Rotary Burlington North is a passionate group of people with a strong sense of fun and community service. We undertake hands-on projects locally and around the world to improve people’s lives. Below are a few examples of our work.  Our fundraising activities include the annual Turkey Trot Race and the Rotary Online Auction. We meet Friday's at 7am via Zoom.  Please contact us if you'd like to attend a meeting and see what we're  all about.
Rotary Turkey Trot 2023
Registration is now open for our annual Turkey Trot. Click here to learn more or register for the event. This year we hope to raise $10,000 in pledges to support Food4Kids Halton.   Please contact us if you'd like to sponsor this year's event.  Volunteer registration open on Aug 1st. 
 
Art For Aid - 2023
EMPOWERING SCHOOLS IN REMOTE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
 
The Burlington North Rotary Club is collecting NEW AND USED ART AND CRAFT SUPPLIES to send to Metis artist Colleen Gray  who will send them north.  Many elementary schools in remote communities across Canada work with insufficient and often minimal quality art supplies. Click here for more info about the program and to learn how you can make a simple donation of materials and supplies: 
 
 
Day 4 In Guatemala
Day 4 in Guatemala:  Neil, Clinton, John and Bill from our club helped with a pilot project installing 6 smokeless high efficiency wood burning stoves for villagers in the Aki Tunoco Jocotán region of the mountains. The current wood burning stoves that are in use create a lot of smoke and carbon monoxide so they are dangerous and uneconomical. This new innovative design created by Jeff @dreaminvestgrow uses 85% less wood and creates almost no carbon monoxide so it is far more safe and economical. Rotary is exploring to find a way to get these installed for those who need them and cannot afford to pay for them personally. Check out our video of the entire trip by clicking here.  
 
Thank You Shelter Movers!
Our club would like to extend a huge and heartfelt thanks to all of the generous volunteers @sheltermovers who partner with our Rotary Burlington North Furniture Project by offering free moving services to pick up our furniture donations and bring them to woman and children who are leaving shelters. 
 
Volunteering at Global Medic
Rotary Burlington North volunteered again at Global Medic in Oakville. Today, we packed 2,400 bags of chick peas (500 grams) for Turkey and Syria. Thank you to all the Interactors who came to help today! We all had a great time. All these bags will be going out internationally and locally.
 
 
 
Capotillo Ground Breaking Ceremony - Nov 2022
Rotary Burlington North has sponsored a project to bring clean water to 2000 people living in the Capotillo District of the Dominican Republic. Construction of the new aqueduct will start this January. International projects to help those in need are the heart of Rotary International!
 
Turkey Trot 2022
Runners, walkers, volunteers, sponsors and vendors enjoyed a great day at Bronte Creek Provincial Park and helped to raise $18,000 for the Burlington North Foundation. This year's event included 10K and 5K timed runs, as well as a 1K Fun Run.  We also had a Kids-Zone, a Maker's Market, and great food courtesy of our sponsors Clinton Howell, Karen Paul and Sobey's-Freshco (Walkers and Upper-Middle Road).  Thank you to all that came out to make it a special day!     
 
Check out our two amazing videos of the day:
  1. Official 2022 Turkey Trot Video
  2. Turkey Trot Video care of Karen Paul & Associates 
World Polio Day - 2022
The Presidents of Burlington's four Rotary Clubs, 7080 District Governor Sandhya Maini and Mayor Marianne Meed Ward prepare to raising the flag at Burlington City Hall for World Polio Day, October 24th, 2022.  Learn more about World Polio Day here.  Watch the Mayor's proclamation about World Polio Day here. 
 
Recognition from Our Foundation
Barbara Lewis (Rotary Burlington North) and Aldo Villanovich (Rotary Burlington Lakeshore) both receive recognition for being members of the Rotary Bequest Society. Both are also Rotary Benefactors. The recognition certificates were presented by PDG Syd Harman at the Burlington Cluster meeting on Sep 20th, 2022.   Thank you both for being outstanding Rotarians!
 
Bundles of Love
Thank you Judy Warrington, member of RBN!  Your effort to collect & pack two bundles of soccer gear surely brought smiles to dozens of kids in need in the DR.   Thanks also goes to the Oakville Soccer Club for donating much of the following gear, and  Barb Coyle for delivering the bags on a recent trip. (56 jerseys, 19 soccer balls, 24 soccer socks, 10 pairs running shoes, 6 baseball hats, 3 pairs of shin pads, 17 shirts-hoodies- jackets, 6 pairs of pants, Crafts and sewing supplies.)
 
Connections Among Generations
Our club volunteered at Community Development Halton, packing bags to go to needy seniors throughout Halton. We packed 750 bags which will all be sent out this month with Food For Life’s monthly food delivery to seniors. These bags provided by CDH are part of their “Connections Among Generations” program. They send great items such as note pads, candies, sweets, tea bags, shampoo, and special items such as hand written and drawn cards from high school students. They also had little hand-made teddy bears included. It was great package and I’m sure highly appreciated by the needy seniors who receive them.😊
 
Give to Live!
The Give to Live Furniture Project is a Rotary Burlington North initiative, which involves the collection of good quality second-hand furniture from various sources, and the donation of this furniture to families in extreme need. The furniture we collect is stored in two storage units generously provided to us free-of-charge by Access Storage. Our goal is to serve two families per month, and  typically the pickup and delivery of the furniture is the responsibility of the donor or the recipient
 
Planting Trees at Lowville Park
Oct 23rd, 2021. Members of RBN enjoyed a great day planting trees at Lowville Park. Over 400 saplings of native species were provided by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters in an effort to protect the shoreline of Bronte Creek and build the health of spawning areas for Atlantic Salmon. On top of our time, RBN was also happy to donate $500 to the OFAH for this important cause!
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New Members Are Always Welcome!
 
Rotary Burlington North is always on the lookout for new members. If you're interested in helping others and building your community, we'd love to hear from you! Click here to contact Dan Dubreuil on our club Membership Committee. 
 
A New Member Application Form can be found here. 
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Friday 7:00 AM
 
We currently meet in-person at the Holiday-Inn in Burlington. We host a 'Hybrid' meeting so that online participants can attend our meetings via Zoom. 
 
We welcome visiting Rotarians and prospective members to all our meetings. 
 
Please contact us if you'd like a link to attend our next meeting.
Speakers:
Stephanie Brown Marynowicz
Jun 09, 2023 7:07 AM
Club Fundraising Discussion
RCBN Changeover Evening
Jun 14, 2023
President John hands over the gavel to President Elect Clinton
NO MEETING
Jun 16, 2023 7:00 AM
No Meeting
District 7080 Changeover Meeting
Jun 20, 2023 5:00 PM
Last Meeting of the Rotary 2022-23 Year
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Our club relies on the support of our awesome sponsors to help fund our projects. Please be sure to thank them with your business and support!
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PO Box 93112
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Burlington, ON
L7M 4A3
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The Rotary Club of Burlington North maintains a foundation to fund its service projects (CRA Charity #850795998 RR0001).  We gladly accept donations to our foundations from all who want to support our projects.  
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Rotary International contributes $50 Million each year to global programs aimed at eradicating polio.  These funds are raised by individual clubs and supplemented by individual donations to the End Polio Now program. Please click below to make a donation to End Polio Now.    
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