Rotary in Oakville is a House with Four 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

We meet every second Monday at 6.00 pm

We meet every Thursday at 12 noon. Please check our website for details.

We meet second Thursday each month 7.00 pm

We meet every second Tuesday of the Month at 7:00 PM

Plant Swap

The second annual plant swap will take place on Sunday, May 31st, 2026 at Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park in the Butterfly Gazebo from 10 am – 1 pm.

 

Art for Aid Project

2026- Art for Aid is now accepting art item donations. 

Most of the schools we ship to are Kindergarten to Grade 8. Check the website (artforaid.ca) for a complete list of schools we’ve shipped to the past 3 years. To download our poster, please click here

–  canvases (under 16×20″)

  • good paint brushes of all types
  • wood burning kits
  • colouring books for children (not the more complex adult colouring books)
  • pencil crayons
  • markers
  • gel pens
  • stickers
  • kids’ craft items
  • play dough or modelling clay
  • drawing tools
  • erasers
  • glue sticks
  • craft glue guns and glue sticks
  • white wood glue
  • scissors
  • single hole punches
  • pencil sharpeners
  • finger paint and finger paint paper
  • beading materials
  • beading tools
  • beads of all types
  • beading cases
  • jewelry thread of all sorts
  • clasps and jewelry making accessories
  • fabric paints and new child sized t-shirts to create a shirt painting project
  • good quality tanned deer hide or moose hide in ready-to-use condition
  • scissors
  • any store bought ready-to-craft kits
  • small loom kits
  • bracelet making kits
  • ribbon
  • feathers
  • pipe cleaners
  • small bells
  • stick-on googly eyes
  • paper airplanes

Our Presidents 2025-26

Local Rotarians are pleased to announce the new 2025-26 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 Dianne Dinevski, Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar; Lynn Childs, Rotary Club of Oakville;  Michael Olafusi Passport South Rotary Club; and Shruti Ramachandran, Halton Rotaract

Lynn Childs, the new President of the Rotary Club of Oakville (RCO) for 2025-2026.   Lynn is a Senior Business Development Manager at Swish Maintenance Ltd in Oakville, where she has worked since 2006. She is dedicated to community engagement and will focus on initiatives that improve the lives of others, aligning with her theme to “Unite for Good”.

Dianne Dinevski, new president of the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar (RCOT)

The new President of Rotary Passport South is Michael Olafusis.

Shruti Ramachandran, Halton Rotaract Club

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.

For more information about Rotary in Oakville, contact us at info@rotaryoakville.ca