+ 66 Years of Ajax Rotary Club Accomplishments

• Donated Rotary Park to the Town
• Donated over $5,000 towards planting of trees in Rotary Park
• Has conducted Rotary Park clean up for many years
• Adopted Audley Road to conduct spring & summer clean ups 
• Won a sustainability award for waste reduction at Pickering Ribfest
• Funded Enviro-Parks at three local schools in town
• Received an “Excellence on the Waterfront Award”
• Partly funded waterfront footbridge, park pavilion and playground

Contributions to Community: 

• Donated over $600,000 to  the hospital
• Donated $100,000 to the Ajax Public Library 
• Provided over $160,000 to support various Town of Ajax projects (inclusive playground, trail, clock, Rotary Park)
• Provided Herizon House with $15,000+
• United Way has received $20,000+ over the years
• Many students achieve community hours through volunteering with Rotary 
• Pickering Ribfest – donated over $15,000. to small local organizations
• Funded War Memorial in Ajax
• Donated $12,000 to date to 3 local churches sponsoring Syrian refugee families

Outstanding Customer Service: 

• Ajax Rotary Pancake Breakfast has been running for over 30 years to the delight of the Town's residents
• Pickering Ribfest has grown from 32,000 to 52,000 to 70,000 to 90,000 satisfied customers
• Ribfest has won the AjaxPickering NewAdvertiser award every year as BEST EVENT
• A Customer Service Survey is done at Ribfest
• Ajax Rotary members employ good customer service skills that are used in their own businesses
• Club members are successful business leaders in the community
• Many vulnerable community members approach us for help / solutions / understanding
• Numerous sponsors and volunteers align with us due to our integrity 

Career & Business Achievements: 

• Cec Winters was the first Ajax Rotary President
• 4 Ajax Mayors were Rotary members
• 1 former Mayor of Whitby Rotary was a Past President
• 5 Ajax Rotarians have been the Chair of Ajax Homeweek
• 1 Rotarian was a member of Parliament
• 3 Ajax Rotarians were Volunteer Citizens of the Year
• Ajax Rotary was in operation before the Town of Ajax was incorporated
• Over 66 years of successful fundraising as a local service club

Ethics: 

• Rotarians commit to and live by Rotary’s Four-Way Test. 

The Four-way Test:

• First – Is it the Truth?
• Second – Is it fair to all concerned?
• Third – Will it build goodwill & better friendships?
• Fourth – Will it be beneficial to all concerned? 

Marketing & Promotional Achievements: 

• Pickering Ribfest has been our biggest success in the last few years
• Rotary Golf tournaments have sold out most years
• Post mortems done on all events / activities

The Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: 

• FIRST.  The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
• SECOND.  High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
• THIRD.  The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
• FOURTH.  The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persona united in the ideal of service.