Events

Event Highlights:

• BBQ and networking with students, mentors, and fellow sponsors
• Live robot demonstrations and FRC field showcase
• Sponsor recognition and thank-you presentation

Join us as we celebrate and thank you for your generous support this season.

Your contributions have been instrumental to our success, and we look forward to expressing our appreciation in person.

RSVP by May 4, 2025

RYLA | District 7040 (rotary7040.com)

Adults: $10
Kids (6-12 yrs): $5

The Rotary Adventure in Citizenship Program | Rotary Club of Ottawa-Ontario (rotaryottawa.com)

The planning committee is still working through logistics, but we have a bit of a plan for Rotary volunteers:

• The process to approve volunteer drivers is a bit overwhelming so as much as we would welcome Rotary volunteer drivers, this might not happen.
• We have 6 pick up locations in which we are hoping to have Rotary volunteers presents to support the youth while they wait for rides
  • 6 volunteers between the hours of 9am and 10am.
• We would love to have 3 volunteers to support the registration table
  • Pm 3 volunteers from 9:30am to 10:30am at Rideau Acres
• We need two volunteers to support IT
  • 2 volunteers between 9am and 2pm to support the set up of computers, screens, mics…
• We can use the 3 volunteers helping with the registration and perhaps 2 more for set up
  • 5 volunteers between 9am and 10am to help with setting up tables, chairs and support with booth display set ups.
• We can use up to 5 volunteers to help with lunch and clean up.
  • We can use the existing volunteers from the registration/set up/IT crew to help with lunch and clean up
• We can use 5 volunteers to help with overall clean up and tear down
  • Again, these volunteers could be the existing volunteers who are already there if they can stick around

Overall, it would be great if the adults can engage with the youth during the event, be present and available to support with crowd control and directing the youth as to where they need to be. I would suggest between 15-20 volunteers. 

All Rotary volunteers will need:

• to complete the registration form which is a QR code embedded in the attached flyer
• to have a recent CPIC completed

More detail will be forthcoming once we start getting folks register.  

For more information and to register online, please follow the link below:

https://rotary7040.com/event/copy-of-foundation-international-service/

Agenda to follow.

* - Wine Raffle

Catherine Demers will present her Classification Talk.  Afterwards, Susan Freitas will provide an update of preparations for the Theatre Night Out fundraiser on June 18.

* - Wine Raffle
 

Catherine Demers, our newest member, will present her Classification Talk.

In addition, Susan Freitas will provide an update on Theatre Night Out preparations.

Volunteers required to work 1-2 hour shifts. Please contact Arja

Mid-month Food Packing followed by Monthly Pub Night

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!
Please Contact: John Mirski

"DECREPITUDE BLUES"
introduced by the Playwright, Kingston's own Douglas Bowie
(Comedy/ Drama)

http://www.douglasbowie.ca/biography.html
From acclaimed writer of various CBC and NFB award-winning productions including:

• Love and Larceny (starring Jennifer Dale) - Gemini Award
• Grand Larceny - Columbus International Screenwriting Award
• Empire, Inc. - Several ACTRA awards including Best Screenwriter

Meet with friends over finger foods, desserts, a glass of wine and
the entertainment of a Silent Auction and Live Theatre
*** ALL INCLUDED *** in the $40 ticket price

Teaser:
Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong it will.”      O’Toole’s Refinement: “Murphy was an optimist.”

Tomorrow is Warren Winter’s birthday. The big Seven O. But he’s not happy about it. In fact, he’s not happy about much of anything. When he left his marriage his wife told him he’d end up old, bitter and alone. And now, as he says: “Old. Check. Bitter. Check. Alone. You betcha.” He’s just lost his job – a newspaper column he’s had for 30 years – being told he’s old-fashioned and irrelevant with nothing to say to today’s audience. He contacts his ex-wife with the faint hope of getting back together, only to learn that she’s taken up with his best friend. He announces a birthday party for himself – and no one shows up. On top of this, he suffers from polymyalgia – pain in every nook and cranny - and every part of his body seems to be giving out at once, causing him grief from hemorrhoids to heart. “But,“ he says, “I’ll deal with my decrepitude the old-fashioned way. I’ll ignore it.” Indeed, the only thing he hasn’t lost is his dark sense of humour as he wryly confronts one indignity after another as they befall him in waves. He says his life is a perfect example of Sturgeon’s Law – “Ninety percent of everything is crap.”

They say comedy is tragedy plus time – but Warren knows he may not have a whole lot of time left. His glass is long past half empty, but there’s still Sturgeon’s last 10%. And is there still a glimmer of hope to be found in those last few drops …?

Event Link & Registration:  RI Convention - Calgary 2025

• 4:00pm     Tee-off for golfers
• 6:30pm     BBQ Dinner
  • Steak or Salmon + Salads (2) + Desserts + Coffee
    $40 /person payable at the Clubhouse

RAIN OR SHINE - All members & guests welcome!

* - Food Bank Collection

Hope Air is the only national charity filling a massive healthcare system gap. While we have universal healthcare, we don’t have universal access to that healthcare. The medical treatments start when you show up at the clinic or the hospital. Hope Air provides free flights, accommodation, and meal vouchers for Canadians in need who require medical treatments far from home. Over half of Hope Air patients would either have to borrow money, delay, or simply cancel their life-giving medical treatments. Please feel free to contact me anytime you would like more information on the charity. Meanwhile, their website is HopeAir.ca

*FB - Food Bank Collection

Hope Air is the only national charity filling a massive healthcare system gap. While we have universal healthcare, we don’t have universal access to that healthcare. The medical treatments start when you show up at the clinic or the hospital. Hope Air provides free flights, accommodation, and meal vouchers for Canadians in need who require medical treatments far from home. Over half of Hope Air patients would either have to borrow money, delay, or simply cancel their life-giving medical treatments. Please feel free to contact me anytime you would like more information on the charity. Meanwhile, their website is HopeAir.ca

Save the Date - Details to Follow