Events

Hello my fellow Rotarians.
We are all set to help our community with a clean up of Bayfront Park, 200 Harbourfront Drive, Hamilton (entrance of Bat Street North).

Please volunteer to help us do this job.

We’ll be meeting in the parking lot of the park at 9AM, Saturday October 17th.  All needed supplies will be provided - just dress for the weather.

Please let me know if you and your friends can help by emailing me at  kittypatmac@gmail.com
Or phone 905-307-4719

Let’s stay involved as good Rotarians .

Kathy MacFarlane

YOU HAD TO BE THERE...

A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited a comedy revolution.

Plus Q&A With 1972 Cast Member Jayne Eastwood!
2025 | Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
STARRING Lin-Manuel Miranda, Catherine O'Hara, Mike Myers
DIRECTED BY Nick Davis
Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, Jayne Eastwood, and other entertainment icons got their start in a 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell. Featuring interviews with the surviving cast members, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, and more, the film recounts a pivotal moment in comedy history, in hilarious, moving, and inspiring detail. 
 

Second Runner-Up for People's Choice Award - Nick Davis: Toronto International Film Festival 2025.

Join us for a special post-screening Q&A opportunity with 1972 cast member Jayne Eastwood. 

"The niftiness of Davis’s film is that it’s about Godspell, and it’s about something bigger than Godspell -- a pop movement that didn’t have a name yet, a cultural spirit that found its way into existence almost like (laughing) gas gathering in the air." - Variety

Tickets hould be available online at the Playhouse Cinemak website.

Enjoy this unique fundraiser called Designer Purse Bingo on October 23 at Michelangelo's Banquet Centre, 1555 Upper Ottaqwa Street, Hamilton.  It is being hosted by our colleagues at the Hamilton Stoney Creek Rotay Club

The Rotary Club of Brampton Invites you to "A Little Night Music" on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at the Rotary Glen Banquet Hall, 1857 Queen Street West, Brampton ON.

Tickets are $125 but after October 2 will be $150.  Doors open at 6 pm followed by Dinner & Cash Bar.

Please RSVP to Rita Gayle via email at rita.gayle99@gmal.com

Our club's Past-President, Mark Ewer is an active Volunteer with the Tetra Sociiety of North America.  Tetra buiilds innovative solutions for people with physical disabilites to overcome environmental barriers, providing greater independence, quality of life and inclusion.

Tetra has 40 chapters across North America with 10 in Ontario. Each chapter has a number of volunteers able to take on client requests.

Most Tetra volunteers have an engineering or "Maker" background; Mark as a former professional social worker and Executive Director/Administrator, claims "inventor genes" in his grandfather and father led to his interest in making devices to support the disabled.

A former award winner with the March of Dimes Canada DesignAbility Program, Mark switched to Tetra when that former program folded.  He has now volunteered for Tetra for 2 years, using a home workshop to fabricate items as needed.

Speaker Bio
Mark Ewer is a McMaster grad ('71) and received his Master of Social Work degree from Sir Wilfred Laurier Univrsity in 1973.  Mark's first career involved 30 years in Chilld Welfare, rising to the position of Executive Director at the age of 30 and serving in that postion in Norfolk and Haldimand Counties and at the Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton where he took early retirement after 18 years.  He then switched to the field of Long Term Care and worked an additional 10 years as Administrator in 3 local LTC homes until finally retiring at the age of 66.

For over 30 years Mark has volunteered to support the needs of the disabled.  In 2018 he was awarded the Judge George Ferguson Award by March of Dimes Canada for contributing in an outstanding way to enabling "equality and full participation for people with disabilies".  September 15, 2023 he was awarded the "David C Onley Award for Leadership in Accessability", which was presented to him in Toronto by Ontrio's Lieutenant Governor, Elizabeth Dowdeswell.

Mark and Mary Anne Ewer have been married for 55 years and live in Hamilton's West Mountain area. They are proud of their two adult sons, Paul and Michael and have 3 delightful grandchildren, Connor, Cali and Maverick.