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May 2 2023 Regular Meeting |
April 22nd Earth Day at Botanical Garden |
2023 Lunar New Year Celebration
RCOY celebrates Lunar New Year of Rabbit on Jan 27th 2023 Rotarians and friends from District 7070 joined this festive celebration.
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2023-2024 Board of Directors
RCOY completed a successful Annual General Meeting on January 17 2023. New Board of Directors for 2023-2024 Rotary Year have been elected. |
2022 Year End Richmond Hill Community Food Donation
We did it! We collected 150kg of food over 6 months for Richmond Hill Community Food Bank
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2022 Christmas Celebration |
Regular Meeting December 6 2022
Regular Meeting on December 6 2022 at Asian Legends. Rotarian Stanley Wu deliver presentation on "Hearing Issues and Hearing Aids"
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Winter Clothing Donation to Welcome Centre |
Regular Meeting Oct 4th 2022 and New Member Induction |
Foundation Walk September 25 2022
RCOY joining Foundation Walk at Cullen Park Trail in Whitby and hospitality gathering at PE Eva's residence.
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Regular Meeting September 20th 2022
Second Regular Meeting for September with guest presenter Mr Derek Ho from Centre for Immigrants & Community Services.
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Regular Meeting September 6th 2022
First Regular Meeting in September with Our own Rotarian Billy Yip presenting "The state of Real Estate Market" and Paul Harris Pin award to our Rotarian Jones Ho and David How.
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Regular Meeting August 16th 2022
Second Regular Meeting in August with guest presenter Jean-Claude Mbazumutina from Markham Sunrise Club and special music performance from guest Miss Beatrix Yip
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Regular Meeting August 2nd
Our Regular Meeting on August 2nd 2022, with visit of Rotarians from Rotary Club of Woodbridge
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Regular Meeting July 19th
Our Regular Meeting at Asian Legend on July 19th 2022. Visit from Yusur Al-Bahran, Past President of Rotary Club of Yellowknife
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2022 Kids Against Hunger Food Packing
RCOY Members and Rotary Friends attend District Kids Against Hunger Food Packing on July 5th 2022
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2022-2023 Rotary Year Hand Over Meeting
2022-2023 Rotary Year Hand Over Meeting - Change Over of Presidentship between current President David Hui and President Elect Charles Chee. Group Photo of 2022-2023 President Charles Chee(center of front row), Incoming Board of Directors, Members, and Guests.
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2021 Richmond Hill Community Food Bank Food Drive
It is the Season of giving. RCOY organized Food Drive and Donation campaign at the Christmas celebrative gathering for Richmond Hill Community Food Bank.
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7070 Watershed Clean-up
Our hard working and dedicated Rotarians participated in Rotary District's 7070 Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup today. We were fortunate the weather cooperated and a lot of fun was had by all.
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Year End Celebration
It has been a wonderful year for the Rotary Club of York as we celebrated our club's 20th Year Anniversary. A huge thank you to our amazing members for their dedication and their commitment. We are all looking forward to the year ahead as President David Hui outlined his vision in the traditional Rotary turnover meeting pictured here.
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Foundation Walk
On this wonderful day our club participated in Rotary's Foundation Walk. Club members enjoyed a brisk, picturesque walk along the shores of lake Wilcox in Oak Ridges. Thank you to all who participated. Great weather, great friendship, great cause!
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Join Us For Our Chinese New Year Celebration Dinner On Feb. 8  It's time for our annual Chinese New Year Celebration! Join us at the Golden Court Abalone Restaurant at 270 West Beaver Creek Road (Richmond Hill) on Friday February 8, 2019. Dinner is $60 per adult ($40 for children 6 to 12). Reception at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. Reserve your spot by contacting the email on the poster. |
RCOY Supports CRRS's Educational Work With Youth in Rural China (RCOY members attend the Culture Regeneration Research Society's Gala) Rotary Club of York was proud to support the work of the Culture Regeneration Research Society CRRS.
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"Out of the Cold"Thanks to our members volunteering in the "Out of the Cold" program. We have two dates in January booked to go as a group. Rtn David How is coordinating this year's volunteering program.
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RCOY Regular Meeting - Jan 8 2019A reminder that our first Regular Meeting of the new year is scheduled for Tuesday January 8th, 2019. Venue: Tasty BBQ & Seafood Restaurant 3555 Don Mills Road Toronto. M2H 3N3 416-756-7773 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm To facilitate booking with the restaurant, we would appreciate a reply by Sunday January 6th, 2019 if you plan to attend the meeting or not. Your support and participation are essential to the Club. Thank you G. Shum, Secretary Rotary Club of York |
RCOY Christmas Dinner 2018!Thank you for another wonderful year of Rotary! Please take a moment to view our Christmas Celebration 2018 photos!  |
Annual General MeetingCongratulations on another successful AGM. Rotary Club of York elected a new Board of Directors for the 2019-2020 year. Here is the new board: President - David Cohen IPP - Grayson Lew President Elect - David Hui Vice President - David How Treasurer - Mandy Cheng-Hui Secretary - Gerald Shum Sergeant-at-Arms- Nancy Leung Directors - Charles Chee Eva Chen Costas Menegakis Hadia Raheel Armando Sadozai Michael Yeh |
Annual General Meeting - Dec 4 2018This year's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for Tuesday December 4th, 2018. Please mark on your calendar and plan to attend. It will be held at the regular venue Tasty BBQ Chinese Restaurant from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. At the AGM, the election of the Board of Directors (BOD) for 2019-2020 will be held. Attached is the Nomination Form for your use. The last day to submit nominations is November 15, 2018. Once the nominations are confirmed, the list of candidates will be announced by November 26, 2018. Advanced voting and proxy voting will be available to members who cannot attend the AGM. The final voting will be completed at the AGM to elect the next BOD. We usually have fun doing this. If you have any questions regarding the AGM and the election process, please let me know. Hope to see many of you at the AGM. Thank you. G. Shum, Secretary Rotary Club of York |
RCOY Regular Meeting - Nov 20 2018The next Regular Meeting of our Club will be on Tuesday November 20th, 2018. We have Rotarian Debbie Howes as the speaker. She will be talking about her new book and being a Rotarian. Debbie is a lawyer and had previously given us a presentation on family law. Venue: Tasty BBQ Chinese Restaurant 3555 Don Mills Road Toronto, ON M2H 3N3 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm To facilitate booking with the venue, please reply by Sunday Nov. 18th if you plan to attend this meeting or not. Your support and participation are essential to the Club. Thank you. G. Shum, Secretary Rotary Club of York |
RCOY Regular Meeting - Nov 6 2018The next Regular Meeting of our Club will be on Tuesday November 6th, 2018. The District Governor, Mary Lou Harrison, will be visiting our Club and she will deliver her message from the District as usual. Please come and meet the District Governor and show our support for Rotary. Venue: Tasty BBQ Chinese Restaurant 3555 Don Mills Road Toronto, ON M2H 3N3 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm To facilitate booking with the venue, please reply by Sunday Nov. 4th if you plan to attend this meeting or not. Your support and participation are essential to the Club. Thank you. G. Shum, Secretary Rotary Club of York |
RCOY Regular Meeting - Oct 23 2018The next Regular Meeting of our Club will be on Tuesday October 23rd, 2018. We have a speaker from L'Arche Canada Foundation which is a non-profit charity, committed to transforming the lives of intellectually disabled people in the communities across Canada. Debbie Howes from the Markham Unionville RC will visit our Club as well. Venue: Tasty BBQ Chinese Restaurant 3555 Don Mills Road Toronto, ON M2H 3N3 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm To facilitate booking with the venue, please reply by Sunday October 21st if you plan to attend this meeting or not. Your support and participation are essential to the Club. Thank you. G. Shum, Secretary Rotary Club of York |
RCOY Regular Meeting - Oct 9 2018The next Regular Meeting of our Club will be on Tuesday October 9th, 2018. We have a professional photographer as a speaker. He is John from the John & Veronica Photography. He'll be speaking, naturally, on photography. Venue: Tasty BBQ Chinese Restaurant 3555 Don Mills Road Toronto, ON M2H 3N3 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm To facilitate booking with the venue, please reply by Sunday October 7th if you plan to attend this meeting or not. Your support and participation are essential to the Club. Thank you. G. Shum, Secretary Rotary Club of York |
Rotary Foundation Walk - Sep 30 2018Thank you to RCOY Rotarians who participated in this morning's Rotary Foundation Walk at the McMichael Art Gallery. RCOY contributed 15 members, family and friends to the over 260 who turn out for the walk, despite the cold weather. Thanks to Rotarian Charles Chee for leading this year's participation.
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RCOY Regular Meeting - Aug 21, 2018Our guest speaker this week will be District Governor-Elect Beth Selby. We will also be joined by Rotarian Raffe from Richmond Hill Rotary Club, and Rotarian Sonya from Oshawa Parkwood Rotary Club to speak about District 7070 Rotary Friendship Day in Oshawa. Venue: Tasty BBQ Chinese Restaurant 3555 Don Mills Road Toronto, ON M2H 3N3 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm |
Unionville Stiver Mill Farmers' MarketIt's Sunday, which means Rotary Club of York is back at the grill at the Unionville Stiver Mill Farmers' Market, at 9 Station Lane, Unionville.  |
Rotary China Dinner |
Unionville Stiver Mill Farmers' MarketAnother great day at the Unionville Stiver Mill Farmers' Market on Main Street in Markham. Stop by to say hi and grab a burger! Address: 9 Station Ln, Unionville, ON L3R 1R5  |
RCOY Regular MeetingOur guest speaker tonight is Ariel Neuer, an experienced litigation lawyer specializing in IP law. The topic of his talk will be, "How to prevent and weather the storm of litigation." Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight. Venue: Tasty BBQ Chinese Restaurant 3555 Don Mills Road Toronto, ON M2H 3N3 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm |
Unionville Stiver Mill Farmers' MarketSummer Sundays mean a family trip to the farmers' market! Visit Rotary Club of York each Sunday at the Unionville Stiver Mill Farmers' Market on Main Street in Markham. Find us at the grill!  |
Prima Academy Anniversary Gala |
Rotary 2018 Toronto Photos |
Welcome Rotary International to TorontoWe are pleased to welcome our fellow Rotarians from around the world to the great city of Toronto for Rotary Internationals annual conference.  |
Handover Meeting Members and friends of the Rotary Club of York took part in the official handover meeting this evening.
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Month of May UpdatesAs May comes to a close, we'd like to recap some activities and events during the past month.
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Supporting AIM - Autism in MindRotary Club of York, in partnership with Rotary International District 7070, Rotary Club of Agincourt, Rotary Club of Markham Unionville, Rotary Club of Toronto East, and Sunrise Montessori School, was proud to raise more than $13,000 in donations to Autism in Mind (AIM) Children's Charity.  |
Chinese New Year |
AGM & 2017-18 Board |
Literacy Award at Ryerson University's School of Early Childhood StudiesOur Rotary Club is proud to sponsor the Literacy Award at Ryerson University's School of Early Childhood Studies in the Faculty of Community Services. The scholarship is awarded to one undergraduate student in the School of Early Childhood Studies, in the full-time or part-time program, who has demonstrated academic excellence and leadership in promoting literacy in the community.  Pictured: Ms. Jenny Cao, this year's recipient of the 2017 Rotary Club of York Literacy Award. (left to right: James Lin, Jenny Cao, Joe Luk; photo credit: Joe Luk)
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Visioning Plan: A SummaryOur next regular meeting is Tuesday November 21, 2017. A summary of our visioning plan will be presented.  |
Welcoming New Rotarian Armando Sadozai (left to right: President Hadia, Armando Sadozai, ADG Dave Hardy) This evening we formally inducted our newest Rotarian, Armando Sadozai. Congratulations on joining our fellowship!
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Upcoming Speaker: Phymean Noun Phymean Noun Photo Credit: CNN Dear Members, You are invited to hear Phymean Noun, a Canadian activist for Cambodian children and founder of the People Improvement Organization speak at our regular meeting on Sept 5th. |
Welcoming Dave Hardy, Assistant District Governor Photo by Rtn. Nancy Leung This evening, we welcomed Mr. Dave Hardy, Assistant District Governor for District 7070.
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Reminder: August 3rd Meeting re-scheduledA reminder to all members that the previously re-scheduled August 3rd meeting has been postponed to a later date. Our speaker will join us in September when members return from summer holidays.
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Scarborough Hospital The Rotary Club of York with Michelle Varela, from the Scarborough Hospital Foundation. We were pleased to officially present our donation to the Scarborough Hospital & Rouge Valley Foundation for their newest Bridletown project supporting Scarborough residents. |
Speaker Series for July 18, 2017 Photo by Rtn. Nancy Leung This evening we were pleased to welcome back our 2017 RYLA candidate, Ms. Silken Chan, to speak about her recent experience at the leadership retreat. |
Hand-over MeetingThis evening we will hold our special Hand-over Meeting to transition from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018. The new board of directors will be welcomed in.
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Thank You to President Mandy and the 2016-2017 Board 2016-2017 Rotary Club of York President Mandy Cheng-hui speaking at the RCOY 15th Anniversary Gala. Pictured with President Mandy is incoming RCOY President, Ms. Hadia Raheel. |
New Member Induction |
Visit to PACT Urban Peace Program This evening, Rotary Club of York visited the PACT Urban Peace Program at the David Wilson Memorial Park behind John Polanyi CI in North York. |
Neil Redley, UoITThis evening we were pleased to welcome Mr. Neil Redley from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
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Interact Club at St. Theresa HS Earlier this week, over 20 student members were inducted into the Interact Club at St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School. The club was chartered in the 2014-15 school year with a sponsorship by the Rotary Club of York. We were pleased to join Principal Joseph Servidio in presenting the new club members. |
Meeting Schedule ChangeJust a quick note to all members that our next scheduled meeting will be on May 23rd, 2017, and NOT May 16th. Secretary Gerald will send a reminder notice closer to the date. Please update your calendars accordingly. Thank you.
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Rotary Leadership Institute |
Speaker Series for May 2, 2017 Photo taken from Canadian Lawyer Magazine Tonight we were pleased to welcome Mr. Jason Leung, JD, PMP, to speak about intellectual property rights. Mr. Leung is the Principal of LeungLaw PC in downtown Toronto, and specializes in business and intellectual property law. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Toronto, a Project Management Professional designation, and is a registered agent for trademarks and patents. |
Rotary Aids Walk Success! |
Soles 4 SoulsWe've partnered up with Sunrise Montessori School and Soles 4 Souls to donate gently used shoes to those in need.  |
PACT Urban Peace ProgramRotary Club of York has been approached by PACT Urban Peace Program for a sponsorship opportunity.  |
Autism In Mind (AIM)Rotary Club of York has been approached by Autism in Mind (AIM) for a sponsorship opportunity.  |
Reading RoomRotary Club of York is proud to partner with the Free Reading Program to bring literacy resources for children online. Find our more about this free program here.  |
Join Our Team at the 2017 District 7070 Rotary Poker Walk for HIV/AIDSThe Rotary Club of York will be sending a team to this year's 2017 District 7070 Rotary Poker Walk for HIV/AIDS. You can join our team and support our goal by clicking here for our team fundraising page....  |
Speaker Series for April 4, 2017 President Mandy with P.D.G. Mike Phelan (April 4, 2017) Tonight we were pleased to welcome Mr. & Mrs. Mike Phelan to our Rotary Club meeting. Mr. Phelan is an old friend of the club and a Past District Governor of District 7070.
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Speaker Series for March 21, 2017: This evening we welcomed Mr. Gem Munro from the Amarok Society (amaroksociety.org) to speak about his charitable project in Bangladesh. Mr. Munro and his wife, Dr. Tanyss Munro, founded the Amarok Society to provide basic language and civic history education to poor women in Bangladesh. The country is one of the world's most densely-populated countries in the world, with 162 million living in just 144,000 square kilometres of land. Poverty is reportedly wide-spread*, with many communities unable to provide basic literacy, math and social studies to their members. |
Connect Online!Our very active club is always looking for ways to bring awareness to our many initiatives. We recently re-designed our club website (rotaryclubofyork.org), and can now announce the launching of our Facebook Page and Twitter Feed! Be among the first to "like" or "follow" and you'll stay connected with our latest engagements.
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Push for Change EventMembers of our Rotary Club joined with fellow Rotarians of District 7070 in hosting a fundraising for Joe Roberts, founder of Push for Change.
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Speaker Series for February 21, 2017
This week's speaker was our own Rotarian Costas Menegakis. Costas was elected to serve as a Federal Member of Parliament for Richmond Hill from May 30, 2011 to October 19, 2015. Upon appointment by the Prime Minister, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. |
2017 Lunar New Year CelebrationThe Rotary Club of York welcomed the Year of the Rooster with a grand celebration at the Diamond Banquet Hall in Markham.
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2016 RCOY X-MAS PartyMerry Christmas to all members and friends of the Rotary Club of York! Thank you to everyone who joined us at our annual holiday party at the Dragon Pearl Restaurant.
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Literacy Award Scholarship at Ryerson UniversityOur Rotary Club is proud to sponsor the Literacy Award at Ryerson University's School of Early Childhood Studies in the Faculty of Community Services. The scholarship is awarded to one undergraduate student in the School of Early Childhood Studies, in the full-time or part-time program, who has demonstrated academic excellence and leadership in promoting literacy in the community.
 (Pictured: Ms. Tiffany Colaco, this year's recipient of the 2016 Rotary Club of York Literacy Award.)
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15th Anniversary GalaThe Rotary Club of York was proud to celebrate its 15th Anniversary this Sunday at the Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre.
 (Pictured: MPP Soo Wong, and Michael Mazza of the Scarborough Hospital Foundation.)
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Rotary Club of York At a Glance
Rotary Club of York was chartered on June 28, 2001 and the charter members were inducted by RI President Richard King on August 10, 2001 at the Presidential Convention in Toronto. The picture of such event appeared on the front cover of the October 2001 Rotarian magazine, which became the talk in District 7070. In 2000, District 7070, participated in the RI pioneer project of looking into new ways of running Rotary clubs in the millennium and innovative approach of resolving the problem of declining membership world wide, looked at the possibility of forming new clubs in ethnic communities. Past district governor, John Bertrand, encouraged Rotarian Margaret Wong, a Chinese lady Rotarian and PE of the Rotary Club of North York, to work in the Chinese community. She networked a close circle of friends and a steering committee was formed. They met weekly to study the process of establishing a Rotary club among the Chinese community. In March 2001, the first official meeting of the Provisional Rotary Club of York took place. Ms Doris Au, an educator, was elected as the founding president. After having met all the requirements, the Club was chartered on June 28, 2001 and its members were inducted by RI President King in August. Second president, Paul Cheung, with his Board, helped lay the foundation and set the direction of the club now that Rotary Club of York (RCOY) was selected among more than 160 clubs in the world to participate in RI new model clubs project. With support from PDG John Bertran and PDG David Ing (the first and only Chinese District Governor so far in District 7070) the Club progressed in double strides. New model clubs have been given a blank sheet to write their own constitutions and bylaws within the foundation and principles of Rotary. RCOY introduces a major change from the traditional clubs' meeting schedule. It holds its regular meetings twice a month—that is first and third Tuesday of each month—leaving the other Tuesdays for board meetings, workshops and committee meetings. RCOY also brings in other changes such as eliminating minimum age limit of club member, territory boundary and the number of membership within same professional classes. Rotary Club of York is one of the first ethnic clubs, with mostly Asian members, in Rotary District 7070. Since its inception, this Club has not only impressed the district 7070 executives and other fellow clubs but also listened to its community‘s needs and has been serving and will be supporting its community. Here are some of RCOY's involvements, among many other projects:
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