Wednesday, May 20 and Monday, May 25, 2026 - “Share Your Thoughts About Our Club” on Zoom, for members who missed the in-person chance at our club meeting on March 27. Take the opportunity to chat with president-elect Crista Renner. Watch for your personal invitation arriving by email.
Friday, May 22, 2026 - Tom Funk Memorial Tribute at our club meeting. Not to be missed.
Saturday, June 6, 2026 - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner is back by popular demand. It's one of our favourite fellowship events of the year. Watch for signup details coming to members by email to sign up as either a Host or a Guest. You are also invited to bring your “Plus One” to this great evening as well!
Friday, June 12, 2026 - Our Summer Picnic In The Park meeting is still on our calendar but we are exploring a different location and experience than other years. Stay tuned … A good idea is being developed that you won't want to miss this year!
CANCELLED! Our hoped-for club fellowship outing on October 24th to the Stratford Festival matinee of "Something Rotten” is not possible because that showtime is already fully booked! Our fellowship team is looking for another entertaining show where we can get a block booking. Stay tuned.
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HAPPY BUCKS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Luisa Del Rosario is super-proud of her granddaughter's amazing results in the Toronto Marathon!
Richard Broadwith was a welcome visitor at our club meeting. Now a member of the Rotary Club of Calgary Heritage Park, Richard was a member at our own club for 31 years before he and Linda relocated to Calgary 4 years ago to live closer to their daughter. What a welcome sight it was to see Richard back in our midst!
Lobsterfest is coming on Saturday, September 26th. The committee is asking for full club support on this. You can support in the following ways:
Donate a bottle of red and a bottle of white for one of our most popular live auction items (a wagon full of wine)
Donate, or arrange to have an item donated to be sold in the silent auction (or donate $50 to go towards the purchase of a great item)
Volunteer at the event (Link coming soon)
Invite your friends to buy tickets/tables
Buy a ticket and attend the event (Link coming soon)
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OUR RECENT CLUB PROGRAM
Friday, May 8, 2026:
Science Fair Winners
We heard from brilliant high school students Vera Golubitsky and Kira Egete.
Vera and Kira are young researchers who competed in the Waterloo Wellington Science and Engineering Fair 2026 and won. They, with seven other students out of hundreds, are heading to the Canada Wide Science Fair in Edmonton, AB, starting May 23rd. In Edmonton, they will compete with students from all across Canada.
Kira’s project is called “Nutty for Colour” and it was about squirrels.
Vera’s project was called “Using Light Curve Data to Predict the Movement of Dark Matter”. ('Active Galactic Nuclei', anyone?) It was impressive to learn how Vera had obtained NASA data through PhD students at Harvard, and how she hopes to continue her post-high school studies in fields related to math, science and astrophysics.
We were astounded by their presentations, and they calmly handled many questions for the floor with a thoroughly engaged audience.
Learn more about our club's long history with this Science and Engineering Fair. For more than 50 years, our club has been a supporter, financially and through service. Over the years, Rotarians have served on the WWSEF board as president or member, judged projects, acted as chaperones, awarded prizes, organized celebrations, and even helped out at the Canada-wide science fair. Our club involvement has been extensive. Many thanks to our club's Children, Youth & Vocational Service committee, and special thanks to Bonnie Evans in particular for her continued support of this science fair and our club's involvement.
