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Rotary Cash Calendar Project Reaps Rewards for ADHS Students
Posted on Dec 16, 2017
ADHS
Rotarians Jane & Gerry Peters hand over $2,200 to some of the ADHS students going on the Me to We trip to Ecuador, shown with teachers Nicole White and Mark Wroe. ADHS Students helped with Arnprior Rotary’s 1st Cash Calendar Project which are still for sale at Keller Williams.
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2017 Mad  Day Duck Race
Posted on Jul 01, 2017
Canada Day Duck Race

As Canada turned 150, the Arnprior Rotary club celebrated Canada Day with its own celebration of “The Annual Rotary Mad Duck Race”. This event has been going on for 8 years. 

1500 ducks were dumped in the Madawaska River.

Retrieving the ducks came in various forms. Motor boats, a dog, seadooers and kayakers. Happy Birthday Canada and a good job done Rotarians. It was another fundraiser sellout year. 


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2017-05-10 30th Anniversary

Arnprior Rotary honours two volunteers at 30th anniversary gala

By Derek Dunn Arnprior Chronicle-Guide
 

Rotary district governor Nabil Oudeh joins Arnprior president Jane Peters and Mayor David Reid to cut the cake at Rotary Arnprior's 30th anniversary. The birthday party was held April 27 at Sand Point Golf Course. - Derek Dunn/Metroland

Rotarian Jane Peters accepts a token of appreciation from Arnprior Mayor David Reid, who said without service groups like Rotary, which opened a local chapter in 1986, small towns across Canada could not survive. - Derek Dunn/Metroland
 
Glenn Arthur is recognized by Rotary his for many years of volunteer work. Joining him at the gala evening in Sand Point are Rotarians Nabil Oudeh and Jane Peters. - Derek Dunn/Metroland
 
Community volunteer Vicki Murdoch is presented with Rotary's Paul Harris Fellow award by Nabil Oudeh and Jane Peters. - Derek Dunn/Metroland
 
James Jordan of War Amps tells the Rotary Club crowd how important his prosthetic arm is, and how expensive. The gala night raised money for War Amps while celebrating its 30th anniversary in Arnprior. - Derek Dunn/Metroland
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