September 2, 2020
When Rotary reached its centennial in Guelph this year, the Rotary Club of Guelph-Trillium decided to celebrate 100 years of Guelph Rotary in hundreds of ways.
RECOGNIZING VOLUNTEERS x 100
The call went out to nominate local non-Rotarian volunteers who make or have made a difference by helping others with their Service Above Self. 100 volunteers will be selected and recognized over the coming weeks, each one is being thanked during a weekly meetings of the Guelph-Trillium club. Each volunteer will also receive a letter of thanks, a certificate and $100 towards their chosen cause. Nominations are still being accepted. Email info@trilliumrotary.org for more information.
EGGS AND CHEESE x 100
A goal was set to collect and donate 100 dozen eggs and 100 blocks of cheese for the Food Pantry at Chalmers Community Services. Since June, over 249 dozen eggs and 102 blocks of cheese have been collected for the Pantry!
100 cheers for the Rotary Club of Guelph-Trillium. We are so proud of you!
Chalmers Community Services Centre provides food, clothing, diapers and other services to community members in need. Funding for the bulk of the food is provided through grants; local churches also provide some funding as well as diapers, toilet paper and food items.
For Marianne Frame-Toombs, a volunteer at the Pantry, it was satisfying to know that people facing hard times had a place to go to feed their families. Then COVID-19 hit. Churches that regularly donated food were no longer meeting in person, and regular collections like the “Egg and Cheese Sunday” no longer happened. The Pantry could not keep up with the growing needs of the community.