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Fall/Winter 2007 Newsletter Summary of all our events in 2006/2007, including the recipe calendar, district conference, and more!

2008 Recipe Calendar (Web Version): For more information, see here.

Attendence
Members
Liz R, Andrew, Kevin, Lavinia, Alix, Catie, Amber, Graham, Colin, Maria
Guests:Bastien
Regrets
Sam

Club Officers and Committee Heads – 2008/2009
President – Liz Rosenfeld
Vice President – Lavinia Popinceanu
Past President – Vikki Hearn
Treasurer - Colin Knowles
Secretary – Kevin Quan
Club Service – Liz Greenland
Community Service – Andrew Hearn/Zain Lyall
International Service – Alix Reboul-Salze
Professional Development – Graham Greenland
New Members – Maria Naimouchina
Rotaract Liaison – Pat Neuman

On May 25th, 2008 Graham and Liz made our donation to the Daily Bread Food Bank to cap off a very successful International Recipe Calendar 2008. Our donation of $2000 will help support the food bank that services over 70,000 patrons a month in Toronto. We were fortunate enough to meet with the executive director of the Daily Bread, Gail Nyberg. She was very grateful for our donation and provided us with a guided tour of the facilities.

‘‘Make A Splash’’ event was one of our main Rotaract projects for the year 2007-2008.
The event was a cooperative event between two of the Rotaract clubs in the GTA (Greater
Toronto Area), with financial support from the sponsor Rotary club of both clubs:
- The Rotaract Club of Toronto
- The Rotaract Club of the University of Toronto
- The Rotary Club of Toronto
We teamed up in order to raise money for the African Medical & Research Foundation
(AMREF) and their Safe Water and Basic Sanitation Program.

We are glad to announce that:
- About 35 people attended our event,
- Over 50 people donated to the event or pledged the swimmers, including many
members from the Rotary Club of Toronto
- $1,300CDN was raised (entry fees + donations/pledges) and given to AMREF
- 960 laps were swum
The event turned out to be a real success, and we hope to improve on it next year.

Attendance- Kevin, Vikki, Andrew, Liz R, Colin,
Guests- Amber, Sari, Elizabeth
Visiting Rotarians: Pat
Regrets – Sam, Liz G, Sam G, Alix,

Club Officers and Committee Heads – 2008/2009
President – Liz Rosenfeld
Vice President – Lavinia Popinceanu
Past President – Vikki Hearn
Treasurer - Colin Knowles
Secretary – Kevin Quan
Club Service – Liz Greenland
Community Service – Andrew Hearn/Zain Lyall
International Service – Alix Reboul-Salze
Professional Development – Graham Greenland
New Members – Maria Naimouchina
Rotaract Liaison – Pat Neuman

Join us to raise funds and awareness for Safe Water and Sanitation Programs in Africa
Participate by swimming laps, taking part in water challenges or providing support from the sidelines

$10 participation fee including 1 chance to win 2 courtside Raptor tickets
For more details visit www.torontorotaract.com
Pre-registration required at makeasplash15march@gmail.com
Saturday, March 15th – 7pm
Hart House (University of Toronto)

THE ROTARACT CLUB OF TORONTO IS HOSTING A CLOTHING DRIVE FOR INTERVAL HOUSE TO BE DONATED ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 4th, 2007

Interval House is a centre offering a comprehensive range of programs and services to abused women and their children. www.intervalhouse.on.ca

We are collecting the following items in need:

Women’s Career Clothing and accessories, such as belts, bags and shoes
Towels, facecloths, pillows and pillowcases and other linens
Children’s Clothing

Please contact mail@torontorotaract.com to drop off donations.
Thank You for your generous Donations!

The International Recipe Calendar was developed in 2006 by the Rotaract Club of Toronto, Canada. It was created as a means to bring together the worldwide Rotaract network for charitable purposes. The calendar has two overriding goals.

1. To increase collaboration and understanding between Rotaractors worldwide.
2. To facilitate fundraising for the local charities considered most important to Rotaractors.

It is still too early to measure the success of the second goal but we are pleased to announce that the Calendar has proven to be a smash hit in exceeding its first goal. This calendar is being sold across 5 continents and 16 countries by the 19 Rotaract clubs that participated in 2007. Proceeds from local calendar sales in each country will support the local charity that each participating club has selected. The response from Rotaractors worldwide was so overwhelming that in its inaugural year two separate calendars had to be developed to include everyone!

Download Calendar (Web Version)

At our Christmas Dinner on December 10th Club Members collected Retro Toys to be donated to the Toronto Fire Fighters’ toy drive. The toys will then be given to children who otherwise might not get much this christmas. Eveyone donated something that was reminiscent of their childhood. Some favourites were: My Little Pony, Matchbox Cars, Transformers, Lego, Rubix Cube and the timeless classic, the Teddy Bear.

The aim was to donate toys that would remind kids about a simpler time, when toys didn't always come with batteries or a controller. The fact that all these toys are still available today is a good sign that not all kids are caught up in the endless push for the latest and greatest. If you're interested in donating some Retro Toys please contact us at mail@torontorotaract.com, or simply go out and purchase some toys and drop them off at your local fire hall before December 24th.

The Rotaract Club of Toronto's Zoo Rally was another great success! Seven teams competed in a day of clue-finding and puzzle-solving. In the end, two generations of the Byers and Greenland families took the podium:

On Sunday September 23, members of the Rotaract Club of Toronto sold 50/50 tickets at the Toronto Argonauts game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Ticket sales were good, and the Rotary club raised over $5000 towards Youth & Children’s projects including: their annual Christmas party for Disabled Children, groups to address youth violence, such as Leave Out Violence., and groups that represent youth, such as Toronto Youth Cabinet.

It was a great day and we'll be out again on October 27 trying to raise even more!

The Rotaract Club of Toronto’s 5th Annual Rotaractive Rally is coming.

Changeover 2007 took place on August 16th, 2007 at Hot Rocks Cafe. Thanks so much to Liz Greenland and the executive for a great year!

Congratulations to Liz Perriguey for winning the Herbert J. Taylor award and Liz Rosenfeld for winning the Jamie Maynard award!

Welcome to Vikki Hearn as our new president. We look forward to great things from Vikki and her executive.

In May this year several members of the Rotaract Club of Toronto voluntered at the Annual Rotary Club of Toronto Camp weekend at Camp Scugog. One of the tasks we undertook was to clean out and tidy up their bookshelves. We realised that the camp was in need of some new books so we undertook a book drive, and also donated some funds to buy some new books for the children and mothers who attend the camp. On July 14th a book delivery was made and there are plans for another drive in the fall. Please contact us if you have any childrens or young adults books you would like to donate.

On June 9, 2007 Liz P. Jeff and Liz R attended the Strawberry Festival

On April 28th, Kevin, Colin, Liz R. Liz P. Jeff, Andrew and Graham participated in the City of Toronto's Tree advocacy program. We spent the morning planting native trees at a site in Sun Valley in the Lower Don Valley. Between the 7 participant we planted around 40 trees as part of an ongoing effort to regrow the natural habitat of the Don Valley. Check out more images here:

The tree advocacy programs runs tree planting, trail maintenance and other revitalization projects throughout the year. We are in the process of discussing further projects we can participate in, in the future.

Interval House Paragraph

On Monday December 18th, 2006 the Rotaract Club of Toronto donated Women’s Career clothing to Interval House. Interval House is a centre offering a comprehensive range of programs and services to abused women and their children. Their goal is to provide a continuum of support along the difficult path from the need for emergency shelter, towards healing, growth and independence. The clothing will be used by the women attending the shelter, while they attend job interviews and other events to enhance their careers. Our next clothing drive will take place on February 19th, 2007.
www.intervalhouse.on.ca

Now available: our Fall 2006 Newsletter (PDF Format). Please read for an update on our latest activities!

Our Changeover celebration for this year was our biggest ever. More than forty Rotaractors, Rotarians and guests were in attendance. We changed our format this year and headed to the Bloor Steet Diner for the affair. All money raised from the event went to the Spina Bifida project in Kenya.

We volunteered several times on Habitat for Humanity's Rotary Drive project. These shots are from September 2005.

The inaugural Rotaract Development and Leadership Conference was held from July 29-30 at Hart House Farm in Caledon. The purpose of this event was to join together Rotaractors from District 7070.

In October 2005, we held our third annual Rally, a fun day of word puzzles and visual clue-finding through the jungles of Downtown Toronto.

As the Toronto Rotaract Club begins the 2005-2006 Rotary year, we find ourselves faced with familiar challenges: member turnover, meeting space, communication…etc.

This new website is but one of the improvements with which we hope to reinvigorate our mighty club! Our goal is to keep this site current and filled with interesting content. We hope that visitors to this site come not only to answer “What is Rotaract?” but “What is Rotaract doing now?”.