‘Campaigns’ Archives
Rotary Swimarathon Radio Spot
A big thanks to Lake 88 for this awesome Radio Spot for our upcoming Rotary Swimarathon. The Perth Stingrays will be swimming for Rotary to help end Polio and to attempt to set a Guinness World Record. Go Stingrays! [Read More]
Rotary Global Swimarathon
The Rotary Club of Perth is thrilled that the Perth Stingrays will be taking part in this wonderful event. The Rotary Global Swimarathon is being organised by the Rotary Club of Grantham No 354. District 1070 RIBI, UK. Following the success of their local Rotary [Read More]
Thank you from Clara Colop
Our Guatemalan Partner Clara Colop sent this message on her departure from Canada: Senores y Rotario Club Quiero manifestar mi agradecimiento por su apoyo en diferentes maneras para que yo pudiera realizar este viaje. Debo informales que hemos logrado como organizacion [Read More]
Snowshoes for Queen Elizabeth School
On Friday, November 4, the Rotary Club of Perth was pleased to present Queen Elizabeth School in Perth with a cheque to help cover the cost of a class set of snowshoes. Currently, a set of snowshoes is rotated among schools, giving the students very limited time to use [Read More]
Guatemalan Partner in Perth Area until late November
Clara Colop a Mayan-Guatemalan and her 12 year old daughter Utzil Yac-Colop have come to the area to work with the Rotary Club of Perth and several other groups. Seňora Colop runs an NGO in Guatemala which helps Mayans, the native people of her country. She also [Read More]
Rotary Club of Perth Welcomes Clara Colop
Guatemala is a country struggling with an unfortunate spectrum of injustices affecting the most vulnerable and marginalized of the population: indigenous people – more specifically indigenous women. Further, with seasonal weather often progressing into extreme [Read More]
2011 Merrywood BBQ
The Rotary Club of Perth was pleased to host a BBQ again this year at Camp Merrywood for all the campers and their parents. It was a windy day, but the rain held off and we had a great turnout of Rotarians and Campers! Thanks everyone for helping out! 2011 Merrywood BBQBy [Read More]
Rotary Donation to GWM Hospital
On June 10th, 2011 The Rotary Club of Perth presented a $10,000 donation to go towards the CATSCAN project to Dr. Robert Chaplin, Chair of the GWM Foundation. Rotary’s ongoing support brings our total contribution to the Foundation to over $80,000! From Left to Right: [Read More]
Rideau Lakes Cycling Tour – Rotary Sandwiches
Every year for the past 10 years, the Rotary Club of Perth has prepared and sold sandwiches to the participants of the Rideau Lakes Cycling Tour. This year we were busy again making and selling sandwiches. We made and sold a total of 271 loaves of sandwiches! Thanks to our [Read More]
Rotary Books Update
Yesterday, grade 3 students from Queen Elizabeth School came and presented to our club on the benefits of the Rotary Books pilot project. How do you help kids read? You provide funds that allow them to pick books that are interesting to them! Provide dictionaries and have [Read More]
