Vocation
Rotary SAS All-Stars Youth Leadership Program 2010
A Partnership of District 7070 Rotary Clubs and the Toronto Argonauts to promote and engender Service Above All to teens.
Rotary SAS All Stars Program is a youth initiative program. It is a program that celebrates youth and encourages leadership. The selected participants will attend an Argos home game at Rogers Centre, where Argos Alumni and Rotarians will hold a seminar on the importance of leadership and training. Our Club sponsors 4 students from Jean Vanier Catholic High School in York region and 6 students from A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in Toronto at a cost of $60.00 per student to participate in this program.The actual game date will be October 2 at 3 p.m.
View detail of SAS program.
View SAS All-Stars sign-up Sheet
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) 2010
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is a program for young people that Rotary International adopted in 1971. It helps to train young people in the community in developing good citizenship and leadership skills. This year, the program for District 7070 will be from May 16th-21th at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario.
The eligible participants are between 19-22 years of age and have to show leadership qualities to gain sponsorship from a Rotary Club. The Rotary Club of York is proud to sponsor a very qualified participant, Miss Gracia How to attend this year's program.
Dictionary for Life - Pakistan and Afghanistan 2010
The Dictionary 4 Life project promotes functional literacy. It will help children develop their facility with the English language while you are supporting the Rotary International emphasis on literacy. By using dictionaries efficiently, children explore spellings, meanings and derivations for example by using alphabetical order, abbreviations and definitions with understanding. One of the most positive aspects of being able to use a dictionary is that it helps to develop autonomy and confidence in the learner - one of the core goals of education. It promotes books and the printed word. It will be a "possession" for the child. It will enable both first and second language users to extend and improve the accuracy of their vocabulary. It should help children with their homework. In some homes it may also form a reference work for all the family.
Our board had approved and sent our contribution of $500.00 Euro to the Dictionary for Life - Pakistan and Afghanistan project. This project is initiated by the Rotary District 3272 in UK. It will benefit the children in these war-torn regions.
Participate in an international book shipping project to Philippines: Rotary Project: Plaridel -
2010
"Rotary Educates Young Mind" - Literacy program organized by the Rotary Club of Paridel in the Philippines works towards eliminating poverty through education by providing financial and hands-on support in building schools and by providing academic and vocational education programs to underserved communities.
The Rotary Club of York partners with the Rotary Club of Plaridel in Philippines, initiated a book drive in March to assist children education in the Philippines. Our club received generous donations of dictionaries, text books and reference books from our local and school communities and the financial sponsorship from AMJ Campbell the International Mover to ship 20 boxes of books to Philippines at the early June.
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Book Donation to local Book Ends Store 2009
Our book donation to Book Ends Store for literacy program in the Toronto Libraries was completed in November.
Kids, Cops & Computers Program by Merry Go Round Children's Foundation in Toronto 2010
Our Club sponsors the program by donating 6 computers and printers. The cost is estimated at $650 per child. Merry Go Round works closely with the Toronto District and Toronto Catholic School Boards to bring together a team of principals, teachers, guidance counselors and leadership experts to select those at-risk students who would most benefit from a home computer system and e-buddy with a police officer who would provide mentoring to them.
E-buddy students will email their officer e-mentors at least once a week and benefit from both the friendship and support of officers whose role is to make our communities a better place to live. The students are given the opportunity to understand that their decisions directed in a positive way, can also make an impact, in their lives and in the wider community. The E-buddy pairs discuss a wide range of topics from academics, hobbies and other issues that they are interested in, building rapport and trust between these two groups along the way.
A message from Mr. Clayton Shold:
"Dear Rotarians,
Thank you again for your sponsorship of students at Fairbank Middle School.
Dwayne Chin did an excellent job representing Rotary yesterday. His short presentation was excellent and clearly explained Rotary’s desire to help at a community level."
4-Way Test Award
2009's award recipient is Mr. Yam Ming Ho has been recognized as a dedicated volunteer serving different charitable and community organizations in Toronto, contributing to social well-being, promoting cultural understanding, advocating participation, and upholding the principles of truth and fairness. He is a non-Rotarian who appositely passed the "4-Way Test" by which all Rotarians live, think, and do day in day out:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP?
Will it be BENEFICIAL TO ALL concerned?
Rotary Club of York Literacy Award, $1000.00
A five-year scholarship program at the Ryerson University's Early Childhood Education Faculty.
Awarded to one undergraduate student who has successfully completed CLD 314 (Literacy 1) and has demonstrated academic excellence and leadership in promoting literacy in the community. Applicants are asked how they demonstrate the Rotary Club's adopted philosophy of the Four-Way Test, promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. It asks the following four questions: Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
The Rotary Foundation: Ambassadorial Scholarship
Rotarian Peter talked about the Ambassadorial Scholarship. Ambassadorial Scholarship, the Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program, was founded in 1947. Since then, nearly 38,000 men and women from about 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. Nearly 800 scholarships were awarded for study in 2005-06. Through grants totaling approximately US$500 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 70 nations.
The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas. The program sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.
Generous contributions from Rotarians worldwide represent a continued faith that today's Ambassadorial Scholars will be tomorrow's community and world leaders.
RCOY participated in the program and hosted student from Taiwan who stayed in Rotarian Jones's house while he studied at University of Toronto.
Peter Wong
