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Club President's Message (2023-24)
Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Brampton South, your concepts, passion, and dynamism are welcome here.
As we move into the Rotary year 2023-24, a year of Hope creators. I am honored to be asked and trusted by my club members to serve and lead a second term as President of our Club. I am grateful to you all.
We have much to look forward to, that will be inspiring challenging, and exclusive & as committed and dedicated Rotarians we will rise to the occasion. Raise your spirits and be resilient, strong, and focused on conveying hope to the hopeless as we transform the communities around and beyond us. This year we are entering our 50th year as a club and there is much to be proud of in our 5-decade history.
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We meet :
Second Monday of the month on Zoom
from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm EST.
Fourth Monday of the month in-person Hosted by Eclypse Youth Center 363 Howden Blvd room 204, Brampton, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm EST
If you are interested in joining, please send us an email
rotaryclubofbramptonsouth@gmail.com
Team 2023-24
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At Rotary, we have no tolerance for racism.
Promoting respect, celebrating diversity, demanding ethical leadership, and working tirelessly to advance peace are central tenets of our work.
We have more work to do to create more just, open and welcoming communities for all people.
We know there are no easy fixes and that challenging conversations and work lie before all of us.
Rotary’s strength has long been our ability and commitment to bringing people together.
We will tap into that strength now as we stand with those who are working for peace and justice.
Rotary will do our part to listen, learn and take action to ensure that we continue to contribute to making positive change.
Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony; The annual kick-off the holiday season with the Winter Lights Festival in Downtown Brampton was scheduled on Friday, November 17, 2023 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
The annual tradition continued to light the way for Santa’s arrival. A 60-foot spruce tree, decorated with over 10,000 lights came to life in Ken Whillans Square as Mayor Patrick Brown and members of Council did a countdown.
This magnificent tree was selected in 2001 by The RC Brampton South as a focal point for the Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony for the residents of the city of Brampton to enjoy.
There were magical light displays and over 145,000 sparkling LED lights, transformed the park into a winter wonderland. People wandered through Gage Park for the ultimate holiday light experienceThe event featured winter lights displays, amusement rides, food vendors, and fun giveaways and activations for the whole family..
AG Fionna Ferguson represented on the stage The Rotary Brampton Cluster. She spoke about the contributions of Rotary to the Brampton community..
District Governor’s visit meeting is the most important meeting of the year for any Rotary club.
The Rotary Club of Brampton South conducted its Governor’s visit on November 13th, 2023 at the ECLYPSE office, North Bramalea United Church, The meeting was attended by the D7080 Governor Brenda Halloran, AG Fionna Ferguson and husband Graham, guests & members. A Scrumptious fellowship dinner was enjoyed by members and guests and was followed by official meeting.
A formal welcome was given by Secretary Norman Latimer. Club President Kiran Duggal made a video presentation of club’s vision, mission and current as well as ongoing projects,
A cheque of CAD 5000 was presented to David Clement CEO Rapport youth & family services who gave a brief about their contribution towards mental health issues of youth. Usha Sharma our new member was inducted officially and also transferred member Peace Anyira was given a club membership certificate. RCBS sponsored it’s second Interact club at Brampton Centennial Secondary School. The club charter was presented to teacher advisors Brar KJ and Bri.
DG Brenda addressed the club members and provided helpful and friendly guidance to take action in the direction of her theme that “The power of Hope, Helping other people everywhere”.
The governor extended her appreciation in the competency of our small cub with big aspirations, in reporting the club plan and performance for RY 2023-2024.
To mark the world Polio day and to raise awareness about this amongst the Brampton community, District Polio Chair and also president of Rotary Club Brampton Badar Shamim arranged for an End Polio Now Flag raising at Brampton City Hall. All the four Rotary clubs of Brampton cluster joined hands with RC Brampton for this ceremony, which was addressed by the Brampton City Mayor Patrick Brown and AG Fionna Ferguson .City Councilors GS Toor, H Singh and Rod Power and many non-rotarians also attended the event.
On October 23rd The Rotary Clubs of Brampton cluster jointly hold “Annual Rotary’s Cowboy Casserole Luncheon“ in support of Regeneration Outreach Community.
Keynote speaker was Jeffrey Adams a Canadian lawyer, and a former Paralympian, a six-time world champion in wheelchair sports. He along with community members and corporate sponsors supported to raise $ 10,000 for this noble cause. Members of all five Rotary clubs and Rotaract club from Brampton joined hands to match that amount and presented a cheque of 20,000 to Ted Brown CEO of Regeneration Outreach Community. The very successful event was attended by Rotarian and non-rotarians community leaders.
RLI provides foundational knowledge of the machinery of Rotary, starting at a relevant and personal level. That learning can be brought into play right away for the benefit of all members in all clubs.
The RLI program is divided into 3 segments. First segment of RLI is about YOU, as a ROTARIAN, understanding your place in the organization, gaining confidence as you learn the essentials, and seeing the opportunities open to you. The Second segment of RLI is about your role in your club: being engaged, being an effective leader, building teams, contributing to good communication and more. And, importantly, how to use your growing knowledge of Rotary. The Third segment is about how you journey on, how you help to build your club using media & public relations, planning strategically for leadership, looking at service opportunities outside your club - perhaps internationally - and understanding the workings of The Rotary Foundation. Each level builds upon the one before it, and creates a strong knowledge-based foundation for you as an active Rotarian leader.
The Fall 2023 RLI was held at Holiday Inn, Milton on October 21st..
While president Kiran Duggal completed her third part and got a certificate of completion, Peace Anyira completed her part one of RLI. it was a day full of fun and learning.
Thanks Mama Latigo and Simran to volunteer for bingo session at Delta Bingo and Gaming and helping to acquire funds to support our local charities.
Club members were invited to a wonderful Rotary celebration and social at the home of Rtn. Usha and Sunil Sharma On Monday, August 28th, 2023.
It was a club social, a potluck and backyard barbecue feast which started around 7 pm and ended by 9.15pm. It was an unforgettable evening set to be a fiery extravaganza of delicious food i.e. mouth-watering BBQ, ice cold drinks and great company. The high light of the event was that it was vegetarian foodstuff diversity enjoyed by everyone. We also cut a cake to celebrate birthday of our member Renu Sodhi .
We had a chance to interact with our prospective member Peace U. This occasion was her first empirical meeting with club members to get a first-hand knowledge about Rotary.
Dear 2022-23 Club President,
Congratulations! Your club has earned the Rotary Citation, the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve, for 2022-23. This past year, your club demonstrated a commitment to achieve its goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape our future..
I encourage you to display it proudly to celebrate your club’s achievement.
Once again, congratulations on a successful year as club president!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Jones
2022-23 RI President
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The credit to volunteer for back to back bingo session at Delta Bingo and Gaming during the month of August goes to Kiran, Irallya ,Usha Sharma and Sunil. This volunteering enables us to acquire funds to support our local charities. Thank you Delta Bingo and Gaming.
It was the first meeting of the Rotary year 2023-24; thus began the Rotary year of Hope Creators.
A wholehearted welcome was given to the new transfer member Peace Anyira and spouse turned active member Usha Sharma. President K.Duggal presented the summary of Club projects and their expenditure and also PPT presentation of the Club Strategic plan It was agreed unanimously to:
This Rotary Brampton cluster event took place from 7th to 9th July 2023 at Century Gardens Rec; Centre (North Rink). The goal was to raise awareness of Rotary in our community (Brampton) with an objective to have a unified approach from all 5 Brampton Rotary clubs. Each club decided to staff the booth to cover the 3 days of event. It helped in educating and informing people about Rotary and our contribution to the community.
RCBS was represented by Norm, Sunil and Kiran. The organizing Cluster leader Bud Suku of Brampton Heart lake club mentioned that 20 membership leads were received from numerous
Community members who visited the stall.
District Changeover Event was held at Burlington Convention Centre on June 20th. In addition to the traditional changeover activities and awards, everyone present there was thrilled to watch outgoing youth exchange students participate and receive their "red jackets", a very symbolic start to their journey. While outgoing DG Sandhya Maini highlighted the accomplishments of her Rotary year 2022-23 with the theme “Imagine Rotary”, incoming DG Brenda Halloran shared her vision about Power of hope, helping people everywhere, signifying new rotary theme ”Create Hope in the World”
President Kiran Duggal and PP Sunil Sharma attended the event.
In-Person Meeting Address:
Hosted by
Eclypse Youth Center
363 Howden Blvd room 204,;Brampton,
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 51122
Unit # 379
25 Peel Centre Drive
Brampton, ON L6T 3R5
Brampton, ON, Canada