Rotary Certificate of Appreciation Awarded to Angry Birds Owners For Ukraine Support
Incoming Rotary Club of Picton President Barbara Proctor presents to Debra Jeanes and Michael Hymus a RotaryFoundation International Certificate of Appreciation. 
Barb Proctor explained how the outstanding contribution by Debra Jeanes and Mike Hymus, owners of Angry Birds Restaurant, towards Ukraine Relief came about . As Rotary is committed to helping Ukraine ,Foundation Committee Chair Bob Bird approached Debra Jeanes to see if Angry Birds Rotisserie Chicken restaurant could contribute 10% of 1 weeks sales for Ukraine relief .Debra’s response was “I think we can do better than that “. In a matter of minutes, Debra has been on the phone to her business partner Michael Hymus and they agreed to pledge a week’s worth of sales including taxes to Ukraine support. The proceeds for the week in March resulted in a donation of $29,740 to support to Ukraine. This donation was divided between Shelterbox Canada and Health Partners International Canada.
Both Debra and Mike thanked the Club and how they were proud to contribute to such a worthwhile and needed cause.
HPIC Presentation
On May 3rd, The Club received a fascinating presentation by Dayana Gomez on the stellar work of Health Partners International in Canada in providing worldwide humanitarian support, most recently with medical support to Ukraine.
Check out our webpage about HPIC at https://pictonrotary.ca/page/health-partners-international-canada
or read the Picton Gazette article at https://www.pictongazette.ca/2022/05/09/picton-rotary-learn-about-hpic-and-the-work-they-do/
Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup
A total of 10 Picton Rotarians participated in the clean up.
“Rotary collected 10 bags of trash at Delhi and several planks of wood that had made their way into the creek,” said Barb Proctor, Picton Rotary President Elect “As well as a few mismatched socks, at least one complete change of clothing and a back pack to go with it. No cash and gratefully, very few cigarette butts.”
Click here to read the Desiree Decoste’s full article in the Picton Gazette
Local Landowners Ensure Another Successful Waterfalls Tour
Angry Birds Support of Ukraine Raises $29,740
Photo of first donation of $15,000 taken by Desiree DeCoste from the Picton Gazette. (l to r) Bob Bird, Lyndon Johnson, Deborah Jeanes and Andy Janikowski.
Bev Carnahan Awarded Paul Harris Fellow for Community Service
by Desiree Decoste, Picton Gazette
Last week’s Rotary Club of Picton meeting marked a special presentation of the latest Community Paul Harris Fellow certificate and medallion.
The presentation recognizes a member of the community who has lived Rotary’s moto of “Service Above Self” in tangible ways. The Rotary Club of Picton honoured Bev Carnahan with the award.
“Bev Carnahan has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for partnering with our club and the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation to provide funds for our hospital, and other local causes,” said past president Rob Leek.
From the Southwestern Ontario regions of London and Windsor, Carnahan cut her teeth into the hospitality industry.
“Carnahan’s initial love for the culinary arts gradually morphed into an even greater love for all things related to wine, so much so that she took some time off to successfully complete Niagara College’s Sommelier Program,” Past President Leek said to the group. “Equipped with her newly minted credentials, Bev was in a position to eventually accept the offer of ownership of the All Canadian Wine Championships, or ACWC, taking the reins from the founder of that organization.”
A few years after successes in managing this enterprise, Prince Edward County and it’s burgeoning wine industry beckoned as the ideal spot for Carnahan and husband John to continue their love of wine and begin a new chapter for the ACWC.
Leek said over the course of her tenure as Director of this organization, Carnahan has struck up partnerships with the intent of providing a new revenue stream for various charitable endeavours in her adopted community.
Specifically, Carnahan reached out to the hospital foundation, and then to the local Rotary club, to orchestrate a charitable event by donning the best wines submitted for judging from coast to coast at the wine championships for public tasting.
Thus, was born ‘Uncork Canada’, a celebration and competition of top wines produced across the country. In pre-COVID times, the event would draw wine lovers throughout the region to taste vintages not regularly available at local LCBO stores. Proceeds from the event as well as a raffle for the submitted examples have been donated to the PECMHF and other local worthwhile causes.
Despite the pandemic, Carnahan has managed to continue Uncorked virtually and still raised nearly $8,000 for Back the Build and other local initiatives.
Click below to read the full Picton Gazette article https://www.pictongazette.ca/2022/02/14/acwc-director-bev-carnahan-named-latest-paul-harris-fellow-through-picton-rotary/
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