Rotary Club
Marsha Smith, featured speaker
The four Oakville Rotary Clubs are pleased to announce the return of the Paul Harris Fellow Awards live event on Thursday, January 26th. The eight 2023 nominees will be announced and recognized for their service to the Oakville community and beyond at a gala dinner at the Oakville Conference Centre.
Tickets are $75/person and registrations are required at https://rotaryoakville.ca.
Registration closes Sunday, January 22 at 6:00pm.
The public is invited to attend, but tickets will not be available at the door. The Paul Harris Fellow Award is the highest award a Rotary Club may grant to a community benefactor or club member. This year’s nominees whose considerable contributions to the Oakville community and beyond are most appreciated and continue to make a difference locally and globally.
Community nominees, who are not Rotarians, are recognized annually in this manner as club members believe the nominees’ choices to give back to their community are in line with the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self”. In addition, Oakville Rotary is pleased to announce that Marsha Smith, Halton Environmental Network’s new CEO and Chair of the Board will be the featured speaker. Rotary International has added the Environment as an area of service for Rotarians around the world and her topic is timely for many reasons.
Speaking about Achieving Social Change Through Community Service, all attending will benefit from her extensive knowledge and informative presentation. Smith’s journey over the last 20 years has been at the nexus of information management, environmental science, and social justice, with experience spanning every sector; private, entrepreneurial, non-profit and the public. She has worked both in Canada and overseas to improve water quality, protect species at risk, preserve ecosystems, and increase community resilience. Smith has both a Master of Environmental Science from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and is working towards her PhD.
For almost 100 years, Oakville Rotarians have raised funds through special events to support local area charities and not-for-profits, dispersing financial aid to many deserving organizations and their very worthy projects and initiatives. As well, funds aredonated and leveraged to support Rotary International projects that impact the globalcommunity in a meaningful way.
For more information about Oakville’s four Rotary Clubs visit www.rotaryoakville.ca.
