Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise will be hosting a virtual (ZOOM) Speaker Series this fall : Climate Change - Taking Action.  Talks will be alternate Wednesday evenings at 7pm starting October 5 with Dr Samantha Green of the University of Toronto speaking on "The Climate Emergency - our greatest health threat".

On October 19, Dr Maria Strack, a Member of the University of Waterloo Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change, will speak on Nature-based Climate Solutions. 

On November 2  Lawrence Solomon of Energy Probe will speak on Sustainable Energy. 

On November 16 Glenn McGillivray of The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction will present " Building Resilient Communities".

Registration will be by donation, with a recommended minimum of $40 for the series. Net proceeds will be donated to Long Point Biosphere Reserve Foundation.  CLICK ON "Read more" to see on-line registration details.

More details on the series are on the poster available at this link: documents/en-ca/2fb54d91-8cd1-4815-b6d2-93f9af127f8c/1  Please share the poster with friends and family. 

Mark your calendars - get in touch with the coordinator to sign up - once again, we are getting 'on the road again' to celebrate the life of our Rotary friend Keith Flexman and to have some serious fun.

This event is open to everyone; Rotary members, their families, friends, acquaintances and those who might wish to learn a little bit about us. Details about the event are available at the 'Read more ...' tab as below.

On a beautiful Saturday morning a representative team from RCNS travelled to Welland Ontario to participate in the District 7090 Ride for Polio fundraising initiative.

Led by our Pres Louise Schebesch, the team included Paul Schebesch, Dave Nicolle and Andy Kooistra.

 

One of the three ways that a Paul Harris Fellowship may be awarded is for the parent club to use its Foundation contribution points to nominate a particular member of its own club or the community at large.

At our 2022 Welcome Back BBQ at the Waterford Legion, Joanne Kiefer announced that two of those in attendance were to be recognized as PHFs for their ongoing and selfless contributions to the community;

Keith Catherwood. In a Paul Harris presentation to Keith, he was described as an unsung hero, humble, always flying under the radar but always illuminating service above self. He’s the roadie setting up and taking down events, he’s the volunteer driver taking friends and family to appointments and he’s the guy picking up auction items. Keith is the guy you call who you know you can depend on. In true fashion Keith was taken aback and surprised at his Paul Harris award but the club members were on their feet and making much noise to recognize him; and

Louise Schebesch. Our esteemed club President Louise was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow last evening that many club members would say was long overdue. Louise is a long term member of the club and in addition to serving her second year as President this term, she previously was club treasurer for several years. Louise has been instrumental in many of the clubs fundraisers, chaperoned a trip to welshpool for high school students and has hosted an international student. Louise has a passion for literacy and has also volunteered in this area. Louise is a compassionate, kind and inclusive individual and the RCNS group stood and cheered at her presentation to show their gratitude for her service. 

Well done, Keith and Louise. You all exemplify what it means to be a Rotarian. As a Club, we are all proud of what you bring to our community presence.

More picture may be found at our CR Photo Album site.

What an evening of club member recognition!

Following the 2021-2022 activity year, it was time to recognize those in our Club who have distinguished themselves - it was a great social moment to welcome our newest members, to recognize our most recent Paul Harris recipients, to induct our new Board for 2022-2023 and to re-appoint President Louise Schebesch into a second term. Moreover, we we're able to recognize several special district leader appointments, including District 7090 Governor Lisa Bishop, from within our own Area!

If that weren't enough fun, we were able to host 10 Rotary visitors from Latvia who were enjoying their exchange visit time in Norfolk County.

Go to the 'Read more ...' tab to read more and/or to see selected photos from each of these events.  Click on this link to see all of the photos of this event as kept on Club Runner.

Thanks to Club Services Gail Bouw for organizing the evening, the Simcoe Legion for the facility, John Wallace who lead us in prayer, Debbie Moffat and her crew who catered the event and Keith Jones who guided us through all of this, as the seasoned emcee that he is.