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This year, the Club had approximately $32,000 to allocate to community organizations, proceeds from Ribfest, Tour de Guelph and Scotch Nosing. 21 recipient organizations attended club meetings in February and March to receive their funds. Pictured below are this year's recipients.

L-R: Dan O'Donnell, Allocations Chair, Peter Gill, Chalmers Community Service Centre, Laura Muirhead, Child Witness Centre, Mira Clarke, Action Read, Mike Treadgold, Big Brothers/Big Sisters Guelph, Brittany Webb, Diabetes Canada, Cherylynn Lumsasag, Beginning Family Services, Anita Macfarlane, Children's Foundation, Norm Greensmith, Club President.

L-R: Dan O'Donnell, Allocations Chair, Simon Bell Focus on Nature, Leslie Fisher, Guelph Contemporary Dance, Justine Morgan, G-W Women in Crisis, Susan Carey, St James the Apostle Anglican Church, Pat Stuart, Wellington Hospice, Kristin Tilley, Lakeside Hope House, Beth Harris, Michael House, Norm Greensmith, Club President.

Front L-R: Penny Jamieson, Power of Hope, Kim Rodrigues, Hopewell Homes, Karen Semma, St. Joes Health Care, Sharon Stewart, The Julien Project, Eric Charlesworth, YM-YWCA,

Back L-R: Dan O'Donnell, Allocations Chair, Colin McVicker, Sanguin Health Centre, Jackson Mathieu, Guelph Enabling Garden, orm Greensmith, Club President.

Community Funding - Guelph Rotary Trillium 2017-8 Disbursement

	Organization	Request Details
1	Action Read Community Literacy Ctre.	Membership for credentialing clients basic digital literacy skills
2	Beginnings Family Services	Support for prenatal classes for those in need (Note split in funding request)
3	Big Brothers - Big Sisters of Guelph	Continuing support of the Play On program for pre-teen girls
4	Chalmers Community Service Centre	Provision of coffee/snacks for patrons utilizing the food pantry
5	Child Witness Centre	Support of the Guelph Youth Symposium for 1,500 grade 8 students
6	Children's Foundation	Support of the Food & Friends program providing breakfast for students
7	Diabetes Canada	Funding to send a child with Diabetes to summer camp
8	Focus on Nature	Funding of 3 full day workshops at low income neighbourhood schools
9	Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival	Funding for 6 underserved youth to attend March Break camp
10	Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis	Funds to purchase a new washing machine for Marianne's Place shelter
11	Hopewell Homes	Funds to repair siding on home and replace 2 windows
12	Hospice Wellington	Funds to deliver their 8-week Adult Grief Group
13	Lakeside Hope House	Help to develop a social enterprise café operated by members
14	Michael House	Funding to complete maintenance & repairs at housing & office locations
15	Power of Hope	Support the "Basket of Hope" hygiene project for 75 homeless people
16	Sanguen Health Centre	Fund the purchase of supplies for "the van" in support of homeless people
17	St. James the Apostle Anglican Church	Support the "Living Better on Less" 8 week program
18	St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation	Funding of 5 "comfort carts" in support of palliative patients for 1 year
19	The Guelph Enabling Garden	Funds to support the ongoing replacement of wooden garden bed structures
20	The Julien Project	Funds to be used to support local marginalized adult & youth cooking skills
21	YMCA-YWCA of Guelph	Support of the SHARKS swim program for 3200+ grade 3&5 students

Suzanne Bone receives a Paul Harris Fellowship

Posted by Kenneth Boyd on Feb 02, 2018

In recognition of her outstanding contribution to volunteering and leadership in the community, the Club presented Suzanne with a PHF this past Wednesday, January 31.

Suzanne Bone is CEO and President of The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital. She joined the Foundation following a placement at Guelph General Hospital as part of her Masters in Health Administration in 1991, and since that time has directed fundraising activities for the organization that have raised more than $50 million. She is a certified fundraising executive, and the 19th Canadian to hold the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Fellows designation.

She is also a Guelph YMCAYWCA Woman of Distinction in the Public Service category and was a Guelph Chamber of Commerce board member. Currently she is on the Board of Innovation Guelph.

She has been a very active volunteer including serving as a member of the Volunteer Centre of Guelph Wellington Leadership Advisory Committee and the Association for Health Care Philanthropy Canadian Cabinet, treasurer of the Hospital Development and Education Fund of Canada, and she is a past board member of the Victory Kids Club and the United Way of Guelph Wellington.

2018 Peter Moore Vocational Services Award Winner

Posted by Kenneth Boyd on Jan 26, 2018

This years recipient is Seelan Moodley.

Dr. Moodley has been a member of our Club since 2004. He is a Past Board Member and has been very active in hands-on projects. He annually organizes pyjama collection at Christmas time for the Power of Hope charity. He also has organized hands-on Day of Giving at the Drop In Center. He regularly mentors medical students from McMaster University.

Paul Harris Fellowships

Posted by Kenneth Boyd on Dec 15, 2017

Several Paul Harris Fellowships were presented on December 13th recognizing both Club Members and local community leaders

Two members were presented with their multiple PHF's - Patsy Marshall with her +7 and David Halls with his +5.

Rosemarie Coombs, recently retired founder of Michael House seen here with President Norm Greensmith and PHF Committee Chair, Peter Moore.

Penny Jamieson, Power of Hope

Glenna Banda, The Children's Foundation, seen here with colleague and Club Member, Laurie Lantaigne

Emma Rogers, United Way with President Norm and Club Secretary, Ken Boyd

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Our Club

Posted on Aug 21, 2014

Our Mission:

The Rotary Club of Guelph-Trillium is dedicated to enhancing the lives of others through local and international projects.

Our Beginnings:

The Rotary Club of Guelph-Trillium was officially chartered in October 1991. The committee to form the club began its work in the early months of 1991 with the development of a list of potential club members. Committee members from both the Rotary Club of Guelph and the Guelph-Wellington Rotary Club submitted names of those who they felt would be potential Rotarians. A list of 30 potential members was drawn up and invitations were extended to the first provisional meeting which was held at George Michals Restaurant on Woodlawn Road. This meeting began at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday March 27th, with an attendance of 49 people, of which 20 were Rotarians from other Rotary clubs and the rest were potential Rotarians for our new club.

Today, the club has over 50 members and annually hosts one of Guelph's favourite festivals, Ribfest.