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Dear Editor

It is almost impossible for me to express my most sincere, over the top thank you to our community yet again.  The G Mom’s of Port Perry have hosted galas at the Royal Ashburn for over 15 years and have always been supported by our business community.  We “pound the pavement”, that is our fun way of saying we go around to our community and ask for donations.  Yes we just ask for things for free.  How bold you say!  Yes it is true and I could never ask for things, except I am willing to do it for the people of Africa.  We speak and act for those unable to do so. 

At first it was for the Grannies and Orphans after the Aids Pandemic hit so severely.  Then it was to get kids to school and empower the women toward independence. After COVID it was just for survival and now the main emphasis is on funding for medication and home care support.  The need is great because the generous financial support from the U. S. has stopped. 

We use the community donations for the raffle and silent auction items and we also receive a generous $2000 from our Scugog First Nations to help cover local expenses. The Focus magazine promotes our events at no cost and our guest speakers do not charge. This year our guest speaker was Rob Messervey, the president of the Lake Stewards. He presented important information to help us understand what is being done to keep our Lake Scugog healthy and what we in turn must do.

Royal Ashburn Golf Club allows us to use the beautiful room at no cost. Everyone knows that what we do not have to spend here is more money to save lives over there. All of our monies go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation and 90% of our funds go directly to projects in Africa.  This year the gala raised over $10,000 with the help of many. So while we enjoyed a lovely meal, a great speaker as well as a Fashion Walk About by Kelly’s on Queen, we helped improve lives and saved some as well. 

Then on a rainy Saturday morning a few weeks later many foolish wet G-Moms came out for the Trunk Sale at the Scout Hall. We were thrilled to see other foolish women come out to support this event and we raised a fine, but soggy $1200.  Again this money is now improving the lives of many.  

We also held our successful fun trivia night at the Piano Cafe on Friday June 6. 

Thank you to our wonderful community.

Sincerely, Tinie Evans on behalf of the G-Moms

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What a great community

Dear Editor

The Rotary Club of Port Perry and the Rotary Club’s Spring Gala Committee would like to thank all of the wonderful sponsors who stepped forward to support this year’s Rotary Club Spring Fundraising Gala.

Thanks to your kind generosity, the gala was a huge success. 

A sell-out crowd who shared lots of fun and laughter, a wonderful meal, live entertainment and the challenge to secure one of the many great auction items enjoyed the ambiance of the venue.

The proceeds, from this event, will help to enable the work of our Rotary Club, both in our local and in surrounding communities and abroad.

Once again, a big thank you to everyone for your support to help Rotary help others!

Sincerely,

Jim and Barb Brady 

Co-Chairs of the Rotary Spring Gala Committee

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