About our Club | Rotary Club of Picton

Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbours, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in communities, and in themselves. Solving real problems takes real commitment and vision. For more than 110 years, Rotary's people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. From literacy and peace to water and health, Rotarians always working to better the world, and they stay committed to the end.

Rotary members believe that people have a shared responsibility to take action on the world’s most persistent issues. The 46,000+ Rotary Clubs in the world work together to: promote peace; fight disease; provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene; save mothers and children; support education; grow local economies; and protect the environment. (above is adapted from www.rotary.org).

Rotary’s motto of ‘Service Above Self’ was enacted by fundraising and supporting worthy projects both locally and internationally. The labour of Rotarians – called “sweat equity” – also contributed to successfully supporting the work of the Club. Examples include the delivery of Meals on Wheels for The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association which started in 1980 and continues to this day; providing the BBQ at the Hike for Hospice event; working with the Salvation Army to prepare food hampers for local families; providing volunteer assistance to other local clubs during their events; cutting grass, cleaning brush and installing benches at the Rotary Woods Walkway at the Macaulay Conservation Authority. During the pandemic, members of the Rotary Club of Picton could be seen day in and day out at the Vaccination Clinic in Picton, making sure that all were greeted warmly and had a good experience. The list goes on.

Over the years various fundraising projects have been established, stopped and changed. The Rotary Golf Classic has continued and has been sold out many years running. The Cash Calendar initiative has become a main fundraiser as has the Waterfall Tour and Lilac Ride. In the summer of 2025, we held a ‘Pick-your-own-berries’ fundraiser that did extremely well. Funds from these events are used to provide financial support to several local and youth projects as well as international initiatives that provide education, clean water, medical aid, and emergency shelter to those in need.

For the Rotary Club of Picton, established in June 1943, it has been over eighty years of Service Above Self. Looking forward into the future, we can see that there is much more work to be done and we will continue as long as humanly possible because “they profit most who serve the best.”

Membership in our Rotary Club is open to people from all walks of life.

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List of Past Presidents

Rotary Club of Picton - Founded June 7, 1943 - Charter 5622

Past Presidents

1943-44 E. J. Williams

1944-45 S. M. Sinton

1945-46 A. E. Grindrod

1946-47 A. F. Brown

1947-48 J. M. Hartwick

1948-49 H. R. MacDonald

1949-50 J. deB. Amand

1950-51 R. G. Attersley

1951-52 H. J. Colliver

1952-53 H. R. G. Campbell

1953-54 A. Moore

1954-55 Dr. L. Mackle

1955-56 W. C. Hicks

1956-57 A. H. Lloyd

1957-58 Dr. R. F. Evans

1958-59 H. P. Gorsline

1959-60 H. A. Hince

1960-61 Major A. Robinson

1961-62 Woodrow Blakely

1962-63 Basil Foreman, Frank C. Stevens

1963-64 Daniel H. Keeler

1964-65 Russell L. Perkin

1965-66 Victor D. Allan

1966-67 John F. Colden

1967-68 William E. Cooke

1967-68 Ed Palmer (Rotary Club of Durham)

1968-69 Donald G. Andrews

1969-70 Donald M. Walker

1970-71 William F. Jones

1971-72 Donald E. Parks

1972-73 Donald F. Clark (Past District Governor of 7070)

1973-74 Howard Mallett

1974-75 Milton B. Fennell

1975-76 William J. Duggan

1976-77 William P. West

1977 Reverend Robert Sherwin

1977, 1978-79 Jack Stenning

1979-80 Barney Hepburn

1980-81 Wilf Harrison

1981-82 Doug Reynolds

1982-83 John Cameron

1983-84 Ron Jeffery

1984-85 Paul Burd

1984-85 Ross Inkpen (Scarborough)

1985-86 Homer Shields

1986-87 Bob Elliott

1987-88 Tom Huff

1988-89 Larry Matheson

1989-90 John Inwood

1990-91 Tom Kuglin

1991-92 Dan Nielson

1992-93 Chris Rogers

1992-93 Mike Meysing (Kansas)

1993-94 Mike Stiff

1994-95 Mark Davis

1995-96 Ross Jeffery

1996-97 Debbie MacDonald Moynes

1997-98 Roy Bergerson

1998-99 James Hepburn

1999-00 Paul Massey

2000-01 Manson Slik

2001-02 Leo Finnegan

2002-03 Don Stanton

2003-04 Dan Wight

2004-05 Sandy Murray

2005-06 Edward Shubert

2006-07 Jim Hughes

2007-08 Scott Lavender

2008-09 David Burn

2009-10 John Clarke

2010-11 Jim Wait

2011-12 Robert Quaiff

2012-13 Kirsten Musgrove

2013-14 Matt Stiff

2014-15 Rick Jones

2015-16 Rob Leek – also President in Hamilton in 1998-99; Past District Governor

2016-17 Marion Hughes

2017-18 Sandra Latchford

2018-19 Brenda Hellyer

2019-20 shared by Brenda Hellyer, Bob Bird, Scott Lavender, David Burn

2020-21 John Clarke

2021-22 Dan Wight

2022-23 Barb Proctor

2023-24 Don Leslie

2024-25 Nancy Griffin

2025-26 Jim (JJ) Johnston

Past Presidents

Debbie MacDonald Moines and Barb Proctor