2010 Sault Ste. Marie Easter Seals Ambassador
Quinn Currie

The Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie supports The Easter Seal Society, Ontario by presenting the local Easter Seals Telethon, Penny Power for Easter Seals and Snowarama. The club also supports the Algoma Therapeutic Ride program, offers bursaries to secondary and post-secondary schools, offers a student exchange program and group study exchange program, and organizes both the Rotary District Science Fair and the Sault Ste. Marie Sports Awards program.

The club's major fundraising efforts are:

• ROTARYFEST, The Sault's Summer Festival, held annually the third weekend of July
• An annual car draw associated with ROTARYFEST
• The Bell Celebrity Skate and Swim held annually in November
• The Battle of the Sections held annually at the Soo Greyhounds hockey game in February

UPCOMING EVENTS:

February 20    Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids
March 12         Battle of the Sections, Soo Greyhounds game
March 28         Easter Seals Telethon presented by the Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie
April 22-24      23rd Annual Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie Regional Science Fair

2009 BELL CELEBRITY SKATE & SWIM FOR ROTARY YOUTH PROJECTS
Presented by CROSS COUNTRY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

Jon Lang, Bell Aliant, and Brian O'Shaughnessy, Cross Country Automotive Services present their respective sponsorhip cheques to Art Wilhelm, President, and the 2009 Easter Seals Ambassadors, Cody and Jesse Moreau.

2009 EASTER SEALS TELETHON

Pino Caputo, President 2008-2009, presents a cheque to Easter Seals Telethon host, Jim Cronin, for $32,500 at The Easter Seals Telethon in Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Easter Seals, an organization that services the 160 disabled children, youth and young adults in the Sault Ste. Marie area, continues to be the primary charitable mandate of the club. Not only does the club proudly assist the Telethon financially, but as the Presenter, many of the volunteers who make the Telethon possible are Rotarians and/or their spouses. The 9 hour event raised $121,000 locally for the charity.   

Upcoming Luncheon Programs

Feb. 9    Mike Delfre/Anthony Zappacosta, Easter Seals Telethon
Feb. 16   No program - social in evening, round table at lunch
Feb. 23   Marilyn Patterson, CARP
Mar. 2    Paul Kowalyk, Snowarama wrap up
Mar. 9    Bruce Strapp, EDC, Alternative Energy
Mar. 16  Christine Roy, Iridology
Mar. 23
Mar. 30  Easter Seals Telethon wrap up