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Portapique Community Build Up + Project Updates

The new community hall is now under construction, with the foundation and floor being poured summer/fall 2022, and framing starting in March 2023. The goal is to have it completed for Fall 2023 and we need your help! With the increased cost of construction materials, there is a funding gap of $250,000. Please help us rebuild the community by donating through the Donate page, in partnership with the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia, who will provide a tax receipt for amounts $20 or more. For donations over $500, please contact the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia office at accounting@cfns-fcne.ca, or for in kind items please contact Alana Hirtle or one of the Hall Trustees. Join in our efforts to rebuild Portapique! http://weblink.donorperfect.com/portapiquecommunitybuildup

Rotary Fundraiser for Polio

Swim or Walk to help eliminate Polio

When: Sunday, October 23, 2022

Time: Aim for 30 minutes swimming or walking.

Portapique Playground Now Open!

A bit of rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of attendees at the Grand Opening of the new playground in Portapique, Nova Scotia on October 17.

In the days following the April 2020 tragedy, The Rotary Club of Truro embarked on a project to assist the community of Portapique in their healing process. Over the past year, working with residents of the surrounding areas, the Community Build Up + Project was born.

The Project is both an upgrade and an addition to the existing 200-year old Portapique Community Hall. The existing building will be incorporated into a new, larger structure which will enable social activities as well as other community events. The Rotary Club, along with the Trustees of the Community Hall, have partnered with the MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning in Dartmouth, NS; the Centre held day camps for local children this past summer, and are already planning for winter, spring and summer 2022. Final building plans have been received, and the intention is to break ground on the addition before winter comes, with the building set to open next spring/summer.

But the October 17 event was to celebrate the completion of the natural playground, featuring a wooden “log run”, slides, swings, hammocks, and lots of room to play. A multipurpose area for sports, flea markets, and other outdoor activities will be included in the final project.

Although community support has been generous to date, the club is still in fundraising mode; the goal of the fundraising campaign is $300,000, with opportunities available for both cash and in-kind donations. Individuals wishing to contribute to the project may do so via the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia’s https://cfns-fcne.ca/portapiquecommunitybuildup/ (charitable tax receipts provided for amounts of $20 or more); Rotary Clubs may donate directly to the Rotary Club of Truro, P.O. Box 115, Truro, NS B2N 5B6.

Join us in our efforts to rebuild Portapique!

Portapique Community Build Up + Project

In the days following the April tragedy in Portapique and surrounding areas, the Rotary Club of Truro, Nova Scotia struck a committee, “Rotary Cares” to see how we may be able to assist the community in their healing process. We have spent the last few months working with residents of Portapique; and are pleased to announce the project we’ve entitled “Community Build Up +”.

Rotary In the Pride Parade

Posted by Alana Hirtle on Jun 21, 2019

Join us as we show our Pride in the parade on Saturday, July 13. We will once again be joining the Dal AC crew on their float (i.e. hay trailer and tractor!) as we party through the streets of Truro. The parade starts at 2:00 pm and runs for about an hour, starting at the Colchester Legion Stadium parking lot, and ending at Civic Square.

If you plan to participate on the float or walking beside it, please register now so we know numbers. You will have to choose to walk or ride, it is too dangerous to get on and off while the parade is in motion. Those people walking may hand out candy; it is not to be thrown from the float.

Rotary Youth Leadership (RYLA) Exhibit

Posted by Lech Krzywonos on Jun 15, 2019

Youth from local high schools participated in a day of learning and sharing hosted by the Rotary Club of Truro, May 31^st, 2019. This year’s theme was “the environment”. Participants were engaged in a dialogue and presentations from various speakers on topics ranging from recycling, the ecosystem and energy conservation. The day ended with their reflections expressed through art.

The artwork will be displayed for the summer in the gallery at the NSCC Truro Campus.

Brian and Jim's Excellent RI Convention Adventure

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 03, 2019

Brian Matthews and Jim Gould are at the 2019 Rotary International Convention in Hamburg Germany and report they are having a good time. This quote from Brian:

" Jim and I are having a great time. All flights through Gatwick and then Hamburg were right on time . The only issue we had was when our subway train was delayed in getting to the air airbnb but everything worked out. Our accommodations are fine.

We made it back into town to go to a Fencing Fraternity where we were supplied with all the free beer we could drink and later had an exhibition of fencing. Not by drunken people by the way. Then we had a lovely dinner and caught up with old friends like Greg Trefry and Louisa Horne and Rob Christie. Even though we were late getting home last night on the subway it was uneventful.

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Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Day 2019

Posted by Laurie Sandeson on Jun 01, 2019

The 2019 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) day was hosted by the Rotary Club of Truro on May 31st on the DalAC campus. There were 20 students from Tatamagouche Regional Academy‎, South Colchester Academy and Cobequid Education Centre (CEC). Three or four of the students were from the local Interactor clubs.

The theme for this year's RYLA event was Environment Stewardship. Rotarian Ed MacDonald participated in a panel presentation along with Kevin and Darlyne Proctor from the Colchester Balefill facility on the topic.

The last activity of the day saw the students painting individual posters of what they thought they could do, or what humanity needs to do, for the sustainability of our planet. The poster activity was led by Nuri Guerra, a local artist who owns Visual Voice, a studio in Truro, and the works will be on display at NSCC Truro Campus as the initial show. The aim is to have a show of the work at the local library as well.


In the photo is Shelby Thompson holding her environmental image.	.	Students also presented their portfolios and were interviewed by a team of Rotarians. Shelby Thompson (grade 12, CEC) Kathryn Nickerson (grade 12, CEC) each won a $500 bursary for their efforts. The interview team was made up of Ken MacDonald (left) Wayne Gillis and Rod Jones.

Students gave the conference a high rating. Feedback such as "wish it could have been longer" and "enjoyed making plans to help rebuild our natural resources" made the day very worthwhile.

Laurie Sandeson was in charge of the day. She was assisted by Ryan Beazley, Les Mosher, Derrick Higgins, Rod Jones, Wayne Gillis, Ed MacDonald, Ken MacDonald, Larry Beazley, Lech Krzywonos and non-Rotarian/Admin Support Jessie Patriquin from Sun Life. Thanks to the great team who came together to help pull this off!

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Roadside Cleanup 2019

Posted by Mike Topley on May 26, 2019

Seven members of the Rotary Club of Truro, helped by several family and friends, spent a couple of hours doing the annual clean up of the Robie St./ Highway 102 interchange on Saturday morning May 25th. For once it was a pleasant day with lots of sunshine.

Included in the pick-up party were; Ed MacDonald, Sue MacMillan, Rod Jones, Laurie Sandeson, Jim Goit, Ester Bejarano, Mike Topley, Maralyn Bowness, Richard Bowness and (not in the picture) Joel Hunter.

We picked up 40 bags of garbage plus 14 bulky items (tires, signs, pylons, sheet plastic, etc). A whole truck load! Some of the more interesting finds included major car parts, underwear, shoes, an unopened package of smoked salmon and a 5 dollar bill.

All adjourned for a well earned coffee when the work was done.

Thank you to everyone involved. The entry to town from the highway looks much better.

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Club makes donation to Boys and Girls Club

Posted by Jim Goit on May 06, 2019

The Rotary Club of Truro Charitable Trust made a $25,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Truro and Colchester to help with the purchase of a new van. A cheque was presented to Joanne Thibeau , Director of the organization at the Club's May 6th Meeting. Pictured flanking her after the presentation are Directors of the Trust, Rotarians Ed MacDonald, Laurie Sandeson, Ken Maclean and Ken MacDonald.

RYLA Session to be held May 31st

Posted by Laurie Sandeson on May 06, 2019

What? Truro Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference and Bursary Awards

When? Friday, May 31st, 2019 (9 am - 2 pm)

Where? MacRae Library, Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, Room #219

What? A one-day leadership training program for high school students; this year's theme is "Looking After Your Planet Earth"; there will be interactive, solution-finding group activities, a panel on environmental stewardship in Colchester County, ecological footprint exercise, creative session including environmental-themed songs and paintings, and a video featuring a high profile environmental challenge.

Students can apply for two $500 bursaries - application to apply for the conference and the bursaries is May 24th. Information is available at local high school Student Services.

Tree Planting with the Scouts

Posted by Audrie-Jo McConkey on May 04, 2019

Rotarians Audrie-Jo McConkey and Esther Bejarano with their family and three Rotactors were paired with Scouts to plant trees at the old town dump site. It was a cold and damp day but the group still managed to plant over 1000 trees that will grow into a forest and help in the fight against runaway climate change.

Truro Rotarians attend RLI Facilitator Workshop

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 28, 2019

Three members of the Rotary Club of Truro participated in the RLI workshop on the 9th and 10 of April in Halifax. Jim Goit, Barbara Goit and Laurie Sanderson joined the other Rotarians who facilitate sessions for RLI in updating their facilitation skills and talking about making the Rotary Learning program even better in the future. DG Rob Christie participated the sessions for District 7820 and incoming DG for District 7810, Noel Eustace is a long time RLI facilitator and supporter.

A new RLI website has been launched with a simplified session registration process. Check it out at https://rliatlanticdiv.org.

The next session of RLI will be in Truro at the NSCC on October 26 2019 and would be a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary and get more out of your membership. If you have questions contact Jim, Barbara or Laurie.

South Colchester Academy Interact’s Coffee House

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Apr 23, 2019

South Colchester Academy (SCA) Interact’s Coffee House and Art Show held Wed. April 10th was real success drawing a crowd of almost 100 students, teachers, parents and interested people. Interactors did a great job of organizing: lining up students and teachers to perform, designing and printing a program, arranging for sound, the building, time and place, advertising, soliciting sponsors (Third Place Transition House, Roop’s Esso, Brookfield Bakery and Hurricane Heidi’s Café and Tim Hortons). In the photo are four hard working Interact students Delaney McLellan, Bryn Rankin, Chris Ross, Livi King and Alex Zhou who organized the Coffee House with staff advisor Chris Ross.

Photos from 93rd Charter Night

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 15, 2019

It was a great time at the 93rd Annual Charter Night held on April 11, 2019. A few pictures follow. You can see more on the clubs Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofTruro/

Rotary Week In Truro Gets Underway

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 08, 2019

Members of the Rotary Club of Truro were in attendance to watch Tom Chisholm, Deputy Mayor of the Town of Truro and Christine Blair, Mayor of the County of Colchester raise the Rotary Flag at town hall. The flag was raised to announce the beginning of Rotary week in Truro and was accompanied by Proclamations from Truro and the County of Colchester.

Rotary at the Market

Posted by Ryan Beazley on Apr 08, 2019

Rotary Week in Truro began with the Club having a Community booth at the Farmers market on Saturday April 6th. In the picture are Club President Ryan and Club Secretary Jane. Also there were Rotarians Kevin, Lloyd and Mike who helped introduce market customers to our organization. Yearbooks were circulated and friendly chatter was well received by all who stopped at our table.

Rotary Week Activities

Posted by Ryan Beazley on Apr 01, 2019

Rotary Week Activities:

Saturday April 06, Community booth at the Farmers market, 8am-1pm. Ideally we will have enough people to do 2-3 shifts.

Monday April 08, 11:30-1:30pm. Rotary Flag Raising: We meet at the Town buildings on Prince St. where Mayor Mills, Mayor Blair and President Ryan will raise the Rotary Flag at 11:30am. Then we will walk or drive back to the Best Western for a regular lunch meeting.

Tuesday April 09, 5:30-7:30pm, Informal supper at the Nook and Cranny. Bring friends or family and enjoy the company of your Rotary friends.

Wednesday April 10, Food Bank: Tour of the new facility starts at 11:30am. Preparation work is between 12-12:30pm and serving the clients is from 1-4pm. Please feel free to stop in for an hour or stay for the entire time.

Thursday April 11, 6-9pm 93^nd Charter Night, This year's speaker will be Danny Graham, Chief Engagement Officer, Engage Nova Scotia who will be speaking on the Quality of Life Initiative. There will be awards presentations for Community Service, Rotarian of the Year, Avenues of Service and Paul Harris Fellowships. If you have not yet registered, please do so asap

Friday April 12, Tours of the Rotary House 1-3pm. This will be open to all Club members and the community. The CCW has put an ad on Radio inviting the public. We need Rotarian to greet people before the tours.

Saturday April 13, Training for Leaders of Clubs at the NSCC.

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Major Awards for 93rd Annual Charter Night

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 18, 2019

There will be three major awards presented at the 93rd annual Charter Night to be held on April 11, 2019.

Community Service Award	Rotarian of the Year	Avenues of Service Citation

Om and Meena Khanna	Barbara Goit	Richard Bowness

The following people are also presented with Paul Harris Recognition: Les Mosher (+3), Barbara Goit (+2), Kevin Quinlan (+2), Matthew Hunter (+1)

93rd Annual Charter Night Celebrations

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 11, 2019

Come out to help the Rotary Club of Truro celebrate 93 years of Service to the community by attending the annual Charter Night Celebration on April 11, 2019. Our special guest speaker will be Danny Graham, Chief Engagement Officer, Engage Nova Scotia who will be speaking on the Quality of Life Initiative. There will be awards presentations for Community Service, Rotarian of the Year, Avenues of Service and Paul Harris Fellowships.

Please register on-line by clicking the button below to go the full event page with full details. Note: Rotary Club of Truro members Please use the "Members" button. All others please use the "Guest" button.

Ski Fun Day

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 10, 2019

It was a great day on Sunday March 10th at Ski Wentworth for the Rotary Ski Fun Day. 45 Rotarians, friends and family from Truro, Halifax and Moncton got together for a great time skiing and hiking on the mountain. There was a scavenger hunt (finding the Rotary signs) that was won by Truro Rotarian Adam Harris. The prize is a $150 donation to the Rotary Foundation.

Thank you to the wonderful staff at Ski Wentworth and all the Rotarians who volunteered to help with registration and activities. Finally thank you to all those who came out to make it a fun event.

New Rotarian Inducted Into Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 25, 2019

President Ryan had the pleasure of inducting the newest Rotarian into the club at our regular meeting on Feb 25, 2019. Carrie Burke is the Operations Manager at East Coast Dental Centre and is now a Rotarian. Congratulations Carrie.

President Ryan is shown with Carrie and her club sponsor Alana Hirtle.

Club Receives 2017-18 Rotary International Citation

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 25, 2019

Assistant Governor Jim Gould presented Immediate Past President Alana Hirtle with the framed Rotary International Citation for the year 2017-18 at the club's regular meeting on Feb 25th.

Formerly known as the Rotary Presidential Citation, the award is presented to clubs who meet a number of goals and objectives set by Rotary International each year. The objective of the citation is to encourage clubs to plan, engage in the work of Rotary and excel at being a balanced Rotary Club. Of the 47 clubs in Rotary District 7820, the Rotary Club of Truro is one of only 12 clubs to receive the Rotary Citation for the 2017-18 Rotary year. Great work.

Lydia and Allan Sorflaten in Ethiopia

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 18, 2019

One of our traveling Rotarians, Lydia Sorflaten and her husband Allan are in Ethiopia with a team from the Canada Foodgrains Bank. Check out her excellent description of the county and it's people on her blog.

Interesting stories and lots of Rotary connections.

Vocational Tour

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 01, 2019

On January 31st, ten members of the Rotary Club paid a visit to the Nook and Cranny Brew Pub and the Salty Dog Brewing company on Prince Street and heard all about the evolution of the micro brewing business from business owner Derek Forsyth. After hearing about the various challenges of the business, the group got to sample some of the great products and a some stayed to try out some items off the menu as well. It was an informative and fun event. Watch for the next one.

Rotary Ski Fun Day

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 28, 2019

Rotary Leadership Institute Spring Session

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 27, 2019

The spring Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) session is being held in Dieppe NB on Saturday April 6, 2019 at the CCNB Campus, 505 Rue du College located off Champlain St in Dieppe, NB. The sign in desk opens at 8:15 am and the sessions will run from 9:00 am to about 4:00 pm.

Having Rotarians attend an RLI session has proven to be a major benefit for both the member and their clubs. The basic RLI program consists of series of three one day Parts. The material in each part is organized to gradually increase the participants' Rotary knowledge and leadership skill and are taken sequentially over a period of time. An overview of the RLI program and the three parts can be found on the RLI page of the Website.

Depending on there being enough people who register in advance, all three Parts of the program will be offered. If there are not enough registered for any of the Parts before the cutoff date of March 26th, that Part will be cancelled.

2019 Community Yearbook Distributed

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 20, 2019

The 2019 edition of the Rotary Club of Truro's Community Yearbook has been distributed by the Truro News in the flyers package.

This is the 16th edition of the Community Yearbook that the Club has produced as a fundraising effort. No one is more pleased to have the Yearbook in peoples hands than Yearbook committee chair Lech Krzywonos.

You can also check out the on-line version at http://rotaryyearbook.ca/2019-yearbook.

Adventure in Citizenship Program Applications

Posted by Ken MacDonald on Jan 15, 2019

The Rotary Club of Truro is looking for young people in Colchester County to take part in the Adventure in Citizen Program.

The Adventure in Citizenship program brings together a select group of 200 students from across Canada to learn about Canadian democratic institutions through meetings with political leaders, senior officials and each other. The Rotary Club of Truro will participate in the program again this year as we have since it started in 1951. We encourage 16 -18 year old high school students in Colchester County to apply. The Rotary Club will pay for the selected candidate to ﬂy to Ottawa and attend the program which runs from April 28 to May 01, 2019.

Our application process calls for a short essay (approx. 250 words) or a 30-90 second creative video on “What does being a Canadian citizen mean to you?“ The deadline for application to the Rotary Club of Truro is February 15th. Send completed essays or videos to kenmacdo@gmail.com by midnight February 15, 2019.

The second stage of the process is a short interview by several Rotary members on February 22, 2019. Please refer as many young people that you know (or their parents) to the program as possible.

Check out the details on the Adventure in Citizenship program at https://rotaryottawa.com/page/welcome-to-the-rotary-adventure-in-citizenship-program. There is also a great video on the site to watch. https://youtu.be/XfmCBYSmOHs

One of Many Christmas Index Stories

Posted by Mark Mason on Jan 04, 2019

This is just one of many Christmas Index Stories. The children of TJHS had a great night singing carols and collecting money for the Christmas index. It was a lot of fun the kids set up right next to Santa and it made the waiting in line to see Santa extra special this year. They collected $245 in total.

Making a Difference in Mongolia

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 04, 2019

The Club received a nice Christmas Greeting and report from the Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar Peace Avenue in Mongolia. The report referred to the kindergarten project the club had supported.

The full text of the note to Kevin Quinlan follows:

Annual Rotary Family Christmas Brunch 2018

Posted by Judy Nicholson on Dec 15, 2018

The Annual Rotary Family Christmas Brunch held at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry on Dec 15th was a huge success. With 72 adults, 22 kids, (9 under 4) it was the best crowd since the days of Lorne Macdougall! Rotarians Al played the keyboard with Alana, Laurie and Barbie doing the singing and guitar playing.

As always, Santa made his visit and all the good little boys are girls went home happy.

Happy Holidays to everyone.

Mongolian School Project Gets Visit from Santa

Posted by Kevin Quinlan on Dec 09, 2018

The Kindergarten school project in one of the Gur districts of Ulaanbaatar that was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar Peace Avenue and supported the Rotary Club of Truro is up and running. The children have also had a visit from Santa. He dresses in blue in Mongolia. Check out more pictures.

Trying to make sure that children are safe and happy, especially at Christmas time, is a universal theme for Rotarians.

Club Christmas Social 2018

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 05, 2018

About 40 Rotarians and friends met for an evening of fun, food and fellowship at the Rotary Club of Truro's annual Christmas Social on Dec 4th. It was a great time. The club members recorded their singing Christmas Greeting (the 10th in this tradition) and then with the musical leadership of Barbie Reynolds, Al Cooze and Laurie Sanderson, sang some more. We were sounding great. Check it out on the club YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/GLalXekVk6o

Thank you to everyone for attending and making this a great party.

Club Christmas Greeting 2018

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 05, 2018

https://youtu.be/GLalXekVk6o

The Rotary Club of Truro recorded their annual Christmas Greeting at their Club Social held December 4th. They are sounding great. Thank you to all who participated.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Truro Rotarians In Ugly Christmas Sweater Run

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 04, 2018

The Truro Run tribe organizes an Ugly Christmas Sweater Run to raise money for the Christmas Index. This year Rotarians Audrie-Jo McConkey (and her boys) as well as Matt Redmond ran in the event. Approximately $2,800 was raised.

In the picture flanking Audrie-Jo are Run tribe members Brian Merrill and Christine Bulk.

Great work. Nice socks AJ!

EMS Fills the Ambulance with Toys for Christmas Index

Posted by Anna Rutherford on Dec 02, 2018

Rotarians helped the Paramedics from EMS fill an ambulance with toys for the Colchester Christmas Index program. This is the 4th year the drive has been held at Walmart and the public is really supportive, filling the van to overflow.

Christmas Index Program Gets into Gear

Posted by Mark Mason on Nov 29, 2018

The 2018 edition of the Colchester Christmas Index program got into high gear as we got closer to the Holiday season.

Our Christmas Program exists to help families at Christmas time that may be facing financial challenges and stressful situations. We understand there isn't always extra money for special occasions like Christmas. The Christmas Index is a cooperative effort of groups and individuals in Colchester County dedicated to providing assistance for those in need at Christmas time. The objective is to ensure those needing assistance receive it. The ultimate goal would be to have each family that requires assistance be matched to a group, family or individual.

There is a lot of activity going on at the Christmas index Center at 136 Esplanade in Truro.

Swim for Polio gets RI Recognition

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 27, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro's Swim for Polio Project was recently profiled on the Rotary Service in Action blog site. This blog is read internationally and will bring attention to our club's efforts in the fight to End Polio. Check it out at https://rotaryserviceblog.org/2018/11/27/rotary-ideas-helps-further-club-fundraiser/

Thank you to all those who participated in the event.

Club Presents Scholarship to International Student

Posted by Alana Hirtle on Nov 21, 2018

Rotary Club of Truro President Elect, Lech Krzywonos, and Immediate Past President, Alana Hirtle, were on hand to present the 2018-19 Dal AC International Student Scholarship at the University's awards banquet November 22nd. The recipient is Shuyue Li (she goes by Annaliese) who is from Jiaxing, China.

Annaliese is enrolled in the Bachelor of Technology, Landscape Architecture program.

Congratulations Annaliese.

Dave Ritcey Inducted as Newest Rotarian

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 19, 2018

Dave Ritcey, Directory, Community and Business Development for the Community Credit Union was inducted as a member of the Rotary Club of Truro at the Club's November 19th regular meeting. Immediate Past President Alana Hirtle performed the ceremony aided by Dave's sponsor Wayne Gillis.

Dave is a very active community volunteer with particular experience in leadership roles in Junior Hockey and sporting events locally as well as nationally.

Welcome to Rotary Dave.

Santa Claus Parade

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 17, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro entered the Annual Santa Claus Parade on Truro on Nov 17th. It was a cold 2.5 km walk for the 15 Rotarians and friends who accompanied the float around through the streets of town passing out candy canes and exchanging christmas greetings.

Thanks to Richard Bowness and Truro Toyota for loan of the truck and trailer and to Brian Matthews and Wayne Gillis who headed up efforts to design and decorate the float.

Short Term (Summer) Exchange Program

Posted by Barbara Goit on Nov 04, 2018

The Club is looking for Colchester area high school students aged 14-19 who would be interested in an International Exchange this summer. The Rotary Club of Truro will help set it up the exchange which is family to family.

A printed brochure is available and a post is on the Club's Facebook page. Please share.

Rotarian Ken Maclean and Barbara Goit can answer questions and people can email trurorotary@gmail.com or FB message the club with questions or to request an application form. The deadline for applications is Nov 23, 2018.

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Support The Rotary Foundation in November

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 01, 2018

In November, we celebrate Rotary Foundation Month and the contributions our members make to their communities and around the world. And 27 November is Giving Tuesday, a global online movement for charities and individuals to celebrate and encourage giving.

This year, make The Rotary Foundation your charity of choice. Donations to the Foundation help supply vaccines to protect children from polio, train peacebuilders in conflict resolution, and build sustainable communities for a better future. You CAN make a difference. Be the Inspiration.

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Club Makes Contribution to NSCC Student Emergency Fund

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 29, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro made a $30,000 contribution to the NSCC Foundation Make Way campaign. The funding will go towards the NSCC Student Emergency Fund. NSCC Truro campus principal and Truro Rotarian Lech Krzywonos explained that the funds will be endowed and, for years to come, will be used to assist Truro campus students who find themselves in financial difficulties during the school year.

Shown in the picture are Michelle Bussey (Director, Development, NSCC Foundation), Barbara Goit (NSCC Foundation Board Member and Truro Rotarian), Lech Krzywonos (Principal NSCC Truro Campus and Truro Rotarian) and Ken MacLean (of the Rotary Club of Truro Foundation).

New RLI Facilitators

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 28, 2018

Truro Rotarian Laurie Sandeson joins the group who completed the RLI Facilitators training program held at the Oct 27, 2018 and is now ready to lead future RLI discussion group sessions around the region. Being an RLI facilitator is both a challenging and rewarding experience as you get to participate in the development of more knowledgeable Rotarians and the strengthening of Rotary clubs. Congratulations to all.

Rotary Leadership Institute Part 3 Graduates

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 28, 2018

Truro Rotarians Alana Hirtle and Lech Krzywonos were among those who graduated from Part 3 of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) program held in Truro on October 27, 2018. This completes the total of 3 days of training aimed an increasing the participants knowledge of Rotary and sharpening their leadership skills.

Congratulations Alana and Lech.

Also participating in the general RLI sessions on Oct 27th were Anna Rutherford who completed Part 1 and Ryan Beazley who completed Part 2.

DG Helps Open Music Park

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 23, 2018

District 7820 Governor Rob Christie was on hand to help officially open the new Rotary Music Part on Civic Square in Truro on Oct 22, 2018. Shown in the photo are (L-R) Rotary District Governor Rob Christie, Mayor of Truro, Bill Mills, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colchester, Nick Sharpe, President of Rotary Club of Truro, Ryan Beazley

New Members Inducted

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 22, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro inducted two new members at their meeting on Oct 22nd.

Matthew Hunter is Truro's national champion in swimming and kayak. A graduate of CEC, Matthew works at both the Holiday Inn and Cineplex in addition to being involved in numerous sporting activities in town and around the province. He is an active fundraiser and a person who pushes the boundaries of what a person is capable of. Matthew remains very ambitious and recently began a triathlon career. His current goals include becoming more independent, working with animals and honing his triathlon skills. He is thrilled to be joining the Rotary Club of Truro.

Pictured are (L-R) President Ryan Beazley, DG Rob Christie, Matthew and his sponsor Rotarian Laurie Sandeson.

Adam Harris is a Lawyer specialising in civil litigation at the law firm Burchell MacDougall LLP. Adam grew up in Bible Hill and attended Saint Mary’s University. He attended the University of Ottawa for law school and articled and worked in the area of personal injury at a law firm in Ottawa. After a brief stint in Pictou County, he returned home. Adam, his wife Lisa and son Casey, live in Truro. He is looking forward to being more active in his community through Rotary.

Pictured are (L-R) President Ryan Beazley, DG Rob Christie, Matthew and his sponsor Rotarian Barbara Goit.

World Polio Day

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 21, 2018

Oct 24th is World Polio Day. The End Polio Now campaign, led by Rotary International, raises awareness of what can be done to make polio a disease of the past. This Wed, October 24^{th ,}World Polio Day will serve as a timely reminder of what well-funded and well-supported global immunization initiatives can do to fight back against even the most frightening diseases.

So far this year there have been 22 wild Polo cases in two countries in the world. Still far to many. However, if we stopped immunization now, it is estimated that within 10 years there would be 200,000 children paralyzed by the disease. Our contributions help in the battle will help to prevent that.

Events such as our Swim for Polio are important to raise funds for the End Polio initiative. Through it and with individual donations by Rotarians our club has contributed $3,402 US this year so far. All donations will be matched two to one by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation so our efforts will be greatly multiplied.

It's important that you support the End Polio Now effort and make a contribution to the cause. Check out the program on the End Polio Now website and help in the battle to end this disease. We are so close.

Thank you to Bollywood Night Sponsors

Posted on Sep 22, 2018

The Bollywood evening was generously supported by the following sponsors. Thank you.

Bollywood Event Great Success

Posted by Jim Goit on Sep 22, 2018

The 5th annual Bollywood night held September 21st was another great success. Hours and Hours of planned paid off with wonderful support from the community. Some 22 Rotarians took part in the evening many volunteering for tasks such as taking tickets, selling bracelets and managing the silent auction. Jane did a great job again as co-MC this year. The food was fabulous and the feeling of the crowd was wonderful.

Thank you to everyone for a great event.

Rotarians Help With Golf Tournament

Posted on Sep 14, 2018

Nine rotarians from the Rotary Club of Truro volunteered with the Colchester Community Workshops annual Golf Tournament as on-course help as Hole-In-One spotters, with the marshmallow drive, football toss, cash collection, refreshment cart, sale of contest buttons and cheat sheets. Rotarians also helped with the distribution of gift bags.

An additional nine Rotarians were golfing in the event and helped with fundraising. Our teams collected a total of approximately $5,600 and the event is estimated to have generated about $28,000.

Team Dave Mills:

Richard Bowness

Larry Beazley

Rod Jones

Wayne Gillis

Team Ryan Beazley:

Al Cooze

Jim Gould

Andrew MacLaughlin

Laura MacLaughlin

Team Brian Matthews:

Terry Pook

Alana Hirtle

Chester MacPhee

Lech Krzywonos

Lydia Sorflaten

Laurie Sandeson

Darlene Stevenson

Mark Mason

Sarah Boss/RBC Bank 3 people

This was a big turnout to support our sponsorship of this partner event. Thank you to everyone.

Rotary Summer Social 2018

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 20, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro held their annual Summer social at the summer home of Richard and Maralyn Bowness on Shortts Lake on Sunday Aug 19th.

The weather was pretty much perfect, the food was excellent. A great time for everyone. It was the Richard and Maralyn's anniversary so the club helped them celebrate with a cake.

Thank you Richard and Maralyn for hosting and to Judy Nicholson for organizing the event. Also thank you to all those who participated.

Check out more photos on the club's Facebook page.

Swim for Polio 2018

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 19, 2018

There were 15 swimmers who crossed the lake on the 5th Annual Rotary Club of Truro Swim for Polio. The water was warm and everyone had a great time. We were joined by a mot of friends including swimming champ Matthew Hunter.

There is still time to make a contribution to help the club make their goal. Donations can be made to any Rotarian or directly on http://ideas.rotary.org/…/69aee430-190f-4c7e-b648-64d5618a9…. We'll be totaling the amount in another week or so.

Check out more photos on the Club's Facebook page.

The Club Has Visitors from New Mexico

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 23, 2018

Janet and Mellow Honek are Rotarians from New Mexico who travel and live in their motor home. After attending the International Convention in Toronto, they are on a tour of Eastern Canada with an RV caravan. Mellow is a member of an E-club and Janet is the Travelling Ambassador for the Rotary Club of Las Cruces (Rio Grande). There was a banner exchange with President Ryan. Safe Travels.

Fall Session of Rotary Training Coming in October

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 15, 2018

There will be a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary as well as sharpen you leadership skills at the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) that will be held this fall in Truro.

The session will be held in Truro on October 27th at the NSCC Truro campus starting at 9:00 am and ending at about 4:00 pm.

Members are encouraged to register early for the appropriate Part. You can find out more about the Institute by checking out the RLI website (click) or by asking Jim or Barbara Goit.

The Rotary Club of Truro has one of the highest percentage of members who have taken an RLI course of any club in the region and we're lucky that it it happens regularly right here in town. Invest in yourself and Rotary be coming out to an RLI session.

Truro Rotarians in Pride Parade

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 14, 2018

Several Rotarians took part in the 2018 Pride Parade in Truro on July 14th. The group road on the colourful DalAC float showing off the Rotary Banner. Show in the photo are (l-R) Candy, Rotarian Alana, Kyle and Rotarian Jim. It was a beautiful day and it looks like everyone had a great time.

Club Supports Project in Mongolia

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 10, 2018

As a result of a visit to Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia by our travelling Rotarian Dr. Kevin Quinlan, the Rotary Club of Truro has supported a project that a Rotary club there has started.

The project is to set up schools in the Ger (traditional tents) community for young children who have to stay home to tend the fires in the tents while their families are away.

The president of the club sent a nice note to recognize the contribution.

New Rotarian joins our Club

Posted by Anna Rutherford on Jun 18, 2018

We are pleased to welcome Al Cooze as the Club's newest Rotarian. Al was recruited by Ken MacLean, who had a hunch in church one Sunday, turned around and saw Al and simply asked, "would you like to join Rotary", to which Al simply replied, "yes".

Al recently moved to Truro from NFLD, with his wife. He enjoys travel, golf, and music. We've been told he'll play any brass instrument he can get his hands on! We are hoping Al will play some Christmas Carols on the piano at our Christmas Party.

Al has already helped with service work. He has been active with other service groups such as Kinsman and the Alzheimer's Society. Before he retired, he was the General Manager for Zellars.

Al is excited to be a part of our Club and get involved in the community and we are excited to have him.

Rotary Club of Kenora Member stops by for a visit

Posted by Anna Rutherford on Jun 18, 2018

Jim Retson from the Rotary Club of Kenora joined us for our June 18th meeting. He shared with us that his club has about 70 members, 35% - 40% of which are women. He went on to share that his club's last three presidents were also female.

The Rotary Club of Kenora contributes $10,000 annually to Shelterbox https://www.shelterboxcanada.org/ as well as $10,000 annually towards building new schools in Guatemala.

The Rotary Club of Kenora is hopeful to have a First Nations Rotary Club North of Kenora in the coming months.

Alana and Jim exchanged club banners.

It is always interesting to have visiting Rotarians. It gives us the opportunity to hear first hand what other clubs are doing. Thanks for joining us Jim!

Club Executive for 2018-19 Confirmed

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 14, 2018

The Club was pleased today to confirm the election at the Semi-Annual meeting held on June 25 of the Club's principal Executive Officers for the 2018-19 Rotary Year. Ryan Beazley becomes President, Lech Krzywonos moves up to VP and Jane Gourley-Davis joins the team as Secretary. Congratulations to all

The list of all Club Directors and Chairs appears on the Club's website under the Club Organization Menu Link.

Another New Member for the Rotary Club of Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 11, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to have inducted a new member at the Club meeting on June 11th. Terry Pook has been a Rotarian since 2002 and has moved to Truro only a month ago from Ontario. Her most recent club there was the Rotary Club of Grand Bend. Before she retired, Terry was a Nurse Practitioner Specialist in HIV /AIDs. She has been on several NIDs in India and Africa. She is interested in International and local service work.

Terry is married to John, has 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 1 dog.

Rotary has been a big part of Terry's life and she stated how happy she was with the reception she had received since moving to Truro and how she looked forward to being a member of the Rotary Club of Truro.

Rotarians at the Food Bank

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 04, 2018

A group of Rotarians and friends volunteered at the Colchester Food Bank on Friday, June 1st. They included Mengdi (Dalhousie AC), Chester MacPhee, Sruti (Dalhousie AC), Youwei Chen, Judy Nicholson and Mark Mason. Other volunteers were there but missed the photo.

Colchester Food Bank is a not-for-profit agency that receives no government funding for its day-to-day operations, relying on its generous donors and Volunteers to help provide food for those in need. For Rotarians, this is a great way to serve the community.

Contact Mark if you are interested in being part of the next group going to volunteer.

Vocational Tour to NSCC

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 01, 2018

Members of the Rotary Club of Truro toured the Truro Campus of the NSCC for their May Vocational meeting. Campus Principal Leck Krzywonos showed the group some of the exciting changes happening on the campus with major physical upgrading to several of the building including the old pool which is being refitted as vocational training center. There are plans in place for pedways to eventually connect all the buildings. Lech shared the growth plans for campus telling us that the student population was now over 800 and continuing to grow.

Joining Leck on the tour were Tom Savary, President Alana Hirtle, Jim and Barbara Goit. Following the visit ,the group repaired to Sherlock's at the Best Western where they joined Judy Nicholson for some fun social time.

Thank you for the tour Lech. We're very fortunate to have such a great educational facility in our community.

Kevin Quinlan Visits Rotary Clubs in the Philippines

Posted by Jim Goit on May 31, 2018

Our travelling Rotarian, Dr. Kevin Quinlan is on a CESO assignment in the Philippines and took the opportunity to visit with a couple of nearby Rotary Club.

The first was the Rotary Club of Tuguegarao Citadel. He reports that there is a good balance of men and women and that their main activities include helping poor farmers and supplying eyeglasses. They expressed a need for an international partner to be able to apply for a Rotary grant so some further discussion will be necessary. The DGE is a member of this club.

Club Receives District Governors Citation

Posted by Jim Goit on May 28, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro has been awarded the District Governor's Citation for work toward achieving all the requirement of the Rotary Citation by the time of the District Conference. Our club was only one of 10 in the District to receive the award.

The Rotary Citation was formerly known as the President's Citation and the date for finally completing all the requirement has been moved to the end of the Rotary Year. Achieving the Rotary Citation indicates that the club has worked hard in meeting all it's obligations as a Rotary Club in all Avenues of Service and is a well run and balanced club.

The award was presented to President Alana by Vice President Ryan Beazley who was at the recent District Conference in St. John's. Alana said how proud she was of the effort that many have made towards achieving the award. She also said that while it was a real team effort, the citation would be hanging in her office!

Congratulations to all.

Roadside Cleanup 2018

Posted by Mike Topley on May 21, 2018

Thanks to those who gave up their Saturday golf game, gardening or just about any other activity on a beautiful morning to tramp up /down the ditches at the Robie Street / Hwy 102 interchange picking up assorted waste which has been launched from the windows and the backs of trucks over the last year.

Included in the pick-up party were; Ken McLean, Rod Jones, Ed MacDonald, Brian Matthews, Chester MacPhee, Ken MacDonald, Tom Savoury and Mike Topley.

Some 34 bags of garbage and a small kitchen stove were collected! All adjourned for a well earned coffee when the work was done.

See you next year, same time, same place.

Mike

Tree Planting Success

Posted by Alana Hirtle on May 07, 2018

As part of RI President Riseley's tree challenge, each club around the world was tasked with planting one tree per member this year. The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to have partnered with the local Scouts Canada troop to plant trees at the old Truro dump site.

On Saturday, May 5th, Rotarians, family and friends including Audrie-Jo & Mike McConkey, Barbara Goit, Wayne Gillis, Youwei Chen, Alana Hirtle, Jane Gourley-Davis, Garth and Trinkie Coffin, Lydia Sorflaten and Mark Mason accompanied by students Katie, Marianne and Minseo all met up with the scouts and paired off to plant approximately 1000 spruce seedlings donated by the the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. They will grow into a great forest some day on this reclaimed site.

A big thank you to Audrie-Jo for arranging this activity!

Kevin Quinlan visits Rotary Club in Mongolia

Posted by Jim Goit on May 06, 2018

Our travelling Rotarian, Kevin Quinlan, met up with the Ulaanbaatar Peace Avenue Rotary Club in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, which was celebrating its 5th anniversary.

Kevin reports that the Club is the 1st and only club formed totally by former Rotaract members. They stick to the 18-30 year rule so after the age of 30 they can join a club. A group of Rotaractors got together and formed this club. There are 14 Rotary Clubs, 15 Rotaract Clubs and 3 Interact clubs in the city of Ulaanbaatar.

Vocational Visit to Maritime Auto Parts

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 26, 2018

On the club's vacational tour April 26th several members of the Rotary Club of Truro were given a tour and explanation of the Auto Recycling and Parts business by owner and Rotarian Andrew MacDonald It was fascinating. He explained how the cars came to the facility and how ultimately almost every part was turned into something that could be used again. Great visit.

Rotarians at the Farmer's Market

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 22, 2018

Rotarians staffed a table at the Truro Farmer's Market on Saturday, April 21st. giving out Community Yearbooks and talking about Rotary. It was a great way to end a highly successful Rotary Week. Shown in the photo are part of the crew, Judy Nicholson, Jim Goit, Jim Gould and Ryan Beazley.

Rotarian and Community Awards

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 20, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro recognized three individuals with prestigious awards at their annual Charter Night Event. Click the name for the Citation details.

Left to Right are Jim Goit, Rotarian Service Award, Matt Redmond, Rotarian of the Year Award and John Kelderman, Community Service Award.

Congratulations to all.

Tours of Rotary House

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 20, 2018

Rotarians took part in tours of Rotary House as part of Rotary Week activities. The staff and clients of the Colchester Community Workshops were proud to show of their facilities and the work that they do.

The Rotary Club of Truro is proud of its long and ongoing relationship with the Workshops as they make a difference in our community.

Paul Harris Recognitions 2018

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 20, 2018

There were a number of Paul Harris Fellowships recognitions presented at the 2018 Charter Night Celebration. Included in the photo are left to right:
Wayne Gillis (PH +2), Dg Don Sword who did the pinning, Jim Goit (PH +4), Audrie-Jo McConkey (first PH), Judy Nicholson (PH +2), Rod Jones (PH +8), Dave Mills (PH +3). Richard Bowness (PH +6) was absent for the presentation.

Rotarians at the Food Bank

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 19, 2018

About 14 members of the Rotary Club of Truro assisted by a number of International students helped out at the Colchester Community Support Society - Colchester Food Bank on Wed, April 18th.

This was the second event planed as part of Rotary Week activities.

It was busy time for everyone!

Flag Raising Kicks off Rotary Week

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 16, 2018

Rotary Week got off to a great start with the official flag raising in front to the Truro Town Hall right after the Club's Monday April 16th regular meeting.

A large number of enthusiastic Rotarians watched as Town of Truro Mayor Bill Mills and Colchester County Mayor (and Rotarian) Christine Blair helped President Alana Hirtle raise the Rotary flag up the pole. It will fly for the remainder of the week in recognition of the role that Rotary has played in the community for the past 92 years.

Check out the other events planned for the week.

RYLA 2018 Successful Event

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 14, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro sponsored a one day Rotary Leadership Award (RYLA) day on April 13th. A total of 39 grade 10, 11 and 12 students from South Colchester Academy (SCA), Cobequid Education Center (CEC) and North Colchester High School attended the workshops, working together on leadership skills and finding out more about Rotary.

Some 14 of the students passed in personal portfolios and were interviewed by a team of Rotarians. The top two, Emma Toole and Veronica Hawkes were awarded with $500 bursaries to help with their post secondary education. Congratulations to all those attending.

Thanks to Rotarian Steven Gallant for organizing this great event and to Rotarians Sarah Boss, Youwei Chen, Jim Goit, Ken MacDonald, Les Mosher, Darlene Stevenson and Lydia Sorflaten for helping out.

Members and Friends Volunteer for Canadian Cancer Society

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 03, 2018

Rotarian Youwei Chen answered the call to the club from the Canadian Cancer Society to help sell Daffodils in support of their annual Daffodil month fundraising efforts. Over the period of March 22 to 24, Youwei and his friends he recruited to help him, Zhujun Qiu and Ziwei Zheng, covered shifts at the booth and sold all their flowers.

This was the first time Youwei had been involved with a fund raising effort for an organization and he said they all had fun.

Rotary Service comes in many forms and helping other charities other than Rotary reach their goals is just one of many ways it can be done. Thank you Youwei.

Rotary Week Activities Announced

Posted by Ryan Beazley on Mar 26, 2018

This April 16-22nd will mark our first annual Rotary Week in Truro. I’m excited to announce that we have a full itinerary of activities for Rotarians and friends of Rotary to participate in. I would encourage every club member to take in at least one event. The public is always welcome.

Rotary Week Itinerary

Monday April 16, 12:00-2pm, We will have the regular lunch meeting and then walk or drive down to the Town buildings where Rotarian and town CAO, Mike Dolter will raise the Rotary Flag.
Tuesday April 17, 5-6:30pm, Reception at Sherlock’s in the Best Western Truro - Glengarry. Open to all members and people who are curious about Rotary and the work that we do. Rotarians should come and bring a friend.
Wednesday April 18, 1-4pm Food Bank, a group of up to 20 Rotarians and friends of Rotary will help serve those in need.
Thursday April 19, 6-10pm Charter Night Event, This year's speaker will be Maggie MacDonnell, the 2017 Global Teacher of the Year.
Friday April 20, 1-3pm Tour of Rotary House, This will be open to all Club members and the community.
Saturday April 21, Community booth at the Truro Farmers market.
Sunday April 22, Reflection on a great week.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Ryan Beazley
Vice President and Chair of Rotary Week

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Steve Barteaux Inducted as Member of the Rotary Club of Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 26, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to have inducted another new member at their March 26th meeting.

Steve Batreaux is a certified Financial Planner with Credential Financial. Prior to joining the team at Community Credit Union, he was with RBC. Steve currently resides in Dartmouth with his wife, three children and two pets, and is hoping to move to Truro in the near future. Steve volunteers some of his time with the United Way.

Steve's club sponsor is Wayne Gillis.

Pictured is Club Secretary Lech Krzywonos (standing in for Wayne Gillis), Steve Barteaux and Club President Alana Hirtle.

Welcome to Rotary Steve.

Fulton Insurance Newest Website Sponsor

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 25, 2018

Thank you to Fulton Insurance Agencies Ltd and Rotarian Adam Wyllie for joining the list of sponsors of the Rotary Club of Truro website. Website Sponsors ads appear on the website main page of the site as well as most all of the subpages and club newsletters.

The website continues to be a critical communication tool for our club and it reaches not only all our members but many Rotarians and visitors to Truro who come to our site. By offsetting the cost of the technology, sponsorship of the website is important in helping the club fulfill its objective of providing service to our community.

Thank you all our continuing sponsors.

If you would like to become a website sponsor, please check out the website sponsorship guide page or contact Jim Goit. It's a great way to show your support of Rotary.

92nd Annual Charter Night Celebration Open for Registration

Posted by Ted Jordan on Mar 04, 2018

Registration of the 2018 Rotary Charter Night celebration is now open. (Click here for the registration page) Please register for tickets to the event via the Members or Guests buttons. Note: Non-members of the Rotary Club of Truro may register using the "Guests" button.

The special guest speaker will be Maggie MacDonnell, the 2017 Global Teacher of the Year and is sure to inspire you. Check out the web page on her prize and be sure to watch her videos.

There will also be several Rotary awards presented including the Community Service Award and Rotarian of the Year and Paul Harris Recognition.

Come out, bring a friend and help celebrate 92 years of Rotary in Truro and area.

Two More New Members Inducted.

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 26, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct two new members at their Feb 26th regular meeting.

Andrea Jackson has been Branch Manager Community Credit Union Truro since 2017. Before that she as with CEED (Center for Entrepreneur Development) in Halifax and the Nova Scotia Cooperative Council in Turro. Andrea and Scott live in Valley and have three children and a rescue dog. Andrea's sponsor is Wayne Gillis
Jim Harman is a Rotarian, formerly with the South Hampton Rotary Club in Ontario. He is a retired elementary school teacher who relocated to our area a few of months ago. He and his partner Kyle live in Maitland and have visited the club several times. Jim enjoys gardening, traveling, volunteering with equestrian special needs people and painting with watercolours and acrylics. Jim's sponsor is Jim Goit.

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Truro Andrea and Jim.

New Member Induction

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 05, 2018

President Alana Hirtle formally induct Anna Rutherford into the club as an active member at the club's regular meeting on February 5, 2018.

Anna was born and raised in the Truro area. Her grandfather was Dennis Wright, a member of the Club in the 1990's.

After working in western Canada for a few years after graduation, Anna returned to our area and is now Community Relations Coordinator with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colchester.

Anna was presented with her pin and material by her sponsor Brian Matthews.

Anna told the group she looked forward to being a Rotarian and getting to know everyone in the club.

Welcome Anna.

Nominate Your Neighbour

Posted by Alana Hirtle on Jan 29, 2018

Nominate Your Neighbour

The Town of Truro is looking for submissions for the “Nominate Your Neighbour” campaign. Please help identify those individuals, couples or families who make our community neighbourhoods great. Those who through their selfless efforts, help to create a more connected, friendly and safer community and those who are working to make their community great.

You may find more information on the Town’s Facebook and website:

https://www.facebook.com/townoftruro/photos/a.453034681411811.94424.421570811224865/1455359151179354/?type=3&theater

https://www.truro.ca/living-in-truro/nominate-your-neighbour.html

Deadline for nominations is February 5. Please nominate your neighbour today!

Club Presented with End Polio Now Certificate

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 29, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro was recognized by the Rotary International Foundation for contributions to the End Polio Now Campaign last year.

The certificate was presented by Assistant Governor Jim Gould to President Alana Hirtle.

Certificate of Appreciation From Easter Seals

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 22, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to receive a Certificate of Appreciation from Easter Seals for its continuing support of Camp Tidnish and their programs for Nova Scotians with disabilities.

Looking for Applications for the Adventure in Citizen Program

Posted by Ken MacDonald on Jan 15, 2018

The Rotary Club of Truro is looking for young people in Colchester County to take part in the Adventure in Citizen Program.

The Adventure in Citizenship program brings together a select group of 200 students from across Canada to learn about Canadian democratic institutions through meetings with political leaders, senior officials and each other. The Rotary Club of Truro will participate in the program again this year and encourages 16 -18 year old high school students in Colchester County to apply. The Club will pay for the selected candidate to fly to Ottawa and attend the program.

Our application process calls for a short essay (approx. 250 words) or a 30-90 second creative video on “What does being a Canadian citizen mean to you?“ The second stage of the process is a short interview by several Rotary members on February 22/18.

The deadline for application to the Rotary Club of Truro is February 15th. Send completed essays or videos to Ken MacDonald by email to kenmacdo@gmail.com by midnight February 15, 2018.

Share the post on the clubs Facebook page and refer as many young people that you know (or their parents) to the program.

Check out the details on the Adventure in Citizenship program at http://rotaryottawa.com/page/welcome-to-the-rotary-adventure-in-citizenship-program/

Spring Rotary Leadership Institute in Dieppe

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 08, 2018

The spring Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) session is being held in Dieppe NB on Saturday April 7, 2018 at the CCNB Campus, 505 Rue du College located off Champlain St in Dieppe, NB. The sign in desk opens at 8:15 am and the sessions will run from 9:00 am to about 4:00 pm.

The basic RLI program consists of series of three one day Parts. The material in each part is organized to gradually increase the participants Rotary knowledge and leadership skill and are taken sequentially over a period of time. An overview of the RLI program and the three parts can be found on the RLI page of the Website.

All three Parts of the program will be offered. The cutoff date of Mar 21st however space is limited in each part, so don't delay in registering if you want to attend.

Registration is all done on-line by clicking this link. The fee payable by cheque (or cash) at the door is $125. Breaks and lunch are included in the fee. When you register, indicate you are paying by cheque.

The Rotary Club of Truro will support members who want to attend by paying the registration fee.

Happy Holidays from the Rotary Club of Truro

Posted on Dec 18, 2017

Two New Members Inducted

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 11, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct two new members at their December 11, 2017 meeting.

Darlene Stevenson spent 28 years in the public service, recently retiring from ACOA. She lives in Masstown with her husband Sid Peters, Chief of the Glooscap First Nation. Her son Dylan works in financial services and daughter Joecy is in grade 12, looking at going into chiropractic. Darlene is an avid horsewoman and is Secretary of the NS Pony Club. She looks forward to learning more about Rotary and expanding her range and options for community service. Darlene is sponsored by president Alana Hirtle.

Youwei Chen grew up in Fujian, China and came to Canada in 2008. He graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Economics. He spent a few year working in the food industry as supervisor, restaurant owner and now have moved on as an entrepreneur in B2B and B2C E-commerce. He also looks forward to learning about Rotary and engaging with the community. Youwei is sponsored by PDG Jim Goit.

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Rotary Family Christmas Brunch 2017

Posted by Judy Nicholson on Dec 11, 2017

There was another great Rotary Family Christmas Brunch held on Saturday Dec 9th at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry. With a total of 84 in attendance including 25 children a great time was had by all. The group with entertained by the Fiddling McConkey brothers. Santa made his usual visit however this year the role was played by Jim MacLean as Santa Ed was not back from Florida yet.

Holiday Greeting Video - Let There be Peace

Posted by Jim on Dec 05, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro's Annual Holiday Greeting Video. This year with the Theme "Let there be Peace"

https://youtu.be/h7WvHtnRAuE

AGM 2016-17 Package

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 05, 2017

The 2016-17 AGM for the Rotary Club of Truro was held Dec 4th, 2017 at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry.

The full package of reports is available for those that missed it.

2018-2019 Club Executive Elected

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 04, 2017

The 2018-19 Executive for the Rotary Club of Truro was confirmed at the club's Annual General Meeting held December 04, 2017. Ryan Beazley will become President and Lech Krzywonos will move up to Vice President. Jane Gourley-Davis will join the team as Secretary for the year.

The Rotary Club of Truro is fortunate to have members come forward to assume the important leadership roles for the Club.

Congratulations to all.

Rotarians Involved With Christmas Index

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 04, 2017

The Colchester Christmas Index Program is in full swing and Truro Rotarians are assisting and participating in many ways. These are a few pictures of just some of activities this week. The Christmas Index Program makes a very difficult time of year for many, just a little bit brighter.


The Paramedics from the Truro area held a toy drive at Walmart from 10 am to 6 pm on Dec 2nd. The Rotary Club of Truro joined in the fun. By the end of the day, the Paramedics and Rotarians had collected 25 LARGE boxes of toys and financial donations for the Christmas Index Program.		Truro Rotarian Audrie-Jo McConkey participated Sunday Dec 3rd in the Ugly Sweater Run organized by the Truro Run Tribe. Participants contributed close to $3,000 that will go to the Colchester Christmas Index Program. Shown with Aurdie-Jo is Christine Bulk of the Truro Run Tribe.

Nov Rotary After Hours/Vocational Visit

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 24, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro held it's November 23rd Rotary After Hour/Vocational Visit at G&G Computers where Rotarian Keith Gillis told the 8 members and one guest in attendance about his business and the challenges it faces in attracting and retaining qualified employees. We also discussed the latest advances and trends in technology and even got a chance to try out a Virtual Reality setup. Fun.

Thanks to Keith for hosting and for those who attended.

Mrs. Frances Sproule donates Canada 150 Quilt to Club

Posted by Christine Blair on Nov 20, 2017

Mrs. Frances Sproule is a quilt maker extraordinaire! Over the years, her quilts have gone as far away as Australia. But at 95, quilting has slowed down!

Frances's late husband, Clifton H. (Tip) Sproule was a Rotarian in the Truro Club for many years. Frances always contributed baby quilts to the Rotary auction. She is a wonderful person with a great sense of humour.

Frances donated this gorgeous Canada 150 quilt to the Rotary Club of Truro. It is all hand stitched and hand embroidered and took countless hours to make.

The club will use it as a fundraiser to support club programs.

Thank you, Frances.

Clubrunner Mobile App has Major Improvements

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 19, 2017

The Clubrunner Mobile App has recently added even more enhancements. Check out their new video. If you do not already have the app, you should check it out as it makes it super easy to get in touch with other club members and stay up to date with Club news and events. Available for IOS and Android phones.

Click image or go to https://youtu.be/HaKrBA0ItEY to see the short video.

Rotary Club International Student Bursary Awarded

Posted by Alana Hirtle on Nov 17, 2017

President Alana was on hand at the recent DalAC Scholarship Appreciation night and presented the Rotary Club of Truro's International Student bursary to student Shixin Cai from China.

Congratulations.

2016-17 Club Financial Statements Presented

Posted by Ken MacDonald on Nov 14, 2017

The Club's Financial Statements for the Rotary Year 2016-17 are now available on the website for inspection.

Click on the link to get your own copy for review prior to the Dec 4th Annual General Meeting.

Questions may be directed to Ken MacDonald.

Record of Formation of Rotary Club of Truro Uncovered.

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 08, 2017

Catherine Saunders (wife of Rotarians Dale Saunders) was researching her family history (her Mom was born on Port Hood Island, Inverness County). As she was looking through the ‘Inverness County Bulletin’ in the records at the Nova Scotia Archives in Halifax and happened upon an article about the formation of the Rotary Club of Truro dated February 27th, 1926.

The article refers to a meeting in Truro "last night" (Feb 26th) although other newspaper articles indicate it was Tuesday night (Feb 23rd) which is the night our history indicates was the actual date. There were 25 members of the Rotary Club of Halifax and 15 members of the Rotary Club of New Glasgow who met with about 15 men from the Truro area to have dinner and discuss the formation of a Rotary Club in Truro. The next meeting of the new club was to be held on March 5th.

While official records from RI show the Charter date as April 2nd, 1926, our own club history shows that March 5th is the date the club held its own inaugural meeting and received its charter from Charles Burchell, third Vice President of Rotary International. The paper work may have taken time to get to RI headquarters.

http://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000001276/en-ca/files/sitepage/detailed-history-1926-1961/intro/intro.pdf

Thank you to Catherine and Dale for finding this item and sending it along to us.

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Truro Rotarians Complete RLI Sessions

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 30, 2017

Three members of the Rotary Club of Truro joined 26 other Rotarians from all over the region on Saturday, Oct. 28th to sharpen their leadership skills and learn more about Rotary.

Lech Krzywonos completed Part 1, Alana Hirtle did Part 2 and Barbara Goit completed the Group Discussion Leader /Facilitator training program which qualifies her to lead future RLI sessions.

Reaction to the day was, as always, very positive and people were wondering when the next session will be held so they could register. RLI will next be in Dieppe, NB on April 7, 2018. Registration will open soon. Let's get a carload or two and go up for the day.

Augusto Enriquez Preformed for Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 30, 2017

Augusto Enriquez is one of the most well-known and charismatic singers in Cuba. He spoke to the Rotary Club of Truro on Oct 30, 2017 about Los Primos and efforts to secure musical instruments for children in Cuba As a bonus, he gave an impromptu performance as the end of his presentation, promising to come back to do a full concert for us.

Opportunity to support Christmas Index for Runners

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 24, 2017

The Ugly Christmas Sweater Run is on this year Dec 3rd. The registration fees go to the Christmas Index. Interested runners should check it out. Rotary Team?

DG Don's Visit to Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 23, 2017

District Governor Don Sword made his official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on October 23.

In addition to meeting with the Directors and Chairs and speaking to the Club at our meeting, the DG and his wife Pat visited Rotary House and the Colchester Community works as well as other projects around the community. They also attended the club's Get to Know Rotary event in the evening, interacted with Rotarians and potential Rotarians and then helped us celebrate World Polio Day. It was a busy time in Truro!

We appreciated the DG's message of encouragement and are working to helping him fulfill his PIPE dreams.

Get to Know Rotary Event Successful

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 23, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro held its first Get to Know Rotary event at the Best Western Truro Glengarry on the evening of Oct 23rd.

Three individuals interested in knowing more about Rotary talked to some of the 15 Rotarians as well as the DG and his wife Pat. The group also celebrated world Polio Day happening on Oct 24th. We are SO CLOSE.

Get to Know Rotary Evening

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 16, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro is hosting a special reception in the private dining room at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry on Monday October 23, 2017 from 5-6:30 pm.

This informal event will give you an opportunity to meet some members of the Rotary Club of Truro and learn more about Rotary and the good work being done in our community. It is also an opportunity to meet the District Governor Don Sword and his wife Pat and hear about the work of Rotary around the region and the across the world. They will also help us celebrate World Polio Day on Oct 24th.

All are welcome to this special evening. There is no admission and light snacks will be provided. Bring a friend and find out what it means to be a Rotarian.

Spread the word by sharing our Facebook Event post at http://tinyurl.com/y7n4qb8w. Think of someone who would make a good Rotarian and bring them to the meeting.

Fourth Annual Bollywood Night Great Success

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 03, 2017

The 4th annual Bollywood night sponsored by the Rotary Club of Truro was one of the best yet. Om and Meena Khanna were again key to the organization and success of the event. There were 20 Rotarians in the total of 300 who enjoyed the evening.

The food and entertainment were excellent. All money raised will help with the club support of programs such as sending campers to Camp Tidnish.

Thank you to all involved.

Club Member Photos 2017

Posted on Sep 18, 2017

Kirk will be taking Rotarian head and shoulder photos at the October 2nd club meeting. These photos will be used for the Community Yearbook.

Newer member who have not had your picture taken or others who want to change the one they have, please make sure to come to the meeting on the Oct 2nd.

Rotary Friendship Exchange Team from Estonia & Finland in Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Sep 17, 2017

The 10 member Rotary Friendship Exchange team from Estonia and Finland spent a couple of hours in Truro on Sunday, September 17th at the fall farm Social hosted by the Rotary Club of Truro. About 50 Rotarians, friends and family enjoyed the event, held at the home of Laurie and Mike Sandeson, there was local food and fun for all. A copy of the team information is available as a download.

The team exchanged Club banners with President Alana and gave a brief description of Rotary in their home countries. They also had the opportunity to learn a bit about our area while enjoying their meal before moving on to their next stop.

It was a great day for everyone. Special thanks to Laurie and Mike for hosting and to Judy Nicholson for her hard work and organizational skills.

Rotary Leadership Institute Session in Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Sep 05, 2017

The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a series of one-day courses offered to help refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their base of knowledge about Rotary. Courses are fun, topical, interactive, and geared toward busy business, professional and community leaders who want to become more knowledgeable Rotarians and more effective leaders in their vocation and their Rotary club. It is open to all Rotarians but is especially beneficial for newer Rotarians.

You can find out more about RLI and the various sessions by checking out our on-line resources. Experienced Rotarians will be the leaders of the sessions and you will meet other Rotarian from clubs all over the Atlantic region.

The fall session of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) will be held Oct 28, 2017 in Truro at the Truro Campus of the NSCC, 36 Arthur St. We are planning to offer all Parts of the training if enough Rotarians from District 7810 and 7802 register On-line registration is available by clicking this link. Don't delay as space is limited for each Part.

Our club will us the regular October Rotary Hours session to host a reception at the Best Western Truro - Glengarry on October 27th starting at 7:00 pm. It is be for all Rotarians who are in Truro for the RLI event on the 28th.

Participating in RLI has proven to be the defining moment for many Rotarians. We hope as many Truro Rotarians as possible will attend both the Friday Night reception and the RLI itself on Saturday.

August Rotary After Hours at the Oasis

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 25, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro holds a Rotary After Hours meeting once a month to give Rotarians and others a chance to get together in a none formal setting, have some fun and talk about Rotary. On August 24th we met at the Oasis Bar and Pool area of the Best Western Truro - Glengarry. Many (most) of us have never been to this space at the Glengarry despite having been at the hotel many many times over the years. Newly renovated, it a great place to meet, especially on such a beautiful summer evening.

There will be a break in the Rotary After Hours meeting during September given the other events already scheduled but will return October 27th when the club will be combining the meeting with a hosted reception for Rotarians in Truro for the Fall Rotary Leadership Session at the NSCC on October 28th.

We hope to see you at the next event and if you have an idea for an After Hours meeting in the future let us know.

Rotary Swim for Polio

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 15, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro held it's 4th Rotary Swim of Polio across Shortt's Lake on Sunday August 13th. A total of 6 swimmers take part with several others watching from boats as they made their way across. Funds raised will go to the Rotary Foundation's End Polio Now Cause and you can still show your support by contributing at http://Rotary.org/Give

Shown are swimmers Trish Toole, Audrie-Jo McConkey, Lydia Sorflaten, Ed MacDonald, Marilyn Brown and Louisa Sorflaten.

Summer Social 2017

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 15, 2017

The Club held it's annual summer social at the Shortt's lake home of Richard and Maralyn Bowness. on August 13th. The weather cooperated to make it another great event and there was enough food and drink for many more. Thanks to Judy Nicholson chair of the committee, Ed for Bar tending (kind of) and Richard and Maralyn for hosting us.

A great time was had by all.

Rotarians in the Pride Parade

Posted on Aug 02, 2017

Rotary Club of Truro members joined their friends on the DalAC float in the annual Truro Pride Parade Saturday July 29th. Pictured are Mark Mason and Audrie-Jo McConkey (who both work at DalAC) along with Marilyn Brown and Club president Alana Hirtle. It looks like everyone had fun.

Visit to Camp Tidnish

Posted on Aug 01, 2017

On Saturday, July 29^th, Camp Tidnish celebrated 80 years of offering summer camps to children, youth and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Brian Matthews, Wayne Gillis and Laurie Sandeson attended the Open House representing the Rotary Club of Truro.

They were pleased to tour the cottages and see first hand the heat pumps that were up and running which our Club helped purchase. It’s a remarkable Camp and a project that the Rotary Club of Truro should be very proud to have supported for many years.

New Commenting Feature added to Club Website Stories

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 11, 2017

Clubrunner has added a new feature to our Club's website stories. Members are able to comment on and "like" stories for others to see. It's a great way for club members to share their thoughts on particular stories and engage with club activities.

Remember you can also "share" particular stories with your favourite Social Media channel by clicking on the social media bar.

Let us know what you think.

Rotary Summer Social 2017 Announced

Posted by Judy Nicholson on Jul 11, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro Summer Social for 2017 will be held Sunday Aug 13, 2017 from 4 - 8 pm at the Shortt's Lake home of Richard & Marilyn Bowness, This will be a pot luck supper and Rotarians are asked to bring food depending on the first letter of their last name.

Please check the official invitation and register for the event soon. Please include the guests you are bringing so we have some idea of the numbers attending.

It's always a great time so please join us at the lake!

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4th Annual Swim for Polio

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Jul 11, 2017

The 4th annual Rotary club of Truro's Swim for Polio across Shortt's lake will happen Aug 13th starting at 10:00 am.

The event will raise money to contribute to the End Polio cause. With only 6 new cases world wide so far this year, the end is in sight but we need to keep the pressure up to eliminate this dread disease forever.

If you are going to swim (or just want to come and "spot" the swimmers) please register. You can also support the event by making a contribution to Polio for one of the swimmers. Details for the event can be found on the events page.

This is a fun event and a good lead in to the summer social.

Happy Canada 150 Day

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 27, 2017

Members of the Rotary Club of Truro wish everyone a Happy 150th Canada Day.

Turn over Ceremony

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 27, 2017

The Rotary Club completed the turnover of executives at the semi annual meeting held on June 26th. Outgoing President Ted Jordan Presented Alana Hirtle with the President's Pin and Alana in turn presented the gavel plaque to Ted in recognition of his great service to the club during the past year.

Thank you both for all you do.

New Flag for Rotary Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 27, 2017

President Elect Alana Hirtle and incoming Youth Chair Barbara Goit show of the new Rotary Flag that will be displayed a club meetings.

2017-18 Club Executive

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 26, 2017

The Club Executive for 2017-18. Thank you all.

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Club Presents 2016-17 Community Service Award

Posted on Jun 19, 2017

Roger Ryan is the 2016-17 recipient of the Rotary Club of Truro's Community Service Award.

The Community Service Award goes each year to a non-Rotarian within Truro or Colchester County who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work and financial commitment to organizations or individuals in need. This year’s recipient is Roger Ryan. He and his wife Barbara took over Ryan’s IGA from is father Jack in 1976. Ryan’s IGA was one of the “go-to” businesses in Truro for community groups, sports teams, and service clubs…..nobody ever left Ryan’s IGA empty handed.

Read the full citation on the club's recognition page.

Congratulations Roger.

Rod Jones Receives Paul Harris +4

Posted on Jun 19, 2017

As he was away at the time of the annual Charter night celebration, Rotarian Rod Jones was presented his Paul Harris +4 recognition pin at the Club's June 19th regular meeting.

The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. For each additional $1,000 gifted, the multiple number +1 to 9 is added until the Rotarian reaches Major donor status at $10,000.

Established in 1957, the PHF is used to show appreciation for and encourage substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation’s only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.

Thank you Rod for your generosity to the Rotary Foundation.

Shown in the photo are Ken MacDonald (Recognition Committee), Kevin Quinlan (2017 Charter Night Chair) and Rod Jones.

Club Unveils Strategic Plan for 2017-2020

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 16, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro has a new Strategic Plan covering the years 2017-2020. Lead by incoming club president Alana Hirtle a committee has worked for the past few months consulting with club members and crafting a plan to guide club activities into the future.

You may download your own copy of the plan from the club's website.

Heart of the District Award

Posted by Alana Hirtle on Jun 05, 2017

Our club is extremely proud of Immediate Past District Governor Jim Goit, pictured here with his lovely wife Barbara, as he was presented with the "Heart of the District" award yesterday at the District 7820 Conference in Wolfville. The award recognizes a past District Governor for outstanding service to the District during and after his DG year. Well done Jim!

Adopt a Highway clean-up

Posted by Mike Topley on May 29, 2017

The Annual Adopt a Highway clean-up was held Saturday May 27th. The group of 11 hardy Rotarians met at the Canadian Tire parking lot at 9 am and then moved over to the Hwy 102 / Robie Street interchange to collect all the paper and plastic they could. The NS Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal provided the vests and bags and picked up the bags from the roadside.

While it was cloudy, overcast and on the cool side, the Rotarians collected approximately 25 bags of trash. There was consensus that this was down from previous years which is a good thing. In addition to the beer cans, coffee containers and car parts the group usually picks up, the most interesting find was the pregnancy test kit and the empty birth control container found a short distance from one another.

Thanks to everyone for this community service.

Mike Topley

Chair

Rotarians Celebrate 100 Years of the Rotary Foundation

Posted by Jim Goit on May 26, 2017

There was a great turnout to the May edition of Rotary After Hours on Thrusday May 25th when Truro Rotarians celebrated the 100th Birthday of the Rotary Foundation. A quick game of Rotary Foundation Trivia was played followed by a special birthday cake which was enjoyed by all. We even sang (some would call it singing) Happy Birthday to the Foundation.

Join us for RAH next month. It's the last Thrusday of June at 5:15 pm.

Student RYLA Videos Released on Club YouTube

Posted by Steve Gallant on May 15, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyft1RueHEQtStIWJEAXvMooZooqfxv45

The Rotary Club of Truro hosted a day long Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) session for high school students on May 5, 2017 at the Truro Campus of NSCC.

As part of the leadership training the students divided into groups and created short videos about issues faced by young people. The seven videos have been posted to the Club's YouTube site.

Please have a look.

May Rotary After Hours

Posted on May 15, 2017

Don't forget the May edition of Rotary After Hours happening on Thrusday May 25th at 5:15 pm at The Best Western Glengarry.

Mark it in your calendar and come out to enjoy some Rotary fun. Bring a friend!

100 Years of Service

Posted by Jim Goit on May 10, 2017

Click for Video

There is still time to make a donation and help celebrate 100 years of Rotary Doing Good in the World.

Successful Rotary Youth Leadership Award Session Held

Posted by Steve Gallant on May 07, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro hosted a very successful Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Event in Truro on Friday 5th 2017.

This year’s RYLA event had 37 students in attendance with students attending from each of the 5 large regional high schools. This year we also had 2 students attending from the Halifax district to participate in the day and will be taking feedback to the Rotary clubs there.

Winners of the two $500 bursaries were Josey Peters, a 17 year old student from CEC , as well as Lindsey Burgess, also a 17 year old student from CEC. Out of the 37 students, 17 were prepared for their interview with a personal portfolio. A special thanks to Rotarians Jim Gould and Ken MacDonald who were tasked with the job of reviewing all the portfolios and holding the interviews.

The day consisted of many activities for the students to participate in as well as a chance to each group to produce a 5 minute video on the challenges and advice they would provide to students entering high school.

This year we provided the students with a binder that they could use as a personal portfolio in the future.

Skiers to Report on Club Supported Project at Ski Wentworth

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 25, 2017

It started as a casual conversation in the Ski Instructors locker room at Ski Wentworth during the winter of 2014 with the observation that there was a need for improved adaptive ski equipment for disabled skiers. This evolved into a Rotary District Grant application that was submitted and approved in 2015-16. A funding partnership between Alpine Nova Scotia, The Rotary Club of Truro and Rotary District 7820 resulted in the purchase the first new Sit Ski at Wentworth in some time. It arrived in March 2016 just as the season was ending.

Now that there has been a full year to use the machine, Ed McQuillan, Chairman NS Chapter of the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing and Ski instructor Hiro Ozawa will come to tell the club about the impact this sort of equipment has in the lives of disabled skiers. Ed and Hiro will be speakers at the Rotary Club of Truro's May 1st noon meeting at the Best Western Glengarry.

Injured in a ski accident that left him in a wheelchair, Ed has a first hand perspective on sports for the disabled. He is Chairman of the NS Chapter of the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing.

A professional ski and snowboard instructor at ski Wentworth since 2000, Hiro is a CADS (Canadian adaptive snow sports) ski level 3 course conductor, snowboard level 3 course conductor and someone who teaches instructors in the use of such equipment.

Come join us to hear from Ed and Hiro on May 1st.

Truro Rotarian Continues work in Ethiopia

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 11, 2017

Lydia Sorflaten and her husband Allan continue their work in Ethiopia helping local people with entrepreneurial skills and business development.

Her blog describes very well the people she is meeting and the hard work that is going into helping in the distant land. Follow along at http://sorflatentravels.blogspot.ca/.

March Rotary After Hours

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 20, 2017

The popular Rotary After Hours sessions are starting up again. Join other club members for a once a month informal hour of conversation and sharing. There is food and drink as well if desired!

Sessions will be the last Thursday of the month, 5 -6 pm ,Sherlock's Piano Bar @ the Best Western Glengarry. The March one is on the 30th. Bring a friend and introduce them to the fun side of Rotary

http://portal.clubrunner.ca/1276/Event/rotary-after-hours

Clubrunner Mobile App Gets Updated

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 14, 2017

f you haven't checked out the Mobile version of the Clubrunner app recently, you should. There have been significant improvements in the latest version and it is a now a useful tool for Rotary members to have ready access to our Club Information.

Available for both Google and IOS, (Sorry Blackberry users) just search in the appropriate App store for the Clubrunner App. Once Installed, you will need to log in with your username and password.

There are several features in addition to the Member Directory that you will find useful.

Truro Rotarian on Guatemala Outreach Project

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 14, 2017

Truro Rotarian Mike Topley joined the 2017 Guatemala Outreach Team building safe cooking stoves. Indoor cooking with open fires leads to serious health issues for the people of rural Guatemala and the design and installation of safe stoves has been the thrust of a local group for several years. Rotary is a supporter of this worthwhile effort. Check out https://www.facebook.com/GuatemalaOutreach/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

Major Awards for 91st Annual Charter Night

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 13, 2017

There will be three major awards presented at the 91st annual Charter Night.

Community Service Award	Rotarian of the Year	Avenues of Service Citation

Roger Ryan	Adam Wyllie	Wayne Gillis

The following people are also presented with Paul Harris Recognition: Rod Jones +4, Dave Mills PH +2, Jim Gould PH +1, Adam Wyllie +1

Rotary Sleigh Ride Social

Posted on Feb 07, 2017

Story and pictures on the club's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofTruro/

New Member Inducted

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 07, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to inducted Sarah Boss in the club as its newest member.

A graduate of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in Agricultural Economics, Sarah is the Commercial Account Manager for RBC in Truro. Previous to that she was RBC Branch Manager in her home town of Amherst.

Sarah and her husband Curtis live in Murray Siding with their two children.

Club Looks for Applications for Adventure in Citizenship

Posted by Barbara Goit on Jan 30, 2017

The Rotary Club of Truro is looking for young people in Colchester County to take part in the Adventure in Citizen Program.

The Adventure in Citizenship program brings together a select group of 200 students from across Canada to learn about Canadian democratic institutions through meetings with political leaders, senior officials and each other. The Rotary Club of Truro will participate in the program again this year and encourages 16 -18 year old high school students in Colchester County to apply. The Club will pay for the selected candidate to fly to Ottawa and attend the program.

Our application process calls for a short essay (approx. 250 words) or a 30-90 second creative video on “What does being a Canadian citizen mean to you?“

The deadline for application to the Rotary Club of Truro is March 20th. Send completed essays or videos to trurorotary@gmail.com by midnight March 20, 2017.

Share the post on the clubs Facebook page and refer as many young people that you know (or there parents) to the program.

Check out the details on the Adventure in Citizenship program at http://rotaryottawa.com/page/welcome-to-the-rotary-adventure-in-citizenship-program/

Registration for District Conference Open

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 30, 2017

The District Conference website (http://7820conference.com) is now open and early registration is encouraged. There looks to be a great program in the Annapolis Valley.

New Member Inducted

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 30, 2017

The Club was pleased to induct Adrian Nauss as a member of the Rotary Club of Truro.

Adrian is manager of the local branch of RBC. He comes to Truro with considerable Rotary experience as he was previously a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor where he had reached the position of Club vice president before coming to Truro.

Welcome Adrian.

91st Annual Charter Night

Posted by Kevin Quinlan on Jan 19, 2017

Note: This event has been postponed to Feb 23rd due to the bad weather forecast for Feb 16th.

Join us for the 91st Annual Rotary Club of Truro Charter Night

6:30 pm on February 16, 2017 at the Best Western Glengarry.

The guest speaker will be Rick Janega, President and CEO Emera, Newfoundland and Labrador responsible for the The Maritime Link.

There will be several awards that evening including:

Community Service - Roger Ryan
Rotarian of the Year - Adam Wylie
Avenues of Service - Wayne Gillis
Paul Harris Fellowships presented to Dave Mills, Adam Wyllie and Jim Gould

Tickets ($46.00 which includes $6.00 HST) are available from Kevin Quinlan - (kevin.quinlan@nscc.ca) - book your tickets early.

For more details or to register on line go to the event page by clicking this link.

2017-18 Club Executive Confirmed

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 19, 2016

The 2017-18 Executive for the Rotary Club of Truro was confirmed at the club's Annual General Meeting held December 19, 2016. Alana Hirtle will become President and Ryan Beazley will move up to Vice President. Mike Dolter will join the team as Secretary for the year.

The Rotary Club of Truro is fortunate to have members come forward to assume the important leadership roles for the Club.

Congratulations to all.

Toast to Rotary Club of Brisbane Airport

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 19, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro recorded a return toast to the Rotary Club of Brisbane Airport. The Brisbane Airport Club sent notice of their toast on December 6th and the Truro Club reciprocated with a recorded toast on video.

The practice of toasting clubs is a great way to build friendships and acknowledge the worldwide nature of Rotary International.

Click to play the toast.

https://youtu.be/znz9tdwuAcw

Christmas Brunch Great Success

Posted on Dec 19, 2016

The 2016 Rotary Club of Truro Annual Christmas Brunch was a great success again this year. There was a special visit from Santa and all the good little girls and boys were very excited to see Ho Ho.

Seasons' greeting to everyone.

https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofTruro/videos/10154371524738757/

2016 Club Christmas Video Greeting

Posted on Dec 07, 2016

Click to watch video Christmas Greeting

Truro Rotarian Al Bégin Gets his Robes

Posted on Nov 28, 2016

Truro Rotarian Alain Bégin has been sworn in as provincial Court Judge.

While he has been posted to the Sydney area and has resigned from the Rotary Club of Truro, we are all proud of Al's accomplishments as a Rotarian.

Several Rotarians were in attendance for the swearing in ceremony. You can read about Al's appoinetment at http://www.trurodaily.com/news/local/2016/11/25/alain-begin-sworn-in-as-provincial-court-judge-.html

Congratulations and good luck Al.

Truro Rotarian wins Photography Award

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 22, 2016

Congratulations to Truro Rotarian Kirk Saint who was named 2016 Portrait Photographer of the year by Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) Atlantic. You can see Kirk's photos by clicking here.

Is it any wonder the club's photos look so great! Congratulations Kirk.

Chris MacDougall Presentation on Charlie's Ride.

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 21, 2016

Link to Facebook Video

Chris MacDougall made an excellent presentation at the November 21st Rotary Club meeting about his cross country bike trip across Canada in support of cancer research. This video is a summary of that presentation.

Make a donation to Charlie's ride at https://dmrf.ca/about/our-stories/charlies-ride-for-cancer-research/

Arthritis Society - Camp JoinTogether

Posted by Christine Blair on Nov 15, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro made a contribution to the Arthritis Society for Camp JoinTogether. The following is their report on the camp.

Camp JoinTogether 2016 was amazing! Because of the support The Society received, we were able to accept 80 children and from all reports this camp was the BEST EVER!

Following is the link to Camp JoinTogether 2016 video. Please cut and paste the url to view. The song playing is the new Camp JoinTogether camp song, Fun Forever (at Camp JoinTogether) created by a Dad and his music students at NSCC.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1msgLyUTmVzT1Q5MV82anNzOE0/view?usp=sharing

Thank you again for your support – you have truly made a difference in the lives of children living with arthritis

With Kindest Regards,

Joni

Jone E. Mitchell, CFRE

Director of Development, Atlantic Region The Arthritis Society

210-3770 Kempt Road, Halifax, NS B3K 4X8

TEL 902.429.7025 ext. 8232

CELL 902.223.8269

www.arthritis.ca

Christmas Index Kicks Into Gear

Posted by Mark Mason on Nov 14, 2016

The Christmas Index of Colchester County has begun operations for the year. A project of the Rotary Club of Truro, the Colchester Christmas Index is a cooperative effort of groups and individuals in Colchester County dedicated to providing assistance for those in need at Christmas time. The ultimate goal is to have each family that requires assistance matched to a group, family or individual.

You can help! Go to http://cobequidchildrenfirst.com/ and download the forms to support a family.

Rotarians (and others) can also help by volunteering at the Index Centre in the Truro Centre Mall Esplanade. Contact volunteer coordinator Chester MacPhee. 902 673-2850

100 Years of the Rotary Foundation - Doing Good in the World

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 07, 2016

https://youtu.be/GKFMNg354oQ

Theme Banner Presented

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 01, 2016

The Rotary 2016-17 Theme Banner, Rotary Serving Humanity, was presented to President Ted Jordan by DG Elva Heyge at the Oct 31, 2016 meeting of the club.

A recording of DG Elva's presentation to the club can be found on the Club's Facebook page.

Community Service Award Nominations

Posted by Rod Jones on Oct 18, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro Recognitions Committee is seeking nominations for the Community Service Award. This award is presented to a deserving citizen, who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work or financial support to organizations and / or families in need in our community. Full details of the award including past recipients can be found on the Club Website

The deadline for submissions of nominations is November 30, 2016. The award will be presented at the 91st Club Charter Night on February 16th 2017.

Send submissions to Rod Jones, Chair Recognition Committee

Colchester Highland Games

Posted on Oct 17, 2016

Lindy Finnie (Linda@colchesterhighlandgames.com) of the Scots Society of Colchester and Event coordinator for the Colchester Highland Games made a presentation to the Rotary Club about the games coming to Bible Hill, September 9th, 2017.

Check out the group's website. (http://www.colchesterhighlandgames.com) They are looking for volunteers for many activities and you have a chance to be part of this historic and fun event.

Club Member Photos

Posted on Oct 03, 2016

One last chance!

Kirk will be taking Rotarian head and shoulder photos at the October 17th club meeting. These photos will be used for the Community Yearbook.

If you have not had your picture taken or want to change the one you have, please make sure to come to the meeting on the 17th.

Thank yous

Posted by Ryan Beazley on Sep 26, 2016

The following are thank you cards and notes received for the support the club has given the Provincial Exhibition and Big Brothers -Big Sisters.

Bollywood Success

Posted by Jim Gould on Sep 12, 2016

Just a quick update from our Bollywood Diner and Dance.

The event went well with everyone seeming to enjoy themselves. The balloon sales were a big success with $2,020. raised. With Ted Jordan involved in the sale it is expected that BNS will provide $1,000 in matching funds.

Many thanks to all members who bought tickets, tables and or worked at the event. Alana did another great job at organizing the table assignments, working the door and collecting the silent auction money. Thank you. Judy and Marilyn did a great job working the door. Many thanks to Audrie- Jo, Les, Ryan, Ted and Diane Standing for selling balloons.

Many, many thanks to these volunteers. We presented CCWF and Third Place Transition House with cheques for $3,000 each. After doing the rough financials it appears we may have netted +/- $7,500. and should be advancing another $750. to each group when all numbers are finalized.

Thanks to everyone for a successful event.

Jim Gould

Bollywood Event Chair

Pie Eating Contest Great Time to Promote Rotary

Posted on Aug 22, 2016

Two Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Truro participated in the Blueberry pie eating contest held at the annual Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival.

First time entrant Alana Hirtle gave it her best and looked spiffy in her Rotary T-shirt, but she has a ways to go to beat veteran pie eater Rotarian Keith Gillis. This is Keith's 3rd win in this particular event.

Great effort Alana. You should get extra points for promoting Rotary. You'll get him next year.

Polio Swim Challenge

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Aug 09, 2016

The Polio Swim Challenge continues in support of Rotary International's Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Shortts Lake Sunday morning August 7th seven swimmers accompanied by a kayak and two boats made their way across the lake. Pledges are coming in. One team has $800 in pledges! Other people are finding unique ways to support the Polio Challenge. Pictured here, ready for the swim, are Laurie Sandeson, Ted Jordan, Lydia Sorflaten, Les Mosher, Chester MacPhee and Richard Bowness. We were joined by Jacqueline MacPhee, Trish Toole and Louisa Sorflaten to swim across the lake.

Rotary Polio Jersey Challenge

Posted on Aug 09, 2016

Luke MacDonald is a Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Halifax Harbourside. He donates $5.00 to Rotary Foundation's End Polio Now campaign each time he wears his Rotary cycling jersey on a ride and he has challenged other Rotarians to do the same.

PDG Jim Goit wears his jersey on almost all his rides and has picked up the challenge by doing the same and making a donation to the Rotary Foundation. At the Rotary Club of Truro's Monday he announced that he has completed 32 rides and there are two and a half months of biking season left!

The Jerseys also help promote Rotary in the community. This is a photo of PDG Jim with Rotarian Ron Zwaagstra on a recent ride around the Aspotogan loop.

Others can help with the cause by making their own donation to the End Polio Now Campaign.

Club's Speaker for July 25th Livestreamed on Facebook

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 25, 2016

The speaker for the July 25th meeting of the Rotary Club of Truro was Jo Ann Fewer, CEO of Perennia, an agriculture, food and bio-resource company headquartered in Truro.

As an experiment, her presentation was "livestreamed" on Facebook. This is a relatively new facility of Facebook and the first time that it has been tried by the club. It was meant to be posted directly to the Club's facebook page but instead went to PDG Jim's personal FB Page and was subsequently shared with the club site.

Despite that, it was watched live by 5 people, including 2 Rotarians.. Saved to the Club Facebook page, it can be viewed at any time by going to the club site at https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofTruro/. Be sure to "like" the club page and be sure to get notification of future posts. You can also find the video directly on https://www.facebook.com/jim.goit/videos/10154132272176348/

There are obviously things that can be improved (lighting makes a difference) but as a learning experience, it was enough to show the potential for the technology.

Annual Summer Social Fun

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 25, 2016

The

Rotary Club of Truro held their annual summer social July 16th at the home of Ed MacDonald on Shortt's lake. The 30 or so members and friends in attendance seemed to have had a good time if the pictures posted are to be believed. Check them all out at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153955557618757.1073741841.62552913756&type=1&l=50f127468f,

These are Ed MacDonald photos, so that's why he does not appear in any one them!

3rd Annual Bollywood Night Coming

Posted by Jim Gould on Jul 21, 2016

The third annual Bollywood night has been announced for September 10th, 2016 at the Holiday Inn Truro starting at 5:30pm. Tickets are $50 ($500 for a table of 10) and are available from Rotarian Jim Gould (jimngould60@gmail.com or 902-895-9654) . The event is again being organized jointly by Om and Meena Khanna (and friends) and the Rotary Club of Truro and will feature East Indian food follow by East Indian /Western entertainment and then a dance with DJ Harv.

Get your tickets soon as they go quickly. More details are available at http://rotarycluboftruro.ca/event/bollywood-night/

Swim for Polio Annunced.

Posted on Jul 21, 2016

The 2016 edition of the Swim for Polio fundraising event has been announced by the Rotary Club of Truro. It will take place on August 7th at 10:00 am and swimmer will cross Shortt's lake. Please swim or sponsor one of the Rotarian swimmers.

For details on the event, check out http://rotarycluboftruro.ca/event/swim-for-polio/

The Gavel is Passed

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 27, 2016

Outgoing President Dr. Kevin Quinlan is presented with the Rotary Gavel by Incoming President Ted Jordan as a think you for his term as Club President for 2015-16.

New Board of Directors Installed

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 27, 2016

The new Executive and Board of the Rotary Club of Truro was installed today at the Semi Annual Meeting of the Club. Ted Jordan was confirmed as President, Alana Hirtle as Vice President and Ryan Beazley as Secretary.

The new board was challenged by incoming President Ted to Not be Afraid to Fail but rather Be Afraid to Not Have Tried. Congratulations to all.

Club is Recognized by Province

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 27, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro received special recognition from the Government of Nova Scotia through local MLA Lenore Zann for its project to improve schools in the Cameroon. Project author Lydia Sorflaten accepted the award from President Elect Ted Jordan. Congratulations to all.

Rotary Club Cheers for Charity

Posted by Ken MacLean on Jun 21, 2016

The Truro Raceway has invited the Truro Rotary Club to take part in Cheering for Charity 2016. The club will be the Charity participant for the month of July.

The way the program works is as follows: Seven drivers from the Truro Raceway are paired with sponsor. Each time a driver wins a race at Truro Raceway from June to November, their sponsor donates $25 to the recipient non-profit. Each month, they have a different non-profit organization that will be receiving the donation. Check out the Facebook page on the program.

Slideshow of Mme. Oussematou's Visit is now Made Available

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Jun 17, 2016

Pictures of the highlights of Mme. Oussematou's visit to Nova Scotia has been turned into a couple of slideshows for people to review.

The first is shows Mme. Oussematou Rotary Conference and then making a presentation at the Old Barns United Church.

http://www.slideshare.net/LydiaSorflaten/nova-scotia-visit-may-2016-church-conference-rotary-house

This show has pictures of visits to Africville, Maggie's Place, Ecole Acadienne and The Coady Institute and more.

http://www.slideshare.net/LydiaSorflaten/africville-zion-maggies-victoria-shortts-lake?utm_source=slideshow&utm_medium=ssemail&utm_campaign=post_upload_view_cta

It was great opportunity for both Mme. Oussematou and members of the Rotary Club of Truro.

Clubs Clean up

Posted by Mike Topley on May 29, 2016

Thanks to 10 Rotarians plus 10 more friends, family, and Interact Club members from CEC for volunteering their Saturday morning to cleaning up the Robie Street / 102 Interchange and traffic circle. The ditches were slippery and wet but no-one complained as 43 bags of plastic, fast-food wrappers, cups, styrofoam and various other debris were collected.

We're good for another year.

Rotary Matches Interact Club Fundraising

Posted by Laurie Sandeson on May 25, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro offered to match the fundraising efforts of the local interact Club. In the picture Club lesion Laurie Sandeson presents a $500 cheque to the CEC Interact Club. Great Work!

Club Makes Major Donation to IWK

Posted on May 17, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro welcomed representatives of the IWK who wanted to thank the club in person for a $50,000 donation for the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. This donation, part of the Bethel Trust proceeds, will help the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to be among the best in the world. In the picture above Club President, Kevin Quinlan presents the cheque to Keely Wallace - IWK Foundation Philanthropy Team

Tom Savary Inducted as Member of Club

Posted by Jim Goit on May 17, 2016

Tom Savary is the newest member of the Rotary Club of Truro. Inducted on May 16th at the club's regular meeting Tom was sponsored by Rotarian Jim Gould (Left). DG Jim Goit helped with the induction ceremony.

Tom moved back to Nova Scotia six years ago to make Truro his home. He has worked for CIBC for 21 years in various roles in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, returning to Truro, as Manager of Commercial Banking and Agriculture. He and is partner Alison have bought a farm house to renovate in Beaver Brook which he says has been both fun and frustrating at times.

Tom has two grown children, Rachel, who is studying for her doctorate of Animal Science at the University of Saskatchewan, and son Nathan, who is working in Moncton. Alison has three children, Daniel who is travelling the world, Claire, attending CEC in Truro, and Samuel who attends CCJH. Samuel is a Gymnast with the Truro Spartans. Welcome Tom and Alison!

Successful District Conference

Posted by Jim Goit on May 16, 2016

An incredibly successful District Conference was held on the weekend of May 12-15. Approximately 258 Rotarians and friends from all over the District were in attendance and feedback has been that the conference was second to none. The program was informative and inspirational and the entertainment was "OFF THE HOOK". A summary of the evaluation survey is found on the District Website. Read the comments at the end.

Congratulations to the host team and especially to Co-chairs Laurie Sandeson and Brian Matthews who received the District Governor's Citation from DG Jim for Outstanding Service to the District.

New Member Inducted

Posted by Jim Goit on May 10, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct a new member at it's regular meeting on May 8th . Jean Morris is a speaker, trainer and coach at The John Maxwell Team and an Occupational Health Nurse at Colchester East Hants Health Authority. Rotarian Lech Krywonos is Jean's sponsor.

Jean registered for the District Conference even before she was inducted!

Welcome Jean.

Donation to Food Bank Made

Posted on May 10, 2016

Food bank representative Mary DeAdder accepted a donation totalling $15,000 from the Rotary Club of Truro. Making the presentation was Rotarian Ken Maclean.

The donation will be used for gift cards for food from Superstore and Sobeys.

Club Donates to Third Place Transition House

Posted on May 10, 2016

The Rotary Club or Truro used a portion of the Bethel Trust money to make a donation of $10,000 to Third Place Transition house. Pictured accepting the cheque from Rotarian Sharon Corcoran (right) on behalf of the organization is Sandra Falle.

Rotary Club dispenses $300,000 from trust to organizations

Posted on May 09, 2016

Published in Truro Daily News on May 08, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro heard from three recipients of the Harold Bethel Trust during the club’s meeting last Monday. The club has given out roughly $300,000 with the trust. From left, club president Kevin Quinlan, John MacDonald and Hank van Leeuwen of Easter Seals (umbrella organization to Camp Tidnish), Mindy LeBlanc with Community Health Boards of Colchester and East Hants (representing Early Years program), Trish MacKinnon of the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board (representing Early Years program), Shane Crawford and Wendy Sampson of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Rotary District Governor Jim Goit, and Adam Wyllie, a Harold Bethel Trust committee member.

Contribution to St. Vincent de Paul

Posted by Jim Goit on May 03, 2016

The club made a $2,000 donation from the Bethel Estate funds to the St. Vincent de Paul for their community assistance program. DG Jim Goit presented the cheque on behalf of the Club to Brenda Chisholm.

Donation to Nova Scotia Health Authority Early Years Project.

Posted on May 02, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro made a $9,000 contribution towards the Nova Scotia Health Authority Early Years Project. This is an early intervention program at two schools in the NOVA family of schools.

President Kevin Quinlan made the presentation to Trish MacKinnon and Mindy LeBlanc who thanked the club and stressed how important the Early Years program is for families in our area.

Club Makes Donation for Improvements to Camp TIdnish

Posted by Jim Goit on May 02, 2016

As part of the distribution of the Bethel Trust, the Rotary Club of Truro made a donation of $25,000 to go towards capital improvements to Camp Tidnish.

Rotarian Martina Munden made the presentation. Accepting the cheque on behalf of Easter Seals were

Henk Van Leeuwen and John MacDonald.

Mr. Van Leeuwen thanked the club for the long term support of the camp by contributing to several capital improvements over time as well as for the ongoing sponsorship of a large number of campers each year.

Club Provides Support to Arthritis Society

Posted on Apr 25, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Arthritis Society - Nova Scotia Division in support of their Camp JoinTogether program.

Camp JoinTogether is offered to Maritime children and youth living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Campers at JoinTogether can share a common experience with peers and engage in camp activities. The donation from the Rotary Club of Truro will allow ten young people to go to camp.

Pictured accepting the cheque are campers MacKenzie and Jenna. Behind them are (L-R) Rotarian Christine Blair, ‎Jone Mitchell, Director of Development, Maritime Region at The Arthritis Society and District Governor Jim Goit.

Check out this video on Camp JoinTogether
http://arthritis.ca/news-and-media/media-centre/public-service-announcements/childhood-arthritis/jenna-and-emily-the-power-of-friendship

Colchester East Hants Hospice Society Benefits from Rotary Donation

The Rotary Club of Truro presented the Colchester East Hants Hospice Society with $15,000.00 worth of Atlantic Superstore gift cards for their Food From the Heart Program.

In the picture, Rotarian Rod Jones presents the cards to Hospice Executive Director Craig Johnson

Supported provided to Scotia Pool

Posted on Apr 24, 2016

The Rotary Club recently made an $8,500 contribution to the Scotia Pool Society that went toward the purchase of a chair lift to help disabled people in and out of the pool.

Presenting the cheque to the Society Chairperson Glenda Bowers are Rotarians Christine Blair and Adam Wylie.

Club Provides Support to Maggie's Place

Posted on Apr 18, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro presented $7,000 to support programming at Maggie's Place Family Resource Centre.

Kathie Sutherland from Maggie's Place spoke to the club about the various programs that the Centre operates and how important it is to our community. She then accepted the cheque from Rotarian Alana Hirtle.

Rotary Events Sparks Interest in Joining

Posted by Mark Mason on Apr 07, 2016

Shanthanu Krishnakumar came to Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in the fall of 2014 in the Horticultural Technology degree program. He left the familiarity of his home town of Coimbatore in Southern India to complete his degree at Dalhousie University (Dal AC) in Truro, Nova Scotia.

While at Dal AC, he not only survived all the changes and cultural adjustments, he excelled and grew. He quickly became a leader for the international students and the campus.

His desire to help and appetite for new experiences lead him to seek assistance from the Rotary Club of Truro to attend the RYLA on the Rock conference in the summer of 2015. In his presentation to the Rotary Club of Truro in September 2015 Shanthanu spoke of the great experiences in St. John’s Newfoundland which included, “kissing the cod”! Most importantly Shanthanu promised to get involved in the Rotaract Club in Guelph during his Masters studies.

True to his word Shanthanu has joined the Rotaract Club in Guelph and it is only a matter of time before he makes a positive impact on his new community. The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to have been able to support Shanthanu in his introduction to Rotary.

Club Makes Contribution to JDRF

Posted on Apr 06, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro made a donation of $10,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Nova Scotia. JDRF Nova Scotia. It's a great cause that affect more people than you'd imagine.

The contribution was one of the first ones made from the Bethel Estate that had recently come to the Club.

Club Completes District Grant with Delivery of SitSki to Wentworth.

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 22, 2016

The Rotary Club of Truro helped the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing (CADS) – NS purchase a new SitSki for use by disabled skiers at Ski Wentworth. CADS –NS has been teaching skiing to disabled people for many years at Ski Wentworth. Disabled people can ski using CADS equipment available at the ski hill. The cost to own the adaptive equipment is prohibitive to most disabled skiers and as the demand for CADS lessons is growing every season, the program needed to have one more adult SitSki to meet that demand.

The Rotary Club of Truro authored a successful District grant project and matched the $1,500 that the District provided for a total contribution of $3,000. The CADS-NS group paid the balance of the $5500 project cost.

Another New Member Inducted

Posted on Mar 22, 2016

Another new member was inducted into the Rotary Club of Truro at their club meeting on March 21st.

David Eisener is a Commercial Account Manager at the Truro branch of Scotiabank. He has been with Scotiabank since 2008 in increasingly responsible roles. He has a BComm and an MBA- CMA from St. Mary's University.

David's club sponsor is Dave Mills. District Governor Jim helped with the induction.

Welcome David.

New Member Inducted

Posted on Mar 14, 2016

Exciting news! During this week's regular meeting The Rotary Club of Truro welcomed Ken Banks to the club.

Pastor Ken of Connection Church Truro was sponsored by Rotarian Todd Barnhill and has been at Truro Wesleyan since July of 2006. In addition to working with the Compassionate Ministry in Truro, Ken is also involved with humanitarian work in Nicaragua and serves on the ethics board at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre.

Congratulations Ken and we look forward to working with you!

In the picture are left to right, Pastor Ken Banks, DG Jim Goit, Sponsor Todd Barnhill

The Avenues of Service Award goes to Dave Mills

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 17, 2016

The Rotary International Avenues of Service Citation recognizes that the strength of the Rotary movement is founded on the service carried out by individual club members. This citation provides a means for Rotary clubs to recognize club members for his/her outstanding efforts in the Five Avenues of Service.

Rotarian Dave Mills is the choice of the Rotary Club of Truro to receive this prestigious award in 2015-16.

A member of the Rotary Club of Truro since 2000,Dave has been active in all Avenues of Rotary Service but is best known for his strong Community Service focus. A member of the board of directors 10 of the past 16 years, Dave has lead many visible community initiatives such as the Yearbook fundraiser. At the same time he has managed the less visible programs such as providing directly for the needs of individuals, families and groups in the community. Read the full citation on the Club Website on the Recognition page.

Mark Mason named Truro Rotarian of the Year

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 17, 2016

Each year the Rotary Club of Truro names a Club member Rotarian of the Year. The award is presented to a deserving and active member of the Rotary Club of Truro who has provided outstanding service to the Club and to Rotary during the last year.

This year's winner is Rotarian Mark Mason.

Mark was recognized for his work with the International and Youth service areas but in particular for his leadership this past fall in incorporating the Christmas Index into to Program of the Rotary Club of Truro.

Read the full citation on the Club website on the Recognition page.

Congratulations Mark

Stu Rath Winner of 2016 Community Service Award

Posted on Feb 16, 2016

Stuart (Stu) Rath is the recipient of the 2016 Rotary Club of Truro Community Service Award.

The award is presented annually to a deserving citizen, who has provided outstanding service though volunteer work or financial support to organizations and / or families in need in our community.

Considered to be one of the most successful business people and community supporters in Colchester County, Stu is also quietly service the community he lives in.

Read the full citation. Congratulations.

90th Charter Night Event

Posted by Jim Gould on Jan 16, 2016

90 years of anything is worth celebrating! The Rotary Club of Truro's 90th Annual Charter Night Celebration is fast approaching. Julia Phelps, Rotary International Director for Zone 24, will be on hand to help us celebrate and will be our speaker. Her presentation is entitled "90 Years of Giving Gifts to the World." Register and pay on-line, Bring a guest to this important milestone. See more at: http://rotarycluboftruro.ca/event/98d1e750-bcf9-4e5e-914b-7114b11d6e37/#sthash.TiYVtsYP.dpuf

Colchester Christmas Index

Posted by Mark Mason on Dec 24, 2015

Christmas is not always the best time of year for many people, but in Colchester County the Christmas Index Program works hard to make the holiday special. This year the Rotary Club of Truro took leadership of foundation that provides support to over 800 families. The program starts in October with promotions and continues up to Christmas Day.

New Rotarian Inducted

Posted on Dec 08, 2015

The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to induct Derrick Higgins as a member of the Club.

Derrick grew up in Truro and lived here until he was 19 when he moved away for 2 years to the Valley to live with his father. He moved back to Truro to be closer to his wife to be. He has now been married for 6 years and he and his wife Jamie have a 9 year old daughter and a 5 year old son.

Derrick coaches his son’s softball team and is active in his church. He is looking forward to being more active in his community through Rotary.

Derrick is a Financial Advisor for Sun Life. DG Jim Goit is his Club Sponsor.

Welcome to Rotary and the Rotary Club of Truro.

Club Christmas Greeting 2015

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 02, 2015

https://youtu.be/3IDGS7ufT9w

Thanks from Haiti

Posted by Ian MacHattie on Oct 28, 2015

Thank you Truro Rotary Club:

In 2007, our family went on a trip to build a school in Dominican Republic at one of the NPH homes there.

... When I was there in 2013 I saw a beautiful clinic that was totally bare of equipment or electricity. We were about to build a new hospital in Truro, so that’s when the idea hit me...I know who needs the old equipment from Truro. Yet, back home, that simple idea took two years to convince the government to release their excess. Thankfully, our MLA’s did their job and we were given 90 days to get the stuff out. Volunteers came from nowhere and the Rotary Club leaped in faith to help get our equipment to the Sister Margaret Clinic in Fond des Blancs, Haiti.

Truro Rotarians Complete Rotary Leadership Training

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 24, 2015

A Rotary Leadership Institute - Atlantic Division (RLI) session was held in Truro on Saturday Oct 24. Four members of the Rotary Club of Truro attended. Matt Redmond took Part 1 while Larry Beazley, Barbara Goit and Kevin Quinlan took Part 3 and received their RLI completion pins. Congratulations.

Bollywood Night Great Success

Posted by Jim Gould on Sep 20, 2015

The second Bollywood night held on September 19th at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center Truro was a great success. Om & Meena Khanna and friends worked with members of the Rotary Club of Truro to make sure that the event was fun for everyone.

There was great food, exhibitions of traditional East Indian and Scottish dancing as well as instruction on modern Indian dancing.

Presentations of $2000 were made to Third Place Transition House and The Colchester Community Workshops to support their work.

It was a great time for everyone. Click the title for more pictures!

Club Supports Students to Attend RYLA on the Rock

Posted by Audrie-Jo McConkey on Sep 13, 2015

Two undergraduate students from Dal AC, Shanthanu Krishna Kumar and Emily Walsh attended a Leadership Conference in St. John’s Nfld. Attendance for the conference, ‘RYLA on the Rocks’ , was fully sponsored by the Rotary Club of Truro. “RYLA, the first of its kind for youth and young professionals in Atlantic Canada was a resounding success.

The enthusiasm level at the conference was at its peak with lots of inspirational talks and team building activities. The talks were given by high profile panelists with significant insight into their life and success. All along, the Rotary motto of ' Service above self' was evident in every activity.

The conference was a perfect opportunity to meet like-minded people, learn from the experienced and have fun as well. In short...' It was the best weekend of the summer with a perfect combination of learning, fun and unforgettable memories.' -Shanthanu Kumar”. Shanthanu and Emily will be presenting their experiences to the Rotary Club of Truro.

Rotary Club Receives Eleanor Norrie Award

Posted by Jim Gould on Jun 23, 2015

At their AGM on June 23^rd, 2015 the CCWF presented the Rotary Club of Truro with the Eleanor Norrie Award.

The annual Eleanor Norrie Award is presented to recognize extraordinary contributions for the betterment of the lives of the individuals of the Colchester Community Workshop. Jim Gould, President, accepted the award on behalf of the Club from Chairperson Nancy Messom. Barb Goit and Kevin Quinlan (in-coming President) attended from the Club along with KirK Saint, who is also a CCWF board member.

Jim advised the Board of the Club’s decision to extend the sponsorship of the Rotary House Golf Tournament for 3 additional years to 2018. This was well received by the Board.

Outgoing President's 2014-15 Final Report

Posted by Jim Gould on Jun 22, 2015

The time has come for my final outgoing remarks. It has been a fun, active and certainly a rewarding year. In preparation, and because my memory is not what it use to be, I read the bulletins for the year to remind me of all of the highlights. They were many and they brought back fond memories of all the good work we have achieved. We have made a difference in the lives of many people this year by putting “Service above Self” in everything we do. Thank you to all members for your contribution this year.

Click the title for the full report.

Club 2015-16 Directors Elected at Semi Annual Meeting

Posted by Jim Goit on Jun 22, 2015

The following Rotarians were elected by the membership as directors for 2015-16.

President	Kevin Quinlan (elected Dec. 8, 2014)
Vice President	Ted Jordan
Secretary	Stephen Gallant (elected Dec. 8, 2014)
Treasurer	Les Mosher
Immediate Past President	Jim Gould
Directors	Larry Beazley
	Ryan Beazley
	Joanna Christianson
	Alana Hirtle
	Rod Jones
	Andrew MacDonald
	Ken MacLean
	Dave Mills

Congratulations to all.

Rotary Youth Leadership Award Session Sucessful

Posted by Steve Gallant on May 25, 2015

The 2015 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) session held in Truro on May 14th. The day-long workshop was attended by 25 very engaged local highschool students.

Session leader Rotarian Stephen Gallant was assisted by Mark Mason, Rod Jones, Matt Redmond, Ed MacDonald and Marilyn Brown. The students brought their portfolios that were judged and each was interviewed by a team of Rotarians. Two Rotary Leadership Awards to be used as bursaries for University for further education were given out at the end of the day as a result

Congratulations to all.

Mike Dolter newest Member of Rotary Club of Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on May 25, 2015

Mike Dolter, CAO for the Town of Truro was officially inducted into the Rotary Club at the club's May 25th meeting.

Mike comes to Truro after a 10 year stint with the Rotary Club of Corner Brook. His sponsor is Truro Rotarian Ken Maclean (left in the picture). President Jim Gould (right) welcomed Mike to the Club.

Welcome to Truro Mike.

District Conference 2016 Video and Conference Website Launched.

Posted by Jim Goit on May 10, 2015

The 2016 District Conference will be held in Truro, May 12-15. To announce that event a new banner ad, promotional video have been created. A conference website has been launched as well on the District website. Details of the event will be posted as they are finalized.

Check out that website at http://rotary7820.com/Page/district-conference. In the meantime watch and share our video. https://youtu.be/5R8eXx2EvCI

District Governor Banner Turn Over

Posted by Kevin Quinlan on May 03, 2015

The host club of the District Governor is presented with a special banner to display during the year their member is in that role. The turnover ceremony was held at the time of the annual District Conference in Halifax.

Shown in the picture are (L to R) Jim Goit, District Governor Elect, accepting the banner is Vice President of Truro, Kevin Quinlan, Rotary Club of Halifax Harbourside President, Donna Clark and District Governor, Stella Roy.

Club Shelter Box Hero at District Conference.

Posted by Jim Gould on May 03, 2015

Rotary Club of Truro was presented with the ShelterBox Heros award for the donation of $5000 in 2013-14. Our Club was one of 5 clubs in the District that were recognized by ShelterBox. Vice President Kevin Quinlan was on hand to accept the award for the club.

Youth Leadership Conference

Posted by Steve Gallant on May 03, 2015

Youth Leadership Conference

May 14^th 2015

The Purpose: It is to expose students to leadership dynamics and provide networking opportunities with students and professionals from across our region.

Who can attend ? Full time students between the ages of 16 and 18 who possess or want to develop leadership qualities.

What will it cost ? No registration fee is required. Lunch and materials will be provided.

When and where is the conference held?

May 14^th, 2015

NSCC – Salon C (located in the cafeteria)

9am – 2 pm

36 Arthur Street, Truro, N.S.

Be selected to receive a bursary: Eligibility for this bursary requires attendance at the Youth Leadership Conference in Truro, completion of a personal portfolio and a successful interview at the conference. See your guidance counsellor for details.

Lydia Sorflaten given Avenue of Service Award.

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 27, 2015

Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten was presented with the Avenues of Service Award certificate at the Rotary Club of Truro meeting on April 27th. The award is made by Rotary International to Rotarians for outstanding work in all areas of service.

Lydia was out of the country in February for Charter night when it originally would have been presented to her.

District Governor Elect Jim Goit presented the certificate on behalf of Rotary International.

Club Inducts Two New Members

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 27, 2015

The Rotary Club of Truro was pleased to induct two new members into the club at it's regular meeting on April 27th.

Jaime Blaauwendraat is a commercial Account Manager for RBC Royal Bank in Truro. her sponsor is Rotarian Barbara Goit.

Martina Munden is a Partner in the law firm of Patterson Law specializing in Corporate/Commercial Law. Her sponsor is Rotarian Wayne Gillis.

In the picture are left ot right Wayne Gillis, Barbara Goit, Jaime Blaauwendraat, Martina Munden and President Jim Gould. Congratulation to all.

Richard Haines Presented with Rotary Club Youth Leadership Award

Posted by Matt Redmond on Apr 20, 2015

The Rotary Club of Truro's 2014-15 Youth Leadership Award was presented to Richard Haines.

Richard started with Cobequid Special Olympics as a registration volunteer in September 2006 and it was a life changing experience. The enthusiasm and spirit here saw there led him to become snowshoe coach later that winter.

In 2008 he became regional coordinator and has since poured in thousands of hours making sure coaches have what they need to help. Ri

chard spends much time fundraising, organizing events, managing website/facebook and he “won't let the summer go by without a BBQ for all involved in Special Olympics".

Three years ago Richard, with help from NSCC’s Dawn Darcy and Community Support program initiated the Active Start program for young athletes, which is held at the Douglas St. Recreation Center.

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Truro, President Jim Gould presented Richard with a donation to the Cobequid Special Olympics for $1500 to assist with the FUNdamentals program, which will be held at the Cougar Dome for kids aged 6-14.

An “electrifying” Presentation on Wind Energy and Electric Vehicles

Posted by Matt Redmond on Apr 19, 2015

David Stevenson joined the club for an “electrifying” presentation on wind energy and electric vehicles in Nova Scotia.

David is with Cumberland Colchester Wind Field Inc. which owns and manages wind turbines in Tatamagouche (Spiddle Hill) and Nuttby. CCWF also has involvement with several programs in Nova Scotia including Wind to Wheels and Direct to EV, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the province.

“The sun shines everyday somewhere!” David claims, and that thinking has led CCWF to look to renewable energy to help fuel economic growth in Nova Scotia. There is great opportunity in this province to leverage wind, solar and (hopefully) tidal energy. Nova Scotia is one of the only jurisdictions in North America to have to have imposed laws to reduce green house gas emissions. Nova Scotia Power Inc is already on target to meet the 2015 goal of 25% renewable sources and on track to be well past 40% by 2020.

Rotarians Walk in "Coldest Night of the Year" Event

Posted by Mike Topley on Feb 22, 2015

On Saturday evening eight stalwart Rotarians joined some 350 walkers to raise over $60k for the Truro Homeless Outreach Society.Team Rotary's contribution was $1,213. Thanks to all who donated to this worthwhile cause.

Mike

Team Rotary Club of Truro, ready to head out for the 5km walk for the Coldest Night Of The Year event in support of Truro Homeless Outreach Society and Hubhouse. The team was made up of Mike Topley, Maureen Topley, Laurie Sandeson, Larry Beazley, Marilyn Brown, Dave Mills, Jim Gould and Matt Redmond.

Rotary House Celebrates 10th Anniversary March 11, 2015

Posted on Feb 10, 2015

The Colchester Community Workshops will be celebrating it's 10th anniversary in Rotary House by having an open house day on the 11th of March 2015. Tours will be conducted throughout the day and refreshments will be provided.

All are welcome!

Diane Standing
adminfoundation@ns.sympatico.ca
www.ccwfoundation.ca

Club Inducts New Member

Posted by Matt Redmond on Feb 09, 2015

The Rotary Club of Truro is very pleased to welcome Dr. Catherine Graham as our newest member.

Catherine is a veterinary pathologist and works for the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture in Bible Hill. She had been a member of the Rotary Club of Lethbridge Urban Spirits before she and her husband relocated to Truro. This is a young club that was chartered in 2009 and Catherine was chair of that clubs Fundraising and Projects committee.

Catherine was congratulated by her sponsor Jim Goit shortly after being inducted into the club during the regular meeting on February 9th.

Welcome Catherine!

Hospital Equipment Arrives in Haiti

Posted by Audrie-Jo McConkey on Jan 18, 2015

Exciting news! A container of equipment from the former Colchester hospital (along with many other donations) arrived in Fond-des Blancs, Haiti during the Christmas period and the gratitude has been overwhelming!

Truro Rotarians Complete District Grants Training

Posted by Jim Goit on Jan 11, 2015

Truro Rotarians Lydia Sorflaten and Alana Hirtle completed the training necessary enabling the club to apply for District grants for 2015-16. The two hour session organized by the District Foundation Team was held at the Best Western Glengarry on Saturday Jan 10th for Rotary clubs in Central & Northern Nova Scotia.

Thanks to all that attended.

Club Inducts New Member

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 14, 2014

The Rotary Club of Truro inducted its newest member at the December 15th meeting.

Todd Barnhill was born and raised in Belmont. He graduated from CEC in 1986 and Dalhousie University with a BSc. in Pharmacy in 1990.

After working in Halifax for 13 years, he had the opportunity to return home and become the Owner/Pharmacist of Shoppers Drug Mart in Truro in 2003.

Todd and his wife Deb have 2 children, Amy who is 11 and Laurel who is 10 years old. Todd enjoys spending time with his family and travelling.

Seen in the photo are from left, Jim Goit (sponsor), Todd and Jim Gould, President.

Welcome Todd.

Rotarian Lorne MacDougall Dies

Posted by Jim Gould on Dec 04, 2014

Lorne MacDougall was a great Rotarian who served our Club for more than 69 years. When he died on December 4, 2014, he was the longest serving member of our club and of our Rotary District. He was the Club’s President in 1950-51. He received the highest club award in the Avenues of Service Citation in 2008-2009 and received a Paul Harris Fellowship in 1987. On his 65 anniversary in Rotary, he received an Outstanding Service Citation from the Rotary International President.

Don Ross Performs at Club Meeting

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 24, 2014

The members of the Rotary Club of Truro were treated to a performance by Don Ross, Canadian fingerstyle guitarist and son of club member Ron Ross. Don was visiting home and his father brought him to the November 24th Club meeting. Don entertained the members with two numbers in his unique style and interesting stories of his travels. Music runs in the family. Thank you to Don and Ron both.

Check out the two Videos.

http://youtu.be/a7Qk-gPQ9cs

http://youtu.be/J8OZ9TV9VDE

Mo Bro Mark Mason goes Candy Cane Style.

Posted by Al Bégin on Nov 20, 2014

Mark Mason is one of the Rotary Club of Truro Mo Bros and he accepted the challenge of dying his growing mustache for a $100 donation.

You have to love his spirit of letting the ladies at Head Experts do what they wanted with his mustache.

Movember is fast drawing to a close. If you want to donate to Mark or any member of the team you can do so at http://ca.movember.com/team/1773949

Rotary Club Warm Hearts for International Students

Posted by Mark Mason on Nov 20, 2014

International Students come from all over the world to study at Dalhousie University in Truro, NS. Many have not experienced cooler weather let alone Nova Scotia’s freezing winters.

Dalhousie Student Services has an annual Clothing Drive to help provide new international students with warm jackets, hat, gloves and snow pants.

This year with the help of many partners on and off campus many of the students will be warm and cozy. This year the Rotary Club of Truro membership’s “warm hearts” made significant donations of warm winter clothing.

Many thanks to all the members that contributed!

Recognition Nominations Call

Posted by Ken MacDonald on Nov 16, 2014

The Recognition committee is responsible for various awards and citations issued by the cub through the year. For two of these awards our terms of reference require the committee to ask for and receive nominations from the club membership. These two awards and the guidelines are as follows:

The Community Service Award – most senior recognition by our club of a non-Rotarian: presented to a deserving citizen (can be a joint recipient) of Colchester County who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work or financial support to organizations or families in need.

The Rotarian of the Year Award – presented to a club member who provided outstanding service to our club and Rotary in the last year. The five club officers and the members of the recognition committee are excluded.

Please forward your nominations with details in support to Ken MacDonald, Chair of the Recognition committee at: kenmacdo@gmail.com

Winter Clothing for International Students

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 16, 2014

Rotarian Mark Mason is canvassing the club for warm winter cloths to donate to International students at the Dalhousie Agricultural campus, many of whom are experiencing their first winter and are not equipped for our climate. Club members were responding with items for Mark. Donations can be made by dropping them off this week to Mark at his home or office or letting him know by Friday and he will pick things up.

Interactors Help with Haiti Hospital Project

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Nov 02, 2014

Interactors help with cleaning and loading Equipment to Haiti

http://youtu.be/KGExtGqDsZY

Club video

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 01, 2014

As she travels around doing visits, District Governor Stella Roy is getting every club to do a short video about their activities and what makes club great. President Jim Gould and Secretary Ted Jordan did a great job and did the Club proud as you will see when you watch ours. Check out the list of all the club videos on the District Website at http://portal.clubrunner.ca/60083/Page/club-video-presentations

http://youtu.be/F9ga-Zy8g9E

Hospital Equipment to Haiti

Posted by Audrie-Jo McConkey on Nov 01, 2014

After lots of background work, a full shipping container has been loaded with former Truro hospital equipment and destined for Fond-des Blancs, Haiti.

The success of this project would not have happened without the joint support of so many community members within Truro.

From the initial phase of removing equipment from the hospital into storage, to cleaning the equipment with Interact students, and packing, there was an over-whelming number of Rotarians involved, each playing an integral role in this project. Rotarians such as Mike Hanes of Premiere Van Lines Truro, contributed through transporting donations from various groups and loading the container

New Members Inducted into Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 26, 2014

Two new members were inducted into the Rotary Club of Truro at the club's regular meeting October 27.

Shown in the picture from left to right are Kevin Quinla, Lech Krzywonos, Matt Redmond and Ryan Beazley.

Lech Krzywonos is the recently appointed Principal of the Nova Scotia Community Collage (NSCC), Truro Campus. His sponsor is the former Principal of that same campus, Kevin Quinlan.

Matt Redmond is on the faculty of NSCC and teaches computer science. His sponsor is Rotarian Ryan Beazley, himself a relatively new member of the club.

Welcome to Lech and Matt and congratulation to all.

Truro Members Experience RLI

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 26, 2014

Eight members of the Rotary Club of Truro attended the fall session Rotary Leadership Institute that was held in Truro on October 25th. Lindsay MacKinnon, Ryan Beazley and Alana Hirtle completed Part 1. Larry Beazley, Kevin Quinlan, Barbara Goit and Lydia Sorflaten finished Part 2 and Jim Gould finished Part 3, graduating from the course series.

There were 42 Rotarians from 18 different clubs attending the sessions. A great exchange of ideas occurred and feedback for the day was very positive. Congratulations to all those attending.

Shown in the picture is President Jim Gould and others who graduated from Part 3 of the course. Check out more pictures on the RLI Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RLIAtlantic

District Governor Stella Visits Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Sep 28, 2014

District 7820 Governor Stella Roy made her official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on September 29th. After a great meeting with the Board of Directors she met with club members and presented Stephen Gallant with the Vocational Service Leadership Award for his ongoing efforts to host RLYA events in Truro. She also commended Laurie Sandeson for her efforts for Polio Plus over the past couple of years. We are so close to finishing the job of total eradication of the disease.

DG Stella then gave a very inspirational talk about Rotary and the work that goes on locally, regionally and internationally and related personal stories that highlighted how much good work Rotary does in our region and around the world, explaining how important every Rotarian is in that effort.

She finished by thanking President Jim Gould and praising the work of the Rotary Club of Truro, encouraged us all to do our best and to Light up Rotary..

Club Supports Development at Colchester Community Worksop

Posted by Jim Goit on Sep 28, 2014

Rotary Club President Jim Gould presented cheques totally $3,000 to the Colchester Community Workshops to support their development of a commercial bakery at their Young street facility. The bakery will not only provide items to be sold in the workshop's Convenience store and Cafe but it will provide another avenue for training for clients of the workshop.

The Rotary Club of Truro matched a grant from District 7820 to provide the amount that will be used to purchase a commercial stove and fridge for the new facility.

Shown in the photo accepting the cheque is Diane Standing, Executive Director of the Colchester Community Workshops Foundation. In the background (on left) with staff and clients of the workshop is DG Stella Roy who was on hand for the presentation.

Fall Farm Social Great Fun

Posted by Laurie Sandeson on Sep 28, 2014

The Rotary Club's Fall Farm Social was held at the home of Laurie and Mike Sandeson on September 29th. There were kids, animals, a hay ride, food, friends and lots of fun.

Thank you to Judy Nicholson and the social committee and to Laurie, Mike and their family for opening their home.

More pictures can be found on the club Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/lw6edx4

Club Members join Big Finish to Big Ride

Posted on Sep 26, 2014

There were three members of the Rotary Club of Truro who participated in the Big Finish to the GiveToLive Big Ride from Ottawa to Halifax. Jim Goit and Mike Hanes joined Meg MacDougall for the last leg of her ride when it left Truro Saturday morning to go to Halifax. There was also a nice contingent of club members who came out to see them off when they left Victoria Park at 9:00 am. There were a group of about 40 cyclists who joined the team who had come from Ottawa. It was reported that over $150,000 was raised to support cancer research.

Congratulations to Meg (one of the co-chairs for the event) and thank you to the members of the Rotary club who supported the initiative.

Rotarian on Big RIde for Cancer

Posted by Jim Goit on Sep 20, 2014

Rotarian Meg MacDougall started her Big Ride for Cancer on Saturday September 20th. She and 16 other cyclists are riding from Parliament Hill (Ottawa) to Halifax to raise money for cancer research. That's Meg just above the person in red.

Many Rotary Club of Truro members have supported her efforts and may be interested in Following here travels. Check out Meg's Blog at http://megsbigride.wordpress.com/ or by liking GIVETOLIVE on Facebook.

Rotary Repairs School Community Spirit Builds Befang NW Cameroon Africa

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Sep 16, 2014

Working together Rotary Club of Truro, Hand Up, District 2840, Rotary Club of Kumbo through Rotary International, this incredible transformation of a school in sad disrepair has brought a community to life in cooperative effort to repair the foundation, walls, roof of the school as well as build a much needed latrine.

The Integrated Development Foundation organized the community to action, prepared a plan involving all parties, found the skilled labour and oversaw the project to a very successful end. in the remote community of Befang, NW Cameroon, Africa.

First Bollywood Night to Remember

Posted on Sep 05, 2014

The Rotary Club of Truro hosted the first Bollywood night in Truro on September 4th at the Holiday Inn and Convention Centre. The sold out crowd of 300 people enjoyed a night of great food, music and dancing entertainment. Proceeds went to local charities and cheques for $2,500 were presented to the Colchester Community Workshops and to Maggie's Place.

Congratulations to President Jim Gould and those that helped organize this event.

For more pictures, check out the club Facebook Page at http://tinyurl.com/ltj5z68

Rotary Leadership Institute in Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 24, 2014

The next Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) sessions will be held in Truro on October 25th. All three parts will be held as well as Group Discussion Leader and a Graduate Course depending on numbers registered in each.

The Rotary Leadership Institute is a series of fast-paced, interactive, one-day courses offered to refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their base of knowledge in Rotary. Courses are fun, topical, interactive, and geared toward busy business, professional and community leaders who want to be more effective and knowledgeable Rotarians.

The Rotary Club of Truro is usually well represented and members are encouraged to register the appropriate part and attend. It is especially important for newer members to attend at least one of these sessions to learn more about Rotary. The club will reimburse you for the registration fee. Click on the graphic or go to http://tinyurl.com/pe93gng to register.

Check with a member who has been there and they will tell you the value of the session.

AG Visit to Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 17, 2014

Assistant Governor Rob Christie presented the Rotary International theme banner for 2014-15 to Truro President Jim Gould at the August 18th club meeting. He also brough greeting from the District Governor and highlighted her upcoming visit to the Club.

Club Supports Bright Skys Camp

Posted by Jim Goit on Aug 07, 2014

Barb Weatherbey smiles broadly while looking around at a small group of children wearing yellow T-shirts and picnicking in Victoria Park.Jenny Lewis, 11, and co-day camper Colten Mayo, meet Rotary Club of Truro members Jim Gould and Alana Hirtle while enjoying a recent play day in Victoria Park. The club has provided $7,500 in funds for Bright Skies Day Camp for children with special needs, which will enable it to continue in 2015. SHERRY MARTELL – TRURO DAILY NEWS

Bollywood Night Fundraiser

Posted by Jim Gould on Jul 21, 2014

Dinner and Dance

Officially SOLD OUT (Aug 21)

Thank you for your support.

The Rotary Club of Truro is pleased to host a Dinner and Dance with a taste of Bollywood.

Funds raised will be used to support the Colchester Community Workshops and Maggies Place.

Date: September 4th, 2014

Where: Holiday Inn Truro

Cocktails/Appetizers: 5:30 pm – 6:30pm

East Indian Cuisine (mild) Dinner : 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Dance with DJ Harv: 8:00pm – 12:00 pm

Cost: $45/Person (Purchase at MacQuarries Pharmasave or purchase from any Rotarian)

Table of 10 for $400.00

Support Rotarian Meg MacDougall on her Big Ride

Posted on Jul 21, 2014

Truro Rotarian Meg MacDougall is training for her second Big Ride this September and she is looking for donations to support her cause. She gave the club a great presentation on last years trip.

Those interested can go to her on-line fundraising page at http://tinyurl.com/ltd5vof.

Good luck Meg.

Club Swim to End Polio goes "Swimmingly"

Posted by Laurie Sandeson on Jul 13, 2014

The Rotary Club of Truro held a Swim to End Polio on July 13th in conjunction with their annual summer social at Shortts lake south of Truro. There were 13 members and friends who braved the chilly water and swam the half kilometer distance across the lake. While that make not seem like it lot, it was a big challenge for SOME of the swimmers.

What is more important, is that the club members solicited for pledges and while the final total is not in yet, over $2000 was raised and the money is still coming in! By the time the donations are given to the The Rotary Foundation and they are matched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it will mean that more than 10,000 doses of the Polio vaccine can be distributed as a result of this effort. Congratulations for work well done.

You can check out more more photos of the event at http://tiny.cc/3l1zix and a great story in the Truro Daily news at http://tiny.cc/411zix

2014 Summer Social

Posted by Jim Goit on Jul 13, 2014

The 2014 edition of the Rotary Club of Truro's summer social was a great success. Held July 13th at the Shortts Lake home of Richard and Maralyn Bowness the event was very well attended by Rotarians and friends both new and "experienced". The swim to end polio had been held earlier in the day however some went back on the water... practicing for next year perhaps.

The Social Committee did a great job of organizing the food and drink, the weather was great and everyone had a wonderful time.

Check out http://tiny.cc/y93zix for more pictures of the event.

Donations to Maggie's Place Recognized

Posted by Al Bégin on Jun 15, 2014

Another display of the good work that Rotary is doing in the community. This is a picture of the sign above the entrance to the new kitchen at the new Maggie's Place. To date our Club has donated $20,000.00 towards Maggie's Place getting established in their new location.

The sign was donated by Sid Sells Signs in appreciation for what Maggie's Place does for the community and also in appreciation for what the Truro Rotary Club does in the community.

Many thanks to Adrian from Sid Sells Signs!

Club Receives RI Presidential Citation with Distinction

Posted by Jim Gould on May 25, 2014

The Rotary Club of Truro was one of several clubs in District 7820 which was presented with the Rotary International Presidential Citation with Distinction for the Rotary year 2013-14. The 2013-14 Presidential Citation recognizes Rotary clubs for an array of achievements that promote membership growth, enhance humanitarian service through the RI Foundation, and strengthen the network through the family of Rotary. By qualifying for the Presidential Citation, clubs contribute to Rotary’s strategic goals and multiply the impact of their good work through the collective focus of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs worldwide.

Accepting the award are (l-L) Past President Laurie Sandeson, President Elect Jim Gould, Director Judy Nicholson and Secretary Elect Ted Jordan. Congratulatons.

Club Presented with Gifts from Rotary Club of Kumbo, Cameroon

Posted by Jim Goit on May 04, 2014

Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten recently returned from a trip to the Cameroon where she and her husband Alan were checking on several projects the Rotary Club of Truro had supported.

While there, they visited the Rotary Club of Kumbo, a partner on the projects.

In exchange for one of our club's banners, Lydia was given locally made hats and bags to present to President Al Bégin and Immediate Past President Laurie Sandeson who modeled them from the Club.

Thank you Lydia.

Karen Boyd is newest Member of the Rotary Club of Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 27, 2014

Immediate past president Laurie Sandeson was on duty today to induct Karen Boyd as a new member of the Rotary Club of Truro. Vice President Jim Gould is Karen's sponsor.

Karen graduated from the University of California at Davis with a bachelors degree in environmental design. She's worked in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay area as well as Montana. She moved to Nova Scotia from Montana in 2012 when she married Al. Both Karen and Al's backgrounds include commercial interior design thus began Boyd & Boyd Design & Construction Ltd. Karen appreciates being a part of the creative process and coming up with solutions to meet interior environmental needs.

Growing up in Alaska, Karen feels quite at home in Nova Scotia. "The healthy lifestyle that Nova Scotia has to offer is a perfect place to be with our new family." Karen and Al have two young boys and enjoy living, and playing, outside in the woods and at the beach.

Welcome to Rotary Karen.

Rotarians and Friends Picking up

Posted by Mike Topley on Apr 25, 2014

Sixteen Rotarians, friends and family worked happily under sunny skies and mild weather on the morning of April 26th to pick 56 bags of garbage out of the ditches at the Robie Street / Hwy 102 interchange. Part of the haul included 2 tires, an old couch and a five dollar bill. The place is now spotless.

Thanks to all participants.There will be a place along the highway to the Pearly Gates for you. Just tell Saint Peter that you're with the Rotary Highway Clean-up Committee.

Rotary Project Sustainability in the Cameroon

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 13, 2014

Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten has nearly completed her visit to the Cameroon and describes the effect that the Rotary Club of Truro's donations to the School projects there over the last couple of years have had. We are making a significant difference in people's lives. Check out her blog for full details.

http://sorflatentravels.blogspot.ca/2014/04/rotary-project-sustainability-two-years.html

Stoves Built in Guatemala

Posted by Jim Goit on Apr 13, 2014

For a number of years a group from Truro has gone to a rural part of Guatemala to build cooking stoves for the people there. This year Keith Gillis, a member of the Rotary Club, and Cathy Weldin a good friend of the Club joined the project. The following are some pictures of their visit.

Befang Primary School Project

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 27, 2014

Truro Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten reports on the Cameroon projects regularly and can be followed in her blog http://sorflatentravels.blogspot.ca/. This week she reports on the Befang Primary School Project and her visit to the construction site.

After the ceremonies signifying the progress of the Befang Primary School Project, we were invited to the Pastor’s house from a meal. We were asked to write in the guest book. Let me share with you what I wrote, then we will attempt to convey the magnitude of the project, its impact on the school and community.

Annual Auction Successful

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 24, 2014

The annual Rotary Club of Truro Auction ended with a bang on Monday night.

There was over $31,000 in bids received (65% of item value.. the second highest % since 2008). With the addition of $5000 in cash donations, the club is well on its way to having a big portion of the funds necessary to support community programs and projects for the coming year.

The work is not over yet as the items will need to be distributed and cash collected this week. A great time was had by all on the last night of the event as can be seen in the pictures.

New Website sponsors

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 19, 2014

Please welcome and thank the Rotary Club of Truro's newest website sponsors. Canadian Tire Truro (represented by Club member Bart Hinze) and Super 8 (represented by Rotarian Alana Hirtle) are both proud supporters of the Rotary Club of Truro.

The sponsorship ads revolve on the front page of the club website and appear as a group on every internal page as well as every e-mailed club bulletin. The ads are linked so clicking will take you to the business's own website.

Revenue from the ads help the club defray of the cost of the website as well as assist with other costs of running the Rotary Club.

Thank you to our sponsors. Others interested in website sponsorship should check the link on the topic under the ads.

Truro Rotary Auction Launches

Posted by Jim Gould on Mar 09, 2014

The Annual Truro Rotary Auction has launched! Running from March 10th to March 24th, this year's auction offers up 700 items donated by local businesses and individuals valued at over $47,000.

As has been the practice for a number of years, all bidding is done on-line at the club auction website http://trurorotaryauction.com/. Register for a PIN, scan the items and make your bids. The system will notify you by e-mail if you have been outbid by someone else. You can also use the View My Bids tool to keep an eye on your items.

Proceeds from the auction support the many worthy causes of the Rotary Club of Truro, so spread the word and get those bids in.

Thank you to all the donors for their items and to all the Rotarians and volunteers for their hard work in getting the auction ready to run.

Jim Gould

2014 Auction Chair.

Supplies Support Fish for Hope Project in the Congo

Posted by Audrie-Jo McConkey on Mar 03, 2014

The Rotary Club of Truro is one a number of individuals and organizations that have supported Truro resident Peter Corey in taking supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support a fish farming project. A lot of what was taken is practical (fish farming manuals, printer, good quality rubber boots, rain jackets), but some of it is purely fun (soccer gear, maple syrup, Jiffy Pop)--things that we enjoy here, but are difficult or impossible to find otherwise in DRC.

The supplies will make a real difference in people's lives. Read more about Peter and the Fish for Hope project at http://fishforhope.blogspot.ca/

David Gray Inducted as Member

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 02, 2014

The tradition of having the senior leadership of the Agricultrual College as a member of the Rotary Club was continued as Dr. David Gray Dean/Principal of the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus was formally inducted into the Rotary Club by Vice President Jim Gould (Right) Dr. Garth Coffin (Left), former Principal of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College was David's sponsor.

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Truro (Nova Scotia) David.

Club Supports Literacy Project in Seychelles

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 02, 2014

Rotary Club of Truro member Mark Mason was recently in the Seychelles where he once taught in school and where his wife Christine was born. They went to a school and library to deliver 45kg of much needed new books.

Both the library and school were very happy to receive the books. Some were in French as both languages are official in the country. The school and library are interested in MORE books so a larger project is being planned.

While in the Seychelles, Mark also visited the new Rotary Club on Mahe.

Rotary at work.

Former Club Member Recognized With Memorial Plague

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Mar 02, 2014

The late Charlie Hill was a great member and supporter of Rotary. In recognition of a donation he made in his estate that was to go to support an international project, the club has commissioned a plaque that now can now be found in Befang school in Cameroon, Africa. It will serve as a permanent reminder of the generosity of Charlie Hill.

Follow Africa Blog of Lydia and Alan Sorflaten

Posted by Jim Goit on Mar 02, 2014

Rotary Club of Truro Member Lydia Sorflaten and her husband Alan are currently on the School Project in Befang, Cameroon Africa. Check out their blog (http://sorflatentravels.blogspot.ca/) and YouTube channel for news on their trip. Interesting and compelling stories of people engaged in changing lives. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLdLUrOXVJPkIJuTTJxaAQ

Video Thank You to Thie Convery

The Rotary Club recorded this video to thank Thei Convery for her presentation at the annual Charter night celebration Feb 20th. It was an inspiring talk.

http://youtu.be/APjT5J8_DfE

Thursday Social

Posted by Judy Nicholson

The Rotary Club of Truro met at the newly renovated Sherlock's at the Best Western Plus Glengarry for their regular monthly Thrusday social. Great turnout and good time. Plan to attend the next one.

In the picture (left to right) Barbie Reynolds, Kirk Saint, Jim Goit, Barb Goit, Bart Hinze, Rod Jones and Wayne Gillis. Behind the camera is Judy Nicholson.

2013-14 Award Recipients

Posted on Feb 10, 2014

The following individuals will receive awards at the 88^th annual Charter Night Ceremony held on Feb 20^th.

Avenues of Service Citation The Avenues of Service Citation provides a means for Rotary clubs to personally recognize one member of the club for his/her outstanding efforts in the Five Avenues of Service.	Dr. Garth Coffin
Paul Harris Fellowship Donors of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or the Humanitarian Grants Program, or people who have that amount contributed in their name, are recognized as Paul Harris Fellows by Rotary International. Donors of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or the Humanitarian Grants Program, or people who have that amount contributed in their name, can be recognized as Paul Harris Fellows.	Laurie Sandeson
	Dr. Kevin Quinlan
Rotarian of the Year The Rotarian of the year is presented to a deserving and active Member of the Rotary Club of Truro, who has provided outstanding service to our Club and Rotary in the last year.	Chester MacPhee
Community Service Award The Community Service Award if presented to a deserving citizen, who has provided outstanding service through volunteer work or financial support to organizations and/or families in need in our community.	Bill Lake

Special Invitation to 88th Charter Night

http://youtu.be/hqPsqS02mCg

Lindsay MacKinnon rejoins Truro Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Feb 02, 2014

Lindsay MacKinnon has rejoined the Rotary Club of Truro after being away for 3 years due to work obligations. Lindsay now has her own CA practice in Truro. In the picture are Linsday's sponsor Garth Coffin (left) and Club Vice President Jim Gould (right).

Welcome back Linsday!

Global Grant for School in Cameroon

Posted by Lydia Sorflaten on Jan 20, 2014

The Rotary Club of Truro has received the first Global Grant approval in District 7820 using the new grant system initiated by Rotary International. The grant will be used to repair and equip a three room school in Befang, Cameroon, Africa. The Rotary Club of Truro’s $5000 contribution has been matched by Rotary International ($7,500) and District 7820 ($5000) for a total of $17,500.

Club Celebrates Lorne MacDougall's Birthday

Posted on Jan 13, 2014

Lorne MacDougall celebrated his 96th birthday on January 12, 2014 and the club recognized it with a birthday cake and a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday.

A Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Truro continuously since April 1945 Lorne still attends most every club meeting and is an inspiration to us all.

Happy Birthday Lorne.

Rotary Christmas Brunch Successful

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 15, 2013

The Rotary Club of Truro held another successful Rotary Christmas Brunch on December 14th at the Best Western Plus Glengarry.

Approximately 90 Rotarians and family members attended. There are some great singers in Rotary and carols were sung. The highlight of course was the special visit from Sanata who on this occasion seemed to develop a distinctly Cape Berton accent as the giving of gifts progressed! Fun for all the good little girls and boys.

Check out more pictures on the Club Facebook page.

Christmas Greeting from Rotary Club

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 10, 2013

Club members recorded their annual Christmas greeting following the final Directors meeting of the year held on December 10 2013 at the home of Barbie Reynolds. Check it out.

88th Annual Charter Night

Posted by Laurie Sandeson on Dec 08, 2013

The speaker for the 88th Annual Charter Night for the Rotary Club of Truro will be Rotarian Thie Convery, from the Dundas Rotary Club in Ontario. Thie will tell about her attempt to swim across Lake Ontario and how she eventually raised almost $150,000 (U.S.) for polio eradication.

The banquet will be held February 20th at the Best Western Plus Glengarry and will feature awards and recognition of Club Rotarians and community members. Reserve your tickets today by registering on-line at http://portal.clubrunner.ca/1276/Event/2978b7b2-73ac-4ce1-96c2-e7e947e9c890

See the full invitation.

Making a Donation to the Rotary Foundation

Posted by Jim Goit on Dec 08, 2013

With the calander year end fast approaching it is time to consider making your donation to the Rotary Foundation. With the new on-line tools available on the RI website (Rotary.org) this task has never been easier. The Rotary Club of Truro is committed to the Every Rotarian Every Year objective of making an average of $100 per active member per year so won't you help? Check it out.

GiveToLive Banff to Boulder Bike Ride

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 24, 2013

New Rotarian Meg MacDougall gave a presentation to the Rotary Club of Truro about her 2,400 km bicycle ride from Banff, Alberta to Boulder, Colorado with the GIVETOLIVE Big Ride. She was the only female to join the intrepid group of cyclists fighting to end cancer by taking to the roads September 14th-28th, 2013. She and her group raised over $81,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. She described the journey in-kinds of weather through the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park describing it as an epic ride.

A full description of her trip can be found on her daily blog at http://megsbigride.wordpress.com/page/5/

Congratulations Meg. Job well done.

Rotarian Ed MacDonald named President of Recyclers Association.

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 13, 2013

Glenholme businessman and Rotaruan Ed MacDonald has been named president of the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA)

A past president of the Rotary Club and former owner of Maritime Auto Parts Ltd, Ed his been involved with the ARA board of directors for 12 years, and the executive committee for the last three.

Ed's son Andrew now runs the business and is carrying on the Rotary tradition as a member of the Truro Clubs Board of Directors.

Congratulations Ed.

Rotarian Audrey-Jo McConkey Receives Alumni Award

Posted by Jim Goit on Nov 03, 2013

Rotarian Audrie-Jo McConkey recieved the Young Alumni Achievement Award for 2013 Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture’s Alumni Association presented the Blue and Gold Awards banquet in Truro November 1st.

Audrie-Jo is an active member of the Rotary Club of Truro and we congratulate her on her award. In the photo making the presentation is Dwane Mellish, Alumni Association President (left) and Dr. David Gray Dean of the Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture.

The full citation for Audrie-Jo's award follows.

Spreading the word about Low Income Energy Effeciency Program

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 27, 2013

Ms. Allie MacDonald, Outreach Agent, Low Income Homeowner Service for Trinity Inspection Services, a partner of Effecience Nova Scotia, visited the Rotary Club to promote the Low Income Energy Effeciency program. For qualifying low income homeowners, Efficiency Nova Scotia will:

make upgrades to insulation
seal holes and cracks
all at no-charge

To determine what energy efficiency upgrades your home needs, an Efficiency Partners will conduct a no-charge energy assessment of the home. If upgrades, like draft proofing and insulation are recommended and approved, the home owner will receive those upgrades at no cost. The Efficiency Partner will manage the full project for you, from start to finish. Packages of material available to club member who know of someone who might qualify.

Further information is available on the Effeciency Nova Scotia Website. http://www.efficiencyns.ca/energy-solutions/low-income-service/

If anyone has any questions or wants any more information they can e-mail Allie at allie@trinitymaintenance.com or call her at 1-877-955-4333.

Allan Sorflaten Presented Rotarian Spouse/Partner Service Award

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 21, 2013

Mr. Allan Sorflaten is the husband of Truro Rotarian Lydia Sorflaten and is truly deserving of the Rotary International Rotarian Spouse/Partner Service Award for 2013.

This award recognizes spouses and partners of Rotarians who have demonstrated exemplaryhumanitarian service through Rotary.

District Governor Greg Coldwell Makes Official Visit to Truro

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 20, 2013

District Governor Greg Coldwell and his wife Claudia made his official visit to the Rotary Club of Truro on October 21st.

After a very productive visit with the Board of Directors, DG Greg inducted two new members (Meg MacDougall and Alana Hirtle) into the club, presented the Rotarian of the Year pin to Keith Gillis and the Rotary International Rotarian Spouse award to Alan Sorflaten. He also delivered a very inspirational speech on what it means to be engaged in Rotary and how the work we do impacts on lives around the world.

Greg complimented the Club on the good work that we do and encouraged all members to remain engaged in Rotary and share that engagement by bringing in more new members.

Pictures of the event are available on the club's Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151764946938757.1073741831.62552913756&type=3&uploaded=8

Two new members of Club Inducted

Posted by Jim Goit on Oct 20, 2013

The two newest members of the Rotary Club of Truro were inducted at the Club's October 21st meeting by District Governor Greg Coldwell.

Meg MacDougall (left in photo) is an Associate Lawyer in Corporate Commercial Law at the firm of Burchell MacDougall in Truro. She is also the grand daughter of long time Truro Rotarian Lorne MacDougall.

Her sponsor is Jim Gould.

Alana Hirtle (right in the photo) is the Manager of the Super 8 in Truro. Having recently moved to Truro with her husband Sid, Alana is an experienced meeting planner and looks forward to helping the club serve the community. Her sponsor is Barbara Goit.

Welcome to Rotary.

Club Support Workshop Golf Fundraiser

The Rotary Club of Truro was once again a major supporter of the Colchester Community Workshops annual Golf fundraiser entering the two top fundraising teams. Of the total of $28,419 raised for the event Team Bowness brought in $2,330.00 and Team Begin $2,128.00. There were 15 teams and 33 volunteers over the course of the day. Photos of the teams are on the club's Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofTruro?ref=stream&hc_location=stream

The history of the club at this particular event is shown belwo. Congratulations to all.

2007 - 2nd Highest Fundraising Team
2008 - Top Fundraising Team
2009 - Top Fundraising Team
2010 - Top Fundraising Team
2011 - Top Fundraising (Duffers) & 2nd (Aces)
2012 - Top Fundraising (Duffers) & 2nd (Aces)
2013 - Top & 2nd Highest Fundraising Teams

Rotary Family Farm Social

Posted by Jim Goit

The Rotary Club of Truro held it's second Rotary Family Farm Social at the farm of Rotarian Laurie and Mike Sandeson in Lower Truro on Saturday Oct 7th.

About 47 members, family and guests enjoyed a potluck supper, BBQ hotdogs and hamburgers, visits to the barn to see the cows and cats, tractor driving and a hay ride to a place called Paradise. There were some interesting finds by some of the children. Importantly there was also a lot of Rotary conversations and fellowship.

Thank you to the social committee and to Laurie, Mike and their family for opening the home.

Check more picture on the club Facebook page.

Making Good Presentations

Posted by Jim Goit

Rotarian Ron Ross has had a lifetime of experience in writting, editing and making presentations as well as teaching others those skills. At the regular Rotary Club of Truro meeting on September 30th, he gave a talk on "How to Make A Good Presentations" sharing tips on what it takes to catch and keep people's attention during a presentation. His talk was judged a excellent rather than just good and a copy of it is available for those that missed it. http://tinyurl.com/ocn7hjz.

Thank you Ron.

Sept 9 Bulletin

Posted by Ron Ross on Sep 10, 2013

Rotary Leadership Institute Oct 19th

The fall session of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) will be held in Truro on Saturday October 19th. Members are encouraged to attend Part 1, 2 and 3 will be offered if numbers warrant and the Club will pay for your registration cost. You may register on the District website.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary and meet Rotarians from all over Atlantic Canada.

Also, don't forget the reception hosted for RLI participants in town by the Rotary Club of Truro Friday evening at 7:00pm, at the Glengarry. All Rotarians are welcome even if you are not going to the RLI session.

Golf to support Rotary House

Posted by Richard Bowness

Calling all Golfers!

The 12th Annual Golf Classic to benefit Rotary House takes place Thursday, October 10th and our club would like to enter at least two 5 member teams. if you'd like to enjoy a great day of golf, for a worthy cause contact me ASAP so the teams can be formed and fund raising can begin.

18 holes of Golf / Scramble Format / 9:00AM shotgun start
Prizes, draws, contests and lots of laughs.
Teams of five should raise at least $750 in pledges
Pledges exceeding $1,000/team receive recognition.
You can also collect pledges through secure online donations.
Official tax receipts will be issued for donations over $10.00
Prizes for the top 2 fundraising teams and top 3 golf teams.
All golf skill levels are encouraged

For Rotarians who are unable to golf, there will be many opportunities to pledge your financial support for your favourite golfers. Please be generous in your support for Rotary House!

The two team captains will soon be organizing their teams and launching their fun-raising efforts.

To join a team or pledge (name your golfer, or pledges will be distributed.) contact:

Richard Bowness rbowness@gmail.com

895-9000 Work, 673-3311 Home, 897-3722 Cell

Sept Birthdays and Anniversaries

Posted on Aug 25, 2013

Member Birthdays
Name			Date
Hanes, Mike			Sep 04
Christianson, Joanna			Sep 09
Gillis, Keith			Sep 21
Matthews, Brian			Sep 21

Anniversaries
Name	Spouse Name	Years	Date
MacLean, Ken	Sharon	47 years	Sep 03, 1966
Clark, Paul	Toole, Anne	12 years	Sep 29, 2001

Join Date
Name		Years	Date
Weldin, Clyde		37 years	Sep 01, 1976
Goit, Jim		8 years	Sep 12, 2005
Fleming, Carl		4 years	Sep 28, 2009

MP Addresses Club

Posted on Aug 25, 2013

The MP for Cumberland, Colchester & Musquodoboit Valley, Scott Armstrong addressed the Rotary Club of Truro at their regular meeting on August 26th. Mr. Armstrong outlined all the strong infrastructure in the Truro area and asked club members to increase efforts to promote the advantages of living here.

Membership Month Presentation

Club Membership Chair Barbara Goit made a presentation on our membership status and asked us to all get our "ask in gear". A copy of the presentaition may be found on-line for those that missed it. Documents/en-ca/bf00c637-c03e-4c91-aedc-ab191cd7ab89/1

Rotary International Exchange Student Arrives

Posted by James Goit on Aug 18, 2013

For the first time since 1997 the Rotary Club of Truro is hosting an international Exchange Student. Under the leadership of Joanna Christianson a club committee has been formed, host families found and an outbound student selected and sent off.

Our inbound student is Manuel Matín González from the town of Teguesta in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain. Manuel was welcomed to the club at our regular meeting on August 19th. We found out that he loves the outdoors and plays many sports although he especially likes basketball and surfing. He has an older sister studying medicine and a twin brother still at home.

Rotarians were encouraged to get to know Manuel and show him the pleasures of living in the Truro area.

Pictures from Summer Social 2013

Posted by Al Bégin

Pictures from the 2013 Summer Social are available for those that missed the event. http://portal.clubrunner.ca/1276/PhotoAlbums/summer-social-2013

Aug Birthday's and Anniversaries

Member Birthdays
Name			Date
Hinze, Bart			Aug 02
Corcoran, Sharon			Aug 03
MacDonald, Kenneth			Aug 06
Saunders, Dale			Aug 06
Campbell, Sarah			Aug 12
MacDonald, Andrew			Aug 21
Beazley, Larry			Aug 24
Brown, Marilyn			Aug 27

Anniversaries
Name	Spouse Name	Years	Date
Coffin, H.	Coffin, Mary Catherine	50 years	Aug 03, 1963
Mason, Mark	Christine	22 years	Aug 11, 1991
Michaud, Mike	Marianne	7 years	Aug 12, 2006
Quinlan, Kevin	Sharon	14 years	Aug 14, 1999
Nicholson, Joseph	Saulnier-Nicholson, Angele	23 years	Aug 18, 1990
Bowness, Richard	Maralyn	41 years	Aug 19, 1972
Saunders, Dale	Catherine	29 years	Aug 25, 1984
Fraser, Matthew	MacKinnon, Naomi	2 years	Aug 29, 2011
Sorflaten, Lydia	Allan	45 years	Aug 31, 1968

Join Date
Name		Years	Date
Grant, Heather-Anne		2 years	Aug 29, 2011

Sarah Porter Asks for Volunteers for Junior Achievement

Posted by James Goit on Jul 21, 2013

Sarah Porter, Program Coordinator for Junior Achievement Nova Scotia in the Truro area spoke to the Club on July 22 about the various programs of JA. The JA programs are a natural for partnership with Rotary as we have similar goals in the Vocational Service area. In fact club members have been active for many years and are still volunteering their time in delivering the programs in area schools.

Shown in the photo thanking Sarah is Rotarian Andrew MacDonald, who has volunteered with the JA program for the past two years and described it as a very worthwhile and satisfying opportunity for service.

Please see the JA Nova Scotia website for further details on the programs. http://nova-scotia.jacan.org/

11th Edition of Truro Community Yearbook Underway

Posted by James Goit on Jul 21, 2013

Members of the Rotary Club of Truro are actively canvassing community businesses for subscriptions to the 11th edition of the Truro Community Yearbook.

The Yearbook is one of the major fundraisers for the Club and has been very popular with members of the public over the years. The 20,000 copies stay around offices and business in the Truro area for a year or longer as people search out business with their neighbors and friends in the photos.

If you know of a business or organization who should be included in the 2014 edition please have them contact any member of the club for follow up.

Presidential Plaque Presented

Posted by James Goit

President Al Bégin presented past president Laurie Sandeson with her Past President's pin and President's Recognition Plaque at the regular July 15th meeting. Congratulations Laurie and thank you for your year of service as Club President.

Allison MacIsaac Speaks to Club on Efficiency Nova Scotia

Posted by James Goit on Jul 14, 2013

Allison MacIsaac spoke to the Rotary Club of Truro on a home energy program sponsored by Efficiency Nova Scotia. The program assists homeowners become more effecient by replacing lightbulbs and wrapping hot water heaters. In the photo Allison is thanked by Adam Wyllie, a Club members who recently had the energy upgrade done at his home.

2013-14 Club Executive

Posted by James Goit on Jun 30, 2013

Long Time Rotarian Riley Marshall dies

Posted by Al Bégin on Jun 23, 2013

It is a sad day for the Rotary Club of Truro.

Riley Marshall, who was a member of the club since 1964, passed away on June 23rd. Riley was the President in 1977-1978. He was a recipient of the Paul Harris Award, The Avenues of Service, and the True Rotarian Award.

In the words of his daughter, Colleen, "He was so proud to be a Rotarian. It meant the world to him."

He will be missed.