Did you know that we have several of our club members who have been recognized in the 2021 winners grouping of Norfolk County's "Women of Influence"??
After many years in the making, our idea to add some mural artwork to the downtown community is finally taking form.
Our most recent donation in support of the Waterford Heritage Trail has now been spent - the work is complete and yet more trail has been opened up for the enjoyment of the Norfolk community and its neighbours.
In response, Past-President Steve Malo writes - 'Great photos. The transformation is incredible. We as well as your trail association are so very fortunate having you as the front man. Great work.'
Ross & Joyce Gowan and Jim & Lynda Simpson (and Andy Kooistra since January) have been delivering Emergency Meals for Church Out Serving since last summer. Over the year they have put in 540 hours of sweat equity for this pandemic response program. 
This is on top of 581 hours that 12 volunteers put in during 2019-20. If you do the math, that's 1059 hours provided to Riversyde 83 construction. Well done!
As a result, in 2021 the Rotary Foundation has recognized Marjorie Dawson, Jim Dawson, Nancy Sherwin, and Rudi Atkinson with Paul Harris Fellows for their ongoing donations to the Foundation. Earlier in the year Keith Flexman had been so-recognized and soon, Don Emerson will be publicly honoured.
Donations to the Rotary Foundation by Rotarians such as these Norfolk Sunrise members are the lifeblood of our body, supporting projects around the world such as polio eradication, clean water and providing grant money back to Clubs for their local projects.
Mary Mercato has been a Club member since 2017 and a leader on our Board since 2019. She has lead the PR&C function and currently chairs the Community Service committee. If there is a fundraiser such as Take a Bite out of Norfolk or Bargains, Bling and Blarney on the go, you are certain to find Mary in the heat of the action. Mary is active in many volunteer activities in the community including St Vincent DePaul food basket delivery, a member of various community boards and a church volunteer. Mary’s generosity with her time to help others is admirable and works within the ideals of Rotary.
Jim Simpson has been a Club member since 2015 and a leader on our Board since 2016. He has lead the Community Service Committee and currently looks after the PR&C function. Jim Simpson has been a powerhouse in redesigning the clubs website and overseeing everything public relations. Volunteering his time in the community has included the ongoing renovations within Riversyde 83, as a church volunteer, as a Community Volunteer Income Tax team member as well as at support groups such as Habitat for Humanity. Jim is our club rep for the RI Can-Scot Curling Exchange program.
We then went about passing the gavel from our outgoing President Steve Malo to our incoming President Louise Schebesch. A leading tribute by John Wallace was followed by several comments about outgoing Steve, who then reflected on our very unusual year and the way in which we met our challenge(s) in such a typically 'Sunriser' fashion. We were lucky to have Steve steer us through such a curious and unique year. Steve then passed the gavel to incoming Louise who promptly explained certain environmentally-focused changes in our club structure and announced the new Board; acknowledging those who had agreed to stay on, thanking those who were moving on, welcoming those moving in ... (see the Leadership tab at the top of the www.norfolksunrise.org page). 
Louise stressed how much she was looking forward to working with the new team. After a short run-down on several of the initiatives Louise was planning for our next Rotary Sunrise year, she returned the meeting to the host who closed out the meeting with a number of randomly chosen 'zoom' break-out sessions to allow for some much needed social interaction between our 'cabin-fevered' club members!
Licence #4 is a wrap!
ark your calendars for our next Rotary Wheel Road Rally followed by a genuine face-to-face, social BBQ; all this fun being planned by our hardworking ways and means group, for Sunday 19 September 2021 (assuming we are suitably clear of the current pandemic restrictions).
On Tuesday morning, 31 currently active members 'zoomed' in to celebrate our 25th Anniversary as a Club and to recognize our founding members, in particular, those who remain as active members.
In the photo, see Pres Keith being so-pinned at the first club assembly by first Club Secretary Terry Kristman.
Go to the 'Read more ...' tab to see a summary of their ideas. How grateful we are for the work this group has done over the years as well as the example they continue to contribute as we look forward to our bright future as a service club.
The RCNS has jumped in to help with the Rotary effort to supply urgent health supplies to India.
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