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February 2023 Trip of the Month Winners
Congratulations to our February Winners Thank you to our monthly sponsor Millard's
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January Is Vocational Services Month
Vocational Service Month During this period, clubs highlight the importance of the business and professional life of each Rotarian. Special activities promote the vocational avenue of service. |
December 2022 Winners
Congratulations to our December Winners! To buy tickets for 2023 go to Sunrisetrips.ca or speak to any member of Sunrise Rotary.
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December is Disease Prevention and Treatment Month
This is one of the Foundations Areas of Focus and one in which many of us would be aware of the numerous projects around the world supported by clubs and the Foundation.
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November Trip of the Month Winners
Congratulations to the November Winners Thank you to our November sponsor Millennium Security 2023 Tickets now on sale!
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Thank You Sponsors! Couldn't Have Done It Without You
As 2022 winds down and we will be into 2023 in a few months, The Rotary Club of Brantford – Sunrise would like to acknowledge and thank our 2022 corporate sponsors. Without our sponsors ongoing support our club would not be able to support the many things we do. |
October Trip of the Month Winners
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to this months sponsor West Brant Window World
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September Trip Draw Winners |
D7090 DG Visit
D7090 DG Visit to the Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise to install 7 New Members who will help form the new Rotary Satellite Club of Paris! Great seeing so many friends, some in these photos. Well done President Jason Cherry. |
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$40,000 Cheque Presentation
On July 13, 2022 Jason Cherry, President of the Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise and Bruce Dzuba, Chair of the Club’s Online Auction Committee, presented a cheque for $40,000 to Kari Wilson, Executive Director of the Brant Community Healthcare System and Dr. Sarangan Uthayalingam of the Brantford General Hospital Paediatrics Department. For the past two years, proceeds from the Online Auction, plus support from the Sunrise Club, have contributed $80,000 towards paediatric services in the Brant-Brantford community.
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June Trip of the Month Winners
Congratulations to our June Winners
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City Wide Earth Week Clean-Up
The Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise joined the Rotary Club of Brantford and Brant Waterways to participate in a city wide clean-up on Saturday in celebration of Earth Week.
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Watch & Learn! Online Auction 2022
How the Auction Works: The auction will be open for online bidding on April 13, 2022 at 8:00 am EST. The auction closes at 8:00 pm EST on April 23, 2022. Online bidding is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until the close of bidding.
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District 7090 showcases their 7 area in Foundation at the Gala 2022
Rotary is dedicated to causes that build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever.
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March Trip Draw Winners
Congratulations to our March winners This months Draw sponsored by King & Benton |
Rotary Responding To The Crisis In Ukraine
As one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations, Rotary has made peace the cornerstone of our global mission. We are deeply concerned about the Ukraine crisis and need your help.
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Auction Sponsor: Waterous Holden Amey Hitchon LLP
For over 100 years Waterous has been entrenched in the community of Brantford-Brant serving a wide range of clients including individuals, families, small businesses, charitable and not-for-profit organizations, agricultural leaders, prominent industrial and commercial entities and leading financial institutions. |
Auction Sponsor: Market Street Dental
Whether you are looking for a family dentist in Brantford, Ontario or experiencing a dental emergency, Market Street Dental has the team and experience you need. They provide caring preventive dental care, cosmetic and family dentistry, and laser assisted dental procedures.
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Auction Sponsor: King & Benton
We are tremendously thankful to the business sponsors in our community that support our general efforts and online auction! Today we would like to thank King & Benton and hope that you'll read a little more about them here.
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Auction Sponsor: West Brant Window World
The Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise would like to thank West Brant Window World for their support of our online auction with proceeds going to the pediatric programs of the BCHS! Experience, personality and attention to detail best describe West Brant Window World. Since 1993 West Brant Window World has made a very strong presence in the window and door market by serving Brantford, Brant County and the surrounding area.
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iPad Donation to Lansdowne Children’s Center
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Call For Prize Donations and Sponsors: Rotary Sunrise Online Auction 2022
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Sponsor Profile: Abcott Construction Ltd.
Locally owned and in business for over 40 years, Abcott Construction is your full-service construction contractor. We offer a multitude of products and services including Project Management, Pre-Engineered Building Systems, Concrete Contractor services, and specialize in the Design-Build construction method.
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Texan Connection: Growing Next Generation Farmers
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What is Rotary All About? It's About Service Above Self.
This is a quick 2 minute video on what Rotary International is all about, its history, its accomplishments, its goals. We will be known by the results it achieves. Service above self.
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Auction Sponsor: Millards Chartered Professional Accountants Brantford
The company was founded in 1920 when W.H. Hamilton, C.A. opened his public accounting services in Brantford, Ontario. W.T. Millard, C.A., joined the company in 1924 and the firm grew over the ensuing years as other offices were opened across southern Ontario. In 1940, the partnership of Millard, Rouse & Rosebrugh LLP was formed. |
January Is Vocational Services Month
What is vocational service? If you are an active, engaged Rotarian, you probably view vocational service as a way of life, even if you find it difficult to articulate a clear definition. This handbook can help you gain a better understanding of vocational service and equip you with ideas to help you practice it through your club activities and in your career. |
Sponsor Profile: Brant Aero
Brant Aero is a platinum sponsor of the Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise. Brant Aero offers one-stop service for almost every GA aircraft type and avionics manufacturer.
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Technology Donation to Crossing All Bridges Learning Centre
Thanks to the support of a District Project Grant from the Rotary Foundation, the Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise donated eight iPads and an iMac computer to Crossing All Bridges Learning Centre.
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November Trip Winners
Congratulations to our November Winners
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December Trip Winners |
2nd Annual Poinsettia Campaign
During the first week of December, members of the Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise will be delivering poinsettias to approximately 150 individuals, many of them seniors, in the Brantford/Brant Community. |
October Trip Winners
Congratulations to our October Winners
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Brant County Health Paul Harris Awards
During the Summer of 2021, the Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise approached the Brant County Health Unit about recognizing individuals who went above and beyond during the pandemic.
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September Trip of the Month Winners
Congratulations to our September Winners Thank you to our monthly sponsor Waterous, Holden, Amey, Hitcheon
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Donation To BGH Pediatric Program
Rotary Brantford-Sunrise Club, who has generously donated $40,000 to BCHS. The money is being used for the new outpatient pediatric clinic at Brantford General Hospital. Read the full story here.
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Flowers for Seniors
We are happy to be able to add some extra colour to some of the care homes in Brantford and Paris. You are very welcome for the flowers, RiverView Terrace Retirement Residence!
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July Trip Winners |
Finger Licking Success!
The Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise Club welcomed over 1,700 vehicles during their recent Ribs-to-Go event. Held on June 12 and 13, the event raised over $13,000, thanks to the fantastic support of the community. |
June Trip Winners
Congratulations to the May Winners and thank you to our monthly sponsor Millards
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Rotary Supporting Brantford Food Bank |
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January 2021 Trip of the Month Winners
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Ribs To Go |
Ribs To Go |
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Fundraising for Cystic Fibrosis
Sunrise Rotary entered a team in Lawn Summer Nights! Instead of lawn bowling there was trivial pursuit on line! Very well done, a successful fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis, $12000.00 so far! We came in a pretty respectable 18 out of 37 teams.
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New Rotarian: Lisa Larocque! We are pleased and honoured to welcome Lisa Larocque as our newest member of the Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise! Lisa was inducted this morning by President-elect Glen Christensen and Ken Tota. Welcome to the club, Lisa. We look forward to getting to know you and working with you in the community! |
Brian Hutchings, CAO for City of Brantford Thank you to CAO of the city of Brantford, Brian Hutchings, for joining us and speaking about the ambitious goals to maintain Brantford’s status as one of the best cities in Canada. We learned about the key initiatives that are being undertaken and the breadth of the role of the city's Chief Administrative Officer. |
Welcome new Rotarians! Here we grow again! Rotary Club of Brantford Sunrise are proud to welcome Andrea Berestovenko and Blaine Field into our club. Andrea is an independent financial advisor. Blaine and existing member Ken Tota are co-owners of Brant Aero which has the distinction of being our first corporate member. Welcome to the club! |
Shawn Stuart, Founder and ED of Organized Kaos.jpeg) Thank you to Shawn Stuart for sharing the ongoing story of Organized Kaos with us this morning! Shawn is the founder and Executive Director of this innovative program. To help with their noble efforts, The Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise presented Shawn with a donation of $1000. From their website https://organizedkaos.org: "Organized Kaos exists to apprentice young people in life and trade inspiring hope and purpose. We offer a safe environment in which young people work and learn alongside skilled trades persons from local churches. Organized Kaos is not an “up-front” teaching, but a “side-to-side” mentorship, in which trades people teach youth, ages 13-17, in a hands on approach. OK maintains low ratios of 1 Skilled Trades Mentor to 2 Students. Projects create a common ground and break down barriers in a casual setting, leaving space to teach life skills, employability skills, faith, and the trades." |
Thank you Steel Wheel!
This week Cindy Blair and Harold Kuret from our local Steel Wheel Brewery joined us to present a cheque of over $1200 to us. Cindy and Harold joined us at Canada Day and had their own beer tent for people to enjoy some craft beer on Canada Day. They decided to donate all proceeds from Canada Day to help the community. THANK YOU!!! This week we are holding our monthly social event at Steel Wheel in celebration of Oktoberfest. Feel free to come by ... it's only $25 a person and includes a craft beer and some great Oktoberfest eats.
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Rotaract in Action
The Brantford Rotaract Club set out to raise money to supply the Why Not Youth Centre with $1000 worth of peanut butter, which will provide food supplements to youth in need for a half a year. Why peanut butter? It's relied upon globally as a ready-to-use therapeutic food that requires no cooking/utilities with enough nutrient and energy for those in need. The Rotaract club already has their next community project underway ... click on See More for details and for contact information. Thank you to the Brantford Rotaract Club and all of the community supporters that helped them to reach the $1000 goal.
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Welcome Home Claudia
In the Fall of 2017, a grade 9 student at BCI, Claudia Costa decided to apply for the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Claudia has wowed us with her maturity and enthusiasm to truly dive into another culture. Claudia spent a year in Spain and just returned a couple of weeks ago. She will be sharing more about her experience at our regular Club meeting on September 25, 2019. We have two students heading out on exchange this month ... Liam and Trinity. And we have two new students arriving later this month, one from Taiwan and one from Finland. They will both be speaking on September 25 as well. Come out and learn more about the program. |
Welcome Home Amanda!
On July 8, Participation Support Services moved eight individuals to the newly transformed Stedman House as their permanent home. This was possible as a result of the support of our Rotary Club. We donated $125,000 for Participation Support Services to invest in the capital equipment needed to make this a home. “Stedman House is a perfect, comfortable small home that suits the needs of individuals who require supportive housing,” said Sherry Kerr, executive director of Participation Support Services, which offers residential services at its site at 10 Bell Lane. For more from our original announcement, click Read More ...
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Thank You Dominos Pizza
Thank you to Jackie Young and Stephanie Young of Dominos Pizza Brantford for your very generous donation of $1,725. On Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 Jackie and Stephanie attended our Rotary meeting and presented our Club with a cheque for all proceeds from the sales on Canada Day. THANK YOU!
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Celebrating Canada Day ... thanks Brantford! Happy Canada Day!! Members of the Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise spent their Canada Day volunteering as one of our many annual club fundraisers. We organize the beer tent (and run it on the day of) and manage the parking for the event in collaboration with the City of Brantford each year. Thank you to the many volunteers from other community organizations, including the Rotary Club of Brantford, Laurier's Rotaract Club and more for coming out to help. And THANK YOU to all of our Brantford and Brant County residents and visitors to this great city for supporting us. What a great day, with 20,000 people attending and many local entertainers. See you next year.
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Recognizing Community Members
We are so pleased to honour the contributions of Nick and Glayde Rizzo to our community by making them Paul Harris Fellows. Nick was a Rotarian in the Brantford Rotary Club (Friday) for over 30 years. He served on their board, many committees and helped to establish the YOuth Exchange program. An avid runner, Nick and some of his running friends got together one year and held the 'Boston to Brantford' run as a fund raiser. That little has now grown into the Brantford Classic, which raises close to $100,000 every year to help our community. Click on 'Read More' to learn more about Nick and Glayde's contribution to Rotary and to read about the Paul Harris Fellow recognition. |
Noah Irvine, Activist for Mental Health
18-year-old Noah Irvine came to share his story and mission with us on Wednesday, March 27. In early 2017, Noah wrote a letter about mental health to all 338 MPs across Canada to push for changes to our Mental Health system. Noah has lost both of his parents to mental health and he wants to make sure that no other child ends up in the situation that he did. Noah exemplifies this year's Rotary motto, Be the Inspiration. Thank you Noah for sharing your story.
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Another FUN Monthly Social
We like to have fun! Each month, our club hosts a social event in lieu of a Wednesday morning meeting. This month we had a St.Practice Day event at Steel Wheel Brewery to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Members and spouses from our club, Rotary Club of Brantford -Sunrise, Rotary Club of Brantford and the Rotary Club of Cambridge all came out to enjoy some local beverages and food. Thanks to March team for organizing. Picture here is our President-Elect and Membership Chair, Richard Boyington and his wife (and fellow Rotarian), Darion.
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Sunrise Rotary Welcomes 4 New Members
The Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise is thrilled to welcome four new members to our growing club! Pictured here from left to right are proud new Rotarians: Ian McKeen (IF Wealth Management), Shawn Eliovitz (RBC Dominion Securities), Jason Cherry (Cherry Home Inspectors) and Caitlin Turner (Waterous Holden).
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Brantford Rotaract in Action!
Since 2017, our members prepare and serve a dinner for 60 to 75 local youth at Why Not on Dalhousie Street every month in partnership with the Rotary Club of Brantford. This month, our local Brantford Rotaract Club led the Why Not Youth Centres dinner. Click on 'Read More" for full story. To learn more about Why Not Youth Centres, please click here. To learn more about Rotaract, please click here.
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Rotary Club of Brantford-Sunrise is pleased to announce that we have selected our next Major Project for financial support! We will be giving $125,000 to Participation Support Services to purchase capital equipment needed to transform Stedman House into a permanent home for eight individuals with physical disabilities. The new residents are expected to move in this spring. Click on 'read more' for full story.
In picture: John Huigenbos (left), chair of the Participation Support Services board of directors, executive director Sherry Kerr and Phil Race, 2018-2019 President of the Rotary Club of Brantford – Sunrise with Andrew and Amanda Neilsen, who will be moving into Stedman House in the spring. |
Youth Exchange Programs Application |
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2016 Trip of the Month Winners - JanuaryTrip of the Month Winners! The Trip of the Month is the Brantford Sunrise Rotary Club's biggest fundraiser and helps us to support many great causes in our community and the tickets make a perfect gift! For more information please email Allie VanDyk allie_vandyk@yahoo.com
$100 - Ron Cowell $200 - Andrea Bidenti $500 - Craig Holden Trip to Costa Rica ($5,000 value) - Bob Peever .jpg) |
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A New VisionA New Vision It was a packed house at the Best Western Plus Brant Park Inn last Thursday evening. Sunrise Rotarians filled the room and helped share in the visioning exercises led by District 7090's Vision Committee. Sunrise Club President-Elect Kevin Davis opened with the following remarks, "Our Club stands at a cross roads. We are just about to complete the 5 year ARTC major funding project. We are for the most part a well run club. Our membership, after dipping down to 47 members 4 years ago, is now back to 55 members. Our three major fundraising projects raise approximately $80,000 per year. We make significant contributions to a number of worthwhile organizations in our community. We have a number of hard working well organized committees."Any successful visioning process is a process that takes time and many hands. The coming weeks and months will be an exciting time for our Club!
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Trip of the Month Draw |
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Canada Day at Lions Park. One more way Sunrise Rotary truly shines. More than 45 Sunrise Rotarians and their families emblazoned in blue & gold taking shifts and working hard to serve more than TEN THOUSAND cold beverages as part of the City's Annual Canada Day celebrations!
It was a packed house at the Brant Park Inn last Wednesday night for our Club's visioning exercises led by District 7090's Visioning Committee.
An outstanding article from Vincent Ball of the Brantford Expositor! Local media standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our club is a pretty amazing thing!
There is no better way to re-introduce yourself to your community than with a fresh new look for your organization! Club member Lucas Duguid of Octopus Red working with PR Chair Kristin Pass have developed a vibrant and contemporary new look for our club's branding. Over the coming months you'll be seeing a lot more of this logo! :) This is an exciting time to be a Sunrise Rotarian!
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