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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.’