Posted by Dan Coombes, Chair , Rotary District 7070 Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup

Our 5th Annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup Event (GLWC) is quickly approaching!  Please mark your calendar for Saturday April 26. 2025.  More information will come from your District Environmental Action Committee very soon. Thank you - Dan Coombes - Chair GLWC (dancoombes4@gmail.com)

What is your club doing ?  What are you planning? Here are some of the projects goign on in Rotary District 7070 and WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN IN.....

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, thousands of Rotarians & Non-Rotarians, on both sides of the Canadian and U.S. border, will roll up their sleeves and collect refuse along the shoreline and many waterway tributaries to the Great Lakes basin. Rotary Clubs in District 7070 , right here in south central Ontario to  lead the way  as they invited friends and family to help support one of Rotary's areas of focus: Supporting The Environment. 

It is up to YOU and your Rotary Club to Lead The Way. 

This is a great example of ROTARY IN ACTION and brings considerable community attention to the importance of ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.  We will be joined by 35 Rotary Districts in over 2,000 clubs and 75,000 Rotarians surrounding the Great Lakes.  This is our day to show 'Rotary in Action' on a massive scale, as we promote 'Environmental Sustainability' within our communities.  Thank you to District 7070 Chair of the Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup ,  Dan Coombes, for getting our clubs in action. 

We asked all Rotary District 7070 Club Presidents  PRESIDENTS  to tell us what they are doing . Here are just some of the Clean up Events in our District. WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN IN with your Rotary friends and help clean up at any of these events. Just contact them in advance:

PLEASE NOTE: SOME EVENTS ARE APRIL 12, APRIL 13, APRIL 19, APRIL 22, AND APRIL 26.   Please Read more.....

Here are some EVENTS that our clubs are doing  in 2025 as part of Rotary's deep commitment to one of our Areas of Focus - Protecting the Environment. New promo material is coming soon. In the mean time, please use the previous material provided and just change the date to APRIL 26, 2025 and you are all set. 

Here are just some of the Clean up Events in our District. WE INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO JOIN IN with your Rotary friends and help clean up at any of these events. Just contact them in advance:

PLEASE NOTE: SOME EVENTS ARE APRIL 12, APRIL 13, APRIL 19, APRIL 22, AND APRIL 26. 

 

CENTENNIAL COLLEGE - MORNINGSIDE CAMPUS - APRIL 12, 2025

Rotary Club of Scarborough in partnership with the Environmental Club at Centennial College  

Time: 9:30 am to 12 Noon followed by an event at Ripley's.

To join in, please Contact : Skip Sears at skip4259@gmail.com

 

CLEAN UP AT THE BRICKWORKS - APRIL 13, 2025

Starting at 10 AM.

To join in, and to get more details, please Contact : Nilam Bedi, Rotary District 7070 Environmental Chair at nilam.bedi@gmail.com

 

ROUGE URBAN NATION PARK - 25 Zoo Rd, Scarborough

Date and time and exact location to be announced

To join in, please Contact : Joan Barrett at jdbarrett67@gmail.com

 

DON'T MESS WITH THE DON: APRIL 19, 2025 - AT THORNCLIFFE IN  E.T. SEATON PARK

Starting at 10 am

To join in, and to get more details, please Contact : Nilam Bedi, Rotary District 7070 Environmental Chair at nilam.bedi@gmail.com

 

RICHMOND HILL:  APRIL 22, 2025

Rotary Club of Richmond Hill is cleaning up Rotary Park in Richmond Hill with Fellowship Dinner following the Cleanup.

The Rotary Park of Richmond Hill is located on Elgin Mills Road East at the intersection of Shirley (Between Leslie & Bayview).  We start cleaning at 5:00 pm on April 22, 2025 and after at 6:00 pm meet in the King Henry's Arms pub, intersection of Yonge & 16th, for fellowship dinner. You, all Rotarians, family and friends are welcome.

To join in, please Contact Eric Nejat at eznejat@gmail.com

 

BOWMANVILLE - APRIL 26, 2025

at Bowmanville Creek Fish Ladder at Roenigk Dr and King Avenue,   from 9 am to 12 noon

To join in please contact thelisadavenport@gmail.com

 

DON'T MESS WITH THE DON: APRIL 26, 2025

at 11 Redway Road at 10 AM

To join in, and to get more details, please Contact : Nilam Bedi, Rotary District 7070 Environmental Chair at nilam.bedi@gmail.com

 

DON'T MESS WITH THE DON: APRIL 26, 2025

Time and location to be announced

Rotary Club of Toronto

To join in, please Contact : Kevin Power at kevin.power@rotarytoronto.com

 

ETOBICOKE: APRIL 26, 2025 - 3 LOCATIONS

Rotary Peace Park — bottom of 11th Street - 9:00 a.m.: 

 

Etobicoke Collegiate - Interact Club - Tom Riley Park - 11:00 a.m.

 

Richview Collegiate -  Alex Marchetti Park

To join in, please Contact Lynda Ryder at lynda.ryder@outlook.com

 

OSHAWA: APRIL 26, 2025 

Rotrary Clubs of Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood, and Courtice and our civic leaders invite you to join us

9:30 am to 12:00 noon at The Second Marsh , Colonel Sam Drive, east of farewell, in Oshawa

To join in, please Contact Dave Andrews at dave.f.andrews99@gmail.com

 

WHITBY - APRIL 26 - IRIQUOIS PARK

Join us at Iroquois Beach on Saturday, April 26, for our 5th Annual Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup Event (GLWC). Thousands of Rotarians (and non Rotarians!) will come together to collect refuse along the shoreline and waterway tributaries to the Great Lakes basin. This is great example of #RotaryInAction and brings considerable community attention to the importance of #environmentalsustainability. DM if you would like more information or to sign up. #rotaryclubofwhitby #rotarywhitby

To join in, and to get more details, please Contact : Danielle Harder at danielleharder@outlook.com

 

BRICKWORKS  - APRIL 27 AT 10 AM

Wreath making from invasive plants with the Brickworks

To join in, and to get more details, please Contact : Nilam Bedi, Rotary District 7070 Environmental Chair at nilam.bedi@gmail.com

 

Start Planning now what your club is doing for the 5th annual Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup.

If you have any questions or need assistance organizing your event, please contact Nilam Bedi, Rotary District 7070 Environmental Chair at nilam.bedi@gmail.com