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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, February 22, 2013 · 20 Rotary Club of Oakville Rotary Club of Oakville West Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar www.oakvillerotary.org Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united world-wide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary's programs for students and youth can change the lives of those who participate. Through these programs, young people can earn scholarships, travel on cultural exchanges, or help a community through a service project. The three Rotary Clubs in Oakville continue to support local youth in their post-secondary education with generous bursary and scholarship programs and the Rotary Education Awards. Each spring Grade 12 students apply for Rotary funding through their school guidance counsellor or a Rotary Club contact. In 2012, forty awards were distributed to deserving Oakville students for their post-secondary education. The continuation of these awards depends on successful fundraising in our community. Three annual events hosted by Oakville Rotary Clubs that provide funding for youth programs include: · The Oakville Awards for Business Excellence (OABE), an initiative of the Rotary Club of Oakville West, scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Tickets available at oabe.ca. · The Annual Rotary Club of Oakville Golf Event & Million Dollar Hole-In-One Competition, June 6-10, 2013. · The Oakville Charity Dragon Boat Festival by the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar in August. Thank you to our partners, sponsors and the public who support Rotary Special Events and subsequently the many deserving and talented youth in the Oakville community. For more information, please visit oakvillerotary.org. RCO Golf and MDHIO Tournament The Oakville Awards for Business Excellence The Oakville Charity Dragon Boat Festival The Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG) was formed in 2007 as a group of Rotarians, recognized by Rotary International, focused on water & sanitation work. The world is discovering that effective programs take 3 to 5 years to be sustainable ­ local community engagement and appropriate technologies are keys to success. WASRAG was created to provide the know-how, consistency and credibility essential to success over the long term. This has come together in a program called "Start with Water," a global leadership initiative for safe water, www.startwithwater.org The mission is to facilitate and support Rotary Clubs worldwide with the capacity to effectively plan, finance and undertake sustainable water, sanitation and health and hygiene education (WASH) projects where they are most needed. The goal is to bring safe and sustainable drinking water, effective sanitation, and health and hygiene education to the over 2 billion people around the world in need of these basic life systems. EXPERIENCE ROTARY Rotary Club of Oakville Monday Meetings at 6:30pm Rotary Centennial Tower 17 Stewart Street Contact: Linda Hill at linda.hill.pol@gmail.com Rotary Club of Oakville West Tuesday Meetings at 7:15am Holiday Inn, 590 Argus Road Contact: Dave Saucier at dave@cacd.ca Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar Thursday Meetings at noon Otello's Banquet & Conference Centre 2273 Royal Windsor Drive (at Ford Drive) Contact: Bill Koopman at billkoopman@aol.com For additional information: Oakville: www.oakvillerotary.org International: www.rotary.org Rotaract: www.rotaractoakville.ca Pythons' Pit provides an avenue for creative, entrepreneurial residents and students of Halton Region to pitch their business concepts and product ideas in front of a live audience and a panel of business moguls from the local community. Saturday, March 23, 2013 The Ron Joyce Centre DeGroote School of Business 4350 South Service Road Burlington, ON 2:30pm High School $10/person 7:00pm Open Category $40/person Tickets: www.PythonsPit.ca