Category: Clubs in Action

The Rotary Club of Hamilton After Five recently received a $1,000 US grant from Rotary District 7090 Foundation Committee for a COVID-19 related project and have used the grant to purchase non-perishable food items for Hamilton’s Neighbour to Neighbour Centre for the Neighbour to Neighbour Food Bank program.  Fortinos, on Main West, facilitated the large purchase by the rotary club and added some extra complimentary items to the food bank order.

“The unprecedented times we find ourselves in have increased the pressure on our social service agencies, first responders and other frontline personnel.  We are thankful that our club has been able to quickly assist Neighbour to Neighbour through a Rotary Covid-19 related grant. As a club we are  committed to focussing  our energies on helping the Hamilton community,” said club president, Larry Szpirglas.

“The addition of a large amount of non-perishable food items supplied by the Rotary Club of Hamilton After Five through the Covid-19 grant will make a needed difference to local families as the demand for basic food items has increased during the pandemic. Neighbour to Neighbour is now making well over 100 home deliveries to families each month and each donation helps,” said  Charlotte Redekop-Young, Manager of Emergency Food Services at Neighbour to Neighbour.

Neighbour to Neighbour Centre is located on the mountain at 28 Athens Street. The food bank is open Monday through Thursday.

The Rotary Club of Hamilton After Five (often referred to as Tonic Rotary) formerly met twice a month at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, now the club is conducting their twice monthly meetings via zoom.

photo with Heryka Miranda, Community Action Coordinator in front of some of the donations provided by the Hamilton Rotary Tonic.

District 7090 2020 Rotary Peace Fellow (Bradford) Shannon Carter was the US Peace Corps Co-Leader (along with the District 2232 Governor) of 2019 RYLA Ukraine International Conference in Lviv, Ukraine. Shannon was recruited, coached, interviewed and recommended for her Rotary Peace Fellowship by Rotary Club of Hamilton Tonic After Five. More info.

World Polio Day 2019

World Polio Day will be hosted by Rotary International and End Polio Now on Thursday, 24th October 2019, 7 PM globally, to generate awareness towards eradication of polio as well as to commemorate the efforts of thousands of volunteers committed to the eradication of Polio.

The Rotary Clubs of Hamilton are proud to have the HAMILTON sign lit in Red & Yellow for World Polio Day! #HamOnt #Rotary #Polio #worldpolioday Rotary International Rotary District 7090 – Southern Ontario & Western New York

We were thrilled to welcome a group from the Tonic: Hamilton Rotary After Five Club for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday. Thanks, folks!

From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives.

One of the world’s most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The 4-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as Rotary International President) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. This 24-word code of ethics for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy.

Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The 4-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways.