September 13th, 2023 Playground Project – GC Public School, Southampton – Everyone Can Play! At a landmark signing ceremony this morning at GC Huston Public School, President Dave Bertrand and School Principal Hugh Morrison signed a Memorandum of Understanding to embark on an ambitious project to build an inclusive school playground that will benefit all students, regardless of their abilities. The estimated cost of this project is approximately $115,000, and the school already has funds in reserve of around $30,000, which they will pledge to help make this playground a reality. With Rotary’s participation, we have an opportunity to bridge the remaining $85,000 shortfall together. The target is to raise all the funds by Spring of 2024 to enable the School Board to tender and install the play equipment, ready for the new school year in the Fall of 2024.
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Everyone Can Play Launch, GC Huston
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Tony Sheard
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2023-09-12 04:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club of Southampton and Southampton Arts are delighted to confirm the installation of a mural in the “Gateway to the Arts” alley between the Town Hall and the Art School in Southampton, Ontario, Canada. This whimsical mural of the High Street was originally commissioned by the Rotary Club of Southampton in 2022 for use as a tracking board for “Toonies for Tom”, a Rotary fundraiser for a CT Scanner for the Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation, raising $20,002 for the campaign. The painting was created by local artists and friends of Southampton Arts and the project was led by Darlene McConnachie and Jo Ann Sturgeon. After the “Toonies for Tom” campaign, the artists asked if the mural could go on permanent display and Rotary suggested changing the title to reflect a “Shop Local” theme. The mural was installed by Town staff on August 2, 2023 and a photo op with the artists, Sara Porter of the BIA and Art School Manager Michelle Casolino was held on August 15, 2023.
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Shop Local Mural
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Tony Sheard
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2023-09-08 04:00:00Z |
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Frequently asked questions by clicking on the read more button.
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Rotary Youth Exchange 2024-25
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Dave Bertrand
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2023-09-07 04:00:00Z |
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Rei Kaneda Starts Her Canadian Journey
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Dave Bertrand
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2023-08-24 04:00:00Z |
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 DINNER OF THE MONTH
Tickets are available until the end of January 2022...have you got yours? Drop by "A Little of This and That" on the High Street or call Jenny 519 797 1818 to get yours. Draws are the FIRST Wednesday of the Month from January to June 2022 at 6:00 pm. Your name could appear here? Winners: - January 5th
- February 2nd
- March 2nd
- April 6th
- May 4th
- June 1st
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Dinner of the Month 2022
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Tony Sheard
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2022-01-03 05:00:00Z |
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Our Golf Tournament may be sold out....but have we got an opportunity for you to have some fun and support our causes. Why not register in our " Swing into Summer" Online Auction Click here to register and start bidding. Lots of great items, including Go Pro Camera, Restaurant Gift Certificates, Golf Shirts, Coffee maker, Gift Ideas, and much much more. Keep checking back as we add more items. The auction closes on June 30th at Midnight.
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Swing into Summer Online Auction
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2021-06-19 04:00:00Z |
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As we mourn the more than 1,000 children, as we wear orange, as we add an Every Child Matters banner to our Facebook page many of us are asking, how do I learn more? how do I understand? how do I help make a real difference? Rotarians in our area have started down this path. Our District Governor wrote. “This …will be a journey though some darks places on the way to enlightenment and unity.”  Our District has joined HIP – Honouring Indigenous People, a Canada wide group of Rotarians and non-Rotarians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous who’s mission is to catalyze societal change by inspiring Indigenous & Non-Indigenous relationship building, strengthening community well-being and advancing the next generation of leaders. To read District Governor David Elliott's email to all area Rotarians and to watch last week's presentation on Honouring Indigenous People Click on Read More
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Every Child Matters – Honouring Indigenous People
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-06-01 04:00:00Z |
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 The third in a series of Jigsaws will be available from May 5th at the "Light House Photo Gallery" and "A Little Of This And That, both located on the High Street in Downtown Southampton, for a minimum donation of $20 CASH. or if you are from out of town don't worry just email us at rotary1938@gmail.com for delivery and shipping options. Our third Jigsaw in the series features a photo taken by the flag in Southampton at "Dominion Lookout" generously donated by Carol Norris of the Light House Photo Gallery. Framed prints of the photograph are also available from Carol's Store. You can find out more about Carol's award-winning photography by CLICKING HERE. The 308 piece jigsaws are 17 inches x 11 inches when complete.....happy puzzling..! SOLD OUT The second in a series of Jigsaws will be available from Tuesday, November 8th at the "Light House Photo Gallery" and "A Little Of This And That, both located on the High Street in Downtown Southampton, for a minimum donation of $20 CASH. or if you are from out of town don't worry just email us at rotary1938@gmail.com for delivery and shipping options. Our second Jigsaw in the series features a photo of Chantry Island generously donated by Carol Norris of the Light House Photo Gallery. Framed prints of the photograph are also available from Carol's Store. You can find out more about Carol's award-winning photography by CLICKING HERE. The 308 piece jigsaws are 17 inches x 11 inches when complete.....happy puzzling..! Our First Jigsaw - The Harbour is almost SOLD out.
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Jigsaw Puzzle
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Tony Sheard
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2021-05-22 04:00:00Z |
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Golf Tournament
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-04-16 04:00:00Z |
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Rotary Huron Shore Run - 2021
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-04-16 04:00:00Z |
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Event Updates due to COVID-19
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2021-04-02 04:00:00Z |
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ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS – Seminar for Tomorrow’s Leaders Southampton Rotary invites High School Students to attend this virtual life changing seminar on May 14th and 15th 2021 and Rotary will cover the cost for up to 6 students……So, it’s FREE!!! What is the RYLA Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders? RYLA - Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders is a weekend seminar usually held at Western University in London, Ontario. This year, however, it will be virtual! Our seminar is devoted to enhancing and expanding your leadership skills and abilities to be the next generation of leaders in communities. RYLA aims to: - Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth;
- Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders;
- Encourage leadership of youth by youth;
- Recognise publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities
Every RYLA program covers the following core topics o Fundamentals of leadership o Ethics of positive leadership o Importance of communication skills in effective leadership o Problem-solving and conflict management o Rotary's purpose and service to the community o Building self-confidence and self-esteem o Elements of community and global citizenship Please email Southampton Rotary at southamptonrotary@bmts.com if you are interested in attending by April 10th with your contact details and the reason why you would like to attend.
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RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-03-22 04:00:00Z |
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HOW IT WORKS Address: 39 Grey Street South, Southampton. September 18th, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. 3 BOX LIMIT PER HOUSEHOLD COVID protocols are in place. Please wear a MASK. Entry is by donation…suggested minimum is $10 per Bankers Box or equivalent. (3 box limit per household) Have your cash or card payment method ready. (CASH preferred) On arrival choose your lane. - RIGHT Lane is Credit/Debit/Cash
- LEFT Lane is CASH only
After making your donation proceed to the next available unloading slot. Volunteers will help take the boxes, from your vehicle and quickly verify there are no metal or foreign objects and will then dump them into a Wasteco bin. The Wasteco bin holds 10 boxes and is then lifted and dumped into the truck and the shredding begins. You may keep your boxes or you may discard them into the special cardboard recycling bins. On completion proceed towards the exit where the first 250 people will be offered a white pine seedling tree seedling.
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SHRED-N-GO how it works
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2021-03-18 04:00:00Z |
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Please follow the green arrows on the map and the blue and white Rotary signs on the roadways Watch out for our Rotary volunteers who will show you the way
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SHRED-N-GO maps and directions
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2021-03-18 04:00:00Z |
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Thank you to our Sponsors. It's companies like these and the people behind them that make our community a special place Co-operators 281 Goderich St, Port Elgin | Don Amy – Wilfred McIntee & Co Brokerage 181 High St, Southampton | RBC - Meeting Place 556A Goderich St, Port Elgin | Susan J. Dollar Law 44 Albert St S, Southampton |
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SHRED-N-GO Our Sponsors
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2021-03-18 04:00:00Z |
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 Wednesday, March 3rd at 7.15 p.m. Speaker, Dr. Arra, Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health This is a free event We would like to offer all the communities in Grey Bruce the opportunity to join our Club’s meeting via Zoom Webinar, to hear our Speaker Dr. Arra from the Grey Bruce Health Unit speak on "COVID-19 Pandemic Management and rollout of Vaccinations in Grey Bruce". Registration for this event is now Closed Questions may be submitted during the meeting using our Zoom online Q and A feature. We look forward to you joining our meeting.  In recognition of Dr Arra’s talk, the Southampton Rotary Club will be making a donation to the Rotary Foundation END POLIO NOW Campaign to assist in Rotary’s ongoing vaccination effort to rid the world of polio. READ MORE to Meet Dr Arra
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Dr Arra - COVID-19 Vaccines in Grey Bruce
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-02-19 05:00:00Z |
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 Fridays - April 9th and April 30th 2nd Culinary War on April 9th with Chefs Kendra and Stacey from the Little Black Dog who will whisk us off to Ecuador Regular - $30.00 - Watch Along Ticket VIP - $70.00 (includes Ingredients Pack for 2) so you may cook along...Limited availability! Proceeds to "Southampton Rotary COVID-19 Response Fund" Thank you to our Chefs Event subject to change due to COVID-19 restrictions in place at the time
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Culinary Wars on Huron Shores Challenge
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-02-03 05:00:00Z |
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 Wednesday, March 17th St Patrick’s Day Zoom Party A fabulous, fun, entertaining evening of Music, Comedy and Irish Dancing Order themed Take Out from our local restaurants
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St Patrick's Day Party
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-02-03 05:00:00Z |
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 Winterama has gone virtual....check out our NEW Special Wintrama Page where you can support your local School online.
Winterama Web Page #RotaryResponds #RotaryWinterama #RotaryBearama
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Rotary Winterama - 2021
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-02-03 05:00:00Z |
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Test page......for future reference playing T
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Test Page - Tony
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Tony Sheard
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2021-01-14 05:00:00Z |
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Congratulations to our June Dinner of the Month winners !!! Betty Macdonald of Southampton wins a $50 gift certificate from Duffy's This was the last draw for the Dinner of the Month - Thank you for supporting us and our projects
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Dinner of the Month Winners - June
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-01-07 05:00:00Z |
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Congratulations to our May Dinner of the Month winners !!! Dale Robinette of Southampton wins a Watch out for the next Draw on June 2nd
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Dinner of the Month Winner - May
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-01-07 05:00:00Z |
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Congratulations to our April Dinner of the Month winners !!! Gwen McGrenere of Southampton wins a Gary Cobean of Southampton wins a Watch out for the next Draw on May 5th
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Dinner of the Month Winners - April
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-01-07 05:00:00Z |
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Congratulations to our March Dinner of the Month winners !!! Watch out for the next Draw on April 7th
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Dinner of the Month Winners - March
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-01-07 05:00:00Z |
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Congratulations to our February Dinner of the Month winners !!! Watch out for the next Draw on February 3rd.
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Dinner of the Month Winners - February
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-01-07 05:00:00Z |
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Congratulations to our January Dinner of the Month winners !!!  H. Briggs from Southampton wins a $250 gift certificate from the Walker House  Linda Harwood from Port Elgin wins a $50 gift certificate from the Little Black Dog. Don't forget you can still get tickets until January 31st from any Rotarian or just message us. Watch out for the next Draw on February 3rd.
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Dinner of the Month Winner - January
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Susan Macdonald
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2021-01-07 05:00:00Z |
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 Sorry, ALL SOLD OUT..!Rotarian Liz Hawthorne has commissioned a decorative ornament of Chantry Island Lighthouse and the proceeds are going to support the Rotary Club of Southampton’s community and international projects. This the third in a series of ornaments. The first was an ornament of a water droplet to signify Rotary’s commitment to clean water and to support a global grant for a clean water project in Cameroon. The second was a star which contained the outline of a mother and child to signify Rotary’s focus on Maternal Health and the funds raised supported a maternal health project in Cameroon. The Light Houses are available for $5.00 each at a Little of This and That, High St Southampton, or by contacting any Southampton Rotarian
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The Our 2020 Ornament – The Chantry Lighthouse
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-11-07 05:00:00Z |
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 The Rotary Club of Southampton was the original donor In 1945, as World War II was drawing to a close Southampton Mayor Ellis Millard had a dream to open a hospital as a memorial to the men who gave their lives in this ultimate sacrifice. The project was first supported by the Club who in September 1945 pledged $15,500 towards the purchase of Hillcrest Lodge as the site of the new hospital. That's a whopping $260,000 @ 2022 price levels..! The total cost of the project was around $50,000. The Hospital was opened on October 16th, 1947 and boasted 21 adult beds and 7 infant cubicles according to the first Annual Report. Hillcrest Lodge Post Card Image.
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1945 - Saugeen Memorial Hospital
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-10-13 04:00:00Z |
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1940  Southampton, Ontario Club made a donation of 200 GB Pounds (the equivalent of 13,000 GB Pounds or around 22,000 Canadian Dollars in today’s funds) to the Rotary Club of Southampton UK club to help support the city right after it had been heavily bombed during WWII. 2015 A British record dealer based in Austria discovered an old acetate recording of a soundtrack from the UK club thanking the Ontario club for their donation and he contacted the club via Facebook Messenger. “Best wishes, from Andrew Milton, I am a record dealer and recently came across some acetate recordings dating from the 1950's, one of which appears to include a recording of a message to your Rotary Club from the Southampton Rotary Club in the UK. I have sent the recording to the Rotary Club in the UK in the hope that you can communicate with them about it. I'd be grateful if you could let me know if it means anything to you.” Listen to the Recording 2019 The two Southampton Clubs reconnected when an Ontario Rotaran visited the UK Club and made a presentation about Southampton Ontario to the UK Club. The story of the ongoing connection between the two Southampton Clubs was recently featured in the Peace Edition of the UK and Ireland Rotary Magazine. Susan Macdonald said “I was thrilled to be interviewed about this when Colin and I visited with the UK Club and I made a presentation about our Southampton and the history between the two clubs”. Take a look:
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1940 - War Time Donation to Southampton UK
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-10-13 04:00:00Z |
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 The Club built the Rotary Scout and Guide Hall at 39 Grey Street, South
The Girl Guides still use this space, and many community organizations hold meetings and gatherings in the Hall
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1981 - Rotary Hall
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-10-13 04:00:00Z |
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 Rotary Winterama is a FUN AND FUNDRAISING PROJECT promoted by the Rotary Clubs of Southampton, Tara, and Port Elgin held in February each year for the benefit of local schools and Youth Programs in our area. This year eight local schools are set to take their winter activities to the next level through February, in an attempt to travel virtually around the world in 28 days. Students from GC Huston, EPESCS, Northport, St. Joseph's, SDSS, Sauble, Hepworth and Tara will be skiing, skating, snowshoeing, sledding, walking and running their kilometers, to compete against, and alongside, other students, classes, schools and assorted club groups. Big winter movers will win bronze, silver or gold medals for reaching target individual distances, and top classes in each school will win recess activity buckets full of fun, active things to do at recess. Rotary Winterama skates with Bearama have been booked for noon on February 25th (Plex) and noon February 26th at Shallow Lake. The Nuclear Promise X Company (NPX) from Kincardine has kindly designed a Winterama website app where students record their kilometres daily, see how they rank compared to others, and track their Winterama journey around the world. While enjoying their winter activities and keeping active, students are collecting pledges from supporters to earn money for their schools' special projects. Local businesses and individuals have also generously sponsored the event, to help defray costs and to support Rotary youth programs in our area. Over $550,000 has been raised and distributed back to local schools and the community in the past 20 years. THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS How it works: What and when is this Rotary Winterama “Move On Out” Challenge? The Rotary Winterama “Move On Out” Challenge is being offered, from February 1st to 28th, to 8 participating local schools. Last year, students collectively travelled half way around the world with their winter activities! This year, we want you to go ALL the way around the world!!! Schools, classes and individuals can challenge themselves in wintry fashion, and earn money for their schools while they are logging kilometres. Where will we do the activites? You can do them outside or at any arena/ facility. These include your local arena, rink, ski club, ski hills, trails, sliding hills or walking routes. Where do we record our kilometres? Record your kms, using your personal ID on the NPX Innovation Winterama app, CLICK HEREWe are VERY grateful to NPX Innovation from Kincardine for providing this great app to record your results. Why should we participate? We encourage you to challenge yourself, your class or school to strive for a personal fitness or social goal. Also, if your class is the top kilometre class in your school, they will win a recess activity bucket full of fun things to do at recess. And, you can show your citizenship skills by earning money for your school. Remember, 100% of what you earn will go directly back to your school. How do we get pledges for activities that we decide to do? Some people will want to sponsor you a given amount to encourage your overall participation. Others may want to sponsor you a certain amount of money ($0.50 or $1.00) for every km that you travel in your chosen activity. Either way, remember that while you are logging personal kilometres, you will also be earning important dollars to help your school out! You can use the paper pledge form, to keep track of your pledges, or you can create your own Canada Helps pledge web page CLICK HERE To get Paper Pledge Form CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD What if we have trouble with kilometre recording or the Canada Helps pledge tracking? To see how the NPX kilometre tracking website AND the pledge tracking website works, just watch our instructional video CLICK HERE What are the events? Skating When public skating, count your laps. Every 6 laps counts as one kilometre. When playing hockey or attending a figure skating lesson, every game or lesson counts as 3 kms of skating. Downhill Skiing Every complete run counts as a kilometre. Cross-Country Skiing Look at the club map or google maps to see how many kms you travelled in your loops, or just assume that, for every 10 minutes, you travelled one kilometre. Snowshoeing Use a map or google maps to track your kms, or assume that,for every 15 minutes, you travelled one kilometre. Walking / Hiking / Running Use a map or google maps to track your kms, or assume that, for every 10 minutes of brisk walking, you travelled one kilometre. If you are jogging, give yourself a km every 7 minutes. Sledding Look at the length of your run, and see how many runs add up to 1000 m or a kilometre. Remember that walking back up the hill counts too!!! Enjoy and Thank you for particpating..! 2022 RESULTS Winterama pays back over $12,000 at award ceremonies at local schools around the area. Local Elementary School Students Get Active With the Rotary Winterama Olympics Challenge organised by Southampton Rotary Club and Tara Rotary Club. Local elementary school students earned important fundraising dollars for their schools, and embraced winter activities this past February through the 20th Annual Rotary Winterama campaign. Students brought in a collective total of over $12,000 directly to their schools, to help fund breakfast programs and important school projects. Local corporations, businesses, and individual supporters generously stepped up as well, and donated over $12,000 to the campaign, allowing the participating Rotary Clubs to defray the costs of Winterama, and broaden their services to support youth programs in our area. This year’s Winterama offered a Winter Olympics Challenge to students, where students accumulated kilometres doing fun winter activities during the period of the 2022 Winter Olympics. High-achieving students in local schools earned bronze, silver, and gold medals if they met certain kilometre benchmarks. Top classes in each school were also awarded a recess activity bucket, hand-delivered by Bearama, to help them keep active at recesses. Participating students in local schools logged a total of over 21, 000 kilometres during the campaign… more than halfway around the world! See some of the smiling faces below, skating with Winterama mascot “Bearama", and later wearing their medals. A total of 233 students skated, skied, sledded, hiked, and snowshoed their way to their Rotary Olympic Challenge medals, and many more accumulated kilometres trying their best. The top four pledge-earning students in Winterama also won prizes for their hard work fundraising for their schools. In first place was Charlie Schaab, EPESCS, who raised $1200. Second place prizes winners were Serenity and Andre Saunders, G.C. Huston, who each raised $795. Third place went to Sam Stephenson, EPESCS, who raised $720 for his school. Amabel Sauble deserves a special mention, despite being the smallest school population-wise (162). They accumulated a total of 6603 kms, or 41 kms per student!!! A big THANK YOU to all 2022 Winterama participants, sponsors and supporters!!
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Winterama
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-30 04:00:00Z |
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 Rotary Huron Shore Run is a community event raising money for the Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation while promoting physical fitness through road races and walking. This is a class AA race accredited by Athletics Ontario. It is a beautiful course along the shore of Lake Huron, with very little elevation change. In addition to the half marathon, there are 5 km and 10 km races for various age groups (male & female) and a 3 km race for 14 and under. We will once again have a children’s PLAY Fun Run organized by Saugeen Shores PLAY Network.
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Huron Shore Run
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-30 04:00:00Z |
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Our History This page contains some of the key events in our history and a list of our Past Presidents and Club Members who have served beyond the Club level in support of our District 6330. The Club was founded in March 1938 and held its Inaugural Charter Dinner at the Walker House in May.
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Our History
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-24 04:00:00Z |
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 In 1999 the Club bought the lot on Perkins Blvd (corner of McNabb and Highway 21) from the Perkins family for $30,000 and then in turn donated back to the town which made a double lot and formally created Perkins Park.
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Creating and Maintaining Perkins Park
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-24 04:00:00Z |
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Southampton Rotary  Club's Youth and Vocational Committee donates $400 to the Grey-Bruce United Way Backpack Program. The Committee members delivered the backpacks to G.C. Huston School for students needing backpacks and school supplies. Principal Hugh Morrison accepted the backpacks and thanked Rotary.
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Supplying Back to School Backpacks
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-24 04:00:00Z |
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 This joint $350,000 project with the Town of Saugeen Shores was completed in Summer 2010 Our club with our friends from the Rotary Club of Port Elgin were the naming donors for the playground project by each contributing $25,000. Club members from Southampton were also key members of the Fundraising Committee that raised the full $350,000 over a 5 year period. At the time, this was the first fully accessible playground of its type in Bruce County and provides integrated play opportunities for young and old of all capabilities. A sensory garden is included in the design and this was named the Bruce Power Sensory Gardens after the company's lead donation to the project.
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Building an Accessible Playground
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-24 04:00:00Z |
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About Us - Who We Are
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-24 04:00:00Z |
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Southampton Rotary Club's Youth and Vocational Committee donates $400 to the Grey-Bruce United Way Backpack Program. The Committee members delivered the backpacks to G.C. Huston School for students needing backpacks and school supplies. Principal Hugh Morrison accepted the backpacks and thanked Rotary.
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Backpacks for G.C. Huston
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Susan Macdonald
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2020-09-04 04:00:00Z |
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Jane Kramer of Southampton 
