Mon. Jan. 22
9:15 - Sauble
10:15 - Hepworth
11:45 - Tara
12:45 - SDSS
2:15 - St. Joseph’s
Tues. Jan 23
9:15 - G.C. Huston
12:45 - Northport
2:15 – PESCS
This year, students and teachers at each school will be skating, skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, walking, running and doing other movement activities to collectively propel their school across Canada. Each school will leave St. John’s Newfoundland on February 1st and will try to get to Vancouver before February 29th, following Terry Fox’s and Steve Fonyo’s route. Students will be asking parents, relatives and friends to sponsor them on their individual Winterama challenge, and all donations collected by the students will go to special projects in their schools and school nutrition programs. Improved prizes will be awarded by Rotary for top pledge earners across the 8 Winterama schools and within each school. Rotary will also award fun prizes for all students achieving 25 kms, 50 kms and 75 kms, and a top class prize in each school as well. Nuclear Promise X has designed a slick website where students track their personal kms and compare how they, their class and their school are doing in the race across Canada. The website will keep students and teachers updated on what province and city they are in as they travel across our huge nation. Please consider offering a financial pledge to a keen student this February, as they try to achieve a personal fitness goal and provide "service above self" to their schools, to make their schools a better place. Businesses can also consider making donations to Rotary Winterama to help offset costs for the program and to support Rotary youth programs in our area. The 3 Rotary clubs involved thank our very generous businesses that have offered support this year so far, and in years past, as Winterama and many other Rotary youth programs would not exist without their steadfast generosity and community mindedness.
For more information on how the 2024 Rotary Winterama program works, go to the promotional/instructional video at https://youtu.be/_
To record your distances: https://www.npxinnovation.ca/
Here are a few pics from Northport.
Month | 1st Prize - $250 Gift Certificate | 2nd Prize - $100 Gift Certificate |
January | Gary Cobean - Southampton, Gift Certificate to the Berkshire | George Gruetzner - Southampton, Gift Certificate to the Queen's Bar and Grill |
February | Jonna Ebel - Port Elgin Gift Certificate to Rosina's | Jane Kramer of Southampton Gift Certificate to Southampton Thai |
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June |
Southampton Rotary, in collaboration with GC Huston, is thrilled to announce a major milestone: a
major donation of $20,000 from Tuggy’s Gas & Variety has propelled us to reach our $85,000 goal. This
follows a generous $10,000 donation last week from Roote’s Gas Bar and Top Shelf. Achieving this
remarkable feat in less than three months since the launch of our fundraising campaign (MOU Signed on
Sept 13th) speaks to the incredible support from across our community.
Thank you to each supporter who has contributed to this success. From the inception of the project, we
committed that any funds surpassing our initial goal would be dedicated to providing youth-related
initiatives at GC Huston such as further enhancements to the playground project.
While celebrating this achievement, our fundraiser remains open, presenting an ongoing opportunity to
enhance the proposed playground with additional features and accessibility. The continued support of
our community ensures that we not only meet our target but also create an even more inclusive and
vibrant space.
From Left to Right: Sylvia Sheard, Tony Sheard, Jeff Carver, Curt Thomas, Cathy Janveau, Jim Wade and Dave Bertrand.
Rotary Winterama 2022 - Winter Olympic Challenge..!
RESULTS
This year we are asking that schools participate in the Rotary Winterama Olympic Challenge during the Winter Olympics in February 2022. Individual participants and students solicit cash pledges in support of their involvement in ice-skating, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, curling, and /or other winter activities at their schools.
ROTARY WINTERAMA raises funds for youth in GREY-BRUCE. All funds stay local and new this year, 100% of the pledge money raised will go to the participating schools or youth groups for their specific projects and programs including breakfast programs.
Nearly $550,000 has been raised and distributed back to local schools and the community in the past 19 years.
To support an individual student, contact that student for their personal Winterama fundraising page link or you can donate directly. CLICK HERE
Check this 7 min video on how the Winterama Olympic Challenge works CLICK HERE
Roma Rolfe, ( Southampton) won the $250 gift certificate to The Highview.
J. D. McMillan, (Southampton) won $100 gift certificate to The Wismer House.
Second Prize - $100 gift certificate to the Outlaw Brew Co', Bill Bowden of Southampton,
Second Prize - $100 gift certificate to Allan's Fireside Grill, Jared Amy, of Southampton
Second Prize - $100 gift certificate for Little Black Dog catering is Dave Martin of Port Elgin.
Second Prize: Jim Stark (Southampton) $100 gift certificate to Southampton Thai Cuisine
Our SECOND community shredding event was a ripping success...!
77 vehicles dropped by and we processed 320 boxes of confidential and personal documents for recycling, and BTW we raised around $3000 towards the maintenance of Rotary Perkins Park and other Rotary community initiatives.
See you next year...date to be confirmed.
Quote: From Dave Lennon the event chair.
“We are delighted with the turnout on a wet and cold morning and we like to thank all our sponsors and patrons.
This event was designed to be a community service activity to raise environmental awareness during Earth Week and specifically:
- to provide an opportunity to recycle confidential documents and papers
- to provide education on the risk of identity theft
……and hopefully, raise some funds towards the maintenance of Rotary Perkins Park and other Rotary Projects.”
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