Mr. Luke Pratt joins RCBFCC as a member! Pictured here with his sponsor, Jurgen Hebel.

Mr. Dhaman Kissoon receives another Paul Harris Award! Pictured here with District Governor Will Pugh.

Rotarians in partnership with AFEY and the Toronto Police service for the Children’s Christmas party on December 6, 2014.

The Rotary Foundation earns coveted 4-star rating

The Rotary Foundation earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the largest and most prestigious independent evaluator of nonprofits in the United States.

"Our foundation continues to operate at the highest ethical standard," said Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair John Kenny. "We are proud that Charity Navigator has recognized our commitment to accountability and transparency for the seventh straight year."

The 4-star rating, the highest that Charity Navigator awards, recognizes sound fiscal management, accountability, and transparency. Charity Navigator evaluates thousands of nonprofits each year, and only one of four earns 4 stars.

This year's top distinction marks the Foundation's seventh in a row, placing it in the top 3 percent of U.S.-based charities. In a letter to the Foundation, Charity Navigator President Ken Berger wrote, "This 'exceptional' designation differentiates The Rotary Foundation from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust."

Breakfast for Kids Program:

The club presented $3000 cheque to Ms. Janice Crowford Principal of the Ridgeview school. President Dhaman Kissoon mentioned that initially the club decided to give the sum of the raffle collected ($2000) at the Valentine Dinner and Dance as donation to the school then later on decided with the approval of the board to add on $1000. Ms. Janice Crowford was very pleased with the donation and thanked the club for the monetary donation but more importantly she said for the time put in by the club members on a biweekly basis to help out with the breakfast program.

On July 11th the Rotary Club of Brampton Flower City held its annual Changeover  Gala at the Mississauga Grand Banquet Hall. There were more than three hundred guests in attendance.  Among the guests  were the Deputy Police Chief and a number of senior officers from Peel Region; several politicians from all levels of government and  many community leaders.

 

As part of the evening festivities the  Rotary club presented 5 scholarships to deserving graduating High school students from the Brampton area. The Kissoon Family, with proceeds from their golf tournament, matched with another 5 scholarships. The Scholarship program was the initiative of prominent Guyanese born businessman, Robin Singh. He was the outgoing president of the club. He passed on the mantle to prominent Guyanese born lawyer, Dhaman Kissoon, who was taking a second term as the president.  Dr.

Nar singh was also in attendance took the opportunity to thank both the Rotary club and the Kissoon Family for their significant contribution to the Guyana Help the Kids Foundation. This  Rotary club has  supported other significant  international projects in such places as Haiti and  countries in Africa.

  The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the annual Citizen of the Year award to  Toronto Maple Leafs  legend Johnny Bower. Mr Bower  has devoted his time and energy to make Canada a better place for all of us and he was rewarded. He was in fine form in his thank you speech. He regaled the guests with stories of Maple leafs past and present. Mr Johnny Bower was truly a deserving candidate for this highly coveted award.

Dhaman Kissoon Pres. Elect, Orlando Bowan, Robin Singh President 

CLUB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM LAUNCHED

 

On Saturday February 9^th 2013, The President of the Rotary Club of Brampton Flower City Centennial, Mr. Robin Singh launched the Clubs’ Scholarship Program at the Inaugural Valentines Dinner and Dance.

The program announced are for kids in the Brampton School District who will be moving on to Post Secondary Education in 2013/2014 and who will receive $1000.00 per student towards their education costs. Mr. Singh announced that five Students who meet the Club’s qualification criteria will be awarded the scholarships at the Club’s Annual Gala on July 11^th 2013. He also announced that the Kissoon Family will match the club with an additional 5 scholarships for a total of 10 scholarships to be awarded for a total of $10,000.00 on July 11^th 2013.

The Valentine’s Dinner and Dance was attended by over 200 Rotarians and Guests, who danced the night away to a variety of English music ranging from the 70’s,  80’s, to Indian Music, Calypso music, chutney music and a few bhangra tunes….

To start the evening dancing the Club honoured Mr. and Mrs. Chetram Singh and Mr. and Mrs. Issac Daljeet who both celebrated their 60^th wedding anniversary by asking them to open the dance floor.

Laurie-Ann and Brian Jenkins heard about our Winter Clothing Drive so brought coats, Hats and gloves for it on Demeber 10th meeting

Rotary Club of Brampton Flower City give 500 Children a party and a $40 gift to home with, maybe their only gift this Christmas  

The newest members being inducted are Dave Green and Avinash Arora with Claude Arnstong on the left and Glenn Stewart on the right

Amarjit Singh Bhatnagar a Rotarian fron India exchanging club banners with President Robin November 26th

Jorge I. Conte from Panama

At the Brampton Cluster Conference, our club was well represented by 7 members President DalKeith Palmer, Mr. Dhaman Kissoon (Director at Large, Chairman Gala & Speakers), Mr. Aswani Datt (Past President & Chairman Membership), Mr. Claude Armstrong (Chairman Community Outreach & Director), Mr. Has Fernando (Member), Mr. Angus George (Secretary) and Mr. Gerson Vijayan (WebMaster). 

Mr. Angus George received the President's award for this year. 

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In December the Club embarked on a Clothing Drive and made donations to the "Wilkinson Drive Homeless Shelter" and Gift bags to the "Our Peel Youth Shelter"

 

Representing the Club at the presentation were Mr. Angus George and Mr. Kavi Narine, who were also responsible for ensuring that this drive was successful, congratulations to both Angus and Kavi for a job well done.

 

Aswani Datt (second from left) visited the Rotary Club of Amritsar East of Punjab India in November 2011 and exchanges club flags with President Ramnik Kumar (third from left).

 

David Adams being inducted into Club by Orlando Bowen, Past President Dhaman Kissoon & President DalKeith Palmer.

2011 Gala 

 

On July 11, 2011 the Brampton Flower City Centennial Rotary Club held its annual Gala. This year we honored Dr. Ignat Kaneff with its Citizen of the Year Award for his contribution to community service.

(From left to right: Past President Aswani K. Datt, President Dalkeith Palmer, Dr. Ignat Kaneff and Emcee  Orlando Bowen)

 

 

Camp enterprise was a very unique experience that allowed kids from various high schools to learn and experience what is like to own your own business from some of the top business owners in the GTA. This camp took them through the steps of coming up with ideas, to applying for funding, then showed them how to operate the company, all with the harsh realities of the business world. This is a well put together camp, and it was combined with some fun physical activities by the YMCA, the weekend was very successful. All 59 kids that attended had nothing but great reviews. All and all this is by far the best event of the year and events like these are why I joined the rotary club.

Manny thanks to Randy Narine who spearheaded the club's organization and execution of this event. He spent tireless hours in the student selection process, attending Camp Enterprise meetings, transporting the students to the camp and delivering a powerful speech on business planning.

Richard exchanging club banners with President of the Rotary Club of Kingston, Jamaica - Ms. Allison Peart. 

Gerson V, Club Secretary representing our club at the District Rotary Conference. (Members from 3 other Rotary Clubs and a foreign Exchange student)

 

 

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