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4                 Issue #127  August 2023                                                        www.sportsenergynews.com



      Mums for Thanksgiving



       By Bette Miller                      that support our community.
                                              Plants are presold. Mums  are sold
                                            by Rotary members or online https://
                                            cornwallsunriserotary.com/  Purchases
                                            can also be made by sending an
                                            email to our Rotary email address
                                            rotaryclubofcornwallsunrise@
                                            gmail.com  or sending a private
                                            message    using    our    Facebook
          he Rotary Club of Cornwall        page      https://www.facebook.com/
      TSunrise is pleased to announce
                                            RotaryClubofCornwallSunrise. For a
      that Rotary ‘Mums for Thanksgiving’   more personal approach, a phone call
      will  be available  again  this  year  at
                                            or  email  to  an  individual  Rotarian  is
      $15 per florist quality plant; the same   suggested. Any  Sunrise  Rotarian  will
      price since 2010. Plants are delivered   be happy to assist.
      to a local address of your choice the
                                              This is our oldest fundraising
      week before Thanksgiving or, by pre-  activity! The Rotary Club of Cornwall
      arrangement when ordering, they may
                                            Sunrise was chartered in January
      be picked up at Seaway Valley Theatre   1989 and we delivered the first mums
      Company, 30 Sixth St. E., - Friday Sept.   for  Thanksgiving to friends and
      29 (2:00 – 6:00 p.m.) Saturday, Sept.
                                            businesses in Cornwall the week before
      30 (9:00 a.m. – Noon). This fundraiser   Thanksgiving 1989 (34 years ago).                                                          Photo Submitted
      benefits  many  projects  and  activities
                                            These beautiful chrysanthemums of     assorted fall colours come in 6” pots  Wheels. Akwesasne Powwow
                                                                                  with a coloured foil wrap. Although we   •   Youth Programs – Interact
                                                                                  try  to  accommodate  special  requests,  & Earlyact,  Youth Exchanges &
                                                                                  we cannot promise that recipients will  Adventure Programs, Dictionaries
                                                                                  receive flowers of a specific colour.   4Life, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
                                                                                    The mums are delivered to us in      •    International  Programs    –
                                                                                  cases of 8 plants and then our members  Eradication of Polio, Education and
                                                                                  or friends of Rotary personally deliver  Treatment of Neglected  Tropical
                                                                                  the flowers to the recipients …. Seniors  Diseases (Buruli ulcer, Yaws, Leprosy,
                                                                                  or family residences, businesses, etc.   etc.),  Medical  equipment  to  Beirut  &
                                                                                    We deliver within the City of  Ghana, Go with the Flow, Clean Water
                                                                                  Cornwall,    Akwesasne     Territory in Elementary Schools, vocational
                                                                                  (Cornwall Island only) and in S.D.& G.  training.
                                                                                    Here  is  a partial  list  of  important   The Covid-19 pandemic meant
                                                                                  projects  we  have  been  able  to  help  that  Agape Centre and Salvation
                                                                                  because of community support of our  Army Food Banks, Baldwin House,
                                                                                  ‘Mums for Thanksgiving.’             Akwesasne Family  Wellness Centre,
                                                                                    •    In Lamoureux Park  - Cornwall  and Centre 105 became a primary
                                                                                  Outdoor Gym & Children’s Playground  focus in helping to ensure that our
                                                                                  Equipment                            citizens receive help.  It is our hope
                                                                                    •    Community Support Programs  that successful fundraising will enable
                                                                                  – Mental Health Programs & Women’s  continuation of the support we have
                                                                                  Shelters, Children’s Christmas Fund &  been proud to give to various youth and
                                                                                  Community Foodbanks                  other programs in our community.
                                                                                    •    Our Community Enhancements
                                                                                  – Cornwall Community Hospital          Again this year, there are many
                                                                                  Foundation, Cornwall Hospice, Benson  reasons to support this fundraiser by
                                                                                  Centre, Cornwall  Arts & Culture  purchasing a pot or two of ‘mums for
                                                                                  Centre,  Aquatic  Centre,  Seniors  on  Thanksgiving.’
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