Our meeting on August 7 was well attended and included Rotarians from our sister clubs including Guelph Trillium, Guelph South and Guelph Wellington. The topic was “What is Guelph 200, and what can Guelph Rotary do to help mark Guelph's 200th birthday?”
Speakers were
Dhruv Shah, Chair of the Guelph 200 Community Working Group
Nicole Neufeld, Supervisor of Guelph 200 for the City of Guelph
Terrie Jarvis, to spark the formation of a Joint Guelph Rotary Club Committee to gather ideas, evaluate them, then select and implement a meaningful Rotary Guelph 200 project in 2027.
Attendees at the meeting proposed many possible ideas that are now being collected, and will soon be shared with the Guelph Rotary Clubs for next steps.
Exciting times ahead!
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STORIES ON OUR CLUB WEBSITE
Catch up on what you may have missed
Rotarian Charlie Barnes (89) personally raised $34,000 for Tour de Guelph 2026. Incredible! LINK
Rotary flag raised at City Hall to highlight “Eradicate Human Trafficking” LINK
It was a pleasure to meet and greet Elaine Kelly, a visiting Rotarian from New Zealand, visiting her mom who lives at the Village By the Arboretum. President Crista presented Elaine with our club banner to take back for her home club.
DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR
Friday, August 14, 2026 … the meeting will focus on club membership and ideas for supporting and growing our club, building a stronger club together!
Friday, August 21, 2026 … Our club will be visited by this year's District 7080 Governor, Uche Okugo. Our club is fortunate to have another extraordinary and high-calibre DG willing to take on this big role for 2026-2027. You can read more about Uche here.
Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 6pm … Rotary Club of Guelph's 46th annual Lobsterfest at the Italian Canadian Club. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. Please download and share this Lobsterfest 2026 Sponsorship Package to boost our event. Event Chair Patrick Grist reminds us to help promote the event by boosting ticket sales and finding sponsors, while also bringing bottles of wine to club meetings for the Grand Auction Prize of our popular barrow full of wine.
August 28-30, 2026 - Rotary Ribfest at Riverside Park. Ribfest needs more volunteers! Details are here.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 … An all day Rotary District 7080 Conference in Brampton. “Peace Begins With You” is the theme. These meetings are really worth attending to learn, to share best practices and to meet wonderful people. Registration has just opened for this conference, at this link.
Sunday, October 4, 2026 … Lunch at the Arboretum, the annual fundraiser by Rotary Club of Guelph South. Tickets available here or from Celia Clark 519-766-1097.
Our meeting on August 7 was well attended and included Rotarians from our sister clubs including Guelph Trillium, Guelph South and Guelph Wellington. The topic was “What is Guelph 200, and what can Guelph Rotary do to help mark Guelph's 200th birthday?”
