Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Willowdale

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 12:30 PM
Grand Luxe Event Boutique, 3125 Bayview Ave, North York, ON M2K 1G2
We meet in-person 1st Thursdays of the month at 12:30PM, and 3rd Thursdays at 6:30PM.
We meet once a month on Zoom at 12:30PM, and a hands-on service project once a month
Willowdale, ON M2K 1G2
Canada
Please contact Bill for meeting and guests questions at: Telephone +1- 416-223-4646 or email lyonrex@rogers.com
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Speakers
No meeting
Mar 23, 2023
Social meeting
Mar 30, 2023
Dinner in person - location TBD
CS Leung (@ Grand Luxe)
Apr 06, 2023 12:30 PM
Taiwan/China relations
Barry Hart (via ZOOM - note change of time)
Apr 13, 2023 6:30 PM
Clean Water Saves Lives
Hat and Rabbit Club encore
May 04, 2023
details to follow
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Heather Graeme
President-Elect
Jobson Easow
Secretary
Stephen Phillips
Treasurer
Margaret Adat
Past President
Chungsen Leung
Community Service
Jobson Easow
International Service
Jobson Easow
Foundation Chair
John Simpson
Membership Chair
Al Warren
Club Administration
Bill King
Assistant Treasurer
Howard Back
Public Relations
Uka Marchena
Executive Secretary
Mike Butler
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Mike Butler
    March 26
  • Mel Smirle
    March 29
Anniversaries:
  • David Graeme
    Heather Graeme
    March 2
  • Heather Graeme
    David Graeme
    March 2
Join Date:
  • Bill King
    March 7, 2013
    10 years
And we are off!
It's the new Rotary Year 2022-2023, Imagine!
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Our International Projects
 J. K. Nyerere Primary School, Arusha, Tanzania
 
Two teachers at  J. K. Nyerere Primary School in Arusha, received an award for their accomplishments at the school. Their hard work and dedication to the students is recognized by their country!
Click on this link to make donations to this project.
https://willowdalerotary.org/page/donate/
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Congratulations to Bill on his Paul Harris Plus 2 Award.
 
Congratulations to David on his Paul Harris Award.
 
Our first in-person meeting in fall of 2021.
 
We were happy to meet in person again on March 31, 2022.
 
Happy to be in-person again with our Partner Bayview Village Loblaws!
The Food was awesome!!!! Bayview Village Loblaws BBQ Fundraising event, July 15, 2022.
A Note From Our President: 
We are very excited about the 2022-2023 Rotary year! Our club has annual projects that make a significant difference in the lives of people in Canada and abroad.
We also have new projects in store, and we hope you will join us virtually or in-person to serve our community.
Heather Graeme
 
Congratulations to Margaret on her Paul Harris Plus 2 Award.
 
Rotarian Bin Liu visited us from the Tokyo Chuo Rotary Club.
 
We had a cheerful in-person meeting on February 16th, 2023.
 
We were happy to assist the Rotary Club of Toronto with their Tree of Remembrance in Dundas Square in December 2022.
 
At the Food Bank in December 2022 with two of our newest members.
 
Our members were full of energy sewing sanitary towels for the female students at JK Nyerere school in Arusha, Tanzania.
FR Margaret will show the teachers and older girls how to make them when she visits the school in February 2023.
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KERALA, India
Our club contributed to the Computer Project for flood affected schools in Kerala.
Our president, Heather Graeme, delivered a carload of donated clothing to New Circle on February 6, 2023.
 We also delivered a substantial amount of donated clothing to the Homeless Outreach at Moss Park.
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Congratulations to Mike on his Paul Harris Plus 2 Award.
 
In December 2022, our President Heather Graeme and her husband David visited the Rotary Club of Shepperton and Sunbury in the UK.

Her father was a Past President of the Rotary Club of Sunbury, and she spent much of her childhood attending Rotary events. They made them feel very welcome. Thank you to our Fellow Rotarians from the UK.
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Our May 2022
In-Person Meeting
 
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Thank you IPP CS
for your kind gifts at our 2022 President's Night!
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Rotarians at the social night, enjoying Kerala dinner at Mr. John's Kerala Kitchen in Scarborough. A big thank you to Mr. John's staff for the excellent hospitality, service and exemplary delicious food.  Our Rotarians enjoyed it all and had a great time in a wonderful ambience.
 
 
 
 
Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service.
Home Page Stories
Welcome to Our New Members: Azza and Azibola
We are happy to welcome new members to the Rotary Club of Willowdale.
 
Azza and Azibola were recently inducted into our club, and we are looking forward to working together on many projects servicing our community.
 
Our Fellow Rotarians Visiting the J.K. Nyerere School in Tanzania 
THANK YOU, ASHLEY AND FAMILY, FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN DONATING TO OUR SCHOOL PROJECT IN TANZANIA!
 
Some of our Fellow Rotarians and friends, are travelling to our esteemed project, J.K. Nyerere Primary School in Arusha, Tanzania, during this month March 2023.
They are excited to visit the school and seeing all the grateful children.
 
Ashley and her son Mathew are two of the people joining FR Margaret and friends on this trip.  Ashley surprised everybody with a gift to the school – a donation of CAN $10,000. 
Ashley, creatively packaged her donation in beans and rice – a tribute to what we feed the children at J. K. Nyerere each day. What a great gesture from Ashley and her family, thank you from the heart!
 
Our members were busy in February, sewing sanitary towels for the female students at JK Nyerere school in Arusha, Tanzania. FR Margaret is going to show the teachers and older girls how to make them when she visits later this month. Enjoy the trip!
 
Education is Key! Support J. K. Nyerere Primary School, Arusha, in Tanzania
The Rotary Club of Willowdale is a proud supporter of the J. K. Nyerere Primary School, Arusha, in Tanzania, and also their “Feed The Children” program. JOIN us in this Cause.
 
Click on this link to view the video and information about the Feed The Children program.
 
You can also donate by clicking on this link, and choosing the J. K. Nyerere Primary School.
 
Join The Journey: Help us feed the students at J. K. Nyerere primary school in Arusha, Tanzania 

Join the Roary Club of Willowdale in our journey to daily provide food to the students at the J. K. Nyerere primary school in Arusha, Tanzania.

 

OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THE STUDENTS CHANGES

Tax receipts will be issued for all donations of $25 or more.
You can etransfer your donation to: arusha.willowdalerotary@gmail.com or make your donation online at: 
www.willowdalerotary.org/page/donate/ and select J. K. Nyerere School. We hope you will join us on this journey.

www.willowdalerotary.org

 

A Night To Remember: Successful Jack – O' – Lantern Jubilee Event 
 
Committee Jack O' Lantern Jubilee Event.  Photo by Eric Azeez.

The Jack-O’-Lantern Jubilee event in benefit of the Phillips House and Maddie's Healing Garden at the Grand Luxe on Saturday, October 29th was a great success. It was a night to remember, filled with elegance, great music, emotional speeches, great food, fun decoration, happy shopping, and all for a good cause!

Thank you to all who worked on the planning committee, collected items for the silent auction, donated financially and attended the evening.
Particular thanks to Uka, Margaret, Jobson and Eric from our club and Courtney and Elisabeth Linton from the Rotary Club of North York.
In the third year of supporting this project for Phillips House and Maddie’s Healing Garden, the Rotary Clubs of Willowdale, North York and York along with District 7070 and many other Clubs can feel happy that we are very close to achieving the goal of $100,000. We are hopeful that we may even exceed this goal! Thank you all for supporting such a worthy cause, which is to care for the mental health of our children and youths in Ontario.

 
Emcee - Jason Chapman, Executive Producer of 640 Toronto. Photo by Eric Azeez.
Nicole German, Maddie's Mom & Chair, North York General Foundation Board of Governors.  Photo by Eric Azeez.
Silent Auction held at the event and coordinated by Courtney Doldron and the Rotaract Club of Willowdale. Photo by Eric Azeez 
Henri Audet, Musician - Singer - Executive Director Camp Kirk.  Photo by Eric Azeez.
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