
The Mums for Thanksgiving fundraiser for 2025 has been officially launched! Please print of the poster to promote the campaign. Read some of the testimonials from past campaigns.
Welcome to the Rotary Club of West Ottawa. We have an exciting 2025-26 ahead!...
We are a club rooted in 68 years of history and tradition with many effective and established programs and initiatives. Even so, as our membership continues to grow, we're launching new creative programs for youth, access to literacy, and financial readiness tools, and initiating events to showcase the many groups that form the Ottawa community, as well as profiling community resources on youth mental health for caregivers.
Please explore our website to learn more about us, to check out our projects and initiatives, and connect with us. And come to one of our weekly Tuesday meetings!
Together, we will make a lasting difference.
Rotarians, family and friends are invited to volunteer at the Ironman Ottawa - Canada's only Ironman event.
We are staffing an aid station along the run portion of the route, providing the athletes electrolyte drink and energy gels, water, ice and some food items like bananas, orange slices, chips, pretzels, and more.
We'll be at the Rotary Ottawa Aid Station at Queen Elizabeth Drive and Gate E Lansdowne Park. There are multiple laps and competitors will pass by the Rotary aid station several times.
We need 20 people for each shift. There is an early shift and a later shift, and the times may be adjusted slightly to accommodate peak needs. Bring lawn chairs. Food will be provided. More details to follow.
Register here:
https://ironmancanada.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=86359
and use the password rotaryottawa and complete the form.
Questions? Contact Dave Morton, Rotary Club of West Ottawa. davem@bushtukah.com
Free Online English Literacy
Literacy Lasts a Lifetime!
Reading and writing are fundamental skills we all need. Our club's literacy portal hosts the Free Reading Program β a fun, complete, professional K to grade 6 level program that meets English curriculum guidelines and has no ads, or pop-ups. Great for ESL, after school help, home schooling, children with learning disabilities, and more.
Contact us if you would like a demo or more information. Or, simply click below to create your own free classroom and get started! And, please share with us if you've got a story about how the Free Reading Program has had an impact!!
The Mums for Thanksgiving fundraiser for 2025 has been officially launched! Please print of the poster to promote the campaign. Read some of the testimonials from past campaigns.
Rotary Club of West Ottawa members Dawn Straka, Linda Roehrl and Linda Flynn joined Shaun Hopkins, Susan Hopkins and Ottawa Bytown member Iris Bradley and her friend to prepare gift bags of books for Regina Alternative School and Cambridge Public Schools students. For Regina A.S., 191 books were labelled and put in gift bags for presentation to each student with the book of their choice.
Larry Chop presented Westboro Food Bank with a donation of $2,000 to mitigate asbestos in their facility. More pictures can be seen at Larry's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/100001866130180/posts/pfbid02RKDZDGFNEbs88Bthbdg8v4vUoPuPy7Uvc1BzN3SBc23LCNXJiZ5QVxctBJgyQ2nPl/?app=fbl
Both Youth Services Bureau and the Children's' Aid Society received cheques for $1,000. Your Rotary Cash Calendar dollars at work.
Elizabeth Dekker (CAS) and Jean Holbert-Leighton (RCWO)
Patti Murphy, YSB and Dave Morton (RCWO)
The situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate and many Lebanese people face a catastrophic situation!
In response, the Rotary clubs of West Ottawa and Montreal Cedars are collaborating to ensure our donated funds meet immediate needs of people in the Beirut communities via local Rotary clubs in Lebanon.
Ottawa Rotary Calendar Winners, June 1 to June 30, 2025 | ||||
Ticket # | Amount | Name | City | Win Date |
498 | $25 | Brian Sheehan | Kars | 01-Jun-25 |
77 | $100 | Heather Allaert | Carleton Place | 02-Jun-25 |
1206 | $25 | Diane Whalen | Nepean | 03-Jun-25 |
356 | $1,000 | Jonathon and Alaina Roche | Kanata | 03-Jun-25 |
2437 | $50 | Gerald Parlee | Ottawa | 04-Jun-25 |
3315 | $25 | Liliane Gondo | Kanata | 05-Jun-25 |
1354 | $20 | Don & Kelly Lynn Etmanskie | Golden Lake | 06-Jun-25 |
502 | $25 | Reg Smith | North Gower | 07-Jun-25 |
2975 | $20 | Terry Flake | Kemptville | 08-Jun-25 |
2018 | $25 | Brenda Labra | Chichester | 09-Jun-25 |
3958 | $50 | Greg Covey | Ottawa | 10-Jun-25 |
90 | $50 | Matt Ellis | Georgetown | 11-Jun-25 |
2215 | $25 | Jill Jones | Kanata | 12-Jun-25 |
616 | $25 | Olga's Deli | Ottawa | 13-Jun-25 |
678 | $50 | Verena Schleich | Vineland | 14-Jun-25 |
2427 | $25 | Burten Osome | Stittsville | 15-Jun-25 |
3669 | $50 | Ella Box | Renfrew | 16-Jun-25 |
1384 | $50 | Ken Mitchell | Nepean | 17-Jun-25 |
1003 | $25 | Domenic Reitano | Kars | 18-Jun-25 |
2995 | $50 | Denis Berube | Kemptville | 19-Jun-25 |
3119 | $25 | Debbie MacDougall | Kemptville | 20-Jun-25 |
3429 | $20 | Mrs. Pamela Romhild | Quispamsis | 21-Jun-25 |
1785 | $50 | Aly Richer | Gloucester | 22-Jun-25 |
3002 | $25 | Don Gilpin | Oxford Mills | 23-Jun-25 |
3518 | $100 | Susan Dennett | Kemptville | 24-Jun-25 |
2306 | $25 | Ryan & Bailie Love | Ottawa | 25-Jun-25 |
2742 | $20 | Violet MacLean | Ottawa | 26-Jun-25 |
3132 | $50 | Kris Beking | Oxford Station | 27-Jun-25 |
1540 | $25 | Richard Vanloon | Ottawa | 28-Jun-25 |
27 | $50 | Merv Shirley | Nepean | 29-Jun-25 |
1621 | $50 | Marie Poste | Ottawa | 30-Jun-25 |
For more information please go to https://www.ottawarotarycalendar.com/
Enjoy this short video of students at Bright Future School learning about conservation and the environment with a focus on water.
Mathew House was the recipient of a $1,000 cheque from our Community Service budget presented by RCWO Treasurer, Dave Morton (on right). Your Rotary Cash Calendar purchase at work!
![]() And thanks to the volunteers who build it and especially Phil Powel-Smith who inspired many to take this project on. | ![]() |
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