As another year is coming to a close. One of our own members, David Mossy, created this wonderful poem to reflect on Thornbury-Clarksbug Rotary Club in 2024.
We are thrilled to introduce you to the 2024 Kindness Award winner. You may not know her name, but on your travels around Thornbury you most certainly know who she is. The women who in all kinds of weather, rides her scooter with a beaming smile of her face, always on a mission to her next act of Kindness.
Kindness is a type of behavior marked by acts of generosity, consideration, caring, friendly, rendering assistance, or concern for others, without expecting praise or reward in return.
Joan Gaudet is that woman, and our 4th Annual Thornbury Clarksburg Rotary Kindness Award Winner. You now know her name!
What a wonderful evening...full of fun and new friendships, delicious food, dynamite dancing, and great anticipation trying to unlock the cage! Our 3rd annual Kindness Gala was a big hit!!
Thanks to the kindness of our community, funds raised for the Moreau Park - Kindness at Play project are growing.
Thanks to the kindness of our community, funds raised for the Moreau Park - Kindness at Play project are growing.
Runners and walkers of every age and stage enjoyed the annual Thornbury Turkey Trot in support of the Thornbury-Clarksburg Rotary Club this past Saturday October 12th. The event attracted over 850 participants, and is a major fundraiser for the Club. Proceeds from the annual event supports the many needs of the local community along with a variety of international aid projects. This year the race is also supporting the revitalization of Moreau Park in Thornbury which in partnership with the Town of The Blue Mountains will upgrade a number of the facilities.
RACE DAY PHOTOS HERE: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ed3gXRZk32QT8f6u5
RACE DAY RESULTS:https://results.raceroster.com/v2/en-CA/results/eyjjm39sp9kas2q6/results?subEvent=215923&page=1
EVENTS PAGE... https://bit.ly/4a5LZso
Read more and see list of winners...
Local Rotarians from the Thornbury Clarksburg, Collingwood & Wasaga Beach Clubs participated in this year's Collingwood Pride Parade to showcase our support of Inclusion and Diversity!
Linda Wykes joined Thornbury-Clarksburg Rotary in 2001. One of the first women to join our
club, she was already well known to it as the go-to person for printing and graphic design. That
role has continued over the years but it belies the many other contributions she has made to
the club and to the community at large during that time.
club, she was already well known to it as the go-to person for printing and graphic design. That
role has continued over the years but it belies the many other contributions she has made to
the club and to the community at large during that time.
Rotarian Linda’s name has become synonymous with Riverside Press and The Review. The latter
is a voice for many community members as well as a valued source of information about what’s
going on in our community following the closure of the town’s newspaper. Not one to speak
publicly or “toot her own horn”, it was through a single one liner in the town’s News and
Notices section of The Review that members of the club became aware that Rotarian Linda had
been awarded The Blue Mountains Community Builder Award (age 26+) in April of this year.
Frequently, Rotarians have a “pet project” within Rotary. It might be water or sanitation projects, or literacy, or Youth Exchange or local projects. From the many good works that Rotary does in the world, we all have one or two that really “turn our crank”. For Thornbury-Clarksburg Rotary’s 2023-24 Club President, John Bailey, it is ShelterBox, the disaster relief organization associated with Rotary that provides shelter and basic needs in disaster areas all over the world. In fact, it was ShelterBox that attracted John to Rotary!!
...and now John has been recognized with ShelterBox Canada's All Star Award...
To support T-C Rotary’s tent, table and chair rental fundraiser, a maintenance crew is needed from time to time to repair and clean out the trailers used to deliver these items and periodically make sure the tables and chairs are cleaned for the season.
T-C Rotary recently made a donation to assist the Owen Sound Rotary Club in renovating the kitchen at Camp Presqu’ile. Many youth from TBM have enjoyed summer camp here over the past many years.
Photo shows President John (l) and Community Chair Diane Anderson (r) presenting a $5,000 cheque to Owen Sound Rotarian Bill Black (centre left) and President Rob Dors (centre right).
What a wonderful evening...full of fun and new friendships, delicious food, dynamite dancing, and great anticipation trying to unlock the cage! Our 2nd annual Kindness Gala was a big hit!! And our online Silent Auction was also a great success with bidders grabbing up over 40 amazing items. Thanks to the kindness of our community, funds raised for the Moreau Park - Kindness at Play project are growing...we will have an update soon.
There is scientific evidence that kindness actually helps us heal emotionally and physically. Repeated acts of kindness decreases pain, stress, anxiety, depression and blood pressure – while increasing happiness and lifespan. And acts of kindness are contagious; when one is the recipient, its contagion makes it easier to pay it forward!
Share your kindness-related literary or art work at #tcrcommunitykindness...we will periodically chose some of those posts for display in our Kindness Korner.
Andy Conroy
Andy Conroy
Thornbury-Clarksburg Rotary Club
President 2023-2024
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