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Linda Kenny, CEO, KidsAbility and Lisa Talbot, Executive Director, Kidsability Foundation receive a donation of $35,000 from the Rotary Club of Kitchener.

Proudly founded and supported by local Rotarians since 1957, KidsAbility™ is the recognized leader in Waterloo Region and Guelph-Wellington for empowering children and youth with a wide range of complex special needs to realize their full potential.

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2018 Car Draw Winner

Congratulations to our 2018 car draw winner! Ian Richardson of Waterloo, Ticket # 15111 drawn on November 30

Thank you to all our sponsors and everyone who participated

November 30 Car Draw at The Aud

Friday November 30, 2018. Members were at the Kitchener Ranger game, at the Aud to sell tickets and participate in the draw for the 2019 Mercedes Benz A250.

In this picture are Al Way, Alex, Brian and Richard Bruckeder getting ready for the ticket draw.

Rotary Flags - Moscow

On November 5th, visiting Rotarian Elena Shpinel presented club President Richard with a flag from Rotary Club Moscow International and welcomed any visitors to Moscow to attend a meeting, as the Club is the only English speaking club in the city.

Rotary Online Auction is on Now!

There's deals to be had at this year's #RotaryOnlineAuction! Visit www.RotaryOnlineAuction.ca early and often! All for a good cause.

Bidding continues until November 17th.

Car Draw Early Bird Winners Announced

The early bird drawings took place on October 15, 2018 at the Mercedes-Benz Kitchener-Waterloo dealership

$500 Swanson's Home Hardware Gift Certificate was won by Greg Mumford of Kingston

A night for 4 at a Kitchener Rangers Hockey game, including dinner (value $200) was won by Marion McKeen of Waterloo

The final draw for the 2019 Mercedes-Benz A250 takes place on November 30, 2018. Buy Tickets

What is Rotary?

Rotary is one of the largest service organizations in the world, bringing together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. There are over 30,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide and over 1.2 million Rotarians. There are six areas of focus where Rotarians focus their efforts: peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development.

Club Presentation to Junior Achievement

On August 3rd, Club President Richard and President-elect Paul were pleased to present our Club's cheque for $1,500 to Brian Breckles, President, Junior Achievement, Waterloo Region. Junior Achievement requested our support to fund two students participation in The Junior Achievement Next Generation Leaders (NGL) Forum which takes place in London Ontario from August 19 to 24, 2018. This request was recently approved by our Foundation.

2018-19 Exchange Student

Welcome Jess Moat, our clubs 2018 - 2019 exchange student. Jess arrived in January and comes to us from Auckland New Zealand. She is attending High School at KCI and will be our guest for one year.

Rotary Local Lager Now Available in Local Beer Stores

Beer Store Locations:

Kitchener   (Downtown) 400 King St W.
Kitchener   (King St. E) 1255 Weber St. E.
Kitchener   (Victoria St) 1120 Victoria Street N.
Waterloo   70 Weber St. N.
Waterloo   624 King St. N.
Waterloo   (Erb/Ira Needles) 659 Erb St W.

Fluid approach to water

How Rotary has changed to help people get clean water for longer than just a few years

Profile Rotary member forms Roots of Peace to remove land mines

Profile: A vine ideaHeidi KühnRotary Club of San FranciscoHeidi Kühn arrived in Utsunomiya, Japan, in 1975, a few months after the end of the Vietnam War. She was a Rotary Youth Exchange

Putting power in hands of women

Stephanie Woollard went from Down Under to the top of the world to find out if one person can make a difference.

Turning teens away from crime

Rotary clubs in Canada invest in the PACT program, an urban peace initiative that aims to break the cycle of youth

From peace fellow to international advocate

Rotary peace fellow creates Red Dot Foundation to fight street harassment and violence against women.

Rotary Foundation Trustee Örsçelik Balkan dies

Rotary Foundation Trustee Örsçelik Balkan diesRotary Foundation Trustee Örsçelik Balkan, a member of the Rotary Club of Istanbul-Karaköy, Turkey, died unexpectedly on 6