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Roch Fortin

I was honoured when the Rotary Club of Summerland asked me if I would consider taking over the presidency of our club for 2015-2016.

At first I was hesitant because of other commitments to my young family and other non-profit organizations in the area.

However, for the past two years as a regular member of the Rotary family here in Summerland, I realized that I was blessed with an incred-ible group of individuals that have contributed so much to the well-being of not only our community but to other areas of the world.

They are leaders, doers and compassionate individuals that care for our community not only on social issues but the econom-ic development and promotion of Summerland as well. Such as the Rotary Giants Head Grind

( C h r i s t o p h e r Walker Memorial Race) held during the long week-end of May every year.

This event raised over $100,000 for the past two years with funds going towards the pro-tection and trail improvement of Giant’s Head Mountain and to the Cancer Society.

Our Rotary Sunday Sum-merland Market has proven to be an incredible event for our town where locals were able to meet, socialize and showcase what Summerland has to offer.

The positive response from the downtown merchants has been exceptional.

Friendship, business rela-tionships and working on social issues are a big part of our organization.

We are more than just a group of men and women that meet for breakfast every Tues-day morning at Santorini’s.

We are part of Summerland and we all want to contribute in a positive way to the well-being of our community and around the world.

Do you think you have some-thing to offer?

Why don’t you come on a Tuesday morning and see what we do to make a difference.

Finally, every year Rotary Clubs around the world choose to sponsor a local project that contributes to the social and economic development of their community.

This year our club will reach to our partners and stakehold-ers to work on a vision towards the protection and revitaliza-tion of Giant’s Head Mountain with the purpose to encour-age health and wellness for our residents.

President’s message

Your Summerland Rotary Club, just like hundreds of sim-ilar clubs around the world, undertakes projects and activ-ities that improve the life of our community.

Evidence of your Rotary Club’s activities can be seen in our parks, trails, markets, young people’s events and development, events for the elderly, helping to build servi-ces for the disadvantaged and so many other initiatives.

We are not just dispensers of cheques, and our service pro-jects are not intended as a quick fix for problems.

When a club decides on a community service project or activity, it will follow some best practices to evaluate the concepts and ensure that the resources put to the task will get the best result for all con-cerned.

Resources are not just money raised through our various initiatives. They also include the time and widely varied expertise of your Rotary Club members, volunteers from the

community and often in part-nership with those that are served.

This is also how your Rotary Club grows.

As it gets more of the com-munity involved in its activ-ities, more learn they can make a difference through member-ship in Rotary. And that is why our Rotary motto is: Service Above Self.

This means that our com-munity really has a stake in the activities of the Summerland Rotary Club.

We can’t respond to every community need as those funds raised through our events can

only go so far. That’s why your support for

Rotary is very important. So much of those funds

raised really go back into our community and make it a bet-ter place to live.

As a stakeholder, we are inviting you to help us decide on what Summerland needs next!

What is that next project or activity that Summerland needs?

We know that many of you have some absolutely great ideas for an activity or new town asset that will:

o Improve community members’ lives

o Involve the skills of those that are served

o Be the best use of available resources, and

o Empower our community to grow and prosper.

If you have that next great idea, we are interested in lis-tening. Send the Summerland Rotary Club a note with a description of your concept to [email protected]

Rotary’s next big project

Roch Fortin

Rotary International President K.R, Ravindran chose Be a Gift to the World as his theme for 2015 to 2066.

Ravindran urges Rotary members to give the gifts of time, tal-ent and knowledge to improve lives in communities across the globe.

“Through Rotary, we can take these gifts and make a genuine difference in the lives of others and in our world,” Ravindran said.

Rotarians urged to use their gifts

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Bailey Johnson

No matter how you were raised or where you come from, you must respect your host family and their lifestyle.

It may be frustrating and it may be hard, but you are on an exchange to experience a new lifestyle, and if it is not what you expected or you don’t like it, you must respect it.

Some exchange students here are getting frustrated with the differences between Brazil and their home country. That makes me very sad.

The biggest advice I would have would be to try their life-style. Try communicating. Try speaking the language, even if it’s not right.

Try. They really appreciate the effort and you gain their respect.

I am so fortunate with the family I am in. I love them and we really get along well, but if it is to be, it’s up to me.

The reason things are well is because I try.

And if you’re interested in exchange, you should as well.

I think it’s great if you want to introduce traditions or rit-uals from your country, but you must first accept theirs.

It’s not better or worse; it’s just different.

And soon you learn to love it and eventually miss it when you return home.

I have been noticing some

exchange students not getting along with their family, and I think that is the reason why.

I just wanted to get this out there before I forget, in hopes that a soon to be exchange stu-

dent will read it.A quick update on the lan-

guage. It is going great. I am picking it up and understand-ing a lot.

It was actually quite hard for

me to write this note because I haven’t been speaking much English. The language struc-tures are very different, so it’s very hard transitioning back and forth. But I am so happy

with my Portuguese right now. It’s not perfect, but it’s getting better every day.

And my host family is proud of me, which makes me even happier.

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Bob Van Balkom

Rotary Youth Exchange is an International stu-dent exchange program for students in secondary school. The Rotary Club of Copenhagen, Den-mark initiated the first exchange in 1929, and the program has since spread world-wide.

Since 1929, Rotary International has sent young people around the globe to experience new cultures. Current-

ly, about 9,000 students are sponsored by Rotary clubs every year.

Typically, students are sent to another country for a year-long stay, gen-erally living with multiple host families during the year and being expected to perform daily tasks within the household as well as attend school in the host country.

The Rotary Club of Summerland has par-ticipated in the Youth Exchange Program since

1969/70, when the then Susan Agur (now Eden) became the club’s first Outbound Exchange Stu-dent, and spent a year in Australia where she made a number of life-long relationships.

Since that time, the club has sponsored over 45 Outbound Students, while welcoming an equal amount of Inbound Stu-dents from places such as Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Norway, South Korea, Turkey and many

more. Through this incred-

ible opportunity, the lives of some 90 young people have been changed for-ever, as have the lives of their host families and the friends they have made while on their exchange. Some of these young men and women have gone on to become Rotary Ambas-sadorial Scholars, and are still making a huge differ-ence in the lives of people around the world.

If you or anyone you

know has a son or daugh-ter that may be interest-ed in spending the most incredible year of their life on an International Youth Exchange, the Summer-land Rotary Club strong-ly urges you to have them contact their local Rotary Club to inquire as to how they may take advantage of this opportunity.

Currently, Rotary Dis-trict 5060 is hosting some 35 exchange students from some 28 countries around the world and

is sponsoring an equal number of outbound stu-dents to those same 28 countries.

The majority of these young people will have been changed forever once they have returned home after their year liv-ing in a foreign country, and will tell you that it was the best year of their young lives.

Bob Van Balkom is the Youth Exchange Officer with the Summerland Rotary Club.

Respecting a new culture in Brazil

International exchanges offered to students

On the beachBailey Johnson, a Rotary exchange student in Brazil, enjoys some time at one of the beaches.


Sue Eden

Our members are at the heart of our club. Our efforts are sup-ported by Rotary International, our Rotary District and by our community.

We are 1.2 million neigh-bours, friends and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our cities and towns around the world.

Our differing occupations, ideas and experiences give us a unique perspective.

Our shared passion for ser-vice helps us accomplish the remarkable.

Our distinct point of view and approach give us unique advantages.

We see differently. Our per-spective helps us see challenges

in unique ways.We think differently. We

apply leadership and expertise to social issues and find unique solutions.

We act responsibly. Our pas-sion and perseverance create lasting change.

We make a difference at home and around the world.

Our impact starts with our members — people who work tirelessly with our club to solve some of our toughest challen-ges.

Our efforts are supported by Rotary International, our mem-bers association and the Rotary Foundation, which turns dona-tions into grants that fund the work of our members and part-ners around the world.

Rotary is led by our mem-bers — responsible leaders who

help carry forward our organ-ization’s mission and values in their elected roles.

Rotary has been making his-tory and bringing our world closer for more than 100 years.

Since forming in 1905, we’ve taken on some of the world’s toughest challenges and helped a wide range of international and service organizations from the United Nations to Easter Seals get started.

We have specific causes we target to maximize our local and global impact.

At the same time, we under-stand that each community has its own unique needs and con-cerns.

Through our network of resources and partners, we help in efforts to promote peace, fight disease, provide clean

drinking water, save mothers and children, support educa-tion and grow local economies.

Locally we have become a well respected service club, and we are committed to local pro-jects.

These include the Gor-don Beggs Rotary Beach and Rotary Walkway, the Adams Bird Sanctuary, Summerland Asset Development Initia-tive, the Summerland Blos-som Pageant, Daffodil Daz-zle, the Rotary Giant’s Head Grind and Christopher Walk-er Race, Summerland Direc-tory, trails and walkways, Hands in Motion, the Pioneer Tea, Family Days, Meals on Wheels, the Good Will Shake-speare Festival and Agur Lake Camp Society.

Our international projects

are very exciting and we have had many club members trav-elling to other countries where help is needed.

Also, we are great supporters of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, which is truly amaz-ing.

Our Rotary International theme this year is “Be a Gift To The World.”

If you would like to get involved with some great local people and help your commun-ity and your world and would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would like to hear from you.

For more information, please contact President Roch Fortin at 250-462-0570 or Membership Director Sue Eden at 250-494-0505 (Royal LePage.)

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The Summerland Rotary Club, together with the Walker-Matthews family and a group of enthusiastic and dedicated local Summerland residents, once again hosted a successful Giant’s Head Grind and Chris-topher Walker Memorial Race on May 16.

The aim of the event is to showcase Giant’s Head Moun-tain and the community of Summerland while raising funds for colon cancer diagnos-tics and research.

Proceeds of the race are also being used to work with the city on upkeep and improve-

ment of the trail system in Giant’s Head Park.

In this, the second year of the event, there were over 420 par-ticipants registered (100 more than last year) and 361 finish-ers. Another 80 people joined in for the post race barbecue.

Collectively they raised just

under $40,000 with donations still continuing to come in. The youngest finisher — carried the entire way by her dad — was just 11 months (Everett Walker Kitchen), and the oldest fin-isher was 81.

Participants came from as far away as Oregon and Califor-

nia and many from the lower mainland and Alberta.

Join us for next year’s race, May 21, 2016. Registration will open on Nov. 21, six months before race day.

For more information and to watch for details go to www.giantsheadgrind.com

Hundreds participate in Giant’s Head GrindOn the runMore than 420 participants registered for this year’s Giant’s Head Grind. This is 100 more than last year’s registration. The money raised goes to colon cancer diagnostics and research, and to the upkeep and improvement of the trail system in Giant’s Head Park.

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Another exciting Summerland Blossom Pageant ended in May.

Participants in this program are sponsored by local organizations and businesses.

The Summerland Rotary Club has been a proud supporter for many years knowing, as a sponsor, what worthwhile training this is for Grade 11 students.

During 2014 to 2015, Emma Thomson was Miss Rotary and she is now a Summerland prin-cess. Well done, Emma.

For 2015 to 2016, Rotary’s representative is Autumn Baxter.

The club is looking forward to getting to know and support her as she progresses through the program.

It is always very rewarding to see our candi-date “blossom” throughout the year.

Pageant is not a beauty contest; far from it. There is heavy emphasis on public speaking

which has been found to be invaluable in promo-ting confidence building in the candidates.

Many of us might wish we could stand in front of an audience and make a speech, but after participation in the training, this is a skill most of the candidates master.

Many lifelong skills are taught such as vehicle maintenance, finances, some local his-tory, participation in community activities, helping others and in the case of the Rotary candidate, attending club meetings to learn about the aims and objectives of Rotary and their projects, both at home and internation-ally.

The candidates compete against each other in that some events, particularly the speeches, are judged, but there are also activities which require the group to cooperate with each other, support each other, and have fun along the way while they are doing this.

Many long-term friendships are formed between the candidates.

Every young lady who participates can be counted a success and we are happy for all that they have gained from taking part.

The Rotary Club is proud of its support of this program and the benefits it offers.

Blossom Pageant candidate sponsored

Blossom princessEmma Thomson, Miss Rotary during the 2014 to 2015 pageant, was named one of Summerland’s princesses in May.

Thank-You Summerland Rotary Club

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Thank you Rotary for supporting our many

youth activities.

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Wellness Retreat. You have made this

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DECEMBER 2011

Guys Night: Laser Tag Friday, December 4th 6-10pm. Join us for an evening of awesome laser tag. $25 Movie Nights: Tuesday, Dec 6th & 13th 6-8:30pm. Thursday, Dec 29 6-8:30pm. Popcorn included. $2 Girls Night: Christmas Crafts Wednesday, Dec 14th 3-6pm. Join us to make some great Christmas gifts. $5 Christmas Party: Friday, December 16 6-9pm. Good food and fun games. $5

JANUARY 2012

Tuesday Night Movies 6-8:30pm. Popcorn included. $2 Apex Night Friday, January 6th. Join us for a trip to Apex to go tubing or night skiing/boarding. $15 Teen Drop-In: Friday, January 13. Grades 9-12. Free. Energy Plex: Friday, January 20 4-9pm. Guys Night: Friday, Jan. 27th 4-8pm.

FEBRUARY 2012

Tuesday Night Movies Monday, February 1st, 8th, 15th, & 22nd 6-8:30 pm. Popcorn included. $2 for members and non-members Apex Night Friday, February 10th, 6-10pm. Join us for a trip to Apex to go tubing or night skiing/boarding. $15 Girls Night: Love Yourself, Eat Some Chocolate Friday, February 10th 6-9pm. $5 H20 Park: Friday, February 17th 4-8pm. $15 Guys Night: Halo Friday, February 24th 6-9pm. Guys join us for a big Halo multiplayer tourney. $5

MARCH 2012

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Critteraid Grooming Program – Are you a cat lover? Why not volunteer with SADI at our local cat sanctuary, grooming and petting cats afternoons from 3:30-5pm. Transportation provided from SADI. SADI Leadership Team join the group of youth who decide what activities happen at SADI each year and who volunteer at different SADI events. We would love to hear your fresh ideas and have your enthusiasm. Every Tuesday at SADI at 4pm. Apple Pie Making for Food Bank– Join us as we make apple pies for the Summerland Food Bank’s Christmas Hampers. Thursday, December 15th 5-9pm @ SADI Food Bank Hamper Pick Up Day – We are looking for volunteers to help out with the Christmas hamper pick up day at the food bank on Friday, December 16, 3-6pm

SADI provides activities, opportunities, and resources for youth in grades 6-12. Annual memberships are available at the low cost of $25 and family memberships are $35.

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Exchange student memoriesSue Eden, a former Summerland Rotary Exchange Student, and Pata, a former Brazilian Rotary Exchange Student, reflect on their times as exchange participants. Once again this year, the Sum-merland Rotary Club has sent one student to Brazil. Another student, from Turkey, is in Summerland this year.

Members of the Rotary Club wanted to do something to add to the downtown atmosphere of Summerland.

Markets have been a proven way to add to the vibrancy of other towns. Why not here?

A weekly market was seen as an opportunity to showcase our local farmers, artisans, restaurants, wineries, crafters, local businesses, home busi-ness entrepreneurs, not-for-profit groups, entertainers, and groups promoting Summer-land’s lifestyle, tourist oppor-tunities and special events.

We saw a weekly market as an opportunity to attract new busi-ness activity, additional tourist visits and add to the quality of life experiences for Summerland residents. It was great to see how

the market also evolved into a community meeting place as market goers circulated through the 50 or so booths.

We’re encouraged by the amazingly positive feedback we’ve received from the gen-eral public and vendors. We often heard vendors and tourist visitors commenting on how friendly a town we have — PR you can’t buy.

We’ll be back again next year building on this year’s suc-cesses. Thanks to Mayor Peter Waterman and the council and staff, the public works depart-ment, Randy Brown of the B.C. Liquor Control and Inspect-ing Branch, Juanita Gibney of Source Graphics and Print, Drew Tyler of Mott Welsh and Associates, Todd Laidlaw and

his staff at True Grain Bread , the Summerland Review and Penticton Herald, EZ Rock 98.5 FM, the many market vendors and contributors, market man-ager Laurel Burnham, as well as a host of volunteers from the community and from the Sum-merland Rotary Club.

A market just doesn’t hap-pen because of a few people.

Want to be part of our organ-izing team (Roch Fortin, Aart Dronkers, Laurel Burnham, and Paul Barber) or want to share your thoughts and ideas?

You can contact our group through Paul at [email protected].

Thank you Summerland for making this year’s market such a great success. We hope to do even better next year.

Sunday market added to community

Turkish student spending year in Summerland

A student from Turkey is in Summerland this year under the Rotary Youth Exchange program.

Egehan Solak, from Izmir, Turkey, has been in Summer-land for the past two months and is adapting to a new coun-try and culture.

For Solak, the biggest adjust-ment is in the language.

“I’m trying to communicate with other people, but my Eng-lish is no so good,” he said, “so making friends is a little bit hard.”

He has also noticed differ-ences in the culture of the com-munity.

The biggest difference is in the more relaxed pace of life in Summerland.

His home city of Izmir, with a population of roughly 3.5 million, is much more crowded and much busier.

The school work is also an adjustment for him because of the difficulties he has experi-enced with the language.

A soccer player, Solak has

been part of the Summerland Secondary School team this year.

This winter, he also plans to try winter sports such as skiing and snowboarding.

Solak also plans to present information about Turkey and its culture to Summer-landers.

Exchange studentEgehan Solak, from Izmir, Tur-key, is studying in Summerland this year. Solak is participating in the Rotary Youth Exchange program.

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Sylvia Mott

One month into the school year, life at Summerland Sec-ondary School is as crazy and busy as ever.

Students have settled into the rhythm of classes, tests, and extra-curricular activities.

The leadership class is buzz-ing with activity, and new pro-jects are coming together with hard work, lots of planning, and a healthy dose of fun.

The posters festooning the school (advertisements for upcoming spirit days and other events) and the tangible enthusiasm in the leadership classroom are reminiscent of last year – especially of a cer-tain project of which our school is immensely proud.

It was in December, 2014 that this project began.

Several leadership students had formed a group with the intention of raising awareness around the school of the need for blood donation after learn-ing that very few students had any knowledge of Canadian Blood Services, let alone the donor clinics held in Penticton every month. It was soon evi-dent that a different approach was needed to encourage stu-dents to donate blood, other than simply putting up posters.

The students set to work brainstorming and planning, and thus creating the 2014 Blood Drive/Grad Fundraiser.

This unique project was envisioned to target the specific age range of high school stu-dents who were 17 years old or older, as this is the age of donor eligibility as well as the age of the majority of grade twelve students.

The idea was simple: to ask local businesses to pledge money to the Dry Grad on the condition that a busload of stu-dents would go to a Penticton Blood Clinic and donate blood.

Once the project was sanc-tioned by the school and a stu-dent survey showed a large amount of interest, it looked like the blood drive was set to go.

However, there was one major roadblock – the cost of transportation.

Around this time, the Sum-merland Rotary Club came to the leadership class to propose the $100 challenge.

The Rotarians explained that $100 would be given as seed money to any group that would use it for an original

project benefitting the school or greater community. The blood drive group was very excited – perhaps this was a way to fund the transportation and ensure that the blood drive would indeed go ahead.

It was much more than this. Our $100 challenge Rotarian

mentors, John Bubb and Ena-belle Gorek, were enthusiastic and supportive. Their guid-ance, experience, and encour-agement, as well as that of the Leadership teacher, provided the group with a strong foun-dation and the confidence to move forward.

As the real work began – requesting local businesses for donation pledges, getting stu-dents to sign up, creating waiv-

ers, booking appointments, arranging transportation, etc. – the students were buoyed all the way by their team at Rotary and at school.

When the day finally came, 25 students were bused to the clinic.

What could have been a daunting experience had they been alone was instead a fun, peer-supported event. 13 suc-cessfully gave blood, and three even signed up for the One-Match stem cell program.

Afterwards, they were treat-ed to a pizza dinner donated by Prima Pizza.

It was inspiring and heart-warming to see the students’ enthusiasm as they donated for the first time or cheered

on their classmates, and many have since donated.

Some have even returned to the blood clinic with friends and family members, starting a whole new cycle of blood donors.

We are proud of all the stu-dents who participated, and grateful to our generous spon-sors without whom it would not have been possible.

While Rotary provided both monetary sponsorship and men-torship to us, we would also like to thank the Rotary Club for the opportunities that the $100 chal-lenge brings to our school and to the many strong leaders who take advantage of it.

Sylvia Mott is a $100 Chal-lenge participant.

$100 Challenge funded blood drive

Denese Espeut-Post

The 2015 School Dis-trict 67/Rotary Public Speaking Competition was an enlightening event organized by SD67 and the Rotary Clubs of Sum-merland and Penticton.

Emceeing this event were Summerland’s very own Miss Sum-merland, Erin Sorenson and Miss Rotary, Emma Thomson.

This competition show-cased students of School District 67 and gave them

an opportunity to present their public speaking skills enhancing their professional and personal development.

Individuals glowed with confidence as they made their speeches.

Speakers were cri-

tiqued by a panel of judg-es marking poise, ges-tures, eye contact, voice projection, fluency, con-trol and overall perform-ance.

Congratulations to all the contestants who par-ticipated in the success of

this event and captivated our audience.

We would like to high-light the top selected contenders: Grade 10 stu-dents – Grant Mansiere (First Place), Victoria Richie (Second Place) and Jeff Swetlikoe (Third

Place). Grade 11 Students – Anne Lu (First Place), Dan Nixon and Caitie Shaw (tied for Second Place). Grade 12 Students – Colton Van Camp (First Place), Taylor Arkesteyn (Second Place) and Nikita Pickard (Third Place).

Students demonstrate public speaking skills

Blood donorsStudents from Summerland Secondary School participated in a blood donation fundraising drive. In the back are Taylor Ledoux, left and Riley Ledoux. In the middle row from left are Gurek Rathore, Curtis Detchkoff, Maximillian Von Krosigk, Emma Cameron, Alyssa Minaker and Rachelle Neilson. In front from left are Janelle Rumball, Kendra Reger, Emma Thomson, Sylvia Mott, Teagen Kew and Erin Fotherby. The students raised a total of $492.

John Bubb

The Summerland Food Bank and Resource Centre thanks the Rotary Club of Summerland for its ongoing support of those in need in Summerland.

The Food Bank has been in continuous operation for 31 years and Rotarians have come to its aid many times to help with various challenges — individually and as a club.

In the past year we served 577 Summerland residents with supplementary food.

In 2013, in response to declining social services avail-able in Summerland, the Food Bank took on responsibility for operating a one-stop resource centre to provide information and help to any Summerland resident in any kind of need.

Social services are typically delivered in diverse locations.

This requires people to first conduct research to find the most appropriate service and then to pay for their transporta-tion out of limited funds.

Our vision was for a single place where people in need could come as they accessed the many services available to them.

Currently we provide free office space to 13 social service agencies so that they can meet with their Summerland clients in Summerland.

In the past year, we arranged 259 agency/client meetings at the centre.

Last year it became appar-

ent that some of our clients at the lowest end of the poverty scale needed occasional use of a shower and laundry facili-ties. Summerland Rotary Club stepped up with a significant grant that allowed us to build an accessible washroom and a small laundry room.

The Summerland Kinsmen Club assisted in completing the project by purchasing a washer and dryer. Since its completion, 54 showers have been provided

and 72 loads of laundry com-pleted. We do need to stress that these services are provided for emergencies only and not for public use.

We acknowledge with great thanks the generous support of Summerland Rotary Club to improve the lives of those in the greatest need in Sum-merland.

John Bubb is the president of the Summerland Food Bank and Resource Centre.


Food Bank provides assistance

Meals on Wheels is a vol-unteer program that the Sum-merland Rotary Club has spon-sored for more than 30 years.

With the help of the Sum-merland Health Centre, meals are provided three days a week to both long and short-term clients.

But there is more to MOW than food.

This service allows people to live independently in their own homes while also provid-ing regular human contact. For many, the friendly volunteer is as welcome as the meal.

Our volunteers do a variety

of jobs. A coordinator oversees paperwork and recruiting.

Monthly coordinators pack-age the meals and send out the drivers.

Drivers pick up and deliver the meals.

Everyone’s role is vital to a smooth operation.

MOW is in need of a fresh crop of volunteers.

If you are interested in being a part of this very worthy cause, please contact the MOW coordinator, Charlotte Burley at 250-494-1173.

She will find a way for you to help make others happy.

Meals on Wheels

Pioneer teaThe Summerland Rotary Club hosted the annual Pioneer Tea in May. The tea was an opportunity to honour longtime residents of the community.

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Rotary Peace Fellows study together at the International Christian University (ICU) in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.

Rotary Peace Fellows are leaders promoting national and international cooper-ation, peace, and the suc-cessful resolution of conflict throughout their lives, in

their careers, and through ser-vice activities.

Starting in September, 2002, International Christian Univer-sity was designated as one of seven Rotary Centres for Inter-national Studies in peace and conflict resolution throughout the world.

Each year ICU accommo-

dates up to 10 Rotary Peace Fellows who pursue a two-year master’s level degree in peace studies and conflict reso-lution.

The Rotary Centres provide opportunities for fellows to study methods to deal effect-ively with obstacles, such as war, famine, poverty and dis-

ease that currently impede international cooperation and peace.

The Rotary Centres also aim to advance knowledge on issues of peace and conflict resolution in order to help cul-tivate the next generation of community and world lead-ers.

Rotary Peace FellowsSince 2002, up to 10 people a year participate in the Rotary Peace Fellows initiative in Tokyo. The program trains leaders to promote national and international cooperation, peace and conflict resolution.

Initiative promotes peace efforts

After two years of planning, the Summerland Rotary Club recently contributed $1,400 U.S. to the ASAM Mission Library in Chimoio, Mozambique.

This grant was made possible through the District Matching Grant Program.

With this money, the Rotary

District 5060 matched Summer-land’s contribution dollar for dollar.

The funding was specific-ally earmarked for the new library, providing reading tables, chairs, solar power, lighting and a secure book storage area with shelving

and ventilation.The library, located adja-

cent to the mission school, will provide the students with the necessary school books and reference materials for 400 Mozambican students.

As Portuguese is the princi-pal language, most of the writ-

ten reference materials have been supplied by Brazilian donors.

The dedication of the open-ing of this project will occur in mid-November.

A member of the Summer-land Rotary Club will be in attendance.

Club supports international work

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Thank you to our Summerland Rotarians for all they do and have done over the years in our Community.

Come see this Fall’s Hottest Fashions!

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At schoolStudents at the Mucombezi School benefitted from the support of the Summerland Rotary Club. Rotarians have been active in numerous international efforts over the years.

Celebrating ShakespeareParticipants at the Good Will Shakespeare Festival participate in a drama workshop at Centre Stage Theatre. The festival is one of the many youth-oriented projects sup-ported by the Summerland Rotary Club.

Summerland Review file photo

Support Rotary's fresh water campaign to provide fresh, healthy drinking water to the third world countries, and providing disaster relief to all parts of the

world. For more information on Rotary Projects go to www.rotary.org.

ROTARY WORKSin our Community and Abroad

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Phone: (250) 492-2425 Toll Free: 1 -877 492-2644Preston mott’s online law office: www.pmottlaw.com

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Hundreds of millions of people have been immunized for polio in all countries all over the globe thanks to Rotary.

october 29, 2015

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