In his April 2022 Newsletter, District Governor Ron Dick reminds us that Rotary's theme for April 2022 is Maternal and Child Health. Ron has also announced even more news about the speakers, events and activities for the May 13-15 District 7070 Conference and urges everyone to register as soon as possible. He also asks us all to commit to a service in your community with Rotarians , and your friends as we all participate in the second annual Rotary Great Lakes Watershed Program on April 23........
Hello District 7070 Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors and Earlyactors!
The March Rotary theme is another one of our Seven Areas of Focus- Maternal and Child Health
2022 “in person” District Conference- May 13th, 14th & 15th, 2022 at the TownSuites / Courtyard Marriott in Oshawa! The District Conference Committee been hard at work and we are ready to welcome you and wow you in Oshawa! Our District Conference Program Chair, Bowmanville Rotarian Joe Solway has done an amazing job in pulling together our main platform plenary and breakout speakers.
Come down to Oshawa on Friday afternoon! To kick things of for our 2022 District Conference we have golf tee times at 1pm on the Friday and complimentary tours of Parkwood Estates. To reserve your golf foursome or Parkwood Tour please contact Event Chair, Grant Desjardine by email at gdesjardine07@gmail.com or (905) 431-1269.
Our evening reception, food, beverages and fellowship will be from 6pm to 9pm followed by the popular Hospitality Suites hosted by the Rotary Club of Toronto, Rotary Club of Cobourg, Rotary Club of Etobicoke and Rotary Clubs of Bowmanville, Oshawa, Oshawa Parkwood & Courtice.
Our Saturday morning Plenary speakers are Dr. Peter Juni, Head of the Ontario Science Table and frequent guest of National TV News channels and Jennifer Wright, Executive Director Communications, GM Canada, to speak about GM’s Electric Vehicle Program and other Environmental Programs.
We have a selection of 4 breakout sessions on Saturday afternoon for you to enjoy:
Kirk Johnson, Environmental Consultant
Dr. Nikhita Singhal, Resilience
Martin Franssen, Detective DRPS, Fraud Protection
Wash-Rag Summit- Ron Denham & District 7070 Water & Sanitation Projects
An extra special treat is the Gala Dinner entertainment of the The Sentimentalists followed by Don Owens & Friends to kick up your heels!
Our Sunday morning Plenary is another full session with the following speakers:
Dr. Dawn Lavell Harvard- Director of the Trent University First Peoples House of Learning
Todd Simkover- Autism Self Advocate
Farida Nekzad- Journalist in Residence, Carleton University and Managing Editor of Pajhwok Afghan News Agency.
Following our buffet lunch, we have the District Assembly in Harmony Ballroom “C” for our President Elects!
To register go to the District Website and click on the Conference Logo (right column as you scroll down) or go to the Events Calendar and click on the Conference dates to get to the Registration Page.
Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup
Please mark your calendar for Saturday April 23, for our 2nd Annual 'Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup' Event and A District wide Rotary Day of Service. We will be joined by 100's of other Clubs from additional Districts surrounding the Great Lakes. This is our day to show 'Rotary in Action' on a massive scale, and promote 'Environmental Sustainability' within our communities. Pull out your T-Shirt from last year, and sign-up. In addition, please invite family, friends and neighbours to participate with us. What a great opportunity for us to promote our 'Rotary Day of Service', where the goal is to involve 25% non-Rotarians. We started an 'important' tradition last year, which is exciting to continue and build upon. Your District Environmental Action Committee will be reaching out to each Rotary and Rotaract Club in the coming days, with more details. (Contact dancoombes4@gmail.com)
DG Ron
District 7070 Governor, 2021-22
ron@rrdfsi.ca
“The Rotary Foundation is the engine of Rotary, Membership is the engine of your Club!”