Club News

Feeding families in Haiti and Ukraine

We were happy to join other Rotary clubs on Nov. 5 to pack thousands of high-protein meals for Kids Against Hunger Canada. Each meal kit consists of rice, texturized vegetable protein (TVP), vitamins and flavouring, and a freeze-dried vegetable blend. Some kits will be shared locally and the rest will be sent to families facing food insecurity in Haiti and Ukraine.

The Whitby Santa Parade is back for 2023! And its happening on December 2

The Rotary Club of Whitby provides the marquee Santa Claus Float, and we need volunteers to participate on both our 'Decorating' and Assembly' teams. Always a fun event which showcases Rotary Club of Whitby in front of hundreds of Whitby families

Go to the volunteer section of our website and join the fun.

Concert to Feed the Need in Durham

Sunday, December 10, 2023 1:30 p.m.

The Biltmore Theatre, Oshawa

Musicians include Cale Crowe, an Indigenous singer-songwriter (and very talented Durham College grad!), the Doozies, an all-string trio of guitar, stand-up bass and fiddle with a traditional sound, Kristine Dandavino, a talented opera singer, Kalista Wilson, a talented local pop rock singer who was nominated for a Juno award in 2020 for Children's Album of the Year with Girl Pow-R, Hunter Sheridan, a folk/pop singer-songwriter and more.

The concert is Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Biltmore Theatre. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online here. If you would like to sponsor the event, Joe said any amount is appreciated. You can contact him at solwayjj@gmail.com.

Consumers Road Cleanup

On Wednesday, July 26th, 2023, members of the Rotary Club of Whitby and their families and friends met up on Consumers Road in Whitby to do some litter cleaning. Bags and gloves were handed out and the volunteers got to work quickly, picking up lots of garbage items that were polluting the road. Great work to all of the volunteers!

Saving women's lives and keeping families together in rural Zimbabwe

A pap test is commonplace for many Canadian women. In Zimbabwe, it’s the leading cause of death among women.

According to the World Health Organization, Zimbabwe is among the top five countries with the highest incidences of cervical cancer, with 61 of every 100,000 women being diagnosed annually. Pap smears are expensive and therefore not often available or used.

The Rotary Club of Whitby is pleased to donate $14,000 to the Karanda Mission Hospital in rural Zimbabwe to make a less expensive technique more widely available. Read on to find out how.

Environmental Action Award winners

Over the past year, the Rotary Club of Whitby has been a leader in environmental action and now we have been rewarded with a Rotary District 7070 Environmental Action Award.

We led the way with the annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup with dozens of volunteers picking up garbage from lakes, streams, ditches and fields in the Great Lakes watershed. We also supported three local schools to plant pollinator gardens on their property and we diverted 51% of the waste at our annual Food Truck Frenzy.

Sun shines on 2023 Food Truck Frenzy, community wins!

Thank you to our sponsors, community partners, volunteers and guests for another amazing Food Truck Frenzy! We raised tens of thousands of dollars to support local and international organizations and had a lot of fun doing it.

Special thanks to our food trucks, vendors, Kids Zone businesses and Brock Street Brewery - and Mother Nature - for making this one of our best Food Truck Frenzy experiences ever. Looking forward to seeing everyone back in 2024!

Avenues of Service

Community

Rotary’s character is defined by the way it reaches out to the community and responds to its diverse needs by supporting programs that enhance the quality of life for various segments of the population.

Improving the quality of life for Youth by supporting organizations such as Kids Against Hunger as well as our ongoing support of programs and activities for Seniors leads to meaningful opportunities for service.

Together with other organizations and clubs, Rotary has brought clean water and support to children and women, delivered ultrasound machines, renovated facilities and provided computers to schools, among other projects.

By helping to protect our natural world, we support all seven of Rotary’s areas of focus & take action to create positive, lasting change in our communities, across the globe & in ourselves.