Celebrating Parkwood and Friendship Day
The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood and Oshawa recently revived Rotary Friendship Day hosting various clubs from south central Ontario, while also celebrating the 100th anniversary of Parkwood Estate. (Photo submitted)
Rotarians revived Rotary Friendship Day when they came together from various clubs in south central Ontario on Monday at Parkwood Estate in Oshawa.
The event helped celebrate the 100th anniversary of Parkwood Estate and was organized by the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa-Parkwood and Oshawa.
For many years, in the 1950s and ’60s during his lifetime, Colonel Sam McLaughlin, founder of GM Canada and an honourary member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa, invited the Rotarians of District 7070 out for an annual Friendship Day to his home at Parkwood Estate.
Fellowship followed a joint meeting of the two clubs, which featured guest speaker Samantha George, curator of Parkwood Estate.
All proceeds from the event go to the Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation transforms donations into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. During the past 100 years, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects, the most notable of which is the PolioPlus campaign, Rotary’s effort to eradicate of polio from the world.