Events

Presenting his Kenya Safari, you may know the current East York Rotary Club President, Bob Bryers as the MC of the Lobster Night at Whistlers for 9 consecutive years.  Bob has also co-ordinated tree planting for his club and been in integral member for many years.   On February 4th Bob will take us virtually on  his Kenya Safari.  So after a year of being stuck at home, let's join him on February 4, for on his amazing adventure, and let our imaginations run wild!!!!

The luncheon meeting on February 11 has been changed to an EARLY-VALENTINE EVENING SOCIAL EVENT from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Members are encouraged to invite their partners or other loved ones to attend. More information will be provided closer to the date. John Ryall is planning this event.

Rachel Solomon from Canadian Blood Services will talk to us about getting donors during this stay at home order.  She will share how we can help and what their current needs are during the Pandemic.

Rachel Solomon, Event Coordinator in Toronto. I have been in the role for almost two years, previously volunteering for the organization. My typical role is to recruit new blood donors into our clinics and make sure all blood donation events in Toronto run smoothly. I am extremely passionate about Canadian Blood Services and the work we do here as I recently had a family member require a lifesaving blood transfusion. That gave me a whole new outlook on my job and a greater appreciation for everything we do at Canadian Blood Services. I am excited to share my knowledge and passion for blood donation with everyone around me.  

Candian Blood Services

The role of Canadian Blood Services is to provide lifesaving products and services in transfusion and transplantation for Canadian patients, and to safeguard Canada's systems of life essentials in blood, plasma, stem cells, and organs and tissues. To ensure we can continue to meet the needs of patients in Canada, we need everyone who is healthy to book and keep their blood donation appointment for weeks and months ahead. We remain open throughout the pandemic to provide essential products for patients in need. There are over 5,000 appointments to be filled across Canada this month. 

Gordon Pitts is an author, public speaker, and business journalist with more than forty years of experience writing about management, strategy, and leadership.

 His new book, Unicorn in the Woods, How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers Are Changing the Game, is the eighth he has published.
The others include the national bestseller The Codfathers: Lessons from the Atlantic Business Elite; Fire in the Belly: How Purdy Crawford Saved Canada and Inspired a Legacy of Leadership, which won the 2015 Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction; and Stampede: The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite, winner of the 2009 National Business Book Award.

escribed as “the dean of Canadian business storytelling,” Gordon has also written Kings of Convergence: The Fight for Control of Canada's Media; In the Blood: Battles to Succeed in Canada's Family Businesses; and The Last Canadian Knight: The Unintended Business Adventures of Sir Graham Day. His first book, Storming the Fortress: How Canadian Companies Can Conquer Europe in 1992, was published in 1990. Five of his books have been National Business Book Award finalists.

He is a former senior writer and feature editor in The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business section. For years, he wrote the “At the Top” interview feature in the Monday Report on Business and the “Exit Interview” in the monthly Report on Business Magazine. 

Since 2014, Gordon has been the Business Writer-in-Residence at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.

Rod will talk about the work his organization does to help high risk youth and their families.  They offer free psychotherapy, counselling, life training skills and support.

Dave McLennan, Boots On The Ground President, talks about providing support to first responders in Ontario.

David Knoppert is a retired Neonatal Pharmacist and Rotarian from London who is biking virtually across Canada to raise funds for a Stove Project in Nicaragua. David will attempt to ride his stationary bicycle 7,176 km coast to coast across Canada. Riding 40km per day, 25 days each month. He started on Oct 1st.

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Byron Wilfert & Dr. Resham Vineyak will talk about CTL Education which tutors students in low income and marginalized communities.

Anne Chellingworth talks about Life & COVID in Melbourne and Brisbane Australia.

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Douglas Nicholson of Palgrave Rotary Club discusses how in a rural village they raise $80-100K per annum.

Raly Chakarova of Tridel talks about their BOLT Program which recruits youth for careers in construction in priority GTA neighbourhoods.

Toronto East Rotary Club member Amanda Maragos will give her Classification Talk.

Jim Parker and Parish youth will give us an update on what's happening from Bethany Baptist.  

Next year's TERC President Shaheynoor Talukder lays out her plans for the 2021-2022 year.

Today members and guests wiil play a game of Kahoot Trivia.