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Battle of the Atlantic - Dr. Winegard's Memories from the Second World War
Posted on Saturday, May 5th 2012  Dr. Bill Winegard served during the Second World War in the Canadian Navy, mostly on small ships escorting convoys of 50 to 60 ships sailing back and forth between North America and Europe. Only 5 or 6 escort ships would be assigned to each convoy.
He related to us yesterday what it was like on the North Atlantic on a 200 ft Corvette, especially during the winter months. It was a continuous battle with the weather and, of course, with th German U-boats trying to sink American, Canadian and British ships transporting war supplies and food from North America to Europe.
Corvettes had an open bridge and the accommodation for the 25 or so crew was no bigger than a good-size living room. Up to 1943 the convoys did not even have the luxury of air cover. After the air force became involved the Allies started to win the Battle of the Atlantic.
| Sunrise Thrapeutic Riding and Learning Centre Receives Support From The Rotary Club of Guelph Foundation
Posted on Tuesday, May 1st 2012  Clare Rennie presented a cheque for $1,500 to Donna Christie Chair of the Board for the Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre to assist their educational program for special needs children. Randy Seager, thr Chair of the Foundation looks on.
| The Rotary Club of Guelph Foundation Supports The Purchase Of Renal Dialysis Units
Posted on Tuesday, May 1st 2012  Clare Rennie presented another cheque for $ 25,000 to Jennifer Hall representing the Foundation of the Guelph General Hospital. This was the first payment toward the addition of three new Renal Dialysis Units.
| Classification Talk By Gunter Thase
Posted on Sunday, April 29th 2012  Gunter Thase has been a Rotarian for more than 25 years; however, last Friday he gave his first classification talk. His previous club was the Rotary Club of Toronto which has about 350 members and therefore classification talks are not part of the new-member routine there.
Gunter was born in Germany and studied to become an expert in metals. He is a metal trader who worked for various metal trading companies and eventually with British Metal Trading Company; he moved from Europe to their Toronto office.
Recently he moved from Toronto to Guelph and moved from the Rotary Club of Toronto to our club. Gunter is particularly proud of a Rotary project in Honduras with which he was involved for a long time. The project included a school for girls and addressed a number of health problems in the area.
| Rotary Forest and Earth Day Event 2012 A Great Success
Posted on Monday, April 23rd 2012  Liz Cooney who drove a tractor all last Saturday long hauling hundreds of people to the planting site and back again; her husband Brad drove one of the other tractors and Environment Committee Chair Lyndon Stewart the third. Company and community groups and other members of the public came out despite the cold weather to plant about 1000 large trees. These will be complemented by about 3000 evergreen seedlings planted by Guelph and Wellington County school children during their educational visit to the GRCA Nature Centre.
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Club - Rotary Information :
-Facilitate communications within the Club with respect to Club and RI matters of interest.
-Organize the Annual Firesides with topics provided by the first Vice President and the Board.
-Prepare brochures and other material as needed from time to time.
-Assist the Membership Committee in the integration of new members.
-Ensure the Club=s compliance with the APersonal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act@ (PIPEDA).
-Develop a Code of Conduct.
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Guelph, Ontario,
N1E 2Y9, Canada
Phone: 519-821-3863
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