One thousand people registered today for the Clean and Green city-wide clean up. Joshua Cameron celebrated his tenth anniversay of cleaning up Castlebury Park with his family and friends. Hundreds of people were out to plant trees at Guelph Lake for the Rotary Forest.  A new outdoor classroom donated by Ken and Marilyn Murray was officially recognized.  And that […]

I have attended a remarkable diversity of events over the last few days. ACORD 30th anniversary – For 30 years volunteers for ACORD have been providing services to adults and youth who have come into conflict withe the law.  One of their volunteers has been with them for 25 years and spoke passionately about his motivation […]

  …and ribbon cutting 

President, Carrie Rutter, of the Rotary Club of Guelph-Trillium introduces the Lieutenant Govenor of Ontario, the  Honourable David C. Onley.  His Honour spoke to an audience of over 100 Rotarians about the enormous benefits of promoting accessibility in Ontario.  The event was organized to raise funds for Rotary’s campaign to eradicate polio. Lloyd Longfield (Guelph Chamber of Commerce) and […]

For their 100th anniversary in 2020, the Rotary Club of Guelph has set a goal for a 40% tree canopy in Guelph. In addition to the new Rotary Forest that is being planted at Guelph Lake in partnership with the Grand River Conservation Authority, they have launched a new Tree Registry.  If you are planting […]

Rotarians and residents numbering in the hundreds came out on the weekend to get their hands dirty planting trees.  The first tree was planted (along with hundreds of others) on a 400 hectare field at the Guelph Lake Nature Centre.  The vacant farm field, owned by the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) will be home to […]