+ 66 Years of Ajax Rotary Club Accomplishments
Environmental Efforts:
- Donated Rotary Park to the Town
- Donated over $5,000 towards planting of trees in Rotary Park
- Has conducted Rotary Park clean up for many years
- Adopted Audley Road to conduct spring & summer clean ups
- Won a sustainability award for waste reduction at Pickering Ribfest
- Funded Enviro-Parks at three local schools in town
- Received an “Excellence on the Waterfront Award”
- Partly funded waterfront footbridge, park pavilion and playground
Contributions to Community:
- Donated over $600,000 to the hospital
- Donated $100,000 to the Ajax Public Library
- Provided over $160,000 to support various Town of Ajax projects (inclusive playground, trail, clock, Rotary Park)
- Provided Herizon House with $15,000+
- United Way has received $20,000+ over the years
- Many students achieve community hours through volunteering with Rotary
- Pickering Ribfest – donated over $15,000. to small local organizations
- Funded War Memorial in Ajax
- Donated $12,000 to date to 3 local churches sponsoring Syrian refugee families
Outstanding Customer Service:
- Ajax Rotary Pancake Breakfast has been running for over 30 years to the delight of the Town's residents
- Pickering Ribfest has grown from 32,000 to 52,000 to 70,000 to 90,000 satisfied customers
- Ribfest has won the AjaxPickering NewAdvertiser award every year as BEST EVENT
- A Customer Service Survey is done at Ribfest
- Ajax Rotary members employ good customer service skills that are used in their own businesses
- Club members are successful business leaders in the community
- Many vulnerable community members approach us for help / solutions / understanding
- Numerous sponsors and volunteers align with us due to our integrity
Career & Business Achievements:
- Cec Winters was the first Ajax Rotary President
- 4 Ajax Mayors were Rotary members
- 1 former Mayor of Whitby Rotary was a Past President
- 5 Ajax Rotarians have been the Chair of Ajax Homeweek
- 1 Rotarian was a member of Parliament
- 3 Ajax Rotarians were Volunteer Citizens of the Year
- Ajax Rotary was in operation before the Town of Ajax was incorporated
- Over 66 years of successful fundraising as a local service club
Ethics:
- Rotarians commit to and live by Rotary’s Four-Way Test.
The Four-way Test:
- First – Is it the Truth?
- Second – Is it fair to all concerned?
- Third – Will it build goodwill & better friendships?
- Fourth – Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Marketing & Promotional Achievements:
- Pickering Ribfest has been our biggest success in the last few years
- Rotary Golf tournaments have sold out most years
- Post mortems done on all events / activities
Guiding Principles:
The Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
- FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
- SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
- THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
- FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persona united in the ideal of service.
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