Club News
Spring Fling Dance canceled March 29
Unfortunately due to the weather, we have canceled the Spring Fling Dance scheduled for Saturday March 29 at the Community Centre.
 
We will look to reschedule.
 
We will provide refunds to those with tickets. Details to follow. Or you can donate the funds to the Rotary Club with our thanks, or put funds to a rescheduled dance if we are able to organize that.
 
Please stay tuned in the next couple weeks.
 
Thank you for your interest, and your support. Stay safe.
 
 
Planting Trees in Brighton
Planting Trees in Brighton
As part of a major tree planting project by the six Rotary Clubs in Northumberland County, 500 native tree species were planted in the respective communities. 85 trees were planted in Brighton on October 17th and 18th. 34 trees were planted in King Edward Park by Municipal staff on Thursday. On Friday October 18th, a team including Rotarians, Municipal staff Stephen Yatsula and Brent Henneberry along with Councillor Jeff Wheeldon planted 51 trees. 40 maple trees were planted along the Stallwood section of the Butler Creek trail with the goal to provide a shaded walkway in the years to come when the trees mature. Three trees were planted along the boulevard in front of the Brighton Health Services Centre. The final eight (8) trees were planted along the walking trail beside the Coderington Fire Hall.
 
This small effort is a small step to replace the millions of trees lost to wildfires in Canada in recent years and to improve our environment for generations that will come after us.
 
Thank you to all who helped and to those who support Rotary.
World Polio Day
World Polio Day
Thanks to the Municipality of Brighton who declared; Thursday October 24th, 2024 as World Polio Day and this morning, in front of the Municipal Office we raised an End Polio Now Flag.
 
Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere, and Rotary members from Brighton have long worked to end the paralyzing virus, which will be only the second human disease ever to be eradicated. World Polio Day is a day to raise awareness, funds, and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.  
 
Rotary has contributed more than US$2.7 billion to fight polio and countless volunteer hours since launching its PolioPlus program in 1985. In 1988, Rotary joined in partnership with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to form the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, later joined. When the initiative launched, there were 350,000 cases of polio every year. Today, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9%.
 
To sustain this progress and continue to reach every child with the polio vaccine, Rotary has committed to raising US$50 million each year to support global polio eradication efforts. The Gates Foundation has pledged to match that 2-to-1 for a total yearly contribution of US$150 million. 
 
Visit Rotary.org and endpolio.org for more about Rotary and its efforts to eradicate polio.
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The Home Rainbow Youth Centre
The Home Rainbow Youth Centre
The Rainbow Youth Centre is developing programming. This is not just a space for Queer Youth, but also for anyone looking for a safe space. They are supported by a number of volunteers. The strategy is to develop programing to address:
 
MIND: starting a book club.
 
BODY: Yoga with Barb, who is a certified yoga coach.
 
SPIRIT: Art Space Saturdays, arranged and led by Will from 1:00 to 5:00. 
 
Candle-Keep: this program is helping kids to build problem solving and communication skills through imagination and role playing in a safe environment.
 
Encaustic Art with May; May uses media to make art with multiple layers to reveal some parts of their piece.
 
FUTURE: Potential tutoring program during school year, where they can do their school work, judgement free.  Games to win extras and add to their back-to-school arsenal.  Movie Nights are being looked at.  Creative Events where youth to receive direction to visual story-telling and then prompts are given to begin a collaborative comic creation session filled with laughs and adventures. 
 
 
Any youth attending will be encountering LGBTQ2S+ personnel, so they should be feeling safe.
Rotary Youth Exchange Students on the move
Rotary Youth Exchange Students on the move
The Rotary Club of Brighton's inbound Youth Exchange Student Iita from Finland arrived in Canada on August 13. She attended the regular Rotary meeting at Frank's Corner Grill with the club on Wednesday morning. Iita will be here for the year, going to ENSS. She will return home next July.
 
The Club's outbound student Elena leaves August 18th to go live and study in Belgium for the year.
 
These brave and adventurous students leave their homes to go on a year long exchange in another country. They live with several host families in the country they go to in order to immerse themselves in the new culture. They attend high school regularly, learn the language and make new friends.
 
If you would like to know more about Rotary's Youth Exchange program, or how you can participate, or get involved, contact the Rotary Club of Brighton.
 
 
Speakers
Rotary Social
Apr 23, 2025 6:30 PM
Social dinner at local rest TBD
Paige Myers
Apr 30, 2025 7:00 AM
Paige introduces herself to the club
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