Rotary in Oakville is a House with Five Doors
For almost 100 years, Oakville Rotarians have raised funds through special events to support local area charities and not-for-profits, dispersing financial aid to many deserving organizations and their very worthy projects and initiatives. As well, funds are donated and leveraged to support Rotary International projects that impact the global community in a meaningful way
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100 Years of Rotary in Oakville
Registration opens here March 18, 2025
Rotarians in Oakville are excited to announce the 100th Anniversary of Rotary, and its service to the community of Oakville and beyond. Launching today with a special logo, designed by Rotarian Priya Rampersadsingh, to commemorate this auspicious occasion Rotarians extend an invitation to Oakville residents, business and charitable organizations to celebrate with Rotarians on April 30th, 2025.
A not-for-profit service organization that spans the globe and locally set its roots in Oakville 100 years ago is celebrating this memorable occasion with its Grand Gala Event set for Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at the Oakville Conference Centre. Save the Date. All are welcome. To register, click HERE
April 1925, the Rotary Club of Oakville received its Charter from Rotary International and so began the journey of 100 years of service to a community that has grown from less then 4,000 to a population of over 233,700 residents.
Currently there are five active Rotary Clubs in Oakville all of which started from the Rotary Club of Oakville. Expanding to more clubs as the population grew started in 1978 with the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar, then in 1984 with the Rotary Club of Oakville West, in 1986 by Oakville North (now disbanded) followed by Oakville Rotaract in 2012 (now Halton Rotaract) and most recently by the Passport South Rotary Club. Please check out the cluster webpage at https://rotaryoakville.ca for more information about each of the clubs.
To help Rotarians honour its history of “Service Above Self” Pilon School of Business -Sheridan students led by their co-op program professor are digitizing this multi-faceted Oakville story and will help Rotary share the news this year.
A story which includes building and managing affordable housing, helping to expand and equip the hospital, student bursaries for post secondary education, and working to eradicate polio globally and so much more. The 100-year story will be shared April 30th at the Gala event along with major celebratory announcements affecting the Oakville community in 2025 and going forward.
For 100 years, Oakville Rotarians have raised funds through special events to support local area charities and not-for-profits, dispersing financial aid to many deserving organizations and their very worthy projects and initiatives. As well, funds are donated and leveraged to support Rotary International projects that impact the global community in a meaningful way.
New Rotarian Presidents
Local Rotarians are pleased to announce the new 2024-25 Presidents for each of the five Oakville clubs.
With the start of the new Rotary year, Rotary Oakville is pleased to announce the new Presidents of each of the five Oakville clubs. They are Co-Presidents June Oliver and Lauri Asikainen, Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar; James Montague, Rotary Club of Oakville West; Mitch Sabsabi, Rotary Club of Oakville; Leeanna Tieu, Passport South Rotary Club; and Shruti Ramachandran, Halton Rotaract
Mitch Sabsabi is the new President of the Rotary Club of Oakville (RCO). He began his career as a Mortgage Agent, founded a general contracting firm specializing in complex renovations and construction projects and then took on the role of Manager of Engineering and Projects at Mohawk College. Expanding his expertise into real estate, he started consulting for early-stage land development projects.
Leeanna Tieu, new President of the Passport South Rotary Club graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. She is a Service Delivery Manager for a B2B cross-border payments company. She was introduced to Rotary through a friend who attended a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program and invited Leeanna to attend an Oakville Rotaract meeting in 2012. She has been part of the Rotary family ever since. “Rotary has provided me the opportunity to meet like minded people, be creative and give back to the community,” said Leeanna. In her year as President, she is focused on engaging club membership and effectively building partnerships with other Rotary Clubs and local organizations.
June Oliver, new co-president of the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar (RCOT), is a retired CPA, though actively involved in volunteer positions including Treasurer for Amistad Canada, as well as a school for the deaf in Mexico and her HOA in the neighbourhood she lives in each winter in San Miguel de Allende. As a snowbird, she is sharing the presidency with another traveller, Lauri Asikainen who will step in November 1st. Oliver is looking forward to a very exciting summer as RCOT re-introduces the in-person Oakville Family Ribfest July 28-30 at the Sheridan campus.
A Rotarian for almost 20 years, Lauri Asikainen is looking forward to his co-presidency of the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar. He will bring his interests in fundraising, international and environmental projects to the members developing opportunities for community engagement that help the environment. Born in Canada, he was raised in Finland and spends his summers there. Though he has international sales and marketing experience, and is a leadership coach and mentor, the gifted handyman in him shines when building birdhouses and beautiful saunas.
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The new President of the Rotary Club of Oakville West is James Montague. Since 2022, he has thrived in his role as a Life Enrichment Assistant at Amica Bronte Harbour. James is also an Event Planner and enjoys planning events for people in the community. His hobbies include 5pin Bowling, Golf, and volunteering with Special Olympics Oakville. Living in Oakville for 25 years with his parents, James is a proud brother to Amanda and her family and enjoys time with his special friend Sara. As a member of the Rotary Club of Oakville West for 10 years, James is looking forward to bringing the magic back into Rotary.
YThe Halton Rotaract Club has chosen Shruti Ramachandran as its new President for the 2024-25 Rotary year. She comes from a background of Rotarians and has always been inspired by Rotary. Shruti is a long-time volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and has worked on some of her own projects as well. While she completes her degree in Human Resource and Law, she is excited to lead and be a part of Rotaract’s service projects for this year.ule Advanced settings.
Rotary Helping Oakville
To help respond to the global COVID-19 crisis the four local Rotary clubs have joined forces to create the Oakville Rotary Relief Fund. This fund will address pressing needs within our community during this time of great challenge and turmoil – during the Covid19 crisis.
All donations to the Fund are tax deductible, and a tax receipt will be issued to you by CanadaHelps.