Hawkesbury Rotary

08/24/2026

Our club was saddened to learn of the passing of Barney Bangs, a former member and past club president. Native of Hawkesbury. Barney was a successful local businessmen and well-known for his philanthropy. We extend our sympathies to his family and his wide circle of friends.

08/04/2026

Hawkesbury Rotary recently donated to the Vankleek Hill museum to help support their continued operation. Seen here are Debbie Hall and Sophie Lauzon along with the uniform of Ian Oswald, part of their new military display.
Just a reminder that their Living Speaker Series resumes next week August 11, 2026 at 7 pm, featuring Debbie Hall and Guest speaking on Orphan Children from the 1800's to mid 1900's, who arrived in the area, and descendants still call home. August 18th is Jimmy Mullin. A People Ready to stand, Life, Loyalty and Militia in Prescott Russell. August 25 is the rescheduled Bill Byers, Carving Community Out Of The Wilderness, The first 50 Years in this Neck Of the Woods!

07/28/2026

Last Tuesday Hawkesbury Rotary were back up at Camp Amy Molson bbqing hotdogs for over 120 hungry campers. Despite the rain we kept our buns dry😉

07/17/2026

Hawkesbury celebrated our change of President, the "passing of the gavel" on Tuesday at the Café du Canal in Grenville. The club thanked past President, Walter Casper, for his two years of service and welcomed incoming President, Kevin Barron. A delightful evening was spent by the Grenville canal enjoying a wonderful supper catered by Rotarian Suzanne, Check out her new café at
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07/09/2026

July is only one week old and Hawkesbury Rotary has been busy. We were at Camp Amy Molson preparing hotdogs for over 130 campers. We also grilled hotdogs for the two day HGH foundation golf tournament.

07/01/2026

Hawkesbury Rotary welcomed this year's recipients of the Assaly bursaries for exemplary community service. Also present were proud parents and Cory Assaly, son of Wilfred and Margaret Assaly, for whom these bursaries were named.
Emmanuella Longdon and Matthew Steele shared the VCI bursary, Mary Fader from Le Sommet and Lyliane Martin from ESCRH, Congratulations to these outstanding students and best wishes in what prominses to be bright futures.

06/23/2026

Last Tuesday we were visited by Francois Bougie (Akela) and Dominique Nixon (Baloo), leaders of the local Scout troop who gave us an update on the past year's activities. We were happy to renew our pledge of support for another year of scouting.

06/23/2026

Hawkesbury Rotary are pleased to share the success of our friends at the Silver Dolphins. Our contribution helped make it possible for them to participate at their last swim meet. Well done Dolphins.

06/09/2026

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Rotary: Where people create professional connections and take action. / Où les gens créent des liens professionnels et prennent des mesures.

05/08/2026

💙 THANK YOU ROTARY CLUB 💙

We are incredibly grateful to the Hawkesbury Rotary for their generous donation of $3,000 to PRO17 Sports 🙌

Your support allows us to continue offering accessible, inclusive, and high-quality sports programs for children, youth, and adults in our community ⚽🏀🏐

Because of you, more families can participate, grow, and enjoy the benefits of sport ❤️

Thank you for investing in our community and making a real difference!

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💙 MERCI AU ROTARY CLUB 💙

Nous sommes extrêmement reconnaissants envers le Rotary Club pour leur généreux don de 3 000 $ à PRO17 Sports 🙌

Votre soutien nous permet de continuer à offrir des programmes sportifs accessibles, inclusifs et de qualité aux enfants, aux jeunes et aux adultes de notre communauté ⚽🏀🏐

Grâce à vous, davantage de familles peuvent participer, évoluer et profiter des bienfaits du sport ❤️

Merci d’investir dans notre communauté et de faire une réelle différence!