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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Kingston

Members of the Rotary Club of Kingston are dynamic volunteers and local community leaders. We join 35,000+ Rotary Clubs with 1.2-million members worldwide that make up Rotary International, the largest service organization in the world. We are non-political, non-religious, and welcome people of diverse backgrounds. If you want to make positive changes in our community and the world with dedicated people who share a passion for community service and fellowship, we hope you will consider joining our club.

The Rotary Club of Kingston

Meets THURSDAYS, 12:15 pm. In-person at Kingsbridge  (lunch at 11:45 am) or join with  Zoom.

Join us on Zoom with the following link:

 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84783531312
President: Alicia  Gordon (email)
Secretary: Garrett Cole (email)
 
Mailing Address
Rotary Club of Kingston
P.O. Box 484
Kingston, ON
K7L 4W5
District 7040 - Club #4576
Charter 872 - April 1st 1921
Charitable No. BN11912 4931 RR0001
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Rotary Park spring cleanup brigade great example of Rotarians in Action
Posted by Allan Dunlop on May 11, 2023
Cleanup Monarch Butterfly Garden People of Action Rotary Park Kingston Service Day
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(L-R) Elsabe Falkson, Ann Levison, Rene Marchen, Allan Dunlop, Barry Slater, Dave Short, Adrienne Brown.
 
The weather was perfect and everybody came to the Monarch Butterfly Garden in Rotary Park with tools and garbage bags in hand ready to spring clean the park and to tackle the weeds in the garden.
 
 
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Why is the Norway Maple an “enemy’ of our native biodiversity?
Acer platanoides Norway Maple Sapindaceae family deciduous tree invasive species
As I look out of the window, this is the tree I see.  It is on these limbs that I see the crows, ravens, doves, and blue jays landing.  I was not aware that I may be harboring (and loving) an enemy.
 
Norway maple or érable de norvège is a shade-tolerant deciduous tree in the soapberry (Sapindaceae) family, formerly in the Aceraceae family. Its broad native range is from Norway southeast to the Caucasus and northern Turkey.

John Bartram of Philadelphia first introduced Norway maple from England to the U.S. in 1756.
 
 
 
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Club recognizes 4 citizens and 2 Rotarians as Paul Harris Fellows in 2023
Posted by John Borst on Apr 27, 2023
Annual Dinner Club honourees Community honorees PHF Paul Harris Fellowship Awards The Rotary Foundation
The recipients of the 2023 Paul Harris Fellow Awards: (L-R) Ruth Shannon, Elsabé Falkson, Judy Borovskis,
Tracey MacGorman, Helen Cooper, and Marci McMullen. Photo by Linda C
 
Each Rotary year The Rotary Club of Kingston recognizes 3 club members and 3 community non-member citizens with Paul Harris Fellows for demonstrating exemplary models of Rotary’s motto: “Service Above Self”. This year, however, four PHFs went to community citizens and two to club members.
 
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Miriam Masha on NECT’s education program for children displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency
Boko Haram City of Maiduguri Dr. Mariam Masha Nigeria North East Children's Trust The Learning Centre Women and girls
 
Dr. Mariam Masha began by sharing a video of the horrors of the Boko Haram, the people who fled, and the difficulties they face in the refugee camps., focusing on the story of Rabi, one of thousands of children whose future was gloomy because their communities were under attack. Thanks to North East Children's Trust (NECT) building a learning centre, Rabi learned to write and to use a computer.
 
 
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Merkley's Youth Exchange Reunion a happy journey back in time
Posted on Apr 22, 2023
Fellowship France Reunion Youth Exchange Program Youth Exchange Student
(L-R) Bérénice, Janis Grant, Lori Sweet, Annie-France Le Priol, Faustine Lavallee, Sophie Cargoet, Heather Dier, Jane Dier
 
By Lois Sweet and John Borst; photos by Lois Sweet and Marg Merkley

On Wednesday, April 19, Rotarian Peter Merkley, and his wife Marg, hosted a potluck dinner at their home. The occasion was the return of a former Rotary Youth Exchange student, Sophie Cargoes of France.
 
 
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ENGAGE IN SERVICE


Rotarians are constantly finding ways to support others and to build the community. We have many service partners.

FOLLOW YOUR PASSION


Join local and international projects to Support the Environment; Build Peace; Combat Disease; Provide Clean Water; Enhance Sanitation and Hygiene; Improve Maternal and Child Health; Boost Literacy and Economic Development.

DEVELOP NEW NETWORKS


Rotarians help each other and help others. Rotary members consist of a cross-section of the community. Rotarians are well connected in our community and beyond.