Welcome to our hot Ontario summer! It may be summer, but we still have many activities in the community and internationally.

Incoming Rotary Exchange Student

A warm Welcome to Vincent Chippers, our Exchange Student from Belgium. Vincent will be spending the next year in the Whitby area, attending school and learning about Canada. Vincent is shown at right with Heather, our outgoing Exchange student.

See the news story here... 

HMA Golf Tournament 

Barry Mount from HMA and a clubmember, presented the club with a cheque in the amount of $7693.22 which represents half of the proceeds raised from the HMA golf tournament. The other half is being presented to Grandview Children’s Centre.

Windreach Farms - Annual Barn Dance

We are a huge supporter of Windreach! Don't miss their annual Autumn Harvest dinner and barn dance on Saturday, September 11th.

Enjoy an evening of good food, a silent auction and lively entertainment.

Music will be provided by the Brian Rose Band.

Contact the farm for tickets. http://www.windreachfarm.org/

Outgoing Rotary Exchange Student 

This year, our outgoing Rotary Exchange Student is Heather Murray – a fun loving athletic, scholastic 17 year old will be leaving for a year long exchange program to Rome, Italy on August 31st 2010.

Having just finished grade 11 at Sinclair Secondary School in Whitby, she is very much looking forward to attending her new school in Rome. She will be riding the bus to school in the historic city centre with a new surrogate sister. Her brother Graham (20) and sister Caitlin (11) will miss her dearly but are looking forward to realizing the true value of the global communication through the internet – Skype!

It will be an experience that will shape Heather for life. She is excited to living among the history she has learned along with experiencing “culture”. Heather is dedicated to understanding the psychology of human nature. She is intrigued and interested in the differences in people from various countries. She has already begun to learn about people and their countries as she has had the opportunity to be among exchange students from Belgium, France, Switzerland, Finland, Japan and more.

As these exchange students return home from being in Canada for a year, Heathers adventure is about to begin. After university, Heather is looking to work in the field of psychology to effect positive change in individuals and the world.

Follow her experiences through a blog here on the web site. 

Annual District Foundation Walk - September 26th, 2010

This years walk is hosted by the Rotary Club of Alliston. Please come out and support our Rotary Foundation which does great work around the world.

Historic Whitby & Brooklin Greeting Cards Six historic homes in Whitby and Brooklin have been sketched for this fundraising project. The cards have been printed on a high quality parchment and are blank inside. They are suitible to send for any occasion or are ready for framing. Each set includes 12 greeting cards (two of each design) complete with matching envelopes at a price of $20.