News and Events

This section of the website will include articles and related news items about the club.

The following is the list of speakers for April:

February Trip of the Month Winners!

2007 Rotary Food Drive

Cambodia Check Presentation

On May 25, 2007, The Rotary Club of St. John's Northwest presented a check for $13,000 (US) to the Centre for Children's Happiness. On hand for the presentation was President Souannarith of the Rotary Club of Phnom Penh (left) and the recipient (right), Mech Sokha, the CEO of the Centre

Group Study Exchange (GSE) Summer 2008
The GSE Team representing our district will be traveling to Normandy, France from June 7th to July 5th, 2008. For more information please click on the link below to the Rotary International website: http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/gse/prospective.html

Exchange Student’s Rotarian Father Visits from Japan:

Our 2006-2007 Youth Exchange Student, Madoka Yamamoto, from Japan, concluded her year in St. John's in June 2007. In early June, Madoka's dad, Seiichi Yamamoto, visited her in St. John's and accompanied her to our June 5th meeting. Click to read more…

Vocational Service Award Recipient 2007:

Wendy Decker, RN, Coordinator of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program with the Eastern Health Authority, was presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of her achievements in her chosen profession. Click to read more…

Celebrity Gala Dinner and Auction Event - 2007

On March 31st, 2007 our Club held a Celebrity Gala Dinner and Auction event to raise funds for the St. John’s Northwest Rotary Foundation and the Cancer Care Foundation. The event was a tremendous success raising over $100,000 to be split between the St. John’s Northwest Rotary Club, and the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation. Click here to read more.

Buckmaster’s Circle Project – New Recreation Space for Children

St. John’s Northwest Rotary is embarking on a "Special Project" supporting the development of an outdoor recreation space in the Buckmaster's Circle neighbourhood of St. John's. The site of the new park is a 4.6 acre undeveloped area right in the heart of the city's centre, where a neighbourhood of 1 sq km with over 240 children under the age of 14 years has no open air play space available for play. Proceeds from our Celebrity Gala Dinner and Auction Event are bring used to provide seed funding to the project. Click here to read more

Adventures in Citizenship Speak-Off – 2007

The 2007 “Adventures in Citizenship” speak-off took place on March 6th, 2007 at the Holiday Inn with speakers from four different schools in attendance (Tanie Heath, St. Kevin's High School; Melanie Mulrooney, Booth Memorial High School; John Hennessey, O'Donel High School; and Susan O'Keefe, Holy Trinity High School). The topic for the day was “Climate Change” and each speaker was truly impressive! – Click here to read more

The Vocational Service Awards Committee is now seeking Nominations for 2007

The Vocational Service Awards Committee is now seeking Nominations for 2007. Please consider nominating a worthy person you may know. The Nomination Criteria and Form are downloadable here, and the deadline for Nominations is April 30th, 2007.

Meet our Exchange Student

2006/2007 Trip of the Month Memberships (pdf document)