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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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Dear Summerlanders:On July 1, this year, it became
my privilege to become the president of the Summerland Rotary Club, a position that has been held in the past by many prominent Summerlanders.
Over the years, Summerland Rotary has dedicated itself to help improve both our own com-
munity of Summerland and also help improve the lives of people in numerous far-flung lands.
While many of you might be familiar with Rotary Beach here in Summerland and the club’s work with the Parkdale housing complex, both Rotary inspired, I wonder how many lives have been made easier by the instal-lation of water tanks by the thousands in Kenya’s Rift Val-
ley, designed here in Summer-land by a local Rotarian, and the number of people who have received free dental care from a local Summerland dentist and well-known Rotarian and his wife, who travelled to numer-ous third-world countries to use their skills to help those who otherwise would have no hope of receiving dental treatment.
Summerland Rotary con-
tinues to organize and provide volunteers to staff the local Meals on Wheels service, in addition to funding bursaries for local students, fund exchange students and provide ongoing support for the Summerland Asset Development Initiative.
Overseas, we support the Rotary Foundation’s drive to eliminate polio and provide funding for the improvement of a school for disabled chil-dren in Mexico.
That’s just a snapshot of what Rotary does and has done in the past.
I am conscious of the fine example of selfless service set by Summerland Rotarians of the past, and it is the job of present day Rotarians to emulate and improve on their legacy.
We have numerous schemes of help and improvement we would like to pursue, such as the Trail of the Okanagans pro-ject, inspired by a local Rotar-ian, to improve our commun-ity and undertake overseas aid projects. Our only constraint is how quickly we can recruit new members and our ability to fundraise fast enough.
As president, it is my job to spread the word of Rotary both locally and wherever I travel. I would encourage anyone who would like to improve their
community to come and join us. We have fun as well.
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Summerland, which this year celebrates its 68th birth-day, I would like to thank all Summerlanders for their help and support and feel sure that we can count on you to support us in the future.
John Lathey, PresidentSummerland Rotary Club
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Providing serviceSummerland Rotary Club president John Lathey pours tea for Pat Smith during the Pioneer Tea. The tea is held each spring to honour those who have made a long-term commitment to the community.
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We all know that opening your eyes to the possibilities around you can reveal new opportunities.
Within communities, Rotary Clubs have often been the first to see these opportunities and point them out to the rest of us.
A case in point is local Rotar-ian and bike enthusiast, Don Gemmell.
In 2008 Gemmell completed a Rhine bike tour and returned to Summerland determined to see if something like that could be repeated in the Okanagan. Could we recreate even a small part of the same conditions that contributed to a very sizeable European sport tourism sector?
With Gemmell as its cham-pion, the vision to create a world class bike network link-ing every community in the Okanagan region caught hold.
In November of last year, Gemmell presented his vision to the rest of the Summer-land Rotary Club. The idea of attracting cyclists from des-tinations around the world and providing tremendous eco-nomic and recreational benefits to the region was irresistible. The Rotary Club was quick to see the possibilities and bring their considerable support to the table.
Through their efforts seed funds were obtained and they committed to take on the Sum-merland portion of the pro-posed trail.
Fast forward to spring of 2013. Through the efforts of Don and the Summer-land Rotary Club, the idea
expanded, more people became aware of the project, key organ-izations became involved and a committee of interested par-ties began to meet regularly to move the idea forward.
A new trail group has now been formed to move the vision forward. The Valley Bikeway Development Society will spearhead the creation of a 1.2-kilometre lakeside trail in Summerland as the first pro-ject. Phase 1 of the new trail would extend from Lakeshore Drive to the Summerland Beach RV Park (formerly Illahie Beach Campground) as early as spring 2014. This section will then become the template for the longer portion in Phase 2. Phase 2 will see the path con-tinuing through Trout Creek to Sun-Oka Beach and along the lakeshore to Penticton.
To date, approximately $40,000 has been donated to the Society to get the project off to a start. The Okanagan Simil-kameen Parks Society has con-tributed $5,000 and the Sum-merland Rotary Club has con-tributed $15,000. The District
of Summerland is covering the cost of all the engineered draw-ings estimated to be approxi-mately $20,000.
Additional groups currently involved are the Trans Canada Trail, Tourism Penticton, Eco-nomic Development Penticton, Summerland Chamber of Com-merce, Okanagan Similkameen Regional District, Penticton Rotary Clubs, as well as inter-ested citizens. Other organiza-tions are contributing and par-ticipating through committee work. The Society is chaired by Connie Denesiuk, former Presi-dent of the BC School Trustees Association.
“We are extremely pleased by the significant leadership and support that the Summer-land Rotary Club has given to this exciting project in its early stages”, stated Denesiuk. “The foundation has been laid for many more organizations and individuals to come together and see this tremendous tour-ism, economic, and recreational vision realized in the Okanag-an.”
Recently the society partici-
pated in a strategic planning session led by Summerland Credit Union CEO, Kelly Mar-shall.
Through this process it was determined that the ultimate goal of the organization is to collaborate in the development of a world class interconnected recreational pathway for the interior of British Columbia.
The Society has moved ahead to identify a number of critical success factors and is now meeting with politicians and organizational representa-tives throughout the valley to promote the vision.
Community meetings and a regional summit are planned for 2014.
Someday we will be able to cycle on connected paths from Osoyoos to Sicamous, enjoying all that our region has to offer along the way. In Gemmell’s words “imagining your goal in an entirely new way can help you succeed. Sometimes opportunities are like that. The answer is right there and only requires a shared perspective to realize what you can do.”
Path will create economic, recreational opportunities
On the trailA proposed trail along Okanagan Lake would bring many benefits to the area. The Summerland Rotary Club is part of this initiative.
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by John Topham
Sponsored in part by the Summerland Rotary Club, The Liberia’77 project assembled more than 2,000 photographs of pre-war Liberia.
The team of Rotarian John Topham’s sons Jeff and Andrew and Melanie Wood of Stran-ger Productions restored the National Museum in Monrovia, mounted and displayed more than 400 photos.
Endorsed by the president of Liberia, the aim of the undertak-ing was to give younger genera-tions of Liberians, an opportun-ity to look at the past. One nota-ble journalist was quoted as say-ing, “How can you know where you are going if you don’t know where you came from?”
Liberia in the 1970s was a childhood paradise for broth-ers Jeff and Andrew Topham. Endless beaches, thick jungle – even a pet chimp.
Their father worked for a Canadian company that made explosives for the Liberian mining industry, and also took thousands of photographs – recording not only his ex-pat family’s African experience, but also a country and a people on the edge of destruction.
A bloody coup d’etat and two brutal civil wars would soon devastate the nation.
Thirty years later, and now both photographers themselves, Jeff and Andrew returned to Liberia to revisit and re-shoot their childhood Eden.
John Topham returned to Mucombedezi, Mozambique on his second visit to train local artisans on turning wood scraps into utilitarian products.
Sponsored by the Summer-land Rotary Club, volunteers were able to purchase a wood lathe and necessary tools to train mission employees.
With an abundance of sus-
tainable hard wood, the artisans will have a infinite supply of raw material, which will enable them to produce bowls toys, furniture and household goods.
The products will be sold through the mission; the cur-rent mandate is to have these trained artisans train others in order to perpetuate the skills learned.
by Orv Robson and Preston Mott
The fifth annual Swing for Kids Rotary Golf Tournament was held this year on July 13.
Twenty-three foursomes competed in a Modified Texas Scramble.
Perfect weather made the event a wonderful success, making every participant a winner.
The generous support of all our sponsors — Hole-in-one, hole sponsors, silent and live
auction item sponsors, together with our MC Mike Roberts of CHBC added to the day’s suc-cess.
The president of Agur Lake Camp Society, Carla Ohmenzet-ter made the following declara-tion:
“On behalf of the Board of Directors of Agur Lake Camp Society, thank you to everyone who participated in the fifth annual Summerland Rotary Club’s Swing for Kids Golf Tournament. It was a fabulous day with a great turn out of
enthusiastic golfers, volunteers and members from both organ-izations. Thank you to the Sum-merland Golf Club, their staff and membership for helping to make this event happen.”
The five-year partnerships for this event with Agur Lake Camp Society, the Summer-land Golf Club and Summer-land Rotary Club have resulted in generating approximately $50,000 funding for Agur Lake Camp Society.
This barrier-free camping site is located just 20 kilometres
from Summerland on Agur Lake, with the initial acreage made available to the Society by the Agur family of Summer-land in 2004.
It provides hiking trails and two completed cabins with one in final stages of completion for physically challenged children and adults wanting to experi-ence the outdoors in a natural setting.
The camp opened in July. For reservations visit www.agurlakecamp.ca. Convener for the tournament this year
with Agur Lake Camp Society, Barbara Robson, adds, “Thank you so much to our Rotary Club of Summerland for part-nering with us for the past five years in this remarkable fund-raiser, their support and gen-erosity through the years can’t be praised enough and we are extremely grateful.”
Orv Robson was chair of the 2013 Swing for Kids Rotary Golf Tournament. Preston Mott was co-chair. The tour-nament was a Summerland Rotary Club initiative.
Summerland is fortunate to have Summerland Rotary spon-sor the Meals on Wheels pro-gram in our community. Meals are provided to clients need-ing either short or long term consideration. Many of the cli-ents are our seniors. Meals on Wheels gives them the ability to stay in their homes.
The meals, prepared and organized at the health centre, consist of a hot soup, an entree and a dessert. Consideration is
given to dietary concerns. These meals are delivered to
the homes between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays all year round.
What makes the program so successful is the dedication of the volunteers.
Coordinators and drivers work together with the kitchen staff at the Health Centre to prepare and package the meals.
The drivers deliver the food
and a friendly word with the clients on their routes.
This connection is what keeps the volunteers coming back. They see a need fulfilled and they feel the appreciation.
If you would like an oppor-tunity to give back to your community, consider becoming a volunteer for this program. Like all of us, you will find it a rewarding experience.
Contact Charlotte at 250-494-1173.
Preparing mealsMeals on Wheels volunteers get ready for another delivery. Pictured are Larry Harder, Kathryn McLaughin, Sharon O’Shaughnessy, Gavin Griffiths, Carl Bronevitch and Charlotte Burley as they dish out soup pre-pared by the kitchen staff at the Summerland Health Centre.
A salute to Meals on Wheels
Swing for Kids tournament raises funds
Liberia photography project completed
Wood turning skills taught in Mozambique
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An amazing exchangeby Balthasar Bau
Awesome! That’s the word I would use to describe my first month here in Summerland.
Indeed, everything went well during this month and I must admit that I love my new Canadian life so far.
My host family is awesome. School is very different here
and easy compared to my school in France.
People here are nice, friend-ly, and open minded.
I have nothing to say — noth-ing but “Great.”
Denise and Donald are very kind. They are just like super parents — cool and nice, always interested and attentive.
They have been very gentle with me so far, and I am def-initely sure that they will not change from a day to another.
I have also met Veda and Kasen, the two children. I must say that it changes me a lot, because I am an only child at home, so this experience is totally new for me. I love it actually, believe it or not.
The kids are really funny, they require a lot of attention, but they are really kind. I feel like a big brother next to them.
I am sorry to quit my family so early, in November, but I met
my second family and Tim and Kathryn seem to be great as well.
School is very different here from in France. It is another culture, but as a student, I love the Canadian way of study-ing, even if it sometimes scares me because I don’t feel like I am doing anything at school in here.
When my friends tell me what they are doing right now in class, I feel like I am 10
grades under them, but it is part of the experience, and I am happy to try it.
People in school are great. They have shown a great inter-est in me, my French life, my way of seeing things, my opin-ion on some facts that seem just normal in Canada and that just seemed strange for me here.
My friend Haley has been my first friend in the school and she is my best friend in here right now, it is awesome because I learn some new things everyday about Canada or Canadian culture, about her, about the school, about my other friends in Summerland.
School is definitely the best way of making friends, and being integrated in the local life.
I have no regrets of having left my family for this year. My experience, just on this first month, can be resumed as great moments and memorable time.
I am discovering new things all the time, starting to be part of this Canadian culture and it pleases me a lot.
I am really happy to be here and I definitely don’t want to go back home.
Time flies when you’re having fun. And the Youth Exchange program is a lot of fun!
Preparing lobsterNew Rotary member Roch Fortin cooks lobser for the Claws for Celebration meal. Throughout the year the Summerland Rotary Club has taken on numerous fundraising efforts for the community.
Exchange studentBalthasar Bau takes a break in Memorial Park. The student from France is in Summerland this year as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange program.
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Thank you Rotary for supporting our many
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...and the 10th Annual Summerland Secondary School's
Unity Youth 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
Apex Night Friday, March 2, 6-10pm. Join us for a trip to Apex to go tubing or night skiing/boarding. $15
VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
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
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For the last two years, up to 10 enthusiastic student groups have each received a $100 donation from the Rotary Club. Instead of immediately pass-ing this money on to the char-ities of their choice, each group accepted the challenge to use their entrepreneurial skills to create an even larger donation.
Some of their fundraising efforts included running con-cessions at school events, mak-ing and selling bird houses, and making and selling cards, scarves, and raffle baskets. One group made a 350 per cent profit in just four months.
This year, Rotary members have been asked to take on a role as mentors — a new challenge they look forward to. Good luck to the 2013 to 2014 Challenge participants.
Students take part in Rotary $100 Challenge
Working with moneyFor the last two years, student groups at Summerland Secondary School have received money from the Summerland Rotary Club in the Rotary $100 Challenge. Participants use their entrepreneurial skills to turn the funding into a larger amount. At right is Paul Barber of the Summerland Rotary Club.
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Why Rotary?Our modern life in Summer-
land seems so busy. We hard-ly have time to catch up with friends, attend to family com-mitments, or develop our hob-bies and interests, let alone learn new things or to help others.
Lack of time is the main rea-son people give for not volun-teering.
But Rotary offers women and men worldwide a solu-tion to this: Rotary combines fun, friendship, learning, and opportunities to be a real “gear” (our logo is not just a nice design) in the task of building a better city, country and world, while we have din-ner in a relaxed atmosphere.
In other words by joining Rotary, once a week you are making your meal far more interesting, fun and productive.
Rotary isn’t just about meetings; you can partici-pate in hands-on projects and other activities. You would be requested to help, where pos-sible, approximately once every two to three months.
On top of having fun, learn-ing new things, and getting a buzz from helping others, Rotary is the “original social network” (though we are on Facebook). You have access to worldwide contacts in almost
any area imaginable, from business to hobbies and special interests. It opens doors wher-ever you go, whether for busi-ness or tourism, and provides a sense of belonging that few other organizations can match.See for yourself
Communicating what it feels like to be a Rotarian is not easy in words. For that reason we would like to encourage you to attend one of our meetings and discover it for yourself.
Before the end of that meet-ing you will be given a form and extra information to take home. If you liked the club you are very welcome to keep attending. When you feel ready you can fill out the member-ship form and return it to the membership committee or the secretary of the club.
If you did not like the meet-ing, we would like to know why, for the improvement of the club. You are not obliged to keep attending or to return the form if you are not interested.
If you are ready to attend your first meeting or have any questions, please fill out the form on Page 3. We will con-tact you within 48 hours. If you would like to attend our meeting, please contact us and arrive a few minutes early so we can introduce you to our
other members.What is Rotary?
Put simply, Rotary is a world-wide network of more than 1.2 million inspired business, professional, and community leaders who translate their pas-sions into relevant social causes to change lives in commun-ities. Members of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encour-age high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build good-will and peace in the world.
There are 34,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all genders, cultures, races, and creeds (or lack of). As signified by the motto Ser-vice Above Self, Rotary’s main objective is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.The objects of Rotary
Formally, our purpose is defined in the Object of Rotary:
To encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in par-ticular, to encourage and foster:
o The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service (Club Service).
o High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness
of all useful occupations as an opportunity to service society (Vocational Service).
o The application of the ideal of service by every Rotarian to his or her personal business and community life (Commun-ity Service).
o The advancement of inter-national understanding, good-will and peace through a world fellowship of business and pro-fessional people united in the field of service (International Service).
o Recognition of the import-ance to youth of physical health, well rounded education, cul-tivation of spiritual qualities, wise choice of vocation, per-sonal development and know-ledge of local and international people and their customs and values (New Generations).Our club
The Rotary Club of Summer-land is a very active, dynam-ic and fun club. It’s strengths come from the varied back-grounds and age range of its members (25 to 80+) and the friendly atmosphere.
Our club has a dynamic bal-ance in keeping (fun) traditions and moving on with the times.Meetings
As all Rotary Clubs, the Rotary Club of Summerland meets weekly. We meet on Tues-
day mornings at 7 a.m. at the Santorini’s Restaurant. We also convert one morning meeting a month in to an evening meeting to invite our spouses to join us.
Our typical weekly breakfast meeting starts when the Presi-dent opens the meeting. You can either have Breakfast there or have just a coffee.
Quick reports on our cur-rent projects and programs are shared by the President and directors, which is followed by more networking during dinner.
Each week we are allocat-ed a random table to sit at to increase the interactions among our more than 30 members.
The Sergeant-at-Arms then is called to impose “fines” on Rotarians for different “mis-demeanors’” and happy news. The idea of these “fines” is to get a glimpse at our Rotarians’ life’s, especially outside the club, have fun and raise a few dollars.
After breakfast, more quick reports may be provided by directors and other Rotarians. Soon after, breakfast we usu-ally a very interesting guest speaker addresses us for 20 minutes. Typical topics include Rotary projects, charities and other topics of general interest by enthusiastic. We are usu-ally prompt about the time and keep the meeting to 60 minutes.
