‘International’ Archives
Humanity In Motion
This Humanity In Motion Public Service Announcement, “You Are The Missing Piece“, will be airing on CTV Ottawa and on Time Warner in New York State’s North Country from 14 January through 24 February. Are You The Missing Piece? Are you interested in joining [Read More]
Recognition from the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International presented this certificate of appreciation to the Rotary Club of Perth for the financial support of Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge towards the eradication of polio. [Read More]
Rotary work at the Perth Fair raises money for Shelter Box
This thank you, to the Rotary Club of Perth, is for a donation towards a shelter box that was made from the funds that were raised at this year’s Perth Fair. Track this box which is number 8518 at http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/ by clicking on “Track [Read More]
Rotary Club of Perth Receives Recognition Award
On behalf of Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee Rotary Assistant District Governor David Batchelor presented Rotary Club of Perth’s President Patrick Graham and immediate Past President Jeff Dean a Membership Development and Extension Award. The [Read More]
ShelterBox Presentation
Sue Landry, our ShelterBox ambassador, gave a great presentation at our meeting today. The ShelterBox initiative was started in 2000 for the purpose of bringing aid to families caught in disaster areas. The ShelterBoxes, containing the items in the picture, are packed in [Read More]
Thanking the Mountain – Panamaguim Water Project
This update is from Paul Hauraney who is currently visiting the water project in Guatemala: Hi Folks, Yesterday Keith and I had the privilege to observe the Mayan ritual of thanking the mountain for the water our project will be using from it. The ceremony took place at the [Read More]
Rotary at the Festival of the Maples
The Perth Rotary Club was pleased to be at this year’s Festival of the Maples. We had our ShelterBox on hand to display and also held a bean bag toss for the kids to learn about Literacy. Each participant received a book. We hope you enjoyed MapleFest also! 2012 [Read More]
Globe & Mail talks about Rotary
Today, the Globe & Mail featured an article about Rotary and the great things we do. The article, titled “Give heroic charity back to heroic charities” shows how Rotary has been so extremely successful in our endeavours. This is great timing as Perth 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]
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]
