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Ukrainian - Warm Blanket Project

Help Support Ukranian Refugees by donating to the Warm Blanket Project - “WE WILL WARM UP UKRAINE IN A DIFFICULT HOUR”

Every $40 of funds raised will allow the manufacture and free distribution one more blanket in the Ukraine. The need is now with approaching winter in a heat insecure environment.

Please donate to ArnpriorRotary@GMail.com

TAP Donation 2022

Christmas Donations 2022

Rotarians Gerhard Peters and Amanda Telford give Cheque to TAP Representative Dana Smith

Arnprior Rotary Club is pleased to offer Christmas contributions of $2,500 to the Arnprior Food Bank and $1,000 to Teachers Against Poverty in Arnprior.

While Gerhard has been an Arnprior Rotarian since 1988, Amanda is one our newest members!

Amanda was first introduced to Rotary through visiting the Rotary House in Ottawa https://rotaryhome.on.ca/, which helps caregivers and individuals with disabilities.

Having recently moved to Arnprior, Amanda wanted to join the Club to make a positive impact in her new home town!

Ukraine Refugee Donation

Assistance for Ukrainian Refugee Family Living in Arnprior

Marta Hutchenko and her four-year old daughter Nikol fled Kyiv, Ukraine following the tragic outbreak of war in February 2022. Her husband remains behind in Kyiv and her Mother is living in Odessa. Fortunately, Marta has been able to keep the lines of communication open to Ukraine through social media.

Marta and Nikol are staying in Arnprior with Caroline O’Farrell who has very graciously opened up her home to help these two war refugees. Caroline also organized a euchre tournament and silent auction hosted by the Arnprior Curling Club to help with dental costs. Nikol is attending junior kindergarten and her English is improving rapidly as she and her mother adjust to all the changes thrust upon them.

The Rotary Club of Arnprior recently provided a donation of $250 to Marta. Rotarian Rod Smith handed over the donation and posed with Marta and Nikol in the photo below in which Marta proudly displays one of her works of art. Marta is a very talented professional, having worked as a graphic artist in Kyiv. This link provides a sample of Marta’s 2D and painting work and stands as a testament to her talents: https://www.deviantart.com/martahutchenko. She is actively seeking work as a graphic artist in Canada and will undertake commissioned artwork for clients.

We all wish Marta and Nikol the best of luck as they endure these trying circumstances.

Cash Calendars 2023

Get Your 2023 Cash Calendars!!

Get your Daily Draw $20,000 Cash Calendar.

Daily prizes from $20 - $200, with 3 special prizes of $1,000. A perfect Stocking Stuffer! Ottawa area pictures make up the "Ottawa's Nature Path" theme. Get yours before they run out!

Available at White Pine Books or Library. Or contact ArnpriorRotary@gmail.com to arrange for pickup or delivery.

Christmas Cakes for Sale

Get your Christmas Cakes!!

See the Fillable Order Form in the Downloads section of this web page!

UPDATE: Limited quantities, so email before making a e-transfer!!

Email & e-transfer m arnpriorrotary@gmail.com with your order, etransfer psswd: [Answer name of Our Town] - "A**r"

Delivery can be arranged within Arnprior area & West Ottawa

Questions? 613 623-6019

Foot Care Donation 2022

Donation to Seniors at Home for Foot Care

Arnprior Rotary Club has donated $1,000 to Arnprior-Braeside-McNab Seniors At Home Program to allow discounts on Foot Care for 100 recipients!

World Polio Day 2022

What do Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Donald Sutherland have in common?

https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-have-had-polio-2022-8

Arnprior Rotary is Recognizing “World Polio Day” on October 24th

Successful 1st Tarts & Arts in the Park

Arnprior’s Tarts and Arts festival a huge success

The Queen of Tarts has been crowned!

It was a delicious day of family fun at the inaugural Tarts & Arts in the Park Festival hosted by the Rotary Club of Arnprior in Robert Simpson Park on Saturday, Aug. 27.

From kid’s games, to local artists and yummy treats it was the perfect recipe for success!

Diana Tomazin, Arnprior Rotary president hopes it will become an annual event. “I think it’s pretty good for the first year and a good turn out,” said Tomazin.

Tart royalty was out in full force and it was a delicious day to test all the tarts!

The hardest job of the day, judging the tarts, went to Tomazin, Glenn Arthur, Karen DeLuca, Janet Carlile, Darrel O’Shaughnessy, with hilarious commentary by Andy Kalnins. The tarts were judge by appearance, crust flavour, filling flavour, crust baking, filling baking and creativity.

The winners, who were literally crowned with a sparkling tiara, in the Wild tart category was Laura Killoran. In the Original category Erin Welsford was crowned victorious with Alex Everett taking second place.

One of the participants has had impressive experience with Butter Tart competitions. The Grand Champion for Butter Tarts in 2019 from the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies had a butter tart that just melted in your mouth. “I was pretty happy to win and I am going to try again this year,” said Marilyn Misener, of Glasgow Station.She first won at the Carp Fair, next she was the best in the district and finally she was the best out of 256 tarts in all of Ontario.When pressured to reveal the special ingredients, she had this to say. “You never know what’s inside, and I don’t give out my secret!”

There was so much arts and handicrafts on display it was hard not to go home empty handed. Plus they were all local! And there was something for everyone from wood work, to acrylic paint, to hand knitted creations and bead work. It was all beautiful!

One of the best parts of this festival was it was truly for all members of the family. The kids had a wonderful time playing classic games such as limbo, bean bag toss, puzzles and mask making.
Taking centre stage the large crowd saw performances from the Main Street School of Music, Arnprior School of Dance, Balloon Animals and Little Ray’s Reptiles.

The event was run by the volunteers at the Arnprior Rotary Club with funds raised from the silent auction going to support Club Projects including Ukrainian relief.

For more information on the Arnprior Rotary Club visit: https://ArnpriorRotary.ca/

2022 Duck Race Winners

Shown from left to right are Diana Tomazin, Candyn Wilson (winner of $1,000 first prize ),Terry Dawson, Isaac Brenton (winner of $500) ,Vila Smith and fronted by Big Duck.

The Rotary Club wishes to thank all those who purchased tickets . The proceeds of which go to funding many projects in Arnprior and area.

The Rotary Club especially wants to thank the businesses that graciously allowed us to use their premises for selling tickets on the event , those being No Frills , Canadian Tire Corporation, Arnprior Metro and Giant Tiger.

Unfortunately, due to forecast Thunderstorms, the ducks did not get a chance to swim down the Madawaska. Instead, the two winning tickets were drawn beside the Madawaska River by a helpful Arnprior resident.

We look forward to the support of the community in all of our current and future events.

Tarts and Arts in the Park Festival

Updated List of Bakers, Artisans and Non Profits, Sponsors and Silent Auction Contributors Below!

Butter Tarts! In a beautiful setting! But if you need more reasons, there will also be artists, craftspeople, musicians, face painting, Little Ray's Reptiles, balloon animals, food, games & more. And delicious, gooey butter tarts. See the Updated list by clicking Read More!

Silent Auction for Tarts and Arts

Help Support Ukranian Refugees by bidding at our Silent Auction this Saturday the 27th at Robert Simpson Park.

Items including a Muskoka Chair, Golf Packages, Dinners at local Area Restaurants and many Gift Certificates from Businesses will be available for viewing and bidding between 9:30 am and 3:30 pm in a tent in the “Tarts and Arts in the Park” Festival there.
Click on Read More to see the growing List below!

Also

•   Local Bakers and Artisan Crafters - buy Tarts!
•   Ongoing Entertainment on stage plus special surprises
•   Children’s Games, splash pad and more!
•   Free Admission and Free Parking at the Hospital
•   See our updated list at ArnpriorRotary.ca

Mad Duck Tickets 2022

Support the Arnprior Rotary Club by purchasing your July 1st Mad Duck Race Ticket for $5 each. Proceeds go to support Arnprior Rotary projects, like our Tree Planting & Dictionaries4Life for all Gr 3 students.

etransfer to ArnpriorRotary@gmail.com, including

Phone, email, psswd: [Answer name of Our Town] - "A**r". We will send back an image of your ticket.

Schedule:

We are down to our last few tickets. Reach out by email if you wish a ticket

TREES Project Announcement

20,000 Trees and Counting!

Saving the Environment One Tree at a Time

Working with the with the Township of McNab/Braeside, Arnprior Rotary helped to secure funding from Forests Ontario for a significant Tree Planting operation beginning on April 25, 2022. Arnprior Rotary also successfully applied for a Rotary District 7040 Grant to help to expand the Clay Bank Nature Park for Outdoor Learning.

Arnprior is one of the fastest growing small towns in Ontario and the expansion of Highway 417 to Renfrew is now underway. To counteract the tree loss due to that expansion, real estate development, the removal of agricultural windrows, and tree mortality due to insects, Arnprior Rotary and the Township of McNab/Braeside have teamed up to plant thousands of white spruce, red pine and white pine trees - 22,840 over two years to be exact - through the Forests Ontario and the 50 Million Tree Program.

Rotary International’s newest Area of Focus is The Environment into which the Arnprior Rotary Club has leapt with both feet in a significant way.

We are looking for new members and this is just another example of Rotary in Action in our community.

Join us for Earth Day 2022 Cleanup!

Help Us Protect our watershed on Earth Day!

Join the Arnprior Rotary Club 9am - 11am in a Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup on Saturday April 23rd 2022.

We are all connected. Our Watershed includes the Madawaska and Ottawa Rivers, all the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence. All of our local trash that gets into the river will wash downstream.

The two Sites targeted for this year’s Clean Up are The Algonquin Trail and River Road :

A) Algonquin Trail at Division Street on the old Rail bed - meet at the intersection and park nearby.

B) River Road #1 Between Braeside and Arnprior - meet in the parking Lot of Our Lady Perpetual Help Parish on Dochart Street in Braeside

Meet 9 AM April 23rd for Sign In, Orientation and to get Supplies

Reminder that there is always the possibility of Poison Ivy or Ticks in the grass and uneven terrain so please wear appropriate attire. Good Closed Toe Shoes or Boots, Long Sleeves, Pants, and some work gloves are recommended.

Come Join us!

Tarts and Arts in the Park

Paul Harris to Rabbi Bulka

The Rotary Club of Arnprior recognized a posthumous Paul Harris award on the late Rabbi Reuven Bulka, who exemplified Rotary’s motto “Service Above Self”. The evening’s award occurred during the club’s weekly meeting and was attended by the Rabbi’s son Eliezer and the current Rabbi of Machzikei Hadas, Rabbi Scher. Rotarian Leo Hughes spoke about how the Rabbi Bulka dedicated his life to spreading kindness, helping people, making a difference, comforting others, and always saying the right thing at the right time to make someone feel better which is guided by the Rotary motto, Service Above Self.

The Rotary Club of Arnprior has two members who belong to the synagogue for which Rabbi Bulka was a rabbi since 1967, and another Club member worked with the Rabbi in delivering "Who is Nobody" kits to schools in the area.

Rabbi Bulka co-founded Kind Canada, a non-profit organization that encourages Canadians to practice kindness daily and support charitable causes The first national Kindness Week is slated for February 2022, and Canadians are called on to carry out acts of kindness in their communities during the third week of February every year.

A Paul Harris Fellow Award is Rotary's highest recognition to acknowledge individuals who contribute to the betterment of our community. The dedication plaque will be displayed at his synagogue in a room dedicated to all his accomplishments.

2021 Christmas Donation Grove Residents

In December, Arnprior Rotary donated to the Grove Nursing Home so that every resident received a gift during the Holiday season. Funds were available due to contributions from Delta Bingo

Environmental Cleanup 2021-09

Rotary Great lakes Watershed Cleanup

Rotary Club of Arnprior Cleans up Algonquin Trail and “Unplugged” Kids Clean up Galilee Beach

On Sept 25, 2021 a dozen Club members, family and friends of Rotary gathered to clean up sites that could pollute local waterways. Also participating in the cleanup as part of an educational outing were 10 children and guardians of the Unplugged Program of St John Lutheran Church.

Some of the cleanup crew on the Algonquin Trail in Braeside. Rod Smith, Gerhard Peters, Jane Peters, Bill Sellers, Vila Smith, Terry Dawson, Bruce Buie, Dave Palmer and Pushpa (bottom row)

An initiative of the Club’s newly minted Environment Committee, approximately 275kg of trash was carted away with considerable effort from the Algonquin Trail (former CP rail line) adjacent to the Arnprior Landfill near Braeside. Afterward, the group gathered for a much deserved lunch at Betty’s Chips in Braeside overlooking the extraordinarily beautiful – and cleaner - Ottawa River.

Unplugged children cleaning up the Beach along the Ottawa River at the Galilee Centre in Arnprior

Ottawa Cash Calendar 2022

Arnprior Rotary is selling this Cash Calendar whose theme is "Ottawa's Nature Path". Perfect Stocking Stuffer!

Cost is $20, with half going to our Club for our programs. Over $20,000 in Cash Prizes and daily prizes from $20 - $200, with 3 special prizes of $1,000. 4,000 Calendars printed.

Contact ArnpriorRotary@gmail.com to order & make an e-transfer. Local delivery early December, along with our Annual Fruit Cake sales.

2021 Literacy Month

SEPTEMBER IS BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH

How does The Rotary Club of Arnprior help with literacy?

Every fall, all Grade 3 students in Arnprior are presented with a beautifully illustrated dictionary called Dictionary 4 Life. Using these dictionaries helps children develop their facility with the English language, stimulate their interests in exploring how to spell words and find their meanings.

One of the most positive aspects of being able to use a dictionary is that it helps to develop autonomy and confidence in the learner — one of the core goals of education.

The Rotary Club of Arnprior, working in partnership with the Rotary Club of Newbury in the UK, recently donated 20 desks to schools in Ukerewe, Tanzania so that every child will have a seat and a good learning environment. Each desk cost $24.

Rotary supports activities and training to improve education for all children and literacy for children and adults. The Rotary Foundation enables Rotarians to ensure that all people have sustainable access to basic education and literacy

Darrel O'Shaughnessy Paul Harris

Recently Arnprior Volunteer Extraordinare Darrel O’Shaughnessy was presented Rotary’s Paul Harris Award by Rotary District Governor Fay Campbell and Rotary Club of Arnprior President Vila Smith at an end of summer gathering.

The Arnprior Rotary Club is pleased to announce that Darrel O’Shaughnessy has been given the prestigious Paul Harris Award for his volunteer efforts within the Arnprior Community over the last decade.

In 2011 Darrel and his wife Betty were involved with the creation of the successful Arnprior Dragon Boat Club (ADBC) which in 2015 led to the annual Arnprior Dragon Boat Festival. More recently he was instrumental in successfully launching Canada’s 22nd Men’s Shed in 2019. He currently serves as Chair of the Greater Arnprior Senior's Council (GASC) and has positions on the Town of Arnprior's Corporate Services Advisory Committee and the Senior’s Active Living Centre (SALC) Advisory Committee.

4-Way Test Awards

Congratulations to the Grade 8 Students who received Rotary's 4-Way Test Award, acknowledging that they exemplify the tenets of Test that Rotarians attempt to live by. Thanks to Delta Bingo for assisting with the financing of the gift of the Notebook that went with the Award.

Ukerewe Desk Donation June, 2021

These children are saying "Asanti Sana' (Thank You).

A year ago, four members of the Rotary Club of Newbury, UK visited the island of Ukerewe in Lake Victoria, Tanzania to evaluate previous projects. Following this visit they launched an appeal for support to supply primary schools with desks and benches. Thanks to donations from a number of Rotary Clubs, including Arnprior, they have been able to supply 126 desks and benches to 5 primary schools.

The teachers are so pleased and have appealed for more desks. Currently the Newbury Club is looking to supply at least 100 more desks.

Jeanette Grant Paul Harris

Jeanette Grant received a Paul Harris Award in recognition of Jeanette’s many volunteer activities since she & David moved to Arnprior in 2008.

Accomplishments:

Joined with 3 other Breast Cancer survivors to form Prior Chest Nuts, which included applying for & receiving Trillium Grant of $28,500 for startup funds
Volunteering at Library led to becoming a Board member
Also involved at Hospital Auxiliary, Opp Shop, Grance St Andrew’s United Church & fun with Red Hats

Despite COVID & ALS, Jeanette continues with gardening & sending Birthday Cards to church’s children

From Jeanette:“Volunteering has been part of my life since I was a child.I love being with people who do things to help make the community be a good living experience.”

Grove Christmas Donation

Some residents of Arnprior's Grove Nursing Home have no one to give them Christmas gifts. For more than 30 years, the Rotary Club of Arnprior has been providing funds to purchase Christmas Gifts for every resident, chosen by the Staff to ensure that the right gifts are chosen.. We could not join them at the usual Christmas Party, so no Fruit Cake was provided, but we continued with the funding of this service to our Seniors with the help from Delta Bingo in Pembroke.