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A Winter Clothing Drive for Refugees
 
 
The main goal of our Kingston Rotaract Club this year is to give support to all refugees in our community. Beginning on July 12th,, we began a close collaboration with KEYS, a registered charity that is doing an amazing job in engaging and supporting newcomers in Kingston.
 
Some of the refugee families, especially the ones coming from Ukraine, arrived here during the summer/fall with as little as a backpack due to the hurry at which they had to leave their home country. Being an international student myself and having moved from a much warmer country to Canada, I learned on my skin how tough Canadian winter can be if someone is not well prepared. For this reason, our Club had to help solve this problem!
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Seaway West Rotarians Lead Fall Fair
The call went out last spring for volunteers to manage the gates at the Kingston Fall Fair. Not surprisingly, the Rotarians of Seaway West were eager to support the annual event. Though the learning curve was steep, they managed well with the patience and poise for which Rotarians are known.
The Kingston Fall Fair has been in existence since 1830 and it is one of the longest running fairs in the country. The 2022 version occurred between September 15 – 18 and was the first since COVID-19 shut down the event two years ago. The volunteer coordinator and her team retired and so the Fair Board President was looking for a new volunteer team. Rotarian Darlene Clement (Kingston), who sits on the Fair Board, suggested that Rotarians might be willing to take on the task. A small committee of Rotarians met with the Fair Board executive and later agreed to take on the volunteer effort. And it was no small task! In fact, attendance at the fair was up 60% over the last pre-pandemic event (2019)!
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Rotary Club volunteers support INVISTA Centre immunization clinic
Once again Rotarians in Kingston have stepped up to lend a hand for this massive community effort in Kingston. Their roles will be mostly screening and ushering individuals at the site to facilitate a smooth operation. The Rotary clubs in Kingston will be helping with the mass Covid-19 vaccination clinic at the Invista Centre in Kingston’s west end.  Mike Moore and Darlene Clement, two Rotarians from Kingston are discussing how the many Rotarians from all the Rotary clubs in Kingston will be helping with the mass vaccination at the Invista Centre in Kingston’s west end.  
Photo by Daniel Geleyn
 
 
 
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Rotary Reflections
Posted on Jan 18, 2021
Over the course of Kingston Rotary's Centennial year in 2021, we will provide a glimpse of the evolution of Rotary in Kingston and around the world. Our Rotary Reflections team has worked diligently to collect the stories of Rotary and the impact our organization has had on this community. The Reflections will be published every Wednesday in the Kingston Whig Standard and Kingston This Week starting on January 6, 2021. We are very excited to share these stories!
 

The final reflection

Published in the Kingston Whig Standard December 29, 2021.  Read the story at Rotary Reflections: The final reflection | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com)
 

How we did with our centennial projects

Published in the Kingston Whig Standard December 23, 2021.  Read the story at Rotary Reflections: How we did with our centennial projects | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com)
 

Waterfront club adds to Rotary's community service

Published in the Kingston Whig Standard December 16, 2021.  Read the story at Rotary Reflections: Waterfront club adds to Rotary's community service | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com)
 
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Rotary Celebrates 100 Years in Kingston

It’s been 100 years since Rotary first established a presence in Kingston.

On March 11, 1921, the Rotary Club of Kingston was born, sponsored by Rotarians from Ottawa. What began as one fledgling service club that was part of a global service organization has grown into six clubs within the city that have collectively raised millions of dollars for local organizations and causes.

Read the full article published in the Kingston Whig Standard on December 11, 2020 at  Rotary celebrates 100 years in Kingston | The Kingston Whig Standard (thewhig.com)

 

Rotary Facilitator of Alumni Relations (FAR) Project launches
Posted on Sep 16, 2020
The Rotary Facilitator of Alumni Relations (FAR) Project officially launched on September 12, 2020.
 
Everybody gets a Rotary mask! John Gale (left), Project Lead, President Cataraqui Rotary Club; Logan , Pathways Program Alumnus, Assistant to FAR; Jon Oosterman, Facilitator of Alumni Relations; Wendy Vuyk, Director, Kingston Community Health Centre.
 
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Rotary Clubs in Kingston to Harvest Vegetables for COVID-19 Relief
The four Rotary Clubs in Kingston expect to have 50 volunteers on Saturday, August 8, 2020 from 8:00 am to 11:00 am at the Robinson Community Garden to harvest vegetables for food insecure families impacted by COVID-19.
Members from all clubs, their families and friends will spend three hours harvesting hundreds of pounds of food to be distributed by Isthmus and the Food Sharing Project
The Robinson Community Garden is located at 3747 Princess St, Westbrook.
 
For more information, please contact:
Ana Sutherland: Rotary in Kingston -   asutherland@xplornet.ca
Paul Elsley: Isthmus Canada Kingston Chapter - elsleypaul@gmail.com