Paul Hammond becomes Rotary's 41st Citizen of the Year.
Presenting Paul with his award is Sub-Committee Chair Doug Marshall.
Hit the "Read More" button to read about Paul's help and support in the Bracebridge community.
YES. The return of the Rotary Christmas Tree is here. However, this year we have a limited supply of trees for sale.
ONLY 75 LEFT ranging in sizes 6'-8' (1.8-2.4 m) in height, these Balsam or Fraser firs will light up your house for the holidays and are less likely to shed like Spruce does!
COST is $65 all in. TO RESERVE A TREE call or text 705-261-0556 to place your order.
Last Pickup date will be at 9 AM - 3PM on Saturday December 2, 2023
in the ROTARY CENTRE PARKING LOT.
Club President Don Smith presents our club's annual $500 donation to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 161 in remembrance of local Rotary members who fought in wars or who were part of peace activities around the world. To accept the donation is Poppy Fund Chair Shirley Ruttan on November 11, 2023. Lest We Forget.
Good News; Bracebridge Rotarian Steve Rockwell was the winner of the Zorbing competition (bubble wrestling) at Rotary Zone 28 Meeting in October that raised $103,000.
Bad News; Even though Steve belongs to our Club, he played for a Club from Michigan!!
A team of 14 Rotarians from District 7010 went to Zone and participated in "Learning to Lead" and to bring back the best practices to empower our clubs.
Our Major Draw was held at the Bracebridge Fall Fair on Sunday, September 17th. The winners are:
$25,000 - LILY FROST, TORONTO
Ticket #1044 Sold by Rotarian Alf Davis
$3,000 - DON CURRIE, BRACEBRIDGE
Ticket #0002 Sold by Rotarian Karen Quemby
$1,000 - JANET DAWSON, GRAVENHURST/BRACEBRIDGE
Ticket #2260 Sold by Rotarian Paul Hammond
EARLY BIRD #1 - ART MATTESON, BRACEBRIDGE
Ticket #3931 Sold by Rotarian VP Jon Denbok
EARLY BIRD #2 - FRED AIKEN, BRACEBRIDGE
Ticket #4154 Sold by Rotarian Mark Augustine
At the Farewell dinner for Youth Exchange Student Lara Haderer of Switzerland and her family, all were officially "Canadianized" with a buffalo plaid jacket, a Molson Canadian beer, maple syrup and a Tim Horton's coffee. All that was missing was poutine! Lt to Rt: Brother Janis, exchange student Lara, Mom Tamara and Dad Christian. Next stop is Temiscaming then Montreal to pick up an RV and tour the Eastern provinces before heading back to Europe. Beauties eh!! By the way, we will certainly miss Lara. She was a wonderful youth ambassador for her sponsoring Rotary Club and country. 
In June, a new attraction was dedicated in Bracebridge. As part of the Woodchester trails, this viewing platform that looks over Muskoka River and the town, was unveiled. The Rotary Club of Bracebridge provided a large donation to the Town of Bracebridge to have this platform installed. Attending the unveiling were (Lt. - Rt.) Club President Kelly Miles, Club President-Elect and Councillor Don Smith, Councillor Barry Hammond and Mayor Rick Maloney.
Rotarian Keith Montgomery awards William Staley of St. Dominic's Secondary School with the Club's Service Above Self Award. The club gives $3,000 over to years of post secondary education to the student who shows voluntarism in their community while working on their high school diploma. The award is given to a student from both BMLSS and St. Dom's.
The main stage at the Canada Day Rotary Musicfest (since we couldn't have fireworks)! Thank you to our sponsors for helping make this possible.
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