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Rotary Online Auction

This year's auction is live from November 7-21, 2020.

Help us to help others. In the coming weeks our members will be going around to businesses in the community looking for donations and sponsors. We would love to have your support. By donating an auction item or becoming a sponsor, you gain advertising throughout Southwestern Ontario.

Catch the Ace Lottery

We are pleased to announce the start of the Rotary of KW - Catch the Ace lottery. Five Rotary clubs in Kitchener and Waterloo are working together to support KidsAbility Foundation, Grand River Hospital Foundation and St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation.

Zoom for club meetings to continue into November

Due to the continued pandemic, a decision was made to continue our regular meetings through Zoom for the months of October and November.

Play Golf and Help The Rotary Club of Kitchener

Help the Rotary Club of Kitchener by purchasing GolfNorth Game Packages, Foursome Specials, disc golf Frequent Flyer cards, or gift cards and 20% of the proceeds will return to our club for our fundraising efforts!

Oct 16 Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Zoom - Speaker: Rob Myers - Perimeter Institute

Oct 23 Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Zoom - Speaker: Phil Baker - Learning for Humanity

Oct 30 Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Zoom - Speaker: Sara Kaune - COVID-19 & Grand River Hospital

Nov 13 Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Zoom - Speaker: Conway Fraser - Leaders Under Fire

Nov 27 Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Zoom - Speaker: Priya Ramesh Mehta - Fundraising during COVID

Rotary is always happy to have guests in attendance.

History: Rotary becomes intercontinental

Rotary HistoryRotary becomes intercontinentalOn 1 August 1912, the Rotary Club of London, Greater London, England, became the first Rotary club in Europe. Although

Louise Gardiner

Louise has been a Rotarian for over 25 years. She has taken on many roles in Rotary including President of her Rotary Club in 2002. She is currently a member of District 7080 Rotary Training committee and is President 2020-2021 of the Rotary Club of Kitchener.

After 40 years in the retail travel industry as executive leader of Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s North American Leisure Division, Louise retired on January 1, 2019. She is currently Vice President of The Agency Solution. She also continues to serve as Treasurer on the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA) Board of Directors.

In her retirement, Louise is pleased to take on the part time professor position teaching travel at Conestoga College Doon Campus in Kitchener inspiring her students to follow in the same career path as she did.

During her career, she was honoured with the CWT Outstanding Associate Branch of the Year and the KW Better Business Bureau Integrity Award and was nominated as Kitchener Waterloo Woman of the Year for her philanthropic Rotary service.

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