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Guides - ButterflyWay

our donation helping Guides rebuild the eco-system.

The new pollinator garden project at the Albion Bolton Branch of the Caledon Public Library has taken flight.

Eventually brimming with Black-eyed Susan, Wild Bergamot, Wild Columbine, Wild Strawberry, and more, along with its winged guests the garden will be a spectacular show. But it’s not all about the obvious beauty.

To quote Jode Roberts, Senior Projects Strategist with the David Suzuki Foundation, “Pollinators are a good indicator of the health of an ecosystem, but right now, they’re losing the fight against habitat loss and climate change.”

The helping hands to bring the beautiful CPL garden to life have been more plentiful than the colours of a butterfly’s wings.

Town of Caledon staff removed the sod. TRCA delivered over 200 native plants, 30 each of 7 different varieties, and loaned CPL an assortment of planting implements.

Janice Fisher, a Butterflyway Ranger, along with the Second Bolton Girl Guide Unit, got their hands dirty helping CPL staff with the planting. The Guides group also grew seedlings to complement the established plants from seeds donated by CPL’s own Seed Library and TRCA.
A generous donation from the former Bolton and District Horticultural Society allowed CPL to add to the adult and children’s gardening collection in the Library.

Soon a Butterflyway sign will adorn the garden and a rain barrel, currently being painted by the Guides, will be ready for CPL to apply a clear coat and hook up to the building’s downspout, providing water for the garden.

3 Student Awards at Humberview

Humberview graduation plans for the Class of 2021 will be virtual. A student award/diploma pick-up and a virtual commencement stage 29th of June. The following students have earned these awards....

Allison Kaschuk is the recipient of the Rotary- Werden Leavens Award
Andrew Brown is the recipient of the Rotary- Robert J Smith Award
Jacob Klimczak is the recipient of the Rotary- Harold Egan Community Events Award

Rotary helped start United Nations

75th anniversary of United Nations/Rotary involvement. Did you know? Rotary was instrumental in establishing the United Nations following the Second World War. From April to June 1945, delegations from 50 nations attended the United Nations Conference on international organization in San Francisco, with the task of writing a charter which was acceptable to all of them. Rotary International was one of 42 organizations asked to serve as consultants.

On April 10 a live-stream event will feature notable service projects and offer “behind-the-scenes" talks with leaders from the United Nations and the Rotary world. Full details and free registration here: https://www.75yearsofaction.live/

Egg Painting Distribution

Saturday was so much fun distributing the egg painting kits to those who had pre-ordered! Hey, do you know the Easter Bunny's favourite dance?.....hip hop, of course! Members of the Bolton Community Crew, Crock-a-doodle and Rotary were there to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Since we weren't able to offer the community walk Along The Bunny Trail, this was a great opportunity to partner with others and help 400 kids have a special craft experience.

Rotary, BCC, Crockadoodle

Melissa, Sarah, Rita, Andrew and Ross were on hand to present the cheque to Crock-a-Doodle and Bolton Business Crew in support of the Easter Egg decorating project for local children.

Egg Decorating for the kids

We have partnered with Bolton Community Crew and Crock-a-doodle to distribute 400 decorating kids to local children as a fun project through the pandemic.

Watershed Cleanup - Apr 24

RI's new area of focus: Supporting the environment. There's no better way to celebrate than participating in the first ever Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup on April 24, 2021. So on Saturday 24th our club members will do a spring cleanup, of the parklands along the Humber, in our Peace Park on Glasgow Road.

Peace Park Flags

The Bolton Rotary Peace Park is located on Glasgow Road. We recently replaced a few of the flags that needed a refresh. Represented here are Caledon, Ontario, Canada, United Nations and Rotary International. Can't wait for spring to spend more time in this tranquil setting.

Guatemala School

INAUGURAL opening at the Los Limones School in Gualan Guatemala. This school for 200 students was dedicated to Hectorine Villanovich. Aldo was sad not to be able to attend due to flight restrictions but know the club will do us proud!

Christmas auction-a-thon

Murray did a 'bang-up' job of auctioning for our online version this year! 36 Rotarians and guests joined in the bidding to raise more than $3,000 toward local Covid relief. The auction went very smoothly with the help of Dave Paradi who has since created a free 'how to' course at Running a Charity auction on Zoom free mini-course | Think Outside The (teachable.com).

Forgetful Elf volunteers

Many of our Rotarians and family members volunteered at the 'Forgetful Elf' drive-thru at Albion Hills on Dec 11 and 12. Some of the roles included entrance greeters, scene animators, traffic control, Santa's helpers. Great fun! The kids loved the drive through the enchanted forest and a chance to solve the elf's situation in a chat with Santa himself!

Donation to Meals on Wheels

Proud to support Caledon Meals on Wheels in their benevolent program for seniors through the Covid crisis. Our $2,000. donation will be matched by Bolton Tim Hortons Restaurants are Matching our Meals in 2020. They will be matching donations dollar for dollar up to $7500 this holiday season from November 24th to December 15th.

Caledon Seniors Roast Beef Dinner

Roast Beef Lunch or Dinner - Caledon Seniors

The Caledon Seniors' Centre is partnering with the Rotary Club of Bolton to offer two Roast Beef meals

LUNCH -- Thursday, December 3 -- pick-up time between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm

DINNER -- Thursday, December 17 -- pick-up time between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm

The menu for both is roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, rutabaga, peas, a bun, and minced meat tart

The cost is $18. Local delivery is available for an extra cost.

The Caledon Seniors' Centre now accepts

e-transfers! - treasurer@caledonseniors.ca

To place your order, please call 905-951-6114.

Halloween Fun

We were able to loan one of our long-time sponsors some of our Haunted Hill inflatables this year since we were unable to host the run as usual. What a spooky entrance! Happy Halloween everyone!

Guatemala School honors Hectorine

We are pleased and proud to honor one of our part members by donating to a school project in Guatemala where they are naming it in Hectorine Villanovich's memory. The Rotary Club of Burlington Lakeshore is spearheading the project to provide water, toilets, wash stations, drinking fountains, larger kitchen and meals so 700 children can get an education.

ShelterBox Disaster Relief

We received a letter recognizing our support of this very worthwhile program. Rotary has partnered with ShelterBox Canada to provide relief in emergency shelter and tools to many families who have lost everything in a natural disaster.

Golf Fall Mini-tournament - Oct 1

Thurs. Oct 1 we are hosting a mini-tournament at Woodington Lake Golf Course - shotgun at noon - box lunch - $150/pp

Devil's Pulpit Foursome Auction

Devil's Pulpit generously donated a foursome (to be used prior to Oct 2021) to our club for fundraising purposes. A reserve bid of $400 will begin the silent auction in $50 increments to be declared on September 8. Golfers bid on boltonrotary@gmail.com. Bids will be updated on boltonrotarygolf.ca. Winners will be notified by email after 6pm on Sept 8.

Summer Gathering

It was so nice to see a good crowd at Sammut's home last evening! We were able to stay outside to keep the gathering safe. The weather co-operated BIG TIME as a huge black cloud passed right over us but no rain. A beautiful evening for a summer celebration.

President 2020/21 Rita Cantelon

On June 29 Rita Cantelon was introduced as our new President during a Zoom meeting. Not our annual Changeover celebration, to say the least, but the best we could do during pandemic. We look forward to a great year never-the-less!! Thanks to Doug Prince for his presidential leadership over the past 2 years.

Proud recognition for Covid response

Proud to receive this recognition from Kyle Seeback, MP Dufferin-Caledon for the food vouchers from Garden Foods toward groceries for local residents during these difficult times.

Ring in the 'new'

RI President Elect Holge Knaack’s theme “Rotary Opens Opportunities” brings a welcoming message to the world. There is hope…as we transition to the new Rotary year. We welcome shortly our new club President-elect Rita Cantelon.

Another 1000 masks

Ed Broeders donating 1000 masks to Dorothy Davis, Executive Director of Caledon/Dufferin Victim Service.

Grocery Gift Cards

Bolton Rotary and Garden Foods has provided
$12,500 in grocery cards to be distributed to families very quickly, they will supplement non-perishable hampers that we continue to make available to low income families. The Exchange has well over 300 families that rely on our food support to maintain a healthy diet. Your kindness ensures fresh produce, eggs, milk, poultry and lots of other nutritious food is provided to many Caledon residents during these incredibly challenging days.

Banas Stones donate masks

Firoz Khan, President of Banas Stones in Bolton, donated 10,000 face masks to the Rotary Club of Bolton to distribute. On Friday, April 17, Ed Broeders, Ross Gray and Doug Prince, of the Rotary Club distributed those masks, and they were graciously and happily received.We started at the Vera Davis Centre, they received 2,000; next on to CCS where we dropped off a further 2,000; 2,000 more went to the King Home; and then cross country over to Bethel Hospice where we gave 1,000. Another of our members, Dave Sammut, is delivering 500 up to Matthews House in Alliston. We have also heard from local banks, food stores and pharmacies that they could all use whatever we can distribute.We are thankful to Firoz at Banas Stones for his donation and are happy to be supporting our front line workers during these unprecedented times

Red and Black Dinner Dance

Frank and Ed here welcoming guests to our valentine dinner/dance! 140 guests arrived all decked out in Red and Black in the spirit of the event. So much fun dancing to our favourite tunes.Thanks to all who joined in to make it such a big success.

Along The Bunny Trail - colouring page 2020

Bring this along on Sat. Apr 4 to our free family walk for a chance to win one of the basket prizes. See you there between 10 and 2 to join in the fun!

Caledon Girls Hockey Association

So much fun to watch these girls in action on Saturday when we presented them with a cheque for $6,000. to support this great organization.

Matthews Hospice donation

Delivering $2500 cheque to Matthews Hospice...Andrea, Doug, Brenda and Ross.

Matthews House Residential Program provides quality, compassion and comfortable care for clients at end of life. Our care is provided without cost.

We are currently the largest residential hospice in the CHLIN and our 10 beds help fill the gap for hospice palliative care beds in our community.

South Africa incubator project

Meadowvale, Streetsville, Mississauga/Mississauga North, Mississauga Dixie, Mississauga City Centre, Mississauga Malton, Mississauga West, Oakville, Bolton, Cambridge North, Oakville Trafalgar, Guelph Trillium, Brampton, Palgrave, Burlington Lakeshore, Montreal, Knoxville (USA), Muenster (Germany)...

our project to supply 10 neonatal incubators to the Children's Red Cross Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa has been completed and is now officially closed. Thanks go to the dynamic Knysna Rotary Team who facilitated and steered this project to it's final successful conclusion.

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Rotary recently contributed to metal plaques for the Grieving Soldier memorial at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Remembrance Day ceremonies will take place at the new Fire Hall at Hwy 50 and Bolton Heights at 12:15 on Monday, November 10

Haunted Hill Run quite a success!

You can see by the expression on Weston's face that he was proud of his accomplishment at the finish line! Special thanks to all who participated 300 runners, 100 volunteers, committee, sponsors, family and friends to make this such a great day!...despite the weather. The new location provided lots of good feedback to see what went well and how we can improve for next year. 10th Anniversary Sunday, Oct 25, 2020 !!

Haunted Hill Run 2019

Time to contact your sponsors, sign up volunteers and encourage runners to register. Looking forward to a great event again this year. We have re-located the starting/end point of the race behind the Caledon Centre for Recreation and Wellness and Rotary Place!!

Starting at 9:30 am, register for our FREE Kids 1K Fun Run. Each child will receive a race finishers medal, drawstring backpack and snacks. Limited to the first 400 registrations.

At 10:00 am run or walk along Kingsview to Longwood and into Bolton Camp along the Murray Stewart Trail. Registered runners for the 5/10 km need to pick up a runner kit including Haunted Hill t-shirt and swag. Lunch, awards and prizes! Limited to the first 400 Registrations.

All net proceeds for the day will go to local youth organizations including Humberview Alphadogs Robotics Team, First Lego-League Caledon, Kids First Caledon among others.

Becky Smith - Paul Harris Fellow

Becky Smith has gone 'above and beyond' to support our projects and is a well-deserved recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow. This is an award "to honor a Rotarian or friend of Rotary in recognition of their contribution to Rotary and the community over several years."

Tyler Viaene Paul Harris Fellow

Proud to recognize Tyler Viaene as a Paul Harris Fellow, June, 2019

John Williams memorial bench

A few Rotarians and member of John Williams family - Kathy, Kelly and Kyle were present to see the bench in it's new location toward the West end of the Murray Stewart Trail in Bolton Camp. It was a nice opportunity to recognize and remember all the contributions that John made to the club over his 25 years.

Frank Macellaio Paul Harris Fellow

Frank Macellaio recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow at Changeover in June 2019

Excellent night at Changeover!

President Doug Prince announced 2020 theme Rotary Connects The World and presentation of Long Service Plaque naming Doug Witherspoon, Ross Gray, Romas Krilavicius, Dave Sammut, John Williams, Douglas Fleck, Hal Gregory, Don Ogden, Bob Palmateer and Murray Stewart

Golf Day Success!

We had a great day at the tournament on May 23 - started out rain and cold but ended sunny and bright. Great energy in the room with golfers meeting up with friends old and new. Thanks to all the volunteers, sponsors and golfers for supporting our event again this year.

Along the Bunny Trail

Fire and Emergency Equipment in Guatemala

Ron Kyle arranged a Rotary to Rotary transfer of fire and emergency equipment to Guatemala. Very much appreciated!!

Sanitation project in Botswana

We partnered with a Rotary club in BC to provide girls in Africa with sanitation products.

Volunteer MBC appreciation

Carine Strong presented the club with a certificate of appreciation for our volunteer efforts over the past year and supporting the Caledon Volunteer of the Year award!

Santa Parade 2018

Stewart/Williams celebration

We are proud to recognize Murray Stewart for his 50 years in the Rotary Club of Bolton by naming the newly refurbished trail through Bolton Camp in his honor. There was a ceremony on Sat. Oct 27, 2018 where friends and family joined together to celebrate this milestone. A bench, designed by Girls Can Too, was dedicated to John Williams in remembrance of his 25 fulfilling years in the club and wonderful memories.

Haunted Hill Run/Walk

Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers and runners for making our annual family event such a success!!. The weather started out snowy but the sun came out and made it a great day to be outside getting fresh air and exercise! The renovated Murray Stewart Trail through the Bolton Camp made it a safer, easier run this time and well worth the investment.

Thailand youth exchange arrives!

Chaiyot Mamuang arrived recently from Thailand. Brian James was there to greet him and welcome him to Canada. I'm sure he is in for a wonderful year of new experiences ahead!

Chloe Outbound

Here is Chloe at the airport to take her on the next year's adventure as a Youth Exchange student in Austria - can't wait for the updates on her adventures!

Welcome to Adrian Weglo

A big welcome to our newest member Adrian Weglo!

Murray Stewart Trail

Murray Stewart has been in the Rotary Club of Bolton for 50 years. To recognize his tremendous contributions to our club and community we asked for the new TRCA trail through Bolton Camp to be named in his honor. The unveiling took place at Changeover 2018. Once the signage has been installed we will all take a walk on the trail to mark the occasion.

Willing Worker Rick Arthur

Rick Arthur awarded William E Egan Willing Worker award for "service above self".

Rotarian of the Year 2018

David Kostynyk was honored as Rotarian of the Year 2018 at Changeover on Fri. June 8!

Welcome Fouad

Please join us in welcoming Fouad Al-Hin to our family of Rotary

Margo & Diana Burno - Foundation Endowment

We were thrilled to have Lesley Barmania, DGN representing Rotary Foundation present Margo and Diana with their Endowment Plaque for making the pledge to "Doing Good In The World" and making an investment in the future.

Along the Bunny Trail

What an amazing day we had - over 400 people walking the trail in the sunshine, playing games of chance, petting live bunnies, eating ice-cream. Great way to celebrate spring!

Youth Exchange on their way!

YMCA Cedar Glen gets 4 new cabins

Brendan took Don and Karen on an ATV to see the refurbished cabins. TRCA Bolton Camp donated 4 cabins and Bolton Rotary is helping to cover some of the renovation costs. Starting to shape up! We learned that YMCA Cedar Glen hosts 25,000 guests each year and offers maple syrup, bee apiaries, organic farm, and soon to come childcare centre and farm therapy for mental health.

Kids First Caledon

Hockey Equipment to Indigenous People

School supplies to Guatemala

Many happy faces, resulting in better education. You are Making a Difference. 100 schools were sent supplies.

Regards, Franky ,DGN Francisco A. Viau

Ugly Sweater Competition

Well we out-did ourselves on the ugly sweater/hat competition. what a lot of fun!!

Welcome Maureen Hart

Maureen was inducted on Dec 18 as our newest member! Congratulations and welcome to the club! We should have re-thought our 'ugly sweater' event on the same evening - always a good sport, Maureen joined in the fun and spirit of the evening.

TRCA Bolton Camp Revitalization

Bolton Camp is going through an exciting re-imaging to be more community focused and a vibrant centre for arts, exercise, entrepreneurship, business development, workshops....and much more...take a look Bolton Camp Reimagining

Christmas Auction 2017

What a party! 85 Rotarians and friends of Rotary joined together for a Christmas celebration and to raise more than $6,000. for Bethell Foundation, supporting a family and Shop with a Cop. Everyone was so generous and really got into the spirit of the auction. Murray was in great form last night and rallied the crowd to give big! Here's Jill heading home with her loot.

Santa Parade 2017

What a great day for a parade! We gave away 5,000 toothbrushes/paste along the route. Thanks to Connor Anderson for being the gingerbread mascot on the float, to Matt Jennison for driving the truck, Greg at Diamond Towing for the truck and Dave at Motorhome Travel for float storage and decorating, and of course, the volunteers who came out to distribute the toothbrushes.

District Governor visit Dec 6

We were pleased to host the district governor on her recent club tour. L-R Ingrid Sproxton, DG Kathi Dick, Timothy Whitehead, Sherrin Palmateer and Don Ogden

Haunted Hill Run big success!

Our club is capable of accomplishing amazing things and yesterday was a perfect example.

Everything went smooth as silk!

Nothing but positive feedback from participants. Great to see lots of parents running with their kids and grand kids.

Thanks to all the members, spouses and friends of Rotary that volunteered, registered, sponsored and pledged participants.

North Hill Planting Donor Recognition

North Hill tree planting through Bolton Horticultural Society - recognizing donors for generosity

Revitalization of the Bolton Camp Trails

We are excited to use the newly revitalized trail for our upcoming Haunted Hill Run - enjoy this lovely weather and take an Autumn walk.

Community Spirit Award 2017 - Fines Ford Lincoln

Congratulations to Fines Ford Lincoln, family owned, family operated small business champion who positively contributes to the life and spirit of the town.

Welcome Allan Bennett new member

We are pleased to welcome Allan Bennett to the family of Rotary. He was inducted September 25.

Clothes for Disaster Recovery - IRMA

IN JUST 2 DAYS!!

It only took ONE phone call from Josh (in St. Kitts) to Romas.....Romas called Aldo.....Aldo called Joe (Kinsmen Club)..they said come and get all you need from the warehouse!.Sea Cadets also offered bags of cargo pants

...Aldo called 4 Rotarians with Pick Up Trucks....See Photos Attached.

All this will go to Romas’ warehouse & be added to much more that will be forwarded to St. Kitts for Disaster Recovery Distribution...ASAP.

(We have Kids Running Shoes, Sandals, Boys Clothing , Girls Clothing, Ladies Clothing, Men & Boys Jeans, Shirts, Baseball Caps, etc. etc.).

The supplies arrived!

The supplies have arrived in Guatemala and getting ready for distribution to 100 schools (15,000 students)

Pencils= 292,594 , Crayons= 120,034 , Erasers= 97,559 , Sharpeners= 4,900 , Writing Books= 25,711 , Dictionaries= 960 , Protractors= 354,

Compasses= 77 , + skipping ropes & soccer balls.

Humberview Student Awards presentations

Jeanne Egan, Becky Smith, Douglas Fleck and Murray Stewart were presenters to the Humberview Award recipients June 2017

Golf Sponsorship Recognition event

28 companies were celebrated June 26 for their generous support of the Bolton Rotary golf tournament. Over 23 years we have given more than $1.3 million to community groups & charities including $200,000. to local hospitals. Charlene representing Woodington Lake Golf Club where we have hosted the event over the past 5 years.

Rotarian of the Year

Andrew Miller awarded Rotarian of the Year 2017 at recent Changeover night

Scott Fraser Paul Harris Fellow

It was at Changeover on June2 that Scott Fraser was recognized with a Paul Harris Fellow and congratulated by DG Bill Proctor and outgoing President Aldo Villanovich.

Caledon Pare'nt Child Centre - support for Let's Get Together

We were pleased to co-present with Palgrave club to donate $12,000. for a program that brings parents together to support their children with disabilities.

Golf Classic huge success!

May 18 weather held until the end of the tournament to make for an amazing day! We were able to donate $10,000 to each of 3 hospitals that will go toward research and equipment in our local community. Members from Headwaters, William Osler and UHN joined us to volunteer and receive the donation. 260 golfers, 70 sponsors and 40 volunteers help to make the day such a huge success! Thanks to everyone for their ongoing support.

Chandler induction

Proud to induct Chandler Nicol to the family of Rotary

Alphadogs - Robotics team 2017

Once again we are supporting the Humberview robotics team as they go on to the Ontario District Championships:
April 13th - April 15th
The Hershey Centre

ACT Foundation Partnership recognition

Bolton Rotary was recognized as a community partner in the AED-CPR Program that has trained more than 17,000 students in life-saving skills in 60 schools across Peel Region.

Philippines Global Grant School project

Our club joined others to donate towards the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines 3 years ago. Some of the money went right away to lend a hand for the immediate emergency.

We were successful with $140,000 usd Global Grant to refurbish 5 schools that were still in need of rebuilding and refurbishing.

We loaded 2 large 40 foot sea containers with school desks, chairs, books, sports equipment etc. and dried soup, apples etc. A big thank you to all.

Vitanova donation from Christmas Auction

We raised over 11,000 at our Christmas auction and were proud to donate it to Vitanova, a local foundation ...helping put lives back together.

Honorary member Becky Smith

Becky Smith was inducted as an Honorary member at the Christmas event December, 2016

Santa Parade 2016

Excellent day in the parade with a record crowd! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Samaritan's Purse

Once again Murray & Aldo delivered a Truckload of items for the Shoeboxes, to Samaritan’s Purse, Kitchener.

Last year over 340,000 Shoeboxes were filled and delivered worldwide from Kitchener to the needy children Worldwide.

Navy League donation from Rotaryfest

Parking at Rotaryfest is co-ordinated by the Navy League and their volunteer team - thanks for all their time and work on that weekend! Proceeds from that event are shared with them.

Club Visioning - hard at work

17 of our club members met to brainstorm, discuss and share ideas to help shape the future of our club...stay tuned for action items to follow

Joint Project - CPCC

On Monday October 31, a handful of Palgrave and Bolton Rotarians had the immense pleasure of surprising Teresa Colasanti (Executive Director) and Ailsa Stanners-Moroz (Program Manager) of the Caledon Parent-Child Centre with the fantastic news that our Clubs joined together to co-fund a full year of programming for the Centre's "Let's Get Together" program.

This program is one that our Club has been involved with for a few years and have had the pleasure of meeting some of the families who are in the program when they came to speak. For those who may not be familiar with it, this program is a 2x per month evening program for families with children with special needs. Parenting a child who has special needs is at times a long and arduous journey. There are times when one feels completely overwhelmed and hopeless. A place where people understand the joys, successes and the heartaches. Where parents can share information, resources, opinions and feelings. Where people don’t judge. Where they know that their children will be cared for and cared about.

Haunted Hill Run huge success

A very successful day for our club. The 6th Annual Haunted Hill Run was our very best ever.

Thanks to the members and their spouses and friends that ran or walked or volunteered.

The road marshals, chili, music, prizes, set up crew, parking, slideshow and videos, registration, volunteer desk, take down crew were all AWESOME!

My biggest thank you to everyone for all your help.

District Conference - Wonders

Aldo and Douglas by our club display at One Rotary Wonder after another conference

Daiki - Exchange Student from Japan

Daiki & Aldo with RI Pres. Elect Ian Riseley (from Australia) & Liam (Exchange student from Australia) at meeting in Brampton.

Jeanne Egan Honorary member

Jeanne was inducted by DG Bill Proctor as an Honorary member. Proud to have her as part of the Bolton Rotary family.

Welcome to Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller was inducted by DG Bill Proctor on Monday...welcome aboard!

New member Michael Abdallah

We are proud to induct our newest member to our club !

CAREER BUILDER AWARD - Tom Kitamura

Tom Kitamura was honoured last evening at the District Changeover with Club Builder award to a Rotarian who has significantly supported and strengthened their club. Congratulations to Tom !

Presidential Citation 2016

Only 2 gold and 2 silver and 4 bronze Presidential Citation awards were presented at District changeover June 28. Karen was pleased to accept the Silver award on behalf of an amazing club !

Interact Car Wash

Interact Club did a great job on Saturday washing cars. They raised $485.00 and had a lot of fun!

Thanks to all who helped them out.

Planters on Hwy 50

What a team! helping to beautify Bolton

2016 Golf Tournament - biggest ever!

What a day! We exceeded all expectations and feedback from the golfers was fantastic - especially our entertainment with Todd and Greg from Golf With Attitude - we'll get some photos up on the golf website....boltonrotarygolf.ca. Special thanks to sponsors, golfers, volunteers and the committee for making the day such a success.

Animal Shelter Tree Planting

Coleraine Park Environmental Restoration Project

Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), Town of Caledon, James Dick Construction, Rotary Clubs of Bolton & Palgrave & Kinsmen Club of Bolton

We completed this Project on schedule Friday May 13 and the TRCA Field Team did an excellent job machine planting all the 34 trees behind and adjacent to the Caledon Animal Shelter on Coleraine Drive. The staff & volunteers of the Caledon Animal Shelter and the community dog walkers, not to mention their dogs, will greatly appreciate the shade from these trees on hot sunny days because there were only a few trees in these off-leash areas.

Richard Hunt - Bolton & District Horticultural Society (BDHS) - Associate Director Environmental Projects

Pope for Rotary crowd

Aldo and Hectorine were there to celebrate Rotary Day at the Vatican

Alphadogs Robot win 6th

Coming in 6th place - this club at Humberview has got winning potential!

Carretas School in Gualan

This is the 2nd phase of the work done at Las Carretas School.....the old one where the boy was trying to drink water from the tap....but no water, also where the dogs and pigs were in the mud on the street. Now they have 2 more classrooms, Toilets & wash station with clean water (there is a water tank on the roof).

Good work done by RC Gualan

Family Transition Place

Stacey Tarrant joined Melanie Johannink and President Karen Fast to accept this cheque for $5000. from our Christmas Auction proceeds. It will go toward an education program for youth to create awareness about impact of abuse on families

New Member Greg Pannia

Welcome to our newest member Greg Pannia !

Interact Shoeboxes

Over 340,000 being checked & shipped to needy around the world from this place in Kitchener. Of these 73 were created or collected by Humberview Interact Club.

Santa parade 2015

Eight children waved from their skiis, sleds and snowboards coming down the snowflake hill this year! weather was wonderful and children lined the streets to receive one of the 4,000 toothbrushes we distributed.

North hill baseball pavilion

North Hill and the baseball diamonds here are a couple of pictures of the Baseball pavilions we helped support along with the Town of Caledon, The Bolton Braves and the Kinsmen.

This the the Kinsmen's 50th anniversary this year so we were very happy to partner with them.

The picnic tables will be added in the spring and plaque commemorating the site

Welcome to new member Karen Peirce!

Karen was inducted on Monday by DG Will Pugh.

welcome to Aurane!

Club BBQ summer 2015

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Cavalier Truck logo

Proud to be recognized on the new Cavalier fleet

Portable Ultrasound for EGH

portable ultrasound unit recently purchased with funding provided by the Rotary Club of Bolton.

Ribfest 2015

Ribfest was a huge success - thanks to our sponsors, volunteers, Rotary family and friends, vendors, community partners! We saw over 20,000 people over the weekend, diverted more than 5,000 lbs of compost, ate our way through thousands of pounds of ribs, danced to rockin' tunes and had a fantastic time in the hot summer sunshine!

Bob Palmateer Citation for Meritorious Service

PDG Bob Palmateer was awarded the Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service for being highly active in service activities related to the Rotary Foundation at the District Changeover, June 23, 2015

School supplies to Gualan

The students were excited to receive new school supplies and games at Las Carretas school, thanks to Hectorine and Aldo for their efforts in securing and shipping the supplies.

Pan Am Torch Relay

Participating with our concession trailer for the 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay

Paul Harris Fellows

James and Anne Dick were recognized as Paul Harris Fellows at Changeover on June 5, 2015. We appreciate all the support they have given the community over the years.

ACT CPR-AED training

The ACT foundation has partnered with Rotary and the Humberview school to train students and staff CPR and defibulator skills as part of their health education program.

New Stretcher for EGH

Thank you again for your ongoing support of Etobicoke General Hospital. Your annual contribution towards equipment for the hospital help our physicians, nurses and all our clinicians continue to provide excellence in care to our patients. Providing a brand new comfy stretcher to our ER patients will make all the difference to them whether they are waiting to be seen by a physician, waiting to be taken to diagnostic imaging for a scan or waiting for a patient room. THANK YOU for providing this indispensable piece of equipment and for helping to make our patients feel comfortable while waiting in the busiest unit of the hospital. Last year there were 72,911 patient visits to the Emergency Department, that’s almost 200 a day! On behalf of all the patients and families that visit our Emergency Unit- thank you for this wonderful gift!

I look forward to seeing you all at your annual golf tournament in May!! Warmest Regards, Anna

Bob Smith plaque

Posted on Jan 31, 2015

Humberview Robotics Club

Posted on Jan 31, 2015

RI Convention Toronto 2018

Posted by Karen Fast on Oct 12, 2011

Rotarians choose Toronto for 2018
Tourism Toronto is extremely pleased to announce that Toronto has just been chosen as the host city for the 2018 Rotary International Convention, to be held from June 24-27. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the local Rotary Organizing Committee and congratulate them on an admirable job. Thanks to the Rotary International Convention, Toronto will welcome over 20,000 Rotarians and their families, which will represent some 40,000 room nights in downtown and west side hotels, with an estimated direct visitor spend of $32 million. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Air Canada Centre will serve as primary venues. Financial assistance for the event was made possible by the Convention Development Fund, a joint initiative of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, participating hotels and Tourism Toronto

Peace Park Credo

Posted by Karen Fast

Respect for cultural diversity, and the life and dignity

of every person without discrimination or prejudice

Rejection of violence toward all people in all its forms

ResolutIon of conflict within local and global communities

Reconciliation of differences in the pursuit of harmony

TGH Kidney/Pancreas Transplant team

Posted by Karen Fast

Kristin Morrison Andrea Norgate, Josh Lai, Debbie Findlay joined several of our members and expressed their appreciation for donations from our Electronic Re-cycling day.

A life was saved by a successful double kidney/pancreas transplant and now the patient is exhibiting no more diabetes symptoms.