Santa Called; He’s Planning a Visit!
Submitted by Jim Dilamarter
Yes, indeed, Santa has spoken to Rotary’s ‘Head Elf,’ Doug Embleton, and asked if we could arrange for another ‘drive-by’ visit to Bruce Peninsula District School and Golden Dawn Seniors Home in early December. No doubt Santa will want to travel through Hayes Subdivision to wave to his Senior friends there, just like last year. Of course, Rotarian Doug said “YES, PLEASE. We would be delighted.” Rotarian Doug wants to stay on the ‘good’ list again this year.
The date is set for Friday, December 3rd and more details will follow in next month’s newspaper, but Rotarians are excited to help Santa get ready to roll.
Santa and Rotary know that many were hoping for a full parade this year but due to Covid-19, the risks associated with a more traditional parade made it impractical to organize and keep everyone safe. Let us hope that next year Santa can ride in a Parade through the streets of Lion’s Head once again.
Donation to Hospital Auxiliary
The Rotary Club of Northern Bruce Peninsula provided and erected a canopy/tent for the Lion’s Head Hospital Auxiliary Clothing Drive on October 23. The Auxiliary, again this year, asked for our tent in case of rain during the collection and we were pleased to provide one to them. The Auxiliary do such wonderful work raising funds for our local hospital and for health care needs in the area.
It is a good thing we did because it rained most of the day. However, the Auxiliary women and men collected hundreds of bags (see article page 13). The Kidney Foundation picks up all the clothing. In previous years they have collected over 1,000 pounds of used clothing. We were happy to help by providing a little protection from the rain.
Volunteers Needed
Rotary is hoping and planning to get back to our traditional events beginning next spring. We will need help and we know that some people might consider joining Rotary. However, we realize that many cannot spare the time Rotary demands but would like to volunteer for events in the year ahead. We are therefore creating a new and revised list of ‘Friends of Rotary.’ These are people who would volunteer to help at our Pancake Breakfasts and other events during the year ahead. We would welcome them with open arms. It might involve helping at breakfasts or other events 3 or 4 times during the year. Rotary would contact volunteers prior to an upcoming event to check if they are available to help.
If you would consider having your name added to that list, please contact Doug Embleton, or send us a note with your contact information to nbprotary@gmail.com. We would be so happy to have you help us.
October Was a Busy Month
To say that October has been busy is an understatement. We sold two hundred Pewter Lighthouse Christmas Ornaments, erected several tent/canopies, cleaned up the Rotary Hall, resumed our Hybrid Zoom and in-house meetings, created a committee to organize our basement clubroom, and we just received our tulip order. Those who ordered tulips will be contacted so that they can be picked up.
Yes, it has been a busy month.
New Rotary Correspondent
This will be my final ‘article’ for the Bruce Peninsula Press on behalf of Rotary. I have decided to ‘step back’ to give myself time to complete some writing projects of my own. I have enjoyed the chance to share Rotary news with you all over the years and thank all for reading our articles.
Special thanks to Marianne Wood, editor of the Bruce Peninsula Press for her support and, of course, to John Francis the Publisher. I cannot say enough good things about these two, and the entire staff of OUR newspaper, for the exceptional quality and integrity of ‘the Press.’ We, in the Northern Bruce Peninsula, are so fortunate to have a newspaper that keeps us so well informed and collaborates with us all to make sure needed information reaches every home and every subscriber.
I am so pleased that my exceptionally good friend and fellow Rotarian Rob Hiscott has volunteered to be the new ‘scribe,’ as I call it, for the Press. Rob has helped me with the article each time for years now and, I can tell you, his input and sharp eye have made it so much easier to produce and much more ‘error free’.
Rob is chair of our Scholarships Committee, sits on the Finance Committee, works at every event you can imagine for Rotary, including erecting our canopy/tents even in the rain. He is, simply put, a real ‘working’ Rotarian.
Rob is a retired professor from the University of Waterloo. He lives in Lion’s Head and has been a highly active Rotarian from the time he joined Rotary in 2018. He will do an outstanding job. I look forward to reading his article every time.
Editor’s Note – Thank you Jim!
The Bruce Peninsula Press would like to extended a huge thank you to Jim Dilamarter for his years of dedicated volunteer work as news correspondent for the Rotary Club of Northern Bruce Peninsula. Jim has always been a pleasure to deal with and we wish him well on all his future endeavours.
Welcome to Rob Hiscott as the new Rotary ‘scribe”.
