Speakers

Joan Egnatoff will speak briefly about her involvement with Rotary, children, and youth, including being a host mother for our Rotary Youth Exchange program. She will be recognized by the club as an Honorary Rotarian.

Join us Tuesday to hear from participants in two youth programs - RYLA and Adventure in Understanding.  Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA) is a unique opportunity for high school students to gain insight and knowledge in life and leadership skills. The academy features guest leaders, small group problem solving and self reflection which lead to enhanced leadership skills. 

Developed and sponsored in partnership together, the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, Curve Lake First Nation, Camp Kawartha and the Canadian Canoe Museum are proud to offer the Adventure in Understanding to youth leaders, aged 16-18 years of age, who are willing to commit themselves to new perspectives and understandings over the course of six days as they embark in an voyageur canoe through the Trent Severn Waterway from Peterborough to Curve Lake First Nation.

Yes Kingston is a non-partisan group whose goal is to inform the public about the benefits of ranked ballots ahead of the City of Kingston’s referendum on October 22, 2018.  Kingston is one of only two municipalities in Ontario that has chosen to take this issue directly to its citizens by asking them whether they would like to move to ranked ballots for future municipal elections.

Please join us for this informative presentation.  If you would like to know more, go to https://www.yeskingston.org/

Yessica Rivera Belsham has organized and facilitated Kingston Drum Circle since June 1st, 2014. She has been the drum facilitator at the H’Art Centre, Senior Centre, Ongwanada Community Centre, and Providence Care Hospital, St Lawrence Colllege, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Parkinson's Kingston, Victoria Order of Nurses Stroke Survivors Group, Kingston 2 Youth, Girls Inc, Extend A Family, and much more in Kingston, Ontario since Fall 2014. She also provides African and Aztec drumming workshops at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning.

Join us for for this interesting topic (and some live drumming demonstrations), and hear about Yessica's project with Polson Park School.

S5 WAVES consists of deaf adults, parents of deaf and hard of hearing children, children of deaf adults, deaf-blind, and parents who use American Sign Language (ASL) as mode of communication within their household.  "Everything we do is about our community. It’s about what our community wants. We try to make it happen," said Meyer. "We’re grassroots and community driven, we’re inclusive and diverse in our membership, and we’re governed by one-third hearing and two-thirds deaf."  We will also strive to organize and host community events which are designed and tailored by our membership’s needs. It is our hope that these hosted events will create business for local Deaf and HH individuals and artists, as well as other community nonprofits and charity organizations.

For more information go to www.facebook.com/S5WAVES