig Johnson
Colchester East Hants Hospice Society Benefits from Rotary Donation
The Rotary Club recently made an $8,500 contribution to the Scotia Pool Society that went toward the purchase of a chair lift to help disabled people in and out of the pool.
Presenting the cheque to the Society Chairperson Glenda Bowers are Rotarians Christine Blair and Adam Wylie.
The Rotary Club of Truro presented $7,000 to support programming at Maggie's Place Family Resource Centre.
Kathie Sutherland from Maggie's Place spoke to the club about the various programs that the Centre operates and how important it is to our community. She then accepted the cheque from Rotarian Alana Hirtle.
Shanthanu Krishnakumar came to Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in the fall of 2014 in the Horticultural Technology degree program. He left the familiarity of his home town of Coimbatore in Southern India to complete his degree at Dalhousie University (Dal AC) in Truro, Nova Scotia.
While at Dal AC, he not only survived all the changes and cultural adjustments, he excelled and grew. He quickly became a leader for the international students and the campus.
His desire to help and appetite for new experiences lead him to seek assistance from the Rotary Club of Truro to attend the RYLA on the Rockconference in the summer of 2015. In his presentation to the Rotary Club of Truro in September 2015 Shanthanu spoke of the great experiences in St. John’s Newfoundland which included, “kissing the cod”! Most importantly Shanthanu promised to get involved in the Rotaract Club in Guelph during his Masters studies.
True to his word Shanthanu has joined the Rotaract Club in Guelph and it is only a matter of time before he makes a positive impact on his new community. The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to have been able to support Shanthanu in his introduction to Rotary.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a donation of $10,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Nova Scotia. JDRF Nova Scotia. It's a great cause that affect more people than you'd imagine.
The contribution was one of the first ones made from the Bethel Estate that had recently come to the Club.
The Rotary Club of Truro helped the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing (CADS) – NS purchase a new SitSki for use by disabled skiers at Ski Wentworth. CADS –NS has been teaching skiing to disabled people for many years at Ski Wentworth. Disabled people can ski using CADS equipment available at the ski hill. The cost to own the adaptive equipment is prohibitive to most disabled skiers and as the demand for CADS lessons is growing every season, the program needed to have one more adult SitSki to meet that demand.
The Rotary Club of Truro authored a successful District grant project and matched the $1,500 that the District provided for a total contribution of $3,000. The CADS-NS group paid the balance of the $5500 project cost.
Another new member was inducted into the Rotary Club of Truro at their club meeting on March 21st.
David Eisener is a Commercial Account Manager at the Truro branch of Scotiabank. He has been with Scotiabank since 2008 in increasingly responsible roles. He has a BComm and an MBA- CMA from St. Mary's University.
David's club sponsor is Dave Mills. District Governor Jim helped with the induction.
Exciting news! During this week's regular meeting The Rotary Club of Truro welcomed Ken Banks to the club.
Pastor Ken of Connection Church Truro was sponsored by Rotarian Todd Barnhill and has been at Truro Wesleyan since July of 2006. In addition to working with the Compassionate Ministry in Truro, Ken is also involved with humanitarian work in Nicaragua and serves on the ethics board at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre.
Congratulations Ken and we look forward to working with you!
In the picture are left to right, Pastor Ken Banks, DG Jim Goit, Sponsor Todd Barnhill
The Rotary International Avenues of Service Citation recognizes that the strength of the Rotary movement is founded on the service carried out by individual club members. This citation provides a means for Rotary clubs to recognize club members for his/her outstanding efforts in the Five Avenues of Service.
Rotarian Dave Mills is the choice of the Rotary Club of Truro to receive this prestigious award in 2015-16.
A member of the Rotary Club of Truro since 2000,Dave has been active in all Avenues of Rotary Service but is best known for his strong Community Service focus. A member of the board of directors 10 of the past 16 years, Dave has lead many visible community initiatives such as the Yearbook fundraiser. At the same time he has managed the less visible programs such as providing directly for the needs of individuals, families and groups in the community. Read the full citation on the Club Website on the Recognition page.
Each year the Rotary Club of Truro names a Club member Rotarian of the Year. The award is presented to a deserving and active member of the Rotary Club of Truro who has provided outstanding service to the Club and to Rotary during the last year.
This year's winner is Rotarian Mark Mason.
Mark was recognized for his work with the International and Youth service areas but in particular for his leadership this past fall in incorporating the Christmas Index into to Program of the Rotary Club of Truro.
Stuart (Stu) Rath is the recipient of the 2016 Rotary Club of Truro Community Service Award.
The award is presented annually to a deserving citizen, who has provided outstanding service though volunteer work or financial support to organizations and / or families in need in our community.
Considered to be one of the most successful business people and community supporters in Colchester County, Stu is also quietly service the community he lives in.
90 years of anything is worth celebrating! The Rotary Club of Truro's 90th Annual Charter Night Celebration is fast approaching. Julia Phelps, Rotary International Director for Zone 24, will be on hand to help us celebrate and will be our speaker. Her presentation is entitled "90 Years of Giving Gifts to the World." Register and pay on-line, Bring a guest to this important milestone. See more at: http://rotarycluboftruro.ca/event/98d1e750-bcf9-4e5e-914b-7114b11d6e37/#sthash.TiYVtsYP.dpuf
Christmas is not always the best time of year for many people, but in Colchester County the Christmas Index Program works hard to make the holiday special. This year the Rotary Club of Truro took leadership of foundation that provides support to over 800 families. The program starts in October with promotions and continues up to Christmas Day.
The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to induct Derrick Higgins as a member of the Club.
Derrick grew up in Truro and lived here until he was 19 when he moved away for 2 years to the Valley to live with his father. He moved back to Truro to be closer to his wife to be. He has now been married for 6 years and he and his wife Jamie have a 9 year old daughter and a 5 year old son.
Derrick coaches his son’s softball team and is active in his church. He is looking forward to being more active in his community through Rotary.
Derrick is a Financial Advisor for Sun Life. DG Jim Goit is his Club Sponsor.
In 2007, our family went on a trip to build a school in Dominican Republic at one of the NPH homes there.
... When I was there in 2013 I saw a beautiful clinic that was totally bare of equipment or electricity. We were about to build a new hospital in Truro, so that’s when the idea hit me...I know who needs the old equipment from Truro. Yet, back home, that simple idea took two years to convince the government to release their excess. Thankfully, our MLA’s did their job and we were given 90 days to get the stuff out. Volunteers came from nowhere and the Rotary Club leaped in faith to help get our equipment to the Sister Margaret Clinic in Fond des Blancs, Haiti.
A Rotary Leadership Institute - Atlantic Division (RLI) session was held in Truro on Saturday Oct 24. Four members of the Rotary Club of Truro attended. Matt Redmond took Part 1 while Larry Beazley, Barbara Goit and Kevin Quinlan took Part 3 and received their RLI completion pins. Congratulations.
Truro Rotarians Complete Rotary Leadership Training
The second Bollywood night held on September 19th at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center Truro was a great success. Om & Meena Khanna and friends worked with members of the Rotary Club of Truro to make sure that the event was fun for everyone.
There was great food, exhibitions of traditional East Indian and Scottish dancing as well as instruction on modern Indian dancing.
Presentations of $2000 were made to Third Place Transition House and The Colchester Community Workshops to support their work.
It was a great time for everyone. Click the title for more pictures!
Two undergraduate students from Dal AC, Shanthanu Krishna Kumar and Emily Walsh attended a Leadership Conference in St. John’s Nfld. Attendance for the conference, ‘RYLA on the Rocks’ , was fully sponsored by the Rotary Club of Truro. “RYLA, the first of its kind for youth and young professionals in Atlantic Canada was a resounding success.
The enthusiasm level at the conference was at its peak with lots of inspirational talks and team building activities. The talks were given by high profile panelists with significant insight into their life and success. All along, the Rotary motto of ' Service above self' was evident in every activity.
The conference was a perfect opportunity to meet like-minded people, learn from the experienced and have fun as well. In short...' It was the best weekend of the summer with a perfect combination of learning, fun and unforgettable memories.' -Shanthanu Kumar”. Shanthanu and Emily will be presenting their experiences to the Rotary Club of Truro.
At their AGM on June 23rd, 2015 the CCWF presented the Rotary Club of Truro with the Eleanor Norrie Award.
The annual Eleanor Norrie Award is presented to recognize extraordinary contributions for the betterment of the lives of the individuals of the Colchester Community Workshop. Jim Gould, President, accepted the award on behalf of the Club from Chairperson Nancy Messom. Barb Goit and Kevin Quinlan (in-coming President) attended from the Club along with KirK Saint, who is also a CCWF board member.
Jim advised the Board of the Club’s decision to extend the sponsorship of the Rotary House Golf Tournament for 3 additional years to 2018. This was well received by the Board.
The time has come for my final outgoing remarks. It has been a fun, active and certainly a rewarding year. In preparation, and because my memory is not what it use to be, I read the bulletins for the year to remind me of all of the highlights. They were many and they brought back fond memories of all the good work we have achieved. We have made a difference in the lives of many people this year by putting “Service above Self” in everything we do. Thank you to all members for your contribution this year.
The 2015 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) session held in Truro on May 14th. The day-long workshop was attended by 25 very engaged local highschool students.
Session leader Rotarian Stephen Gallant was assisted by Mark Mason, Rod Jones, Matt Redmond, Ed MacDonald and Marilyn Brown. The students brought their portfolios that were judged and each was interviewed by a team of Rotarians. Two Rotary Leadership Awards to be used as bursaries for University for further education were given out at the end of the day as a result
Mike Dolter, CAO for the Town of Truro was officially inducted into the Rotary Club at the club's May 25th meeting.
Mike comes to Truro after a 10 year stint with the Rotary Club of Corner Brook. His sponsor is Truro Rotarian Ken Maclean (left in the picture). President Jim Gould (right) welcomed Mike to the Club.
The 2016 District Conference will be held in Truro, May 12-15. To announce that event a new banner ad, promotional video have been created. A conference website has been launched as well on the District website. Details of the event will be posted as they are finalized.
The host club of the District Governor is presented with a special banner to display during the year their member is in that role. The turnover ceremony was held at the time of the annual District Conference in Halifax.
Shown in the picture are (L to R) Jim Goit, District Governor Elect, accepting the banner is Vice President of Truro, Kevin Quinlan, Rotary Club of Halifax Harbourside President, Donna Clark and District Governor, Stella Roy.
Rotary Club of Truro was presented with the ShelterBox Heros award for the donation of $5000 in 2013-14. Our Club was one of 5 clubs in the District that were recognized by ShelterBox. Vice President Kevin Quinlan was on hand to accept the award for the club.
The Purpose: It is to expose students to leadership dynamics and provide networking opportunities with students and professionals from across our region.
Who can attend ? Full time students between the ages of 16 and 18 who possess or want to develop leadership qualities.
What will it cost ? No registration fee is required. Lunch and materials will be provided.
When and where is the conference held?
May 14th, 2015
NSCC – Salon C (located in the cafeteria)
9am – 2 pm
36 Arthur Street, Truro, N.S.
Be selected to receive a bursary: Eligibility for this bursary requires attendance at the Youth Leadership Conference in Truro, completion of a personal portfolio and a successful interview at the conference. See your guidance counsellor for details.
Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten was presented with the Avenues of Service Award certificate at the Rotary Club of Truro meeting on April 27th. The award is made by Rotary International to Rotarians for outstanding work in all areas of service.
Lydia was out of the country in February for Charter night when it originally would have been presented to her.
District Governor Elect Jim Goit presented the certificate on behalf of Rotary International.
The Rotary Club of Truro's 2014-15 Youth Leadership Award was presented to Richard Haines.
Richard started with Cobequid Special Olympics as a registration volunteer in September 2006 and it was a life changing experience. The enthusiasm and spirit here saw there led him to become snowshoe coach later that winter.
In 2008 he became regional coordinator and has since poured in thousands of hours making sure coaches have what they need to help. Ri
chard spends much time fundraising, organizing events, managing website/facebook and he “won't let the summer go by without a BBQ for all involved in Special Olympics".
Three years ago Richard, with help from NSCC’s Dawn Darcy and Community Support program initiated the Active Start program for young athletes, which is held at the Douglas St. Recreation Center.
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Truro, President Jim Gould presented Richard with a donation to the Cobequid Special Olympics for $1500 to assist with the FUNdamentals program, which will be held at the Cougar Dome for kids aged 6-14.
Richard Haines Presented with Rotary Club Youth Leadership Award
David Stevenson joined the club for an “electrifying” presentation on wind energy and electric vehicles in Nova Scotia.
David is with Cumberland Colchester Wind Field Inc. which owns and manages wind turbines in Tatamagouche (Spiddle Hill) and Nuttby. CCWF also has involvement with several programs in Nova Scotia including Wind to Wheels and Direct to EV, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the province.
“The sun shines everyday somewhere!” David claims, and that thinking has led CCWF to look to renewable energy to help fuel economic growth in Nova Scotia. There is great opportunity in this province to leverage wind, solar and (hopefully) tidal energy. Nova Scotia is one of the only jurisdictions in North America to have to have imposed laws to reduce green house gas emissions. Nova Scotia Power Inc is already on target to meet the 2015 goal of 25% renewable sources and on track to be well past 40% by 2020.
On Saturday evening eight stalwart Rotarians joined some 350 walkers to raise over $60k for the Truro Homeless Outreach Society.Team Rotary's contribution was $1,213. Thanks to all who donated to this worthwhile cause.
Mike
Team Rotary Club of Truro, ready to head out for the 5km walk for the Coldest Night Of The Year event in support of Truro Homeless Outreach Society and Hubhouse. The team was made up of Mike Topley, Maureen Topley, Laurie Sandeson, Larry Beazley, Marilyn Brown, Dave Mills, Jim Gould and Matt Redmond.
Rotarians Walk in "Coldest Night of the Year" Event
The Colchester Community Workshops will be celebrating it's 10th anniversary in Rotary House by having an open house day on the 11th of March 2015. Tours will be conducted throughout the day and refreshments will be provided.
The Rotary Club of Truro is very pleased to welcome Dr. Catherine Graham as our newest member.
Catherine is a veterinary pathologist and works for the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture in Bible Hill. She had been a member of the Rotary Club of Lethbridge Urban Spirits before she and her husband relocated to Truro. This is a young club that was chartered in 2009 and Catherine was chair of that clubs Fundraising and Projects committee.
Catherine was congratulated by her sponsor Jim Goit shortly after being inducted into the club during the regular meeting on February 9th.
Exciting news! A container of equipment from the former Colchester hospital (along with many other donations) arrived in Fond-des Blancs, Haiti during the Christmas period and the gratitude has been overwhelming!
Truro Rotarians Lydia Sorflaten and Alana Hirtle completed the training necessary enabling the club to apply for District grants for 2015-16. The two hour session organized by the District Foundation Team was held at the Best Western Glengarry on Saturday Jan 10th for Rotary clubs in Central & Northern Nova Scotia.
Lorne MacDougall was a great Rotarian who served our Club for more than 69 years. When he died on December 4, 2014, he was the longest serving member of our club and of our Rotary District. He was the Club’s President in 1950-51. He received the highest club award in the Avenues of Service Citation in 2008-2009 and received a Paul Harris Fellowship in 1987. On his 65 anniversary in Rotary, he received an Outstanding Service Citation from the Rotary International President.
The members of the Rotary Club of Truro were treated to a performance by Don Ross, Canadian fingerstyle guitarist and son of club member Ron Ross. Don was visiting home and his father brought him to the November 24th Club meeting. Don entertained the members with two numbers in his unique style and interesting stories of his travels. Music runs in the family. Thank you to Don and Ron both.
International Students come from all over the world to study at Dalhousie University in Truro, NS. Many have not experienced cooler weather let alone Nova Scotia’s freezing winters.
Dalhousie Student Services has an annual Clothing Drive to help provide new international students with warm jackets, hat, gloves and snow pants.
This year with the help of many partners on and off campus many of the students will be warm and cozy. This year the Rotary Club of Truro membership’s “warm hearts” made significant donations of warm winter clothing.
Many thanks to all the members that contributed!
Rotary Club Warm Hearts for International Students
The Recognition committee is responsible for various awards and citations issued by the cub through the year. For two of these awards our terms of reference require the committee to ask for and receive nominations from the club membership. These two awards and the guidelines are as follows:
The Community Service Award – most senior recognition by our club of a non-Rotarian: presented to a deserving citizen (can be a joint recipient) of Colchester County who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work or financial support to organizations or families in need.
The Rotarian of the Year Award – presented to a club member who provided outstanding service to our club and Rotary in the last year. The five club officers and the members of the recognition committee are excluded.
Please forward your nominations with details in support to Ken MacDonald, Chair of the Recognition committee at: kenmacdo@gmail.com
Rotarian Mark Mason is canvassing the club for warm winter cloths to donate to International students at the Dalhousie Agricultural campus, many of whom are experiencing their first winter and are not equipped for our climate. Club members were responding with items for Mark. Donations can be made by dropping them off this week to Mark at his home or office or letting him know by Friday and he will pick things up.
As she travels around doing visits, District Governor Stella Roy is getting every club to do a short video about their activities and what makes club great. President Jim Gould and Secretary Ted Jordan did a great job and did the Club proud as you will see when you watch ours. Check out the list of all the club videos on the District Website at http://portal.clubrunner.ca/60083/Page/club-video-presentations
After lots of background work, a full shipping container has been loaded with former Truro hospital equipment and destined for Fond-des Blancs, Haiti.
The success of this project would not have happened without the joint support of so many community members within Truro.
From the initial phase of removing equipment from the hospital into storage, to cleaning the equipment with Interact students, and packing, there was an over-whelming number of Rotarians involved, each playing an integral role in this project. Rotarians such as Mike Hanes of Premiere Van Lines Truro, contributed through transporting donations from various groups and loading the container
Two new members were inducted into the Rotary Club of Truro at the club's regular meeting October 27.
Shown in the picture from left to right are Kevin Quinla, Lech Krzywonos, Matt Redmond and Ryan Beazley.
Lech Krzywonos is the recently appointed Principal of the Nova Scotia Community Collage (NSCC), Truro Campus. His sponsor is the former Principal of that same campus, Kevin Quinlan.
Matt Redmond is on the faculty of NSCC and teaches computer science. His sponsor is Rotarian Ryan Beazley, himself a relatively new member of the club.
Welcome to Lech and Matt and congratulation to all.
Eight members of the Rotary Club of Truro attended the fall session Rotary Leadership Institute that was held in Truro on October 25th. Lindsay MacKinnon, Ryan Beazley and Alana Hirtle completed Part 1. Larry Beazley, Kevin Quinlan, Barbara Goit and Lydia Sorflaten finished Part 2 and Jim Gould finished Part 3, graduating from the course series.
There were 42 Rotarians from 18 different clubs attending the sessions. A great exchange of ideas occurred and feedback for the day was very positive. Congratulations to all those attending.
Shown in the picture is President Jim Gould and others who graduated from Part 3 of the course. Check out more pictures on the RLI Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RLIAtlantic
District 7820 Governor Stella Roy made her official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on September 29th. After a great meeting with the Board of Directors she met with club members and presented Stephen Gallant with the Vocational Service Leadership Award for his ongoing efforts to host RLYA events in Truro. She also commended Laurie Sandeson for her efforts for Polio Plus over the past couple of years. We are so close to finishing the job of total eradication of the disease.
DG Stella then gave a very inspirational talk about Rotary and the work that goes on locally, regionally and internationally and related personal stories that highlighted how much good work Rotary does in our region and around the world, explaining how important every Rotarian is in that effort.
She finished by thanking President Jim Gould and praising the work of the Rotary Club of Truro, encouraged us all to do our best and to Light up Rotary..
Rotary Club President Jim Gould presented cheques totally $3,000 to the Colchester Community Workshops to support their development of a commercial bakery at their Young street facility. The bakery will not only provide items to be sold in the workshop's Convenience store and Cafe but it will provide another avenue for training for clients of the workshop.
The Rotary Club of Truro matched a grant from District 7820 to provide the amount that will be used to purchase a commercial stove and fridge for the new facility.
Shown in the photo accepting the cheque is Diane Standing, Executive Director of the Colchester Community Workshops Foundation. In the background (on left) with staff and clients of the workshop is DG Stella Roy who was on hand for the presentation.
Club Supports Development at Colchester Community Worksop
The Rotary Club's Fall Farm Social was held at the home of Laurie and Mike Sandeson on September 29th. There were kids, animals, a hay ride, food, friends and lots of fun.
Thank you to Judy Nicholson and the social committee and to Laurie, Mike and their family for opening their home.
There were three members of the Rotary Club of Truro who participated in the Big Finish to the GiveToLive Big Ride from Ottawa to Halifax. Jim Goit and Mike Hanes joined Meg MacDougall for the last leg of her ride when it left Truro Saturday morning to go to Halifax. There was also a nice contingent of club members who came out to see them off when they left Victoria Park at 9:00 am. There were a group of about 40 cyclists who joined the team who had come from Ottawa. It was reported that over $150,000 was raised to support cancer research.
Congratulations to Meg (one of the co-chairs for the event) and thank you to the members of the Rotary club who supported the initiative.
Rotarian Meg MacDougall started her Big Ride for Cancer on Saturday September 20th. She and 16 other cyclists are riding from Parliament Hill (Ottawa) to Halifax to raise money for cancer research. That's Meg just above the person in red.
Many Rotary Club of Truro members have supported her efforts and may be interested in Following here travels. Check out Meg's Blog at http://megsbigride.wordpress.com/ or by liking GIVETOLIVE on Facebook.
Working together Rotary Club of Truro, Hand Up, District 2840, Rotary Club of Kumbo through Rotary International, this incredible transformation of a school in sad disrepair has brought a community to life in cooperative effort to repair the foundation, walls, roof of the school as well as build a much needed latrine.
The Integrated Development Foundation organized the community to action, prepared a plan involving all parties, found the skilled labour and oversaw the project to a very successful end. in the remote community of Befang, NW Cameroon, Africa.
The Rotary Club of Truro hosted the first Bollywood night in Truro on September 4th at the Holiday Inn and Convention Centre. The sold out crowd of 300 people enjoyed a night of great food, music and dancing entertainment. Proceeds went to local charities and cheques for $2,500 were presented to the Colchester Community Workshops and to Maggie's Place.
Congratulations to President Jim Gould and those that helped organize this event.
The next Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) sessions will be held in Truro on October 25th. All three parts will be held as well as Group Discussion Leader and a Graduate Course depending on numbers registered in each.
The Rotary Leadership Institute is a series of fast-paced, interactive, one-day courses offered to refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their base of knowledge in Rotary. Courses are fun, topical, interactive, and geared toward busy business, professional and community leaders who want to be more effective and knowledgeable Rotarians.
The Rotary Club of Truro is usually well represented and members are encouraged to register the appropriate part and attend. It is especially important for newer members to attend at least one of these sessions to learn more about Rotary. The club will reimburse you for the registration fee. Click on the graphic or go to http://tinyurl.com/pe93gng to register.
Check with a member who has been there and they will tell you the value of the session.
Assistant Governor Rob Christie presented the Rotary International theme banner for 2014-15 to Truro President Jim Gould at the August 18th club meeting. He also brough greeting from the District Governor and highlighted her upcoming visit to the Club.
Barb Weatherbey smiles broadly while looking around at a small group of children wearing yellow T-shirts and picnicking in Victoria Park.Jenny Lewis, 11, and co-day camper Colten Mayo, meet Rotary Club of Truro members Jim Gould and Alana Hirtle while enjoying a recent play day in Victoria Park. The club has provided $7,500 in funds for Bright Skies Day Camp for children with special needs, which will enable it to continue in 2015. SHERRY MARTELL – TRURO DAILY NEWS
Truro Rotarian Meg MacDougall is training for her second Big Ride this September and she is looking for donations to support her cause. She gave the club a great presentation on last years trip.
The Rotary Club of Truro held a Swim to End Polio on July 13th in conjunction with their annual summer social at Shortts lake south of Truro. There were 13 members and friends who braved the chilly water and swam the half kilometer distance across the lake. While that make not seem like it lot, it was a big challenge for SOME of the swimmers.
What is more important, is that the club members solicited for pledges and while the final total is not in yet, over $2000 was raised and the money is still coming in! By the time the donations are given to the The Rotary Foundation and they are matched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it will mean that more than 10,000 doses of the Polio vaccine can be distributed as a result of this effort. Congratulations for work well done.
The 2014 edition of the Rotary Club of Truro's summer social was a great success. Held July 13th at the Shortts Lake home of Richard and Maralyn Bowness the event was very well attended by Rotarians and friends both new and "experienced". The swim to end polio had been held earlier in the day however some went back on the water... practicing for next year perhaps.
The Social Committee did a great job of organizing the food and drink, the weather was great and everyone had a wonderful time.
Another display of the good work that Rotary is doing in the community. This is a picture of the sign above the entrance to the new kitchen at the new Maggie's Place. To date our Club has donated $20,000.00 towards Maggie's Place getting established in their new location.
The sign was donated by Sid Sells Signs in appreciation for what Maggie's Place does for the community and also in appreciation for what the Truro Rotary Club does in the community.
The Rotary Club of Truro was one of several clubs in District 7820 which was presented with the Rotary International Presidential Citation with Distinction for the Rotary year 2013-14. The 2013-14 Presidential Citation recognizes Rotary clubs for an array of achievements that promote membership growth, enhance humanitarian service through the RI Foundation, and strengthen the network through the family of Rotary. By qualifying for the Presidential Citation, clubs contribute to Rotary’s strategic goals and multiply the impact of their good work through the collective focus of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs worldwide.
Accepting the award are (l-L) Past President Laurie Sandeson, President Elect Jim Gould, Director Judy Nicholson and Secretary Elect Ted Jordan. Congratulatons.
Club Receives RI Presidential Citation with Distinction
Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten recently returned from a trip to the Cameroon where she and her husband Alan were checking on several projects the Rotary Club of Truro had supported.
While there, they visited the Rotary Club of Kumbo, a partner on the projects.
In exchange for one of our club's banners, Lydia was given locally made hats and bags to present to President Al Bégin and Immediate Past President Laurie Sandeson who modeled them from the Club.
Thank you Lydia.
Club Presented with Gifts from Rotary Club of Kumbo, Cameroon
Immediate past president Laurie Sandeson was on duty today to induct Karen Boyd as a new member of the Rotary Club of Truro. Vice President Jim Gould is Karen's sponsor.
Karen graduated from the University of California at Davis with a bachelors degree in environmental design. She's worked in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay area as well as Montana. She moved to Nova Scotia from Montana in 2012 when she married Al. Both Karen and Al's backgrounds include commercial interior design thus began Boyd & Boyd Design & Construction Ltd. Karen appreciates being a part of the creative process and coming up with solutions to meet interior environmental needs.
Growing up in Alaska, Karen feels quite at home in Nova Scotia. "The healthy lifestyle that Nova Scotia has to offer is a perfect place to be with our new family." Karen and Al have two young boys and enjoy living, and playing, outside in the woods and at the beach.
Welcome to Rotary Karen.
Karen Boyd is newest Member of the Rotary Club of Truro
Sixteen Rotarians, friends and family worked happily under sunny skies and mild weather on the morning of April 26th to pick 56 bags of garbage out of the ditches at the Robie Street / Hwy 102 interchange. Part of the haul included 2 tires, an old couch and a five dollar bill. The place is now spotless.
Thanks to all participants.There will be a place along the highway to the Pearly Gates for you. Just tell Saint Peter that you're with the Rotary Highway Clean-up Committee.
Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten has nearly completed her visit to the Cameroon and describes the effect that the Rotary Club of Truro's donations to the School projects there over the last couple of years have had. We are making a significant difference in people's lives. Check out her blog for full details.
For a number of years a group from Truro has gone to a rural part of Guatemala to build cooking stoves for the people there. This year Keith Gillis, a member of the Rotary Club, and Cathy Weldin a good friend of the Club joined the project. The following are some pictures of their visit.
Truro Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten reports on the Cameroon projects regularly and can be followed in her blog http://sorflatentravels.blogspot.ca/. This week she reports on the Befang Primary School Project and her visit to the construction site.
After the ceremonies signifying the progress of the Befang Primary School Project, we were invited to the Pastor’s house from a meal. We were asked to write in the guest book. Let me share with you what I wrote, then we will attempt to convey the magnitude of the project, its impact on the school and community.
The annual Rotary Club of Truro Auction ended with a bang on Monday night.
There was over $31,000 in bids received (65% of item value.. the second highest % since 2008). With the addition of $5000 in cash donations, the club is well on its way to having a big portion of the funds necessary to support community programs and projects for the coming year.
The work is not over yet as the items will need to be distributed and cash collected this week. A great time was had by all on the last night of the event as can be seen in the pictures.
Please welcome and thank the Rotary Club of Truro's newest website sponsors. Canadian Tire Truro (represented by Club member Bart Hinze) and Super 8 (represented by Rotarian Alana Hirtle) are both proud supporters of the Rotary Club of Truro.
The sponsorship ads revolve on the front page of the club website and appear as a group on every internal page as well as every e-mailed club bulletin. The ads are linked so clicking will take you to the business's own website.
Revenue from the ads help the club defray of the cost of the website as well as assist with other costs of running the Rotary Club.
Thank you to our sponsors. Others interested in website sponsorship should check the link on the topic under the ads.
The Annual Truro Rotary Auction has launched! Running from March 10th to March 24th, this year's auction offers up 700 items donated by local businesses and individuals valued at over $47,000.
As has been the practice for a number of years, all bidding is done on-line at the club auction website http://trurorotaryauction.com/. Register for a PIN, scan the items and make your bids. The system will notify you by e-mail if you have been outbid by someone else. You can also use the ViewMy Bids tool to keep an eye on your items.
Proceeds from the auction support the many worthy causes of the Rotary Club of Truro, so spread the word and get those bids in.
Thank you to all the donors for their items and to all the Rotarians and volunteers for their hard work in getting the auction ready to run.
The Rotary Club of Truro is one a number of individuals and organizations that have supported Truro resident Peter Corey in taking supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support a fish farming project. A lot of what was taken is practical (fish farming manuals, printer, good quality rubber boots, rain jackets), but some of it is purely fun (soccer gear, maple syrup, Jiffy Pop)--things that we enjoy here, but are difficult or impossible to find otherwise in DRC.
The supplies will make a real difference in people's lives. Read more about Peter and the Fish for Hope project at http://fishforhope.blogspot.ca/
Supplies Support Fish for Hope Project in the Congo
The tradition of having the senior leadership of the Agricultrual College as a member of the Rotary Club was continued as Dr. David Gray Dean/Principal of the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus was formally inducted into the Rotary Club by Vice President Jim Gould (Right) Dr. Garth Coffin (Left), former Principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College was David's sponsor.
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Truro (Nova Scotia) David.
Rotary Club of Truro member Mark Mason was recently in the Seychelles where he once taught in school and where his wife Christine was born. They went to a school and library to deliver 45kg of much needed new books.
Both the library and school were very happy to receive the books. Some were in French as both languages are official in the country. The school and library are interested in MORE books so a larger project is being planned.
While in the Seychelles, Mark also visited the new Rotary Club on Mahe.
The late Charlie Hill was a great member and supporter of Rotary. In recognition of a donation he made in his estate that was to go to support an international project, the club has commissioned a plaque that now can now be found in Befang school in Cameroon, Africa. It will serve as a permanent reminder of the generosity of Charlie Hill.
Former Club Member Recognized With Memorial Plague
The Rotary Club recorded this video to thank Thei Convery for her presentation at the annual Charter night celebration Feb 20th. It was an inspiring talk.
The Rotary Club of Truro met at the newly renovated Sherlock's at the Best Western Plus Glengarry for their regular monthly Thrusday social. Great turnout and good time. Plan to attend the next one.
In the picture (left to right) Barbie Reynolds, Kirk Saint, Jim Goit, Barb Goit, Bart Hinze, Rod Jones and Wayne Gillis. Behind the camera is Judy Nicholson.
The following individuals will receive awards at the 88th annual Charter Night Ceremony held on Feb 20th.
Avenues of Service Citation
The Avenues of Service Citation provides a means for Rotary clubs to personally recognize one member of the club for his/her outstanding efforts in the Five Avenues of Service.
Dr. Garth Coffin
Paul Harris Fellowship
Donors of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or the Humanitarian Grants Program, or people who have that amount contributed in their name, are recognized as Paul Harris Fellows by Rotary International.
Donors of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or the Humanitarian Grants Program, or people who have that amount contributed in their name, can be recognized as Paul Harris Fellows.
Laurie Sandeson
Dr. Kevin Quinlan
Rotarian of the Year
The Rotarian of the year is presented to a deserving and active Member of the Rotary Club of Truro, who has provided outstanding service to our Club and Rotary in the last year.
Chester MacPhee
Community Service Award
The Community Service Award if presented to a deserving citizen, who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work or financial support to organizations and/or families in need in our community.
Lindsay MacKinnon has rejoined the Rotary Club of Truro after being away for 3 years due to work obligations. Lindsay now has her own CA practice in Truro. In the picture are Linsday's sponsor Garth Coffin (left) and Club Vice President Jim Gould (right).
The Rotary Club of Truro has received the first Global Grant approvalin District 7820 using the new grant system initiated by Rotary International. The grant will be used to repair and equip a three room school in Befang, Cameroon, Africa. The Rotary Club of Truro’s $5000 contribution has been matched by Rotary International ($7,500) and District 7820 ($5000) for a total of $17,500.
Lorne MacDougall celebrated his 96th birthday on January 12, 2014 and the club recognized it with a birthday cake and a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday.
A Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Truro continuously since April 1945 Lorne still attends most every club meeting and is an inspiration to us all.
The Rotary Club of Truro held another successful Rotary Christmas Brunch on December 14th at the Best Western Plus Glengarry.
Approximately 90 Rotarians and family members attended. There are some great singers in Rotary and carols were sung. The highlight of course was the special visit from Sanata who on this occasion seemed to develop a distinctly Cape Berton accent as the giving of gifts progressed! Fun for all the good little girls and boys.
Club members recorded their annual Christmas greeting following the final Directors meeting of the year held on December 10 2013 at the home of Barbie Reynolds. Check it out.
The speaker for the 88th Annual Charter Night for the Rotary Club of Truro will be Rotarian Thie Convery, from the Dundas Rotary Club in Ontario. Thie will tell about her attempt to swim across Lake Ontario and how she eventually raised almost $150,000 (U.S.) for polio eradication.
With the calander year end fast approaching it is time to consider making your donation to the Rotary Foundation. With the new on-line tools available on the RI website (Rotary.org) this task has never been easier. The Rotary Club of Truro is committed to the Every Rotarian Every Year objective of making an average of $100 per active member per year so won't you help? Check it out.
New Rotarian Meg MacDougall gave a presentation to the Rotary Club of Truro about her 2,400 km bicycle ride from Banff, Alberta to Boulder, Colorado with the GIVETOLIVE Big Ride. She was the only female to join the intrepid group of cyclists fighting to end cancer by taking to the roads September 14th-28th, 2013. She and her group raised over $81,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. She described the journey in-kinds of weather through the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park describing it as an epic ride.
Glenholme businessman and Rotaruan Ed MacDonald has been named president of the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA)
A past president of the Rotary Club and former owner of Maritime Auto Parts Ltd, Ed his been involved with the ARA board of directors for 12 years, and the executive committee for the last three.
Ed's son Andrew now runs the business and is carrying on the Rotary tradition as a member of the Truro Clubs Board of Directors.
Congratulations Ed.
Rotarian Ed MacDonald named President of Recyclers Association.
Rotarian Audrie-Jo McConkey recieved the Young Alumni Achievement Award for 2013 Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture’s Alumni Associationpresented the Blue and Gold Awards banquet in Truro November 1st.
Audrie-Jo is an active member of the Rotary Club of Truro and we congratulate her on her award. In the photo making the presentation is Dwane Mellish, Alumni Association President (left) and Dr. David Gray Dean of the Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture.
Ms. Allie MacDonald, Outreach Agent, Low Income Homeowner Servicefor Trinity Inspection Services, a partner of Effecience Nova Scotia, visited the Rotary Club to promote the Low Income Energy Effeciency program. For qualifying low income homeowners, Efficiency Nova Scotia will:
make upgrades to insulation
seal holes and cracks
all at no-charge
To determine what energy efficiency upgrades your home needs, an Efficiency Partners will conduct a no-charge energy assessment of the home. If upgrades, like draft proofing and insulation are recommended and approved, the home owner will receive those upgrades at no cost. The Efficiency Partner will manage the full project for you, from start to finish. Packages of material available to club member who know of someone who might qualify.
Mr.Allan Sorflaten is the husband of Truro Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten and is truly deserving of the Rotary International Rotarian Spouse/Partner Service Award for 2013.
This award recognizes spouses and partners of Rotarians who have demonstrated exemplaryhumanitarian service through Rotary.
District Governor Greg Coldwell and his wife Claudia made his official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on October 21st.
After a very productive visit with the Board of Directors, DG Greg inducted two new members (Meg MacDougall and Alana Hirtle) into the club, presented the Rotarian of the Year pin to Keith Gillis and the Rotary International Rotarian Spouse award to Alan Sorflaten. He also delivered a very inspirational speech on what it means to be engaged in Rotary and how the work we do impacts on lives around the world.
Greg complimented the Club on the good work that we do and encouraged all members to remain engaged in Rotary and share that engagement by bringing in more new members.
The two newest members of the Rotary Club of Truro were inducted at the Club's October 21st meeting by District Governor Greg Coldwell.
Meg MacDougall (left in photo) is an Associate Lawyer in Corporate Commercial Law at the firm of Burchell MacDougall in Truro. She is also the grand daughter of long time Truro Rotarian Lorne MacDougall.
Her sponsor is Jim Gould.
Alana Hirtle (right in the photo) is the Manager of the Super 8 in Truro.Having recently moved to Truro with her husband Sid, Alana is an experienced meeting planner and looks forward to helping the club serve the community. Her sponsor is Barbara Goit.
The Rotary Club of Truro was once again a major supporter of the Colchester Community Workshops annual Golf fundraiser entering the two top fundraising teams. Of the total of $28,419 raised for the event Team Bowness brought in $2,330.00 and Team Begin $2,128.00. There were 15 teams and 33 volunteers over the course of the day.Photos of the teams are on the club's Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofTruro?ref=stream&hc_location=stream
The history of the club at this particular event is shown belwo. Congratulations to all.
2007 - 2nd Highest Fundraising Team
2008 - Top Fundraising Team
2009 - Top Fundraising Team
2010 - Top Fundraising Team
2011 - Top Fundraising (Duffers) & 2nd (Aces)
2012 - Top Fundraising (Duffers) & 2nd (Aces)
2013 - Top & 2nd Highest Fundraising Teams
The Rotary Club of Truro held it's second Rotary Family Farm Social at the farm of Rotarian Laurie and Mike Sandeson in Lower Truro on Saturday Oct 7th.
About 47 members, family and guests enjoyed a potluck supper, BBQ hotdogs and hamburgers, visits to the barn to see the cows and cats, tractor driving and a hay ride to a place called Paradise. There were some interesting finds by some of the children. Importantly there was also a lot of Rotary conversations and fellowship.
Thank you to the social committee and to Laurie, Mike and their family for opening the home.
Rotarian Ron Ross has had a lifetime of experience in writting, editing and making presentations as well as teaching others those skills. At the regular Rotary Club of Truro meeting on September 30th, he gave a talk on "How to Make A Good Presentations" sharing tips on what it takes to catch and keep people's attention during a presentation. His talk was judged a excellent rather than just good and a copy of it is available for those that missed it. http://tinyurl.com/ocn7hjz.
The fall session of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) will be held in Truro on Saturday October 19th. Members are encouraged to attend Part 1, 2 and 3 will be offered if numbers warrant and the Club will pay for your registration cost. You may register on the District website.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary and meet Rotarians from all over Atlantic Canada.
Also, don't forget the reception hosted for RLI participants in town by the Rotary Club of Truro Friday evening at 7:00pm, at the Glengarry. All Rotarians are welcome even if you are not going to the RLI session.
The 12th Annual Golf Classic to benefit Rotary House takes place Thursday, October 10th and our club would like to enter at least two 5 member teams. if you'd like to enjoy a great day of golf, for a worthy cause contact me ASAP so the teams can be formed and fund raising can begin.
18 holes of Golf / Scramble Format / 9:00AM shotgun start
Prizes, draws, contests and lots of laughs.
Teams of five should raise at least $750 in pledges
You can also collect pledges through secure online donations.
Official tax receipts will be issued for donations over $10.00
Prizes for the top 2 fundraising teams and top 3 golf teams.
All golf skill levels are encouraged
For Rotarians who are unable to golf, there will be many opportunities to pledge your financial support for your favourite golfers. Please be generous in your support for Rotary House!
The two team captains will soon be organizing their teams and launching their fun-raising efforts.
To join a team or pledge (name your golfer, or pledges will be distributed.) contact:
The MP for Cumberland, Colchester & MusquodoboitValley, Scott Armstrong addressed the Rotary Club of Truro at their regular meeting on August 26th. Mr. Armstrong outlined all the strong infrastructure in the Truro area and asked club members to increase efforts to promote the advantages of living here.
Club Membership Chair Barbara Goit made a presentation on our membership status and asked us to all get our "ask in gear". A copy of the presentaition may be found on-line for those that missed it. Documents/en-ca/bf00c637-c03e-4c91-aedc-ab191cd7ab89/1
For the first time since 1997 the Rotary Club of Truro is hosting an international Exchange Student. Under the leadership of Joanna Christianson a club committee has been formed, host families found and an outbound student selected and sent off.
Our inbound student is Manuel Matín González from the town of Teguesta in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain. Manuel was welcomed to the club at our regular meeting on August 19th. We found out that he loves the outdoors and plays many sports although he especially likes basketball and surfing. He has an older sister studying medicine and a twin brother still at home.
Rotarians were encouraged to get to know Manuel and show him the pleasures of living in the Truro area.
Sarah Porter, Program Coordinator for Junior Achievement Nova Scotia in the Truro area spoke to the Club on July 22 about the various programs of JA. The JA programs are a natural for partnership with Rotary as we have similar goals in the Vocational Service area. In fact club members have been active for many years and are still volunteering their time in delivering the programs in area schools.
Shown in the photo thanking Sarah is Rotarian Andrew MacDonald, who has volunteered with the JA program for the past two years and described it as a very worthwhile and satisfying opportunity for service.
Members of the Rotary Club of Truro are actively canvassing community businesses for subscriptions to the 11th edition of the Truro Community Yearbook.
The Yearbook is one of the major fundraisers for the Club and has been very popular with members of the public over the years. The 20,000 copies stay around offices and business in the Truro area for a year or longer as people search out business with their neighbors and friends in the photos.
If you know of a business or organization who should be included in the 2014 edition please have them contact any member of the club for follow up.
President Al Bégin presented past president Laurie Sandeson with her Past President's pin and President's Recognition Plaque at the regular July 15th meeting. Congratulations Laurie and thank you for your year of service as Club President.
Allison MacIsaac spoke to the Rotary Club of Truro on a home energy program sponsored by Efficiency Nova Scotia. The program assists homeowners become more effecient by replacing lightbulbs and wrapping hot water heaters. In the photo Allison is thanked by Adam Wyllie, a Club members who recently had the energy upgrade done at his home.
Riley Marshall, who was a member of the club since 1964, passed away on June 23rd. Riley was the President in 1977-1978. He was a recipient of the Paul Harris Award, The Avenues of Service, and the True Rotarian Award.
In the words of his daughter, Colleen, "He was so proud to be a Rotarian. It meant the world to him."
Jim Gould, Wayne Gillis and Jim Goit gave a report on the District 7820 conference held in Halifax May 24-26 and outlined all the things they learned. In the photo Jim displays a technique for reducing/eliminating headaches as taught buy one of the presenters. It's hard to have a headache while laughing!
Rotarian Wayne Gills was presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship from District Governor Tom McCaughey for his work and Assistant Governor and especially for his work on the new By-Laws and Constitution for District 7820. Wayne worked tirelessly to complete the redraft of the governing documents for District that were adopted at the Annual General Meeting on May in Halifax. Making the presentation was incoming District Governor Elect Stella Roy from the Halifax Harbourside Club. Congratulations Wayne!
The Rotary Club of Truro was awarded the 2012-13 RI Presidential Citation at the District 7820 Conference. District Governor Tom McCaughey made the presentation to Club Secretary Jim Gould.
The Presidential Citation recognizes Rotary clubs that achieve an array of accomplishments that help them become stronger, deliever effective service, and enhance their public image.
Vice President Al Begin was please to re-induct two former members back into the Rotary Club Truro at their regular meeting May 27th. Both Barbara Goit and Sharon Crowe were Rotarians had left the club some time ago due to professional pressures and are now able to return. Jim Goit was the sponsor of both Sharon and his wife Barbara.
The Rotary Club of Truro has donated $10,000 to the Maggies Move Campaign.
The club has had a long history of supporting Maggies place and are very supportive of the new facility that will allow them to provide better community service.
The Group Study Exchange Team from District 3310 visited the Truro area Friday, May 17 – Sunday, May 18, 2013. A social reception was held at the Best Western Plus Glengarry on Friday evening when the group exchanged Club banners with Truro Club President Laurie Sandeson.
Shown in the picture are (left to right) Pie Yan Wiu, Team Leader June Jonet, Laurie Sandesion, Bee Kee Gan, Jocelyn Maluda and Yixin Liu.
Details on the team and their visit to our District follows.
Thank you to all those who assisted in making this a successful visit.
Eleven Rotarians and friends braved gale force winds on Saturday morning to pick up 68 bags of trash from the Robie St / Hwy 102 interchange. Attendees this year included; Carl Fleming, Brian Matthews, Lloyd Coady, Mark and (brother) Dean Mason, Joanna and John Christianson, Rod Jones, Kirk Saint, and Keith Gillis. I hope I got everyone.Thanks to all........... the road is clear.
Moved by a presentation made at a Rotary Club of Truro meeting concerning the battle to end Polio, the staff and clients of the Colchester Community Workshops looked for a way to help. They stuck on the idea of a "Pennies for Polio" campaign and over the past year they collected donations in a penny jar in their New-to-You Store. Contributions were made by clients, staff and customers in the store.
Once the money was counted and rolled, the $1206 was donated to the Rotary Club of Truro to be directed to the Rotary International campaign to end Polio. This was an exciting venture for the Clients of the workshop and demonstrates just how generous the people of Truro really are.
Members of the Rotary Club of Truro collected donations at the opening of the new Rath Eastlink Community Centre on March 2nd. All proceeds will go toward the Colchester Community Workshops Foundation and Rotary House. In addition to a free will offering for the otherwise free hockey game between the Truro Junior A Bearcats and the Metro Shipbuilders, Rotarians held a silent auction and raffle for limited editions hockey prints of Sydney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon. Over $5000 was collected by the end of the evening and a good time was had by all.
Members of Junior Achievement spoke to the Rotary Club telling us about their program and their company called East Coasters. The coster product they have come up with is very "saleable" and the group is have a great learning experience. https://www.facebook.com/EastCoastersNS?ref=stream
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Victoria Monsanto, VP IT A JA East Coasters
Caleb Kaiser, President A JA East Coasters
Cameron Gloade, VP Marketing and Sales A JA East Coasters
Jillian RitchieProgram Manager, Northeast Nova Scotia (Chignecto Central School Board)
Mr. Keith Gillis, Owner of G&G Computers, has been named Rotarian of the Year for 2013 by the Rotary Club of Truro.
Since joining the Rotary Club in 2009, Keith has been very active in many aspects of Club service including the annual Auction and the Yearbook fundraisers. Always willing to take on service tasks, Keith is very active in club social functions and as a member of the Club’s Board of Directors.
In his daily routine Keith lives what it means to be a Rotarian.
Keith was out of the county at the time of Charter Night and his award was accepted by G&G co-worker Mike McGuire. Keith did send a video thank you from Egypt.
The Rotary Club of Truro has honoured Mr. Leo Rovers, President, L&R Construction Ltd. in Stewiacke with the 2013 Community Service Award.
It is difficult to identify all the help that Leo has provided to individuals in our community as he quietly goes about doing for others without the need for recognition. It sometimes seems that he is involved with every project of note in the community. In addition to being a major contributor to the capital campaign for the construction of the new Colchester East Hants Health Centre, Leo has been involved in the conversion of Truro’s former fire station to the new Farmers’ Market as well as in improvements to the Truro Golf Club. He also provides his professional services through missionary work in Guatemala along with other community and congregation work within his parish. Although not a Rotarian, Leo embodies the Rotary motto “Service above Self".
The following video shows Leo and his group working in Guatemala building stoves to help the local people.
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Community Service Award Winner Active Internationally
Most of us will never be able to claim 68 years of continuous service to any organization but the Rotary Club of Truro's Lorne MacDougall can do just that.
Surrounded by family and friends, Lorne received special recognition for his long service to Rotary from Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka at the Club's 87th annual Charter Night Ceremony held on the evening of February 21st. The framed letter from President Tanaka was signed by 14 past RI presidents and was presented to Lorne by Rotary International Director Bryn Styles.
Still a faithful and regular attendee of the the Club's weekly Monday meetings, Lorne just celebrated his 95th birthday in January. He joined the club as a young lawyer on April 2, 1945 and was president of the Club in 1950-51. That was the year that RI President Arthur Lagueux visited Truro, the first of only two occasions that an RI president has been to Truro. (The second time was John Kenny in 2010)
A Paul Harris Fellow since 1987, Lorne was awarded the Avenues of Service Citation in 2008-09.
Lorne is an inspiration to all of us. Congratulations Lorne.
Each year the Rotary Club of Truro celebrates its founding by recognizing the accomplishments and service of Rotarians and individuals in the community. This year’s dinner will be held February 21 at the Best Western Plus Glengarry Hotel in Truro. This year the awards will be:
Leo Rovers - Community Service Award
Keith Gillis - Rotarian of the Year Award
Lorne MacDougall - Special recognition from Rotary International for outstanding long service
Adam Wyllie, Jim Goit and Dave Mills - Paul Harris Awards
The Rotary Club of Truro inducted three new members into the club at their regular meeting February 11th 2013. President Laurie welcomed the three into Rotary and wished them all the best. Congratulations Rebecca, Erica and Andrew and thank you to Wayne, Laurie and Ed for proposing them.
Tickets are now on sale for the 87th Annual Rotary Club of Truro Charter Night scheduled for February 21st, 2013 at the Best Western Plus Glengarry in Truro.
The program theme will highlight Rotary International Peace theme. In addition to Club and community awards, the night will feature two speakers. Tiana Fusco, from Pictou is District 7820’s 2012 Rotary Peace Scholar and Bryn Styles, of the Rotary Club of Barrie-Huronia, Ontario is a member of the Rotary International Board of Directors representing Zone 24 & 32.
Tickets are $30 and are available at the regular Monday noon meetings of the Rotary Club in the weeks leading up to the event or by contacting Jim Goit, 902-895-7676 or JbGoit@gmail.com
Each year RI introduces the theme for the upcoming year at the International Assembly in San Diego. The theme will be "Engage Rotary, Change Lives". An interesting history of all the RI president's themes can be found at http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/themes/
The Rotary Club of Truro recently completed a project in Cameroon, Africa to rebuild and equip a two room building at the GS Illum School near Wum in the North West Region. Initially the project was about bricks and mortar, desks, chairs and cabinets for teaching materials. As the project moved forward and concluded, a new strength and spirit has developed both at the school itself and throughout the community.
The Club was pleased to celebrate the birthday of Lorne MacDougall at their regular meeting. Lorne who will turn 95 on January 12th, was in his regular place when the cake was brought out by President Laurie Sandeson. He had no problems with blowing out the candles.
Lorne will have a logged a remarkable 68 continuous years as a member of the Rotary Club of Truro this April. A picture (inserted lower right) of how he looked in the club's 1947-48 photo shows him as looked as secretary.
Congratulations Lorne! You are an amazing man.
Club Celebrates Birthday of Most Experienced Rotarian
Long time member of the Rotary Club of Truro, Riley Marshall was one of several men presented with the Ushakov Medal for bravery for their Second World War efforts during the Murmansk Run. The Murmansk run saw convoys from around the world sail into the Arctic Ocean to deliver much needed war materials to the Soviet Union. Temur Tairov, a representative of The Russian Federation, presented the medals on Monday Dec, 17, 2012.
Riley is congratulated by friend and fellow Rotarian Lloyd Coady.
Santa made his annual visit to the Rotary Club Christmas Brunch held December 15th. All the good little boys and girls got to have a chat with him. There were carols sung and a great family time was had. Thanks to co-chairs Audrie-Jo McConkey and Alex Stevenson for the great job of organization.
The Club recorded it's Video Christmas greeting at the annual Christmas party following the regular monthly Director's meeting. Merry Christmas to all!
Rotarian Brian Matthews Third from Left thanks (Left to Right) Todd Taylor, Barry Mingo, and Jon Keddy of the Cyber Internet Safety Society for their presentation to the Club on the Cyber program.
Rotarian Ed MacDonald and the staff of Maritime Auto Part have given a renewed sense of freedom to a person with limited mobility.
Maritime Auto had been given a damaged handicap Scooter by Portage Mutual Insurance. The staff at Maritime took the scooter, repaired it cleaned it up, and found a suitable recipient in the local area. He is thrilled. As the gentleman said as he wheeled around the parking lot "I’ll be able to go anywhere, wait till my friends see me now!”. He felt like a kid again! .
Thank you to Ed and the staff of Maritime Auto for living by the Rotary motto "Service above Self".
Cobequid Educational Centre's (CEC) Interact club's President Hilary MacIntyre informed the Rotary Club of Truro that the group's first project for the year would be support for the Canadian Food Grains Bank. As a fundraisers for this project they plan to sell tickets to students. The Rotary Club decided to support the Interact club with the donation of a Nexus 7 tablet as a prize. Community Chair Dave Mills (right) and Deputy Chair Keith Gillis (left) presented the tablet to Hilary at the school. Good luck to the Interact Club and keep up the good work.
Rotary Club Contributes Tablet for CEC Interact Fundraiser
The Nov 5th meeting of the Rotary Club of Truro is now on-line on the Club's YouTube channel. This is the last upload of the experiment into publishing video's of the meetings. Watch it, let us know what you think and get a makeup. http://youtu.be/IJJRN-c9w_A
As an experiment, the meeting of the Rotary Club was recorded and placed on the Club's YouTube site. The idea is to demonstrate the feasibility of using this form of social media to help those who can't always attend the regular meetings stay engaged in the activities of the club. You can access the video by going to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSb_7yEdl3o&feature=youtu.be
Let us know what you think. Viewing the video will count at a makeup. If you need the makeup, why not try out the new online form? just click on the members only tab on the right of the top menu of the website and fill out the makeup request form.
If you want to keep with the latest happenings in the Rotary Club in Truro and you use Facebook and/or Twitter, a great way to do that is to "like" the Club's Facebook page {https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofTruro) and follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/trurorotary). In addition to finding out what is going on you can post your own stories, events and pictures or share what you think other members might be interested in.
Rotary District 7820 has a similar setup and you can follow their sites as well. Check out http://rotary7820.com for details.
If you are not familiar with social media and would like to be, let me know and I'd be happy to help you.
At the semi annual meeting held Oct 22nd, the Rotary Club of Truro named Al Bégin to the position of President Elect and Dr. Kevin Quinlan to the position of Secretary Elect for the Rotary year beginning July 1st, 2013.
Al is a partner in the Law firm of McLellan Richards & Bégin and has been a member of the Rotary Club of Truro since 2008.
Kevin is the Principal of the Nova Scotia Community College (Truro Campus) and has been a member of the Rotary Club of Truro since 2001.
Congratulations to both Al and Kevin.
The remaining members of the Board of Directors are elected at the Clubs Semi Annual meeting in June.
President Elect and Secretary Elect named for 2013-14 year
South Colchester Interact Club 2012-2013 has elected Melissa Logan as President, Helena Harrison as Vice President, Megan Nielsen Secretary and Kriste McCallum Treasurer. Wasting no time, they have already chosen a cause they want to raise money for.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a presentation to Melissa Higgins and Shirley Teasdale who represent the Parents Supporting Parents Society and the "Bright Skies Day Camp" for children with special needs. The donation is in response to a request for funding to enable the camp to operate 2 weeks longer next summer. The Club was pleased to support the Society. Melissa and Shirley expressed their gratitude to the Club for the donations.
Club makes $7500 Donation to Parents Supporting Parents Society
Twenty Rotarians and guests toured the new Colchester East Hants Health Center following the regular club meeting on October 15th. Staff of the Health Center Foundation Sharon and Heather lead the group around the beautiful new facility. On the tour was the medial day unit that will bare the clubs name as a result of the pace setting gift to the facility.
The new Health Centre will is right next door to the Civic Center. Both are exciting additions to the Truro and area community and the Club is proud to have contributed to them.
The Atlantic Division of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) held a successful one day workshop in Truro on Saturday Oct 13th. The club hosted a great social event on Friday evening to welcome out of town guests and share some Rotary fun.
There were 50 Rotarians from around Atlantic Canada taking part in the event. Five members from the Rotary Club of Truro participated by taking a course. Secretary Jim Gould completed Part 1. President Laurie Sandeson and Bulletin Editor Greg Loskow completed Part 3, the last of the three core courses. Congratulations on graduating from the three part program.
Marlin Brown and Joanna Christianson took a Graduate Level course in public speaking.
RLI is an excellent way to learn more about Rotary as well as develop key skills that help in your service to community and vocation. Please consider taking one of the program the next time it is offered.
Rotary Leadership Institute Hold Successful Event in Truro
District 7820 Governor Tom McCaughey and his wife Shirley made an official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on October 1st.
In addition to meeting with the board of Directors and finding out more about the club, DG Tom addressed the club, recognized some long serving Rotarians and inducted the newest member of the club Audrie-Jo McConkey. Accompanied by Assistant Governor Wayne Gillis, the McCaughey's also visited the Colchester Community workshop and Rotary House.
Audrie-Jo McConkey inducted by District 7820 Governor Tom McCaughey as the newest member of the Rotary Club of Truro at the club's meeting October 1, 2012. Audrie-Jo is a Shellfish Technician working in the Aquaculture division of the Dalhousie Agriculture Campus. She and her husband Mike have three young children and live in Valley. Audrie-Jo looks forward to serving her community thorough Rotary. Welcome Audrie-Jo.
Audrie-Jo McConkey inducted as newest member of Rotary Club of Truro
I am very pleased to announce that after several months of negotiations between the Canadian government and senior Canadian Rotary leaders, the Canadian government has agreed to match Canadian Rotarian donations to Polio through the Rotary Foundation. The match from the Canadian government is 1:1 but the other exciting news is that the Gates Foundation will also match 1:1 on the Rotarian donations to make it a 3:1 donation on behalf of Canadian Rotarians. There is a $1 million limit on both the government and Gates donations which I am sure that Canadian Rotarians will have no problem reaching. The match is for donations made between 1 June 2012 and 31 March 2013.
What else can we do? Let's talk about polio, make the public aware and encourage their donations through our clubs to the cause. We must continue to be advocates to the finally end this dreaded disease. We are "this close" to the end. Please use this campaign to support the push to End Polio Now.
You may donate to End Polio Now and take advantage of the matching dollars at http://www.trfcanada.org/
The Time for Rotary Campaign was presented to the Club at their regular meeting on Sept 24th by Past President and Membership Committee chair Jim Goit. An overview of the campaign website TimeForRotary.com was given and members were encouraged to look at it and share with perspective Rotarians. They were also encouraged to spread the word via their Facebook accounts and "like" both the Club and District Facebook Fan pages.
Share the gift of Rotary. Invite a friend or colleague to one of our meetings.
The Rotary Club of Truro hosted a BBQ in support of the Truro Minor Football Association. Organized by Community Chair Dave Mills, members of the Club served up hot dogs and cold drinks to the many fans who had come out to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of minor football in Truro and watch some great games. Donations made to the BBQ were given to the Association to support its programs.
It was fitting that the club helped celebrate the event as the Rotary Club of Truro was one of the early sponsors of the minor football in Truro and there was a trophy given for many years called the Rotary Cup.
Despite the rainy weather everyone had a great time. Thank you to all those to participated.
There were almost 40 Rotarians, family and friends at the end of summer social at Mike and Laurie Sandeson's farm in Lower Truro on Sept 15th. The potluck offerings were scrumptious; children and adults alike had a chance to play on the hay bales and visit the animals.
Several members of the Rotary Club had a chance to tour the new Civic Center. President Laurie Sandeson, was accompanied by members Ken Maclean, Christine Blair and Greg Loskow. Heather Fraser and Bob Christianson joined them on the tour.
The group reports that it is an enormous and very impressive facility.
July 5, 2012 the Rotary Club of Truro made news headlines in the Tobago News local newspaper. Working through the Rotary Club of Southwest Tobago, the Rotary Club of Truro has brought help for fishermen in the form of two dinghies (small, well built row boats). These boats will be used by some 20 fishermen to get to and from their boats. Without a wharf, they were using a rubber tube to get out to their boats. Below is the article from the Tobago News.
Rotary Club member Alex Stevenson and his wife Natalie hosted Kibby Evans and Daman Milsom as they passed through Truro June 22 on their way across Canada.
The Trekking4Transplants tour is raising awareness and funds for organ transplants.
The 2012-2013 Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Truro met for the first time July 3rd at the home of President Laurie Sandeson. After some wonderful social time, the new board discussed plans for the year and approved the budget. The business of the Club is off to a great start.
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Truro, a vibrant organization that has been providing service to the local community for the past 86 years. I am a relative newcomer to Rotary International but I’ve become familiar with the good work of Rotary through my father who was a Charter member of the Hillsboro Rotary Club in PEI.
At the Semi-Annual meeting of the Rotary Club of Truro, the Executive and Directors for 2012-2013 officially were elected and installed into their offices.
· Treasurer - Les Mosher
· Sergeant at Arms - Chester MacPhee
· Directors –
· Joanna Christianson
· Keith Gillis
· Ted Jordan
· Mark Mason
· Mike Michaud
· Dave Mills
· Judy Nicholson
· Joe Nicholson
Outgoing president Jim Goit was presented with his Past president's pIn and Gavel and he wished new President Laurie Sandeson and her team the best of luck for their year.
Preparations are underway for the 2013 GSE program, between our Rotary District 7820 and District 3310 which comprises Singapore, Brunei and part of Malaysia. Our District Group Study Exchange (GSE) Committee is seeking suitably qualified applicants to be selected as Team Members for this exiting opportunity.
The Study Exchange will occur the four weeks between 18th May - 14th June 2013. There will be also be time needed before then for orientation and planning once selection of team members has been made.
This is an exciting opportunity for personal growth and development.
The 2012 Rotary Friendship Exchange to the Truro area concluded at the regular Club meeting Monday June 11th. The 9 Rotarians and spouses from District 9650 New South Wales area of Australia spend the weekend with Truro Rotarians and saw some of the attractions in our area. They were hosted at our annual summer social on Saturday night.
At the Monday meeting the 5 clubs who were represented from District 9650 exchanged banners with the Truro Club and expressed their thanks to our members for their hospitality. They headed to St. John's Newfoundland for the final leg of their trip.
Thanks go the Christian Blair, Judy Nicholson and Ryan Johnson as the committee who organized the events in our area and to all the Rotarians who volunteered their time and homes to host our guests. It was a great experience for all involved.
Thanks to the efforts of Social Committee Co-chairs Marilyn Brown and Sharon Corcoran and their committee including Christine Blair and Judy Nicholson, the club had a widely successful Lobster Social at the.Shortt's Lake Home of Richard and Maralyn Bowness on Saturday June 9th. . Ken Maclean and Llody Coady cooked the lobster and many others including Orland Dickson helped prepare them for supper.
The social was planned to coincide with the visit of the Rotary Friendship Exchange tour from Australia. The Rotarians from downunder seemed to enjoy their time at the lake and expressed their appreciation to the Rotary Club of Truro for their hospitality.
The law firm of McLellan Richards & Bégin is the newest sponsor of the Rotary Club of Truro website. Their logo now appears on every page of the site and well as on all newsletters and it is linked to their own corporate website.
The website is a critical communication tool for the club and reaches not only all our members but many Rotarians and visitors Revenue for the ads helps maintain a strong website and therefore helps the club meet the objectives of serving the community.
A group of Rotarians and friends volunteered at the Colchester Food Bank on Friday, June 1st. They included Mengdi (Dalhousie AC), Chester MacPhee, Sruti (Dalhousie AC), Youwei Chen, Judy Nicholson and Mark Mason. Other volunteers were there but missed the photo.
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About 14 members of the Rotary Club of Truro assisted by a number of International students helped out at the 
The Rotary Club of Truro sponsored a one day Rotary Leadership Award (RYLA) day on April 13th. A total of 39 grade 10, 11 and 12 students from South Colchester Academy (SCA), Cobequid Education Center (CEC) and North Colchester High School attended the workshops, working together on leadership skills and finding out more about Rotary.
The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to have inducted another new member at their March 26th meeting.
The Rotary Club of Truro was recognized by the Rotary International Foundation for contributions to the End Polio Now Campaign last year.
The spring Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) session is being held in Dieppe NB on Saturday April 7, 2018 at the CCNB Campus, 505 Rue du College located off Champlain St in Dieppe, NB. The sign in desk opens at 8:15 am and the sessions will run from 9:00 am to about 4:00 pm. 
There was another great Rotary Family Christmas Brunch held on Saturday Dec 9th at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry. With a total of 84 in attendance including 25 children a great time was had by all. The group with entertained by the Fiddling McConkey brothers. Santa made his usual visit however this year the role was played by Jim MacLean as Santa Ed was not back from Florida yet. 
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President Alana was on hand at the recent DalAC Scholarship Appreciation night and presented the Rotary Club of Truro's International Student bursary to student Shixin Cai from China. 
The Club's Financial Statements for the Rotary Year 2016-17 are 
District Governor Don Sword made his official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on October 23. 
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The 4th annual Bollywood night sponsored by the Rotary Club of Truro was one of the best yet. Om and Meena Khanna were again key to the organization and success of the event. There were 20 Rotarians in the total of 300 who enjoyed the evening.
Three members of the Rotary Club of Kumbo visited the site of the repair of the school in Befang to inspect progress on this part of GG1530060.
The Rotary Club of Truro held it's 4th Rotary Swim of Polio across Shortt's Lake on Sunday August 13th. A total of 6 swimmers take part with several others watching from boats as they made their way across. Funds raised will go to the Rotary Foundation's End Polio Now Cause and you can still show your support by contributing at 
The Rotary Club of Truro Summer Social for 2017 will be held Sunday Aug 13, 2017 from 4 - 8 pm at the Shortt's Lake home of Richard & Marilyn Bowness, This will be a pot luck supper and Rotarians are asked to bring food depending on the first letter of their last name.
The 4th annual Rotary club of Truro's Swim for Polio across Shortt's lake will happen Aug 13th starting at 10:00 am.
Roger Ryan is the 2016-17 recipient of the Rotary Club of Truro's Community Service Award.
As he was away at the time of the annual Charter night celebration, Rotarian Rod Jones was presented his Paul Harris +4 recognition pin at the Club's June 19th regular meeting. 
The Rotary Club of Truro has a new Strategic Plan covering the years 2017-2020. Lead by incoming club president Alana Hirtle a committee has worked for the past few months consulting with club members and crafting a plan to guide club activities into the future.
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Winners of the two $500 bursaries were Josey Peters, a 17 year old student from CEC , as well as Lindsey Burgess, also a 17 year old student from CEC. Out of the 37 students, 17 were prepared for their interview with a personal portfolio. A special thanks to Rotarians Jim Gould and Ken MacDonald who were tasked with the job of reviewing all the portfolios and holding the interviews.
Lydia Sorflaten and her husband Allan continue their work in Ethiopia helping local people with entrepreneurial skills and business development. 
f you haven't checked out the Mobile version of the Clubrunner app recently, you should. There have been significant improvements in the latest version and it is a now a useful tool for Rotary members to have ready access to our Club Information. 
The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to inducted Sarah Boss in the club as its newest member.
The Club was pleased to induct Adrian Nauss as a member of the Rotary Club of Truro. 
Truro Rotarian Alain Bégin has been sworn in as provincial Court Judge. 
The Rotary Club of Truro made a contribution to the Arthritis Society for Camp JoinTogether. The following is their report on the camp.
The Rotary 2016-17 Theme Banner, Rotary Serving Humanity, was presented to President Ted Jordan by DG Elva Heyge at the Oct 31, 2016 meeting of the club. 
The Jerseys also help promote Rotary in the community. This is a photo of PDG Jim with Rotarian Ron Zwaagstra on a recent ride around the Aspotogan loop. 
The speaker for the July 25th meeting of the Rotary Club of Truro was Jo Ann Fewer, CEO of Perennia, an agriculture, food and bio-resource company headquartered in Truro. 
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The 2016 edition of the Swim for Polio fundraising event has been announced by the Rotary Club of Truro. It will take place on August 7th at 10:00 am and swimmer will cross Shortt's lake. Please swim or sponsor one of the Rotarian swimmers.
Pictures of the highlights of Mme. Oussematou's visit to Nova Scotia has been turned into a couple of slideshows for people to review.
The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct a new member at it's regular meeting on May 8th . Jean Morris is a speaker, trainer and coach at The John Maxwell Team and an Occupational Health Nurse at Colchester East Hants Health Authority. Rotarian Lech Krywonos is Jean's sponsor.
Food bank representative Mary DeAdder accepted a donation totalling $15,000 from the Rotary Club of Truro. Making the presentation was Rotarian Ken Maclean. 
The Rotary Club or Truro used a portion of the Bethel Trust money to make a donation of $10,000 to Third Place Transition house. Pictured accepting the cheque from Rotarian Sharon Corcoran (right) on behalf of the organization is Sandra Falle.
The club made a $2,000 donation from the Bethel Estate funds to the St. Vincent de Paul for their community assistance program. DG Jim Goit presented the cheque on behalf of the Club to Brenda Chisholm.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a $9,000 contribution towards the Nova Scotia Health Authority Early Years Project. This is an early intervention program at two schools in the NOVA family of schools.
As part of the distribution of the Bethel Trust, the Rotary Club of Truro made a donation of $25,000 to go towards capital improvements to Camp Tidnish.
The Rotary Club of Truro presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Arthritis Society - Nova Scotia Division in support of their Camp JoinTogether program.
The Rotary Club of Truro presented the Colchester East Hants Hospice Society with $15,000.00 worth of Atlantic Superstore gift cards for their Food From the Heart Program.
The Rotary Club recently made an $8,500 contribution to the Scotia Pool Society that went toward the purchase of a chair lift to help disabled people in and out of the pool. 
The Rotary Club of Truro presented $7,000 to support programming at 
Shanthanu Krishnakumar came to Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in the fall of 2014 in the Horticultural Technology degree program. He left the familiarity of his home town of Coimbatore in Southern India to complete his degree at Dalhousie University (Dal AC) in Truro, Nova Scotia.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a donation of $10,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Nova Scotia. 
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Another new member was inducted into the Rotary Club of Truro at their club meeting on March 21st. 
The Rotary International Avenues of Service Citation recognizes that the strength of the Rotary movement is founded on the service carried out by individual club members. This citation provides a means for Rotary clubs to recognize club members for his/her outstanding efforts in the Five Avenues of Service.
Each year the Rotary Club of Truro names a Club member Rotarian of the Year. The award is presented to a deserving and active member of the Rotary Club of Truro who has provided outstanding service to the Club and to Rotary during the last year.
Stuart (Stu) Rath is the recipient of the 2016 Rotary Club of Truro Community Service Award.
Christmas is not always the best time of year for many people, but in Colchester County the Christmas Index Program works hard to make the holiday special. This year the Rotary Club of Truro took leadership of foundation that provides support to over 800 families. The program starts in October with promotions and continues up to Christmas Day. 
The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to induct Derrick Higgins as a member of the Club. .JPG)
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The second Bollywood night held on September 19th at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center Truro was a great success. Om & Meena Khanna and friends worked with members of the Rotary Club of Truro to make sure that the event was fun for everyone. 
Two undergraduate students from Dal AC, Shanthanu Krishna Kumar and Emily Walsh attended a Leadership Conference in St. John’s Nfld. Attendance for the conference, ‘RYLA on the Rocks’ , was fully sponsored by the Rotary Club of Truro. “RYLA, the first of its kind for youth and young professionals in Atlantic Canada was a resounding success.
At their AGM on June 23rd, 2015 the CCWF presented the Rotary Club of Truro with the Eleanor Norrie Award.
The time has come for my final outgoing remarks. It has been a fun, active and certainly a rewarding year. In preparation, and because my memory is not what it use to be, I read the bulletins for the year to remind me of all of the highlights. They were many and they brought back fond memories of all the good work we have achieved. We have made a difference in the lives of many people this year by putting “Service above Self” in everything we do. Thank you to all members for your contribution this year.
The 2015 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) session held in Truro on May 14th. The day-long workshop was attended by 25 very engaged local highschool students.
Mike Dolter, CAO for the Town of Truro was officially inducted into the Rotary Club at the club's May 25th meeting.
The host club of the District Governor is presented with a special banner to display during the year their member is in that role. The turnover ceremony was held at the time of the annual District Conference in Halifax.
Rotary Club of Truro was presented with the ShelterBox Heros award for the donation of $5000 in 2013-14. Our Club was one of 5 clubs in the District that were recognized by ShelterBox. Vice President Kevin Quinlan was on hand to accept the award for the club.
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Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten was presented with the Avenues of Service Award certificate at the Rotary Club of Truro meeting on April 27th. The award is made by Rotary International to Rotarians for outstanding work in all areas of service. 
The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct two new members into the club at it's regular meeting on April 27th..jpg)
Team Rotary Club of Truro, ready to head out for the 5km walk for the Coldest Night Of The Year event in support of Truro Homeless Outreach Society and Hubhouse. The team was made up of Mike Topley, Maureen Topley, Laurie Sandeson, Larry Beazley, Marilyn Brown, Dave Mills, Jim Gould and Matt Redmond.
The Colchester Community Workshops will be celebrating it's 10th anniversary in Rotary 
The Rotary Club of Truro inducted its newest member at the December 15th meeting.
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International Students come from all over the world to study at Dalhousie University in Truro, NS. Many have not experienced cooler weather let alone Nova Scotia’s freezing winters.
Rotarian Mark Mason is canvassing the club for warm winter cloths to donate to International students at the Dalhousie Agricultural campus, many of whom are experiencing their first winter and are not equipped for our climate. Club members were responding with items for Mark. Donations can be made by dropping them off this week to Mark at his home or office or letting him know by Friday and he will pick things up..jpg)
After lots of background work, a full shipping container has been loaded with former Truro hospital equipment and destined for Fond-des Blancs, Haiti.
Two new members were inducted into the Rotary Club of Truro at the club's regular meeting October 27. 
Eight members of the Rotary Club of Truro attended the fall session Rotary Leadership Institute that was held in Truro on October 25th. 
District 7820 Governor Stella Roy made her official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on September 29th. After a great meeting with the Board of Directors she met with club members and presented Stephen Gallant with the Vocational Service Leadership Award for his ongoing efforts to host RLYA events in Truro. She also commended Laurie Sandeson for her efforts for Polio Plus over the past couple of years. We are so close to finishing the job of total eradication of the disease.
Rotary Club President Jim Gould presented cheques totally $3,000 to the Colchester Community Workshops to support their development of a commercial bakery at their Young street facility. The bakery will not only provide items to be sold in the workshop's Convenience store and Cafe but it will provide another avenue for training for clients of the workshop.
The Rotary Club's Fall Farm Social was held at the home of Laurie and Mike Sandeson on September 29th. There were kids, animals, a hay ride, food, friends and lots of fun.
There were three members of the Rotary Club of Truro who participated in the Big Finish to the GiveToLive Big Ride from Ottawa to Halifax. Jim Goit and Mike Hanes joined Meg MacDougall for the last leg of her ride when it left Truro Saturday morning to go to Halifax. There was also a nice contingent of club members who came out to see them off when they left Victoria Park at 9:00 am. There were a group of about 40 cyclists who joined the team who had come from Ottawa. It was reported that over $150,000 was raised to support cancer research.
Rotarian Meg MacDougall started her Big Ride for Cancer on Saturday September 20th. She and 16 other cyclists are riding from Parliament Hill (Ottawa) to Halifax to raise money for cancer research. That's Meg just above the person in red.
The Rotary Club of Truro hosted the first Bollywood night in Truro on September 4th at the Holiday Inn and Convention Centre. The sold out crowd of 300 people enjoyed a night of great food, music and dancing entertainment. Proceeds went to local charities and cheques for $2,500 were presented to the Colchester Community Workshops and to Maggie's Place.
Assistant Governor Rob Christie presented the Rotary International theme banner for 2014-15 to Truro President Jim Gould at the August 18th club meeting. He also brough greeting from the District Governor and highlighted her upcoming visit to the Club.
Truro Rotarian Meg MacDougall is training for her second Big Ride this September and she is looking for donations to support her cause. She gave the club a great presentation on last years trip.
The Rotary Club of Truro held a Swim to End Polio on July 13th in conjunction with their annual summer social at Shortts lake south of Truro. There were 13 members and friends who braved the chilly water and swam the half kilometer distance across the lake. While that make not seem like it lot, it was a big challenge for SOME of the swimmers.
The 2014 edition of the Rotary Club of Truro's summer social was a great success. Held July 13th at the Shortts Lake home of Richard and Maralyn Bowness the event was very well attended by Rotarians and friends both new and "experienced". The swim to end polio had been held earlier in the day however some went back on the water... practicing for next year perhaps.
Another display of the good work that Rotary is doing in the community. This is a picture of the sign above the entrance to the new kitchen at the new Maggie's Place. To date our Club has donated $20,000.00 towards Maggie's Place getting established in their new location.
The Rotary Club of Truro was one of several clubs in District 7820 which was presented with the Rotary International Presidential Citation with Distinction for the Rotary year 2013-14. 
Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten recently returned from a trip to the Cameroon where she and her husband Alan were checking on several projects the Rotary Club of Truro had supported. 
Immediate past president Laurie Sandeson was on duty today to induct Karen Boyd as a new member of the Rotary Club of Truro. Vice President Jim Gould is Karen's sponsor.
Sixteen Rotarians, friends and family worked happily under sunny skies and mild weather on the morning of April 26th to pick 56 bags of garbage out of the ditches at the Robie Street / Hwy 102 interchange. Part of the haul included 2 tires, an old couch and a five dollar bill. The place is now spotless.
Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten has nearly completed her visit to the Cameroon and describes the effect that the Rotary Club of Truro's donations to the School projects there over the last couple of years have had. We are making a significant difference in people's lives. Check out her blog for full details.
For a number of years a group from Truro has gone to a rural part of Guatemala to build cooking stoves for the people there. This year Keith Gillis, a member of the Rotary Club, and Cathy Weldin a good friend of the Club joined the project. The following are some pictures of their visit.
Truro Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten reports on the Cameroon projects regularly and can be followed in her blog 
The Annual Truro Rotary Auction has launched! Running from March 10th to March 24th, this year's auction offers up 700 items donated by local businesses and individuals valued at over $47,000.
The Rotary Club of Truro is one a number of individuals and organizations that have supported Truro resident Peter Corey in taking supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support a fish farming project. A lot of what was taken is practical (fish farming manuals, printer, good quality rubber boots, rain jackets), but some of it is purely fun (soccer gear, maple syrup, Jiffy Pop)--things that we enjoy here, but are difficult or impossible to find otherwise in DRC. 
The tradition of having the senior leadership of the Agricultrual College as a member of the Rotary Club was continued as Dr. David Gray Dean/Principal of the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus was formally inducted into the Rotary Club by Vice President Jim Gould (Right) Dr. Garth Coffin (Left), former Principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College was David's sponsor.
Rotary Club of Truro member Mark Mason was recently in the Seychelles where he once taught in school and where his wife Christine was born. They went to a school and library to deliver 45kg of much needed new books.
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Lindsay MacKinnon has rejoined the Rotary Club of Truro after being away for 3 years due to work obligations. Lindsay now has her own CA practice in Truro. In the picture are Linsday's sponsor Garth Coffin (left) and Club Vice President Jim Gould (right).
Lorne MacDougall celebrated his 96th birthday on January 12, 2014 and the club recognized it with a birthday cake and a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday. 
The Rotary Club of Truro held another successful Rotary Christmas Brunch on December 14th at the Best Western Plus Glengarry. 
The speaker for the 88th Annual Charter Night for the Rotary Club of Truro will be Rotarian Thie Convery, from the Dundas Rotary Club in Ontario. Thie will tell about her attempt to swim across Lake Ontario and how she eventually raised almost $150,000 (U.S.) for polio eradication. 
Rotarian Audrie-Jo McConkey recieved the Young Alumni Achievement Award for 2013 Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture’s Alumni Association
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The two newest members of the Rotary Club of Truro were inducted at the Club's October 21st meeting by District Governor Greg Coldwell.
Rotarian Ron Ross has had a lifetime of experience in writting, editing and making presentations as well as teaching others those skills. At the regular Rotary Club of Truro meeting on September 30th, he gave a talk on "How to Make A Good Presentations" sharing tips on what it takes to catch and keep people's attention during a presentation. His talk was judged a excellent rather than just good and a copy of it is available for those that missed it. 
Calling all Golfers!
The MP for Cumberland, Colchester & Musquodoboit Valley, Scott Armstrong addressed the Rotary Club of Truro at their regular meeting on August 26th. Mr. Armstrong outlined all the strong infrastructure in the Truro area and asked club members to increase efforts to promote the advantages of living here. 
Sarah Porter, Program Coordinator for Junior Achievement Nova Scotia in the Truro area spoke to the Club on July 22 about the various programs of JA. The JA programs are a natural for partnership with Rotary as we have similar goals in the Vocational Service area. In fact club members have been active for many years and are still volunteering their time in delivering the programs in area schools. 
Members of the Rotary Club of Truro are actively canvassing community businesses for subscriptions to the 11th edition of the Truro Community Yearbook. 
Allison MacIsaac spoke to the Rotary Club of Truro on a home energy program sponsored by Efficiency Nova Scotia. The program assists homeowners become more effecient by replacing lightbulbs and wrapping hot water heaters. In the photo Allison is thanked by Adam Wyllie, a Club members who recently had the energy upgrade done at his home.
It is a sad day for the Rotary Club of Truro.
Jim Gould, Wayne Gillis and Jim Goit gave a report on the District 7820 conference held in Halifax May 24-26 and outlin
Rotarian Wayne Gills was presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship from District Governor Tom McCaughey for his work and Assistant Governor and especially for his work on the new By-Laws and Constitution for District 7820. Wayne worked tirelessly to complete the redraft of the governing documents for District that were adopted at the Annual General Meeting on May in Halifax. Making the presentation was incoming District Governor Elect Stella Roy from the Halifax Harbourside Club. Congratulations Wayne!
The Rotary Club of Truro was awarded the 2012-13 RI Presidential Citation at the District 7820 Conference. District Governor Tom 
The Rotary Club of Truro has donated $10,000 to the Maggies Move Campaign. 
The Group Study Exchange Team from District 3310 visited the Truro area Friday, May 17 – Sunday, May 18, 2013. A social reception was held at the Best Western Plus Glengarry on Friday evening when the group exchanged Club banners with Truro Club President Laurie Sandeson.
Eleven Rotarians and friends braved gale force winds on Saturday morning to pick up 68 bags of trash from the Robie St / Hwy 102 interchange. Attendees this year included; Carl Fleming, Brian Matthews, Lloyd Coady, Mark and (brother) Dean Mason, Joanna and John Christianson, Rod Jones, Kirk Saint, and Keith Gillis. I hope I got everyone.Thanks to all........... the road is clear.
Each year RI introduces the theme for the upcoming year at the International Assembly in San Diego. The theme will be "Engage Rotary, Change Lives". An interesting history of all the RI president's themes can be found at 
The Club was pleased to celebrate the birthday of Lorne MacDougall at their regular meeting. Lorne who will turn 95 on January 12th, was in his regular place when the cake was brought out by President Laurie Sandeson. He had no problems with blowing out the candles. 
Long time member of the Rotary Club of Truro, Riley Marshall was one of several men presented with the Ushakov Medal for bravery for their Second World War efforts during the Murmansk Run. The Murmansk run saw convoys from around the world sail into the Arctic Ocean to deliver much needed war materials to the Soviet Union. Temur Tairov, a representative of The Russian Federation, presented the medals on Monday Dec, 17, 2012.
Santa made his annual visit to the Rotary Club Christmas Brunch held December 15th. All the good little boys and girls got to have a chat with him. There were carols sung and a great family time was had. Thanks to co-chairs Audrie-Jo McConkey and Alex Stevenson for the great job of organization.
At the semi annual meeting held Oct 22nd, the Rotary Club of Truro named Al Bégin to the position of President Elect and Dr. Kevin Quinlan to the position of Secretary Elect for the Rotary year beginning July 1st, 2013. 
South Colchester Interact Club 2012-2013 has elected Melissa Logan as President, Helena Harrison as Vice President, Megan Nielsen Secretary and Kriste McCallum Treasurer. Wasting no time, they have already chosen a cause they want to raise money for.
The Rotary Club of Truro made a presentation to Melissa Higgins and Shirley Teasdale who represent the Parents Supporting Parents Society and the "Bright Skies Day Camp" for children with special needs. The donation is in response to a request for funding to enable the camp to operate 2 weeks longer next summer. The Club was pleased to support the Society. Melissa and Shirley expressed their gratitude to the Club for the donations. 
Twenty Rotarians and guests toured the new Colchester East Hants Health Center following the regular club meeting on October 15th. Staff of the Health Center Foundation Sharon and Heather lead the group around the beautiful new facility. On the tour was the medial day unit that will bare the clubs name as a result of the pace setting gift to the facility. 
istrict 7820 Governor Tom McCaughey and his wife Shirley made an official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on October 1st. 
Audrie-Jo McConkey inducted by District 7820 Governor Tom McCaughey as the newest member of the Rotary Club of Truro at the club's meeting October 1, 2012. Audrie-Jo is a Shellfish Technician working in the Aquaculture division of the Dalhousie Agriculture Campus. She and her husband Mike have three young children and live in Valley. Audrie-Jo looks forward to serving her community thorough Rotary. Welcome Audrie-Jo.
The Rotary Club of Truro hosted a BBQ in support of the Truro Minor Football Association. Organized by Community Chair Dave Mills, members of the Club served up hot dogs and cold drinks to the many fans who had come out to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of minor football in Truro and watch some great games. Donations made to the BBQ were given to the Association to support its programs.
There were almost 40 Rotarians, family and friends at the end of summer social at Mike and Laurie Sandeson's farm in Lower Truro on Sept 15th. The potluck offerings were scrumptious; children and adults alike had a chance to play on the hay bales and visit the animals.
Rotary Club of Truro launches a project to renovate and equip a rural school in Wum area of North West Cameroon, Africa.
Several members of the Rotary Club had a chance to tour the new Civic Center. President Laurie Sandeson, was accompanied by members Ken Maclean, Christine Blair and Greg Loskow. Heather Fraser and Bob Christianson joined them on the tour. 
July 5, 2012 the Rotary Club of Truro made news headlines in the Tobago News local newspaper. Working through the Rotary Club of Southwest Tobago, the Rotary Club of Truro has brought help for fishermen in the form of two dinghies (small, well built row boats). These boats will be used by some 20 fishermen to get to and from their boats. Without a wharf, they were using a rubber tube to get out to their boats. Below is the article from the Tobago News.
Rotary Club member Alex Stevenson and his wife Natalie hosted Kibby Evans and Daman Milsom as they passed through Truro June 22 on their way across Canada. 
The 2012-2013 Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Truro met for the first time July 3rd at the home of President Laurie Sandeson. After some wonderful social time, the new board discussed plans for the year and approved the budget. The business of the Club is off to a great start.
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Truro, a vibrant organization that has been providing service to the local community for the past 86 years. I am a relative newcomer to Rotary International but I’ve become familiar with the good work of Rotary through my father who was a Charter member of the Hillsboro Rotary Club in PEI.
At the Semi-Annual meeting of the Rotary Club of Truro, the Executive and Directors for 2012-2013 officially were elected and installed into their offices. 
Preparations are underway for the 2013 GSE program, between our Rotary District 7820 and District 3310 which comprises Singapore, Brunei and part of Malaysia. Our District Group Study Exchange (GSE) Committee is seeking suitably qualified applicants to be selected as Team Members for this exiting opportunity.
The 2012 Rotary Friendship Exchange to the Truro area concluded at the regular Club meeting Monday June 11th. The 9 Rotarians and spouses from District 9650 New South Wales area of Australia spend the weekend with Truro Rotarians and saw some of the attractions in our area. They were hosted at our annual summer social on Saturday night. 
