





Bruce McLeish, Secretary
519-846-5725
bruce.mcleish@gmail.com
Club Mailing Address
P.O. 111, Fergus, ON.
N1M 2W7
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![]() | The Rotary Club of Fergus Elora made a $1,500 cheque presentation to Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Centre Wellington. Left to right in the cheque presentation is Leanne Iravani, Erika Longman, and Rob Galloway. | |
![]() | On May 24, 2022, this club presented a cheque to Elora Centre for the Arts to assist with a summer program.
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Rob Galloway-President Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora 2021-22 |
In 1996, the great African leader Nelson Mandela launched the Kick Polio Out of Africa campaign with Rotary International’s support, setting out a vision for a polio-free Africa. At the time, wild polio paralysed 75,000 children each year. To protect communities from this crippling disease, African leaders, health workers, volunteers, parents, global donors and organizations united to reach every child with polio vaccines.
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The Paul Harris Fellow is the highest form of recognition given by Rotary clubs world-wide. Individuals who have shown by exemplary effort, sacrifice or dedication to the causes and principles of Rotary, that they deserve the recognition of the Paul Harris Fellow, are eligible to be nominated, whether they are members of Rotary or not.
![]() | On behalf of the club, John Campbell presented a Paul Harris Fellowship to Bruce Hawkins (left). |
![]() | Leannne Iravani, Club President presented a Paul Harris Fellowship to Jeremy Hewitt while Ed Davis and Barbara Lustgarten-Evoy look on. |
![]() | Colleen Roberts received a Paul Harris Fellowship that was presented by Karen Welch. |
![]() | Rotary tree planters receive planting instructions . |
From left to right Toni Ellisof Neighbourwoods, Don Fisher, Councillor of Township of Centre Wellington, Bruce McLeish, Matt Alain, aborist from Township of Centre Wellington, Karen Welch, Donna Humphrey, Bob Grant, Don Darroch, Cecil Wolfe, Bryan Welch, Jim Gibbons | |
Rotary Club President Leanne Iravani with Toni Ellis of Neighbourwoods. |
![]() Brian Pollock (right)worked with Rotary and installed a large stone where a plaque was mounted that commemorated World War 1 veterans. This Vimy Oaks site in Victoria Park, Fergus was developed by the Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora.
| ![]() Ivan Ostic, centre, was congratulated for his 50 years in Rotary and was presented with a suitably engraved clock. |
![]() Shirley Scott (left) received a special memento from the club. Shirley is a Friend of Rotary that has faithfully helped us by selling bingo cards for the past 10 years. | ![]() Donald Darroch, centre, was congratulated for his 50 years in Rotary and was presented with a suitably engraved clock. |
Polio is on the cusp of being eradicated and there is a lot to learn.
The polio endgame is near. It really is. The target is to eradicate polio by 2019 and judging by the numbers this year, we are almost there. The global WHO polio report on September 27, 2017 reported there were a total of 11 cases globally: 6 cases in Afghanistan and just 5 cases in Pakistan. In the last few years, I watched polio cases drop off a cliff. Just 3 years ago, annual polio cases in Pakistan crossed 200 in total. This remarkable shift in just three short years is truly amazing. There really have been some key milestones and I will illustrate them here.
![]() John Jefferson cooking steak. |
![]() Rick Roberts getting some wieners and sausage ready to eat. |
![]() Dorothy Henson was presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship (Rotary's highest honour) by Jim Dixon. |
![]() Volunteers for Rotary events during the past year were presented with thank-you certificates. |
The Rotary Club of Fergus-Elora formed a charitable foundation wherein funds for local community activities can be donated. Please see
Jennifer Jones, Rotary International’s first female president, is the perfect leader to spread the word about the good Rotary does in the world, and inspire its members to keep going.
First woman takes office as president of Rotary InternationalEVANSTON, Ill. (June 29, 2022) – Jennifer Jones, member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, will be the first woman to take office as
Rotary awards its highest recognition to HRH Prince Charles, Prince of WalesKIGALI, Rwanda (June 24, 2022) – Celebrate Community, a joint initiative of the four major volunteer service organizations, will launch this year
The nonprofit Music Mends Minds, launched by Rotary member Carol Rosenstein, provides people with memory loss an opportunity to reconnect through song.
Join us to Imagine What’s Next at the 2023 Rotary International Convention in Australia
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