Mary-Fran Kluka presented Club President John Schinkel with a cheque for $11,000, raised at Chatham Boston Pizza to support Rotary’s Polio Campaign.
 
For more than 45 years, Rotary has worked to eradicate polio. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we are closer than ever to a world free of the disease.

 

 

 

Congratulations Deb Crawford on getting your Paul Harris Fellow Award from John Schinkel, Club President.  (great smiles)

Aaron Watson Aaron Watson, the Information Systems Manager at Community Living Chatham-Kent, gave a talk today on the benefits and risks of Artificial Intelligence, AI.  Examples of some benefits are:  through the use AI enable cameras on farmers spraying equipment, they can now target individual weeds for the application of herbicides and AI is speeding up the development of new drugs to combat diseases.  Examples of some of the risks are:  Fewer entry level jobs are available because senior staff can use AI for some lower skilled tasks and AI data centers are using a lot of energy.

 

Thanks Aaron for your insightful presentation

Sunrise Rotarian, Pierre Beaumier on Sept 29, 2026 shared his knowledge about testing our health—what it means, why it matters, and how testing can help us make better decisions about our well-being.

 

Pierre is the President of CanAlt Health Labs and Lipid Analytical Inc. and former President of the Canadian Chemical Society and Association of Chemical Professionals of Canada.

 

 

 

Welcome new member, Chris Appleton, to Rotary Club of Chatham Sunrise.  Chris was greeted by President John Schinkel and  District Governor, Lee Halsted at today's meeting at Smitty's.

After an eye-opening trip to The Gambia last month, local service club delegates hope to continue their collaboration, as well as their new friendships.