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President
 
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Vacant
 
Vice President
 
Immediate Past President
 
Secretary
 
Executive Secretary
 
Treasurer
Kim Anderson
 
Communication and PR
 
Co-Directors Fundraising
John Carlucci
 
Co-Directors New Generation
Leanna Bullock
 
Director International Service
 
Co-Dirs. Community Service
Club Services
 
DRCF Chair
Rena Madden
 

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WEEKLY SPEAKERS

July 08, 2020
Topic: A year on exchange - Brazil to Dryden
(ZOOM @ Noon)
 
July 22, 2020
Topic: Dryden Native Friendship Centre's Many Nutrition Programs
Cheryl Edwards
(ZOOM @ Noon)
 

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Dryden Rotary Charity Foundation News
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DRYDEN ROTARY RADIO BINGO PROFITS PASS THE TWO MILLION MARK


With Dryden Rotary’s most recent announcement of the approval of another $53,000 in grants to local and area organizations The Rotary Club of Dryden has breached the 2-million-dollar mark in grants.

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DRCF AND CLUB APPROVE $53,000 IN GRANTS TO SIX LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS


Each year the Dryden Rotary Charity Foundation (DRCF) meets in February, May and November to consider and approve requests for grants from various charitable organizations in the region.

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NEXT DRCF MEETING TO REVIEW GRANT REQUESTS IS NOVEMBER 2020.


The Dryden Rotary Charity Foundation is now accepting applications for its next round of grants. The deadline for the summer/fall applications is basically November 1st as the Foundation’s directors meet that month to review and approve the applications.  

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Dryden Rotary News
Most Recent
Posted by John Borst
July 1st is the start of each Rotary year, so the last meeting in June sees the outgoing president pass the gavel, to the incoming president.
 
The past year began with much promise and enthusiasm for 2019-20 President Mardi Plomp,....

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AMAROK NGO BRINGS CLUB AN UPDATE ON DRYDEN SPONSORED WOMAN’S SCHOOL IN BANGLADESH

In addition to supporting local community projects, all Rotary Clubs attempt to support one or more International projects. Dryden’s club has three major International endeavours: improving schools in Guatemala- the Ripple Effect program, ShelterBox-housing during disaster relief and literacy in Bangladesh.

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CLUB NEWSLETTER EDITOR REACHES 1000TH ISSUE PLATEAU

Twenty-years is a long time to be producing a newsletter. That is about how long it would take to accumulate 1000 issues at 50 per year. But that is just what Rotarian and city lawyer Willem Vermeer has done with the club's weekly newsletter titled The Keyway.

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LOCAL BEE EXPERT GETS ROTARIANS ALL-A-BUZZ ABOUT BEES

Local bee expert Ann Puddicombe, informed Dryden Rotarians that there are around 400 different species of bees in Ontario. There are about 20,000 world-wide. But here favourite bee is the humble Bumble Bee.

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In 2014, guest speaker Norman Miller became the CEO of Northern Youth Services (NYS) a Mennonite program founded in 1967 by Clair and Clara Schnupp with the objective of ministering to the spiritual, emotional, and social needs of Indigenous youth.

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I am pleased to be working together with Rtns Cindy Palermo and John Borst to promote and continue Dryden Rotary sponsorship of the Cox’s Bazar Dryden Women’s School in Bangladesh. 

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ROTARY CLUBS IN THE SLUMS OF COX’S BAZAR HELP DRYDEN WOMAN’S SCHOOL SUCCEED

With the help of Anwar Sadat, a Rotarian of the East York Rotary Club, we were introduced to 3 Rotary Clubs in the city of Cox’s Bazar, just beside the world’s largest refugee camp (Rohingya). The people in the slum of 8,000 people where your school is, live in far worse conditions than those in the refugee camp.

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PANNA’S STORY: HOW JUST THE THOUGHT OF LITERACY BUILDS DREAMS

My name is Panna. I am seven. My parents were separated when I was two years old and my mummy gave me to my granny to raise because she could not take care of me. From then I am living with my grandmother. She is a beggar and every day she takes me on Cox’s Bazar beach and we beg to people. 

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PRINCESS COURT FAMILY COUNCIL WORKS TO MAKE INSTITUTION MORE “HOME” LIKE

Carol Gardam, chair of the Princess Court Family Council (PCFC) for the past 3 years, spoke to the club on how the organization advocates for residents to improve their quality of life and while promoting Princess Court and the Family Council within Dryden.

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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dryden, ON

Dryden

Service Above Self

SUMMER SCHEDULE-July 08, 22; August 05,19 at noon
ZOOM conferencing format
349 Government Street
Dryden, ON P8N 2P4
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