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On June 15th, 2009, some very proud Rotarians went to an inner-city public
school to deliver the winning prizes to two deserving students who won their
class poetry contest. The challenge? To write the best poem that they could
about their favourite colour. AS well, we gave every grade 5 student at
Daystrom Public School their very own Miriam Webster's dictionary. For many
students, this was the first book that they ever owned and could put their
name into. April was "poetry month", so we used that as the backdrop to aid
the students in using the dictionaries. Thank you to Principal Joanie
Tabacoff and teachers, Tina Cascone and Kay St-Rose-Tucker, for making the
process so easy and fun. In the end, it was the Rotarians who learned that
when you let a student open a dictionary, it opens up new worlds.
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| We are now supporting a new program, called “Computer-Assisted Literacy Solution”, which helps people to succeed by building fluency in the foundational skills of reading and/or math. What is amazing are the results! “71 students averaged 4.3 hours of focused training and achieved average gains of 0.9 grade levels on the reading test. In the math program, 44 students with pre and post test results averaged 3.9 hours of focused training and achieved average gains of 0.6 grade levels.” Could you imagine how this could change a person’s life? If you know someone that can’t read or read well or is just underperforming, then this could be the solution. The same is true for a person who needs math to function. This program has impressive results and is well worth trying. Click here to find out more.
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In celebration of our 50th anniversary, the Toronto Don Mills Club hosted a Anniversary Luncheon and Fundraiser on Wed. April 4th, 2007. Andy Barrie, host of CBC RADIO 1's Metro Morning program, was our keynote speaker. Over 200 people attended, and we raised $6000. This money was donated to a youth leadership program run by City Hope, in the St Jamestown neighbourhood of Toronto.
Don Mills 50th Anniversary Photo Gallery |
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A contribution was made to assist in the retro fitting of a wheelchair accessible van for an associate member. Bob Bannerman of Bob Bannerman Motors organised this project, and Leaside Rotary Club also participated.
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Mobile
Dental Clinic
The Rotary Clubs of Toronto - Don Mills, Toronto -
Don Valley and Yerevan, Armenia worked together to establish
a mobile dental clinic. This clinic will travel throughout the
mountainous regions of Armenia and provide free dental care
to the entire population of the small villages. It will also
educate the children of these villages in proper oral hygiene
and preventive dental care. Each village will be visited at
least once a year.
Most villages in the mountainous
regions of Armenia do not have access to dental services.
The people of these villages must travel on foot to the closest
major centre many miles away for any dental care. The children
in these communities do not have access to any preventive
dental care or education. There are approximately 150 villages
with less than 1,000 people. Average population is 500. None
of these villages have access to dental care.
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Tom
has now arrived. Previously John said:"We look forward
to welcoming Tom, our Australian exchange student who will be
arriving in the middle of June and will be staying in Canada
for up to three months. This is a wonderful experience for all
concerned." John says that "We are still in
touch with our Australian student Robyn, who stayed with us
for three months over 20 years ago."
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Raffy
is actively worked with Maureen and Giles to co-ordinate Brush-a-mania.
for 25000 local students who participated from 64 schools. Many
volunteers supported Raffy, including friends, Rotarians and
members of the dental profession, to help achieve this great
result The dentists attended all the schools to speak to the
children and encourage them to brush their teeth regularly.
There were 34 donations of cash to raise $20,300 and another
9 gave donations in-kind worth $48,050. The Rotary Clubs and
organisers are very grateful for this support in order to make
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How
$5000 changed the lives of 320 children!!
"We put up $5000, which together with matching grants,
became US$20,000.
Working with a Rotary Club in Quillacolla, Bolivia it was possible
to complete the construction of a 5 room primary rural school
and also purchase the necessary furniture. All of the physical
work was done by the Bolivian Rotarians and their friends, and
the parents of the children. There was enough money left over
to drill a well so for the first time in their lives these children
had safe drinking water....." Doug. |
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John
was pleased to announce that we had recently raised a further
$24,000 for the Literacy project in Zwa Zulu, Natal, South Africa
which heavily involves the Rotarians in that area. Rotary District
9270 clubs have been working to help teach the adults, most
of whom are women, and who will go back to their villages to
teach reading and writing skills to the children. Illiteracy
is a major challenge in South Africa and must be faced if peace
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For
the third year in a row, Bill is making arrangements for high
school students to visit GM plants and take tours to expand
their understanding of the industry and the business world.
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Visiting
Australian scholar Tom Ward brought back these memories
In 1977 our . Rotary club , Johannesburg South hosted Robert
E Borbidge an exchange scholar from Australia. We kept in touch
and in 1984 he and his wife visited us here in Canada. In the
interim he had entered politics and in 1996 he became the youngest
ever premier of Queensland.
He still keeps in touch . Today he is the leader of the opposition.
in Queensland legislature.
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