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Casino Nights Over the Christmas season we hosted 4 Casino Nights. Casino Nights can be during any time of the year. |
Entrepreneur Mental Health Association |
Fellow Rotarian visits from Ireland |
Portage Learning and Literacy Center |
Young Entrepreneurs share what it takes. |
Rotary Home and Away DrawTravis Foster, Chair of the Home and Away draw- announcing the winning tickets!
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Portage and District Recycling Inc. |
Neepawa VisitorsAt our meeting this week we were joined by several members of the Rotary Club of Neepawa
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District Governor Peter Tonge |
3 CFFTS commanding officer LCol Kim Wilton |
2024 Vegetable Sale NEW LOCATION ALERT  |
2024 United Way Fundraising Campaign |
Outbound Exchange Student Brielle Caners |
Skate Park ribbon cutting |
Executive ChangeoverOutgoing President Sherrie Palmer with our new 2024-2025 President Tosha Hotel and our 2024-2025 Executive   |
Rotary Awards |
Rotary Golf Night!    |
MLA Jeff Bereza |
Portage Regional Tourism Committee |
Prairie Fusion Arts and Entertainment |
Sunset Palliative Care |
The Roving Campus |
Friends of Rotary Today was our “Friends of Rotary”meeting where we took some time to recognize those individuals in our community who have supported various Rotary endeavours throughout the year. We were also very pleased to be joined by Sonja Susut, District Governor of Rotary District 5550 (of which we are a part), pictured here, center, along with President Elect Tosha Hotel (left) and current President Sherrie Palmer (right).
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Big Brothers Big Sisters This week we joined Big Brothers Big Sisters to help celebrate their 50th Anniversary! Executive Director Dawn Froese and all of the wonderful volunteers fed us a delicious lasagna dinner, took us for a tour and showed us a presentation of what Big Brothers Big Sisters is in our community.
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Paul Harris Fellows Gord Sellinger and Vern Crandle Our club was extremely proud to recognize Gord Sellinger (left) and Vern Crandell (center) as Paul Harris Fellows. Rotary Foundation chair Dave Roberts (right) was pleased to present them with their pins.
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February 6 Lunch meeting Maureen Owens Our guest at yesterday’s weekly meeting was Maureen Owens. |
January 23 Evening Meeting- Peter Fedak Allied Wings and 3CFFTS hosted the Portage Rotary Club for dinner at Voyageur Place, followed by a tour of the CFTS operations.
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December 1st Rotary Santa Claus Parade of Lights The Portage Rotary Club and The Portage & District Chamber of Commerce would like to send a huge THANK YOU to everyone involved in the Rotary Santa Claus Parade of Lights! The RCMP, City of Portage, Stride Place, Crescent Heights Chapel and Operation Red Nose all played a huge role! Thank you to all of the volunteers and friends of Rotary that helped us out and of course to all of the participants that put in a float! We counted about 60 floats in the parade and a record number of onlookers to watch the parade! Perfect weather for a great event! |
November 18 Lobsterfest Our 2023 Portage Rotary Club Lobsterfest was a great success! |
November 7 Lunch Meeting- Bob Durston |
October 31 Lunch Meeting-Hospital Foundation Our guest at yesterday’s regular meeting was Tara Pettinger, executive director of the Portage and District General Hospital Foundation, pictured here with Portage Rotary Club president Sherrie Palmer. |
October 24-Polio Day World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take in order to end polio for good.
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October 17 lunch meeting- United Way Our guests today were Kathryn Dalton and Megan Romphf, Community engagement coordinators for our local United Way Office.
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January 30 Lunch Meeting-Exchange Student Mykola |
December 5 Lunch Meeting- Guy Moffat |
November 28 Evening Meeting- Salvation Army |
November 21 Lunch Meeting- Eve O'Leary Our guest today was Eve O'Leary, executive director of PRED (Portage Regional Economic Development), pictured here with fellow Rotarian Nathan Peto.
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September 19 Lunch Meeting
Our guest was Kim Lavallee, Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Portage & District. She is pictured here second from the left along with Rotarians and CFPD Board members Cathie McFarlane, Amy Chappellaz and Sherrie Palmer. |
September 5 Lunch Meeting
At our regular meeting this week our guests were Chelsea McDermid of @supplementkingportage and Rhonda & Chris McCallister, co-owners of @apexaestheticsltd (and also co-owners of Supplement King).
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Annual Vegetable Sale - September 26-29
It’s almost time for our annual Bulk Vegetable Sale! This year, we are featuring green cabbage, red potatoes, onions, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, beets, parsnips and assorted squash. |
August 22 Supper Meeting - Honouring Long-Standing Rotarians!
This is what 180 years of dedication and service looks like! We honoured/surprised 5 of our long-standing Rotarians.
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August 22 Supper Meeting - RYLA Camp Kids Presentation
Our RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) camp kids came to speak to us about their experience at RYLA camp this summer!
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PCI Basketball Court Upgrade - Cheque Presentation
We had a cheque presentation to the PCI Basketball court upgrade! Parent Council has been working hard to raise funds to renovate the basketball courts at the high school campus.
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‘Rotarian of the Year’ Awards
One of past president Jennifer's last tasks was to present the awards for Rotarian of the year 2022-2023 as voted on by the club.
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Canada Day Pancake Breakfast
Club members were once again on-hand at Stride Place, serving up a hearty pancake breakfast in celebration of Canada Day!
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June 27 Lunch Meeting - Executive Changeover
At yesterday’s meeting the club held its annual Executive changeover meeting. President Jennifer Campbell Dornan "passed the pin" to incoming President Sherrie Palmer.
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Rotary Duck Pond, Friday June 9
We are thankful for the support of our great community partners, Southport and Richardson Milling who came out to help us plant today. The Rotary Duck Pond is looking great with the addition of perennials and annual flowers!
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Rotary Duck Pond, Saturday June 10
What a great day to finish off planting at the duck pond. With help from the team from Homestead Co-op, we will have more flowers blooming in short time. Thanks Homestead for supporting this and many other Rotary projects! |
Lovely Visitor to the Duck Pond!
While adding some finishing touches to the duck pond this morning, one of our members was pleasantly surprised to see a full goose family visiting!
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May 30 Supper Meeting
Rotary members met for supper at Fort la Reine Museum and heard from Emma Ens-MacIver, Director/Curator about what’s happening and planned at the Museum for the coming months.
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May 23 Lunch Meeting
A highlight of today's meeting was a presentation by Joe Masi to President Jennifer Campbell, both long-term Toronto Maple Leafs fans. In addition, Josh Meier, fellow Rotary member, presented to members on the updated club website plprotaryclub.org.
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May 16 Lunch Meeting
Our guests today were BGen John Alexander, Comd 2 Canadian Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force (center left) LCol Jason Virtue Commandant, 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (center right), pictured here with Rotarians Pete Fedak and Jennifer Campbell-Dornan.
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May 2 Lunch Meeting
Our guest today was Travis Rintoul (pictured here with Dave Falk, fellow Rotarian and long time Canadian Foodgrains Bank volunteer) who came to tell us about Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Operation FOCUS (Feeding other countries; undo starvation) and their goal to reduce hunger and its consequences among hunger-affected individuals, households and communities in developing countries.
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Apr 25 Lunch Meeting |
Apr 18 Lunch Meeting
At today's regular lunch meeting we heard from Stacy Turner of the PCI Parent Council along with Lawrence McKenzie, Principal of PCI (not pictured) and Darin Arnold Vice Principal of PCI.
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Apr 4 Lunch Meeting
The Rotary Club was pleased to welcome Cody Buhler and Dale Deschouwer from the Centennial Cup Committee.
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Mar 28 Supper Meeting |
Mar 28 Supper Meeting
At our March 28th evening meeting, we were pleased to formally induct Joe Masi as a full member of our club.
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Mar 21 Lunch Meeting
Our club was also very pleased today to present a cheque in the amount of $9100.00 to the @koko.platz Recreation Club rebuilding project.
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Mar 21 Lunch Meeting
Our guest was Adrienne Matthews-McCulley, Administrator at Dufferin Villa; Portage’s new assisted living facility.
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Mar 14 Business Lunch Meeting |
March 7 Lunch Meeting
Our guest today was Her Worship, Mayor Sharilyn Knox. She was able to provide us with an overview of her role in the 132 days since being elected.
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February 28 Supper Meeting
Club members had an evening meeting at Stride Place! We presented our last $5000 cheque of a $50,000 commitment we had made to PRRA and heard from General Manager Angie Shindle on how those funds were put to use. |
February 22 Friends of Rotary Lunch Meeting
Members met for lunch, this time bringing friends that may have been interested in Rotary or those who have helped with past projects.
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February 14 Lunch Meeting
Members met for a general business meeting, hearing reports from various club executives covering recent events and happenings. Approval was also given by attending members to update the website name/address!
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February 7 Lunch Meeting
International youth exchange is back! We were pleased to meet Mia Outingdyke and Brielle Caners who will be representing Portage la Prairie on youth exchange for 2023-2024.
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January 31 Supper Meeting
Last night we had an evening of fellowship at Tornado’s Restaurant and Lounge. We had the pleasure of inducting our new member, Dave Roberts, into the Portage Rotary Club.
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Jan 24 Lunch Meeting
Craig Dunn from Craig Dunn Motor City was today’s speaker at Rotary. He talked about the constant change in the auto industry and recent challenges and trends.
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Jan 17 Lunch Meeting
Betty-Jean Checkley and Brent Froese from the Portage la Prairie Chapter of Habitat for Humanity joined Rotary today to share Habitat's accomplishments in our community.
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2022 Jets Alumni Cheque Presentation
Final figures are in and there was over $35,000 raised from our Jets Alumni Game & Dinner fundraiser held last November!
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Jan 10 Lunch Meeting |
Jan 3 Lunch Meeting
The Portage Rotary Club met for their first meeting of 2023, briefly touching on various topics ahead of the club for the new year.
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Dec 6 Lunch Meeting
Jen Kendall, Director of the Portage la Prairie Regional Library, visited the Rotary Club today and spoke about the exciting developments that have been happened at the library.
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Nov 22 Lunch Meeting
Melissa Draycott, Steve Hildebrand and Gord Zacharias from the Portage Parks Committee met with the Rotary Club to share exciting developments about the skateboard park planned at Simplot Central Park.
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Nov 15 Lunch Meeting
Micheline Berard spoke with us today, talking about foot care and various practices, including reflexology, that go into treating your feet and the impact that your feet can have on the rest of your body.
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Nov 1 Lunch Meeting
Past Rotarian Derek McCutcheon, along with Sean Robertshaw, spoke to the club about their involvement with the 19th Army Cadet Program.
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Nov 1 Lunch Meeting - New Member
Nahid Rahman was formally inducted during today's lunch. Nahid joins us after being introduced to Rotary through fellow Rotarian and Past-President Gord Selinger. In the image, we have Gord providing Nahid with his new Rotary lapel pin while current President Jennifer Campbell looks on.
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Oct 25 Supper Meeting
We heard from Kaitlyn Coates and Adrienne Matthews-McCulley, who spoke to us on behalf of the Koko Platz Community Club Redevelopment Committee.
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Annual Rotary Parade of Lights returns to pre-COVID ways
Those looking to see Santa Claus before he delivers his gifts this year will get the chance to do so during this year’s Rotary Parade of Lights.
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Oct 19 Lunch Meeting
Our guest at our weekly meeting was Karen Faurschou, a founding member of The Holiday Avenue Project, a grassroots committee formed to help beautify our city.
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Rotary $50k Skate Park Boost Rockets Roll-Out Closer to Reality
Plans for the new skateboard park at Simplot Central Park were displayed today (Thursday) as the Rotary Club of Portage la Prairie presented a cheque of $50,000 to the effort. |
October 5 Lunch Meeting
Our October 5 lunch guest was Fred Wright, Governor of Rotary District 5550, spanning across three provinces from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the West, to Thompson, Manitoba in the North and to Sioux Lookout, Ontario in the East. |
Another Vegetable Sale is in the Books!
We had some challenges this year, but still managed to pull off a successful sale! We would like to sincerely thank the growers for their partnerships this year and every year; Connery’s Riverdale Farms, Jeffries Bros Vegetable Growers, SB Vegetable Growers Ltd. and New Rosedale Colony!
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Portage Rotary Club celebrates third phase of Duck Pond project
The Portage Rotary Club has wrapped up their third phase of the Duck Pond rejuvenation project. |
2022 Annual Vegetable Sale
We're all set up and ready for our annual Vegetable Sale!! This year we are in the vacant lot across from Dairy Queen, on the corner of Saskatchewan Avenue and 2nd Street SW. |
