RCLS members with speaker Sophie Strange and her mother Rosie are shown in the common area of Chartwell Highland Park.

For Rotary year 2026/27, we are hosting a hybrid of meeting formats every other week in an 8-week rotation starting with a Fri 7:30 AM Business meeting via Zoom only, followed by meetings with speakers on Thu 7:30 PM,  Fri 7:30 AM, and Thu 7:30 PM.  Please reference our  Calendar  for meeting dates.  All meetings are accessible via Zoom.  On August 20th, members enjoyed the amenities of the second floor Theatre at our new meeting venue, Chartwell Highland Park Retirement Community 633 Baseline Road East

These folks were at Robert Q Friday night to greet Mary Kraciuk after her long trip from Poland

Mary is ready to go home with her first host family, Tony, Sam, Olivia and Raquel (Host sister Camila was away in Ottawa and of course, Lenie is getting climatized in Indonesia ready to start her exchange)

A formal welcome party for Mary will be held on Sunday, September 20th at the home - mark your calendar and watch for details.

Sporting her memento filled “Red Coat” Sophie Strange shared her incredible experience as an exchange student in Sweden during  the 2025-26 school year and thanked RCLS for our support.

We had the pleasure of welcoming Brad Jones, President of Jones Entertainment Group, as our guest speaker. Linda thanked Brad for sharing his incredible stories, experiences, lessons and behind-the-scenes insights from the entertainment industry. We truly enjoyed having him with us!

Andrew Smith, Program Coordinator, gave our members an overview of the many services at Hutton House

Past District Governor Al Hardy had the honour of inducting Lorna Gunning-Fratschko as 2026-27 Governor for District 6330 at the Changeover Luncheon held at Civic Gardens on June 25.

Speeches are attached…

The Rotary Club of London South is pleased to honour David Ramsdale as our Rotarian of the Year for 2025-26.  David is our Club Treasurer and this year professionally stick-handled two new projects involving cooperation with the city with lottery licenses.  One was a draw for Ed Sheeran tickets and the second is the set up of a bingo account.  David has provided sound financial direction and ensured that every year our papers are submitted to CRA to maintain our status as a not-for-profit organization.  David is shown above assisting in the build of a greenhouse, a project for SOAHAC daycare and volunteers his time at Bingo's as well as spending countless hours balancing our books.   David is a dependable and hard-working Rotarian and it was with no hesitation that he is being recognized by club members with the Wilf Farrance Rotarian of the Year award.

Incoming president Megha Thakar accepting the gavel from Kathleen Murphy who has been our Club President for past two years.  Megha will be sharing the role with Co-President, Joan Fisher.  Take a moment to read Megha's inaugural speech…