Children's Christmas Party - 2022

Rotary Fellowship at The Brewer's Pantry

Our 2022-2023 Executive

Shuttle Service at Mosport

Bird Watching - 2022

Paul Harris Fellows - 2022

Ribs and Brews Festival - 2022

Support for Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre

Featuring a fabulous line-up of award-winning musicians from across the region

The Concert to Feed the Need is a presentation of the Rotary clubs of Durham Region. It brings together award-winning musicians from across the Region in support of Feed the Need in Durham, which collects and distributes food to over 65 emergency food providers across Durham, including food banks, shelters, meal and snack programs and other social service agencies. Feed the Need in Durham provides over 1.5M meals to Durham residents annually.

Find out more at our concert page here

October 2023 - Classification Talks

These meetings are always a gem to learn about your new Rotarians

Elaine and Terry are no strangers to our Club and shared the details of what they were made of . Taking us through their life journey in a matter of minutes riddled with humor and personal stories where just by chance they had brief brushes of influence with close family and friends who had displayed in doing what it meant to be a Rotarian.

Respite Care Summer Program 2023

Our Respite Care Summer Program Team, pausing for brief photo op. with two our our longstanding club members who put their all in keeping this program running.

August is usually a bitter sweet month for us at the Bowmanville Rotary Club as among other things it usually marks the end of our Summer Respite Care Program. This year was no different has we celebrated the students who rose to the occasion to lend a hand and nurture smiles from the families in our community that signed up for our 25th annual respite care summer program. Moms and Dads and their children with exceptional needs were treated to a summer of well deserved rest ( mom & dad) and fun filled activities (kids). Our team of caregivers swooped in like the super hero they are and brought joy to the lives of these families. Check out this article that tries to summarize the experiences of our caregivers this past summer .....

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport) Shuttle Service

Here's an opportunity to come out and meet some great people with a common interest, while having fun. Each year, our Rotary Club of Bowmanville provides volunteer service at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. In exchange for our services, a donation is made to our club to help support our various community programs. These golf cart chauffeurs are loads of fun and 100% of the tips you share with them this year, as they shuttle you across the park to your favorite corner, all go to our local Hospice. This weekend was our second of three long weekends planned this year, please join us later this summer for our third and final of the season. Help us help our community.

Email us at bowmanville.rotary@gmail.com to book your next volunteer opportunity.

Student Bursaries Presentation for 2023

Just another Tuesday morning supporting our community…. or was it? At our July 11^th weekly Rotary meeting, Club President Chris Zelasko and Director of Education Chris Christodoulou presented bursary cheques to 7 (6 in attendance) exemplary students within our community. As each student was introduced and shared their appreciation speeches, one couldn’t help but hold back tears hearing their many and diverse experiences coupled with a positive outlook for their future and the future of the community, they call home. The event culminated with the entire audience giving these young talented individuals a standing ovation as we wish them all the best in their journey ahead.

Join us in congratulating Adrian (Skyler), Simon, Miranda, Teagan, Khristina and Gemma. Kaylee was out on summer vacation but will join us later this summer for her celebratory speech. Until next time cheers!

Welcome to Rotary!

A Little Bit about Rotary

Rotary International is the world's first service club organization with more than 1.2 million members in over 35,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are "People of Action". They are your neighbours and friends. They are problem-solvers who take action to create lasting change by volunteering locally, nationally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto "Service Above Self". We are proud to be a part of this dynamic organization as we celebrate 96 years of service in our community. Please take a few minutes to peruse our website and read our promotional brochure, "This is The Rotary Club of Bowmanville".

Are you a person of action who is interested in meaningful volunteer work? Are you interested in joining Rotary? For more information about Rotary and the Rotary Club of Bowmanville, please contact Gord Wallace by email at gord.wallace@ibwsurveyors.com. Thank you.

Rotary Ribs & Brews Festival was a GREAT Success!

After two years of forced hiatus the Rotary Club of Bowmanville was thrilled to once again invite the families of Clarington and surrounding area to enjoy our famous Ribs and Brews Festival. And what an amazing success you made it! Can you believe we raised $101,000 that we will use to support our community and international projects. A big "Thank You" to our incredibly generous sponsors, the talented musicians, the fabulous Ribbers, the wonderful Craft Brewers, the many food and non-food vendors, Durham Regional Police Service and the Security team, and all the terrific volunteers without whom we could never have pulled this off. And a special "Thank You" to all of you who graced us with your presence, had a great time, and made this event the success it was!

Want to see a few photos? Click here for our photo album.

Service Above Self - Community Recognition

Jun 07, 2022

Nine amazing individuals! Clarington community is blessed with the good works of many. Recently our Rotary Club of Bowmanville had the opportunity to thank and honour nine of our people for their amazing contributions to others.

On the evening of May 25^th 2022, at the Admiral’s Walk Club House in Newcastle, the Rotary Club of Bowmanville honoured 7 community individuals for their dedication to service of others. These individuals exemplified our motto of Rotary in providing Service above Self within our own Clarington Community. Receiving such a recognition is the highest honour our Rotary club can bestow upon an individual.

The following individuals were named as PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS during a presentation evening highlighting their individual contributions and good deeds to the community.

Congratulations and appreciation to:

Jill Richardson

Donna Metcalf

Lucy Rekker

Richard Rekker

Rod McArthur

Stefanie McEwan

Steve Kay

A similar ceremony also occurred on May 28^th at Wilmot Creek Community Wheelhouse, where residents Lorraine Bird and Phil Bird were recognized for their contribution to the community.

Congratulations to all.

L - R: Richard Rekker, Lucy Rekker, Stefanie McEwan, Jill Richardson, Donna Metcalf, Steve Kay (Absent: Rod McArthur)

L - R: Rachel Boyd, Lorraine Bird, Pauline Calvert, Phil Bird, Amy Barney

Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup a GREAT success!

The success of Rotary's Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup was attributable to a wonderful turnout by both Club members and the public. Crews fanned out along the trails that follow both Bowmanville Creek and Sopers Creek to collect bags and bags and more bags of trash.

The Coldest Night of the Year

Mar 03, 2022

Thursday February 24 may not have actually been The Coldest Night of the Year but for Oshawa Rotarian Rhonda Gorham and about a dozen members of the Bowmanville Rotary Club it was, in fact, a very warm hearted evening.

Bowmanville Rotary supports "Building on the Best"

Jun 12, 2021

The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre is a facility unlike any other in Canada or, for that matter, in the world. Founded in 1989 by Marlene Grass, the mission of The Best is "to keep our children, youth, and adults living with type 1 diabetes healthy until a cure is found".