Getting ready for Canada 150
CANADA 150th BIRTHDAY HERE WE COME ….
Mom always said, “It’s never too early to plan for a party!”. With this in mind the Rotary Club of Kemptville recently made a $500.00 donation to the Kemptville Horticulture Society to aid in preparations for Canada’s 150th Birthday in 2017. The donation ensures that the Horticulture Society are able to purchase five hundred Canada 150 tulips bulbs that have been specially developed by the National Capital Commission in honour of Canada’s sesquicentennial. With fall just around the corner, horticulture club volunteers will plant the bulbs at Rotary Park in Old Town Kemptville. Rotary Park was developed in 2000 as a community millennium project. The park is now a destination point for locals and visitor alike to come, sit a spell, relax and take in the beauty of the South Branch of the Rideau River. Come spring the park gardens will be in full bloom with elegant white blossoms with red flames reminding the community of our maple leaf flag.
Pictured are: Horticulture Society members John & Doreen who recently took on much of the garden revitalization and President Diane Tappin along with Rotarians President Cora Beking and Nancy Miller McKenzie.
About Rotary
Rotary members, as volunteers, conduct projects and donated time and energy to address today’s humanitarian challenges, including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water, and environmental concerns while encouraging high standards in all vocations. Rotary members strive to build goodwill and peace, and provide humanitarian service in the communities and throughout the world. For more information, visit www.kemptvillerotary.ca or call President Cora @ 613-258-5396.
Mom always said, “It’s never too early to plan for a party!”. With this in mind the Rotary Club of Kemptville recently made a $500.00 donation to the Kemptville Horticulture Society to aid in preparations for Canada’s 150th Birthday in 2017. The donation ensures that the Horticulture Society are able to purchase five hundred Canada 150 tulips bulbs that have been specially developed by the National Capital Commission in honour of Canada’s sesquicentennial. With fall just around the corner, horticulture club volunteers will plant the bulbs at Rotary Park in Old Town Kemptville. Rotary Park was developed in 2000 as a community millennium project. The park is now a destination point for locals and visitor alike to come, sit a spell, relax and take in the beauty of the South Branch of the Rideau River. Come spring the park gardens will be in full bloom with elegant white blossoms with red flames reminding the community of our maple leaf flag.
Pictured are: Horticulture Society members John & Doreen who recently took on much of the garden revitalization and President Diane Tappin along with Rotarians President Cora Beking and Nancy Miller McKenzie.
About Rotary
Rotary members, as volunteers, conduct projects and donated time and energy to address today’s humanitarian challenges, including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water, and environmental concerns while encouraging high standards in all vocations. Rotary members strive to build goodwill and peace, and provide humanitarian service in the communities and throughout the world. For more information, visit www.kemptvillerotary.ca or call President Cora @ 613-258-5396.