Esplanade Park

Behind (east) and adjacent to the Civic Complex and Pickering Library, and across the street (west) to the Pickering Recreation Centre

June 4, 5 and 6, 2010

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How to get there:

By Motor Vehicle:  In Pickering, from Hwy #401 take Brock Road north to Hwy #2.  Turn left at the lights and go west to Valley Farm and Glenanna Roads.  Follow the signage that directs you to the designated parking areas.

By Transit:  From the Pickering GO Station, take a Durham Transit bus to the Pickering Town Centre and Pickering Library locations.

See Web for MAP and other:

http://www.pickeringribfest.com/

Festival Hours of Operation:

Fri, June 4, 2009:  Noon – 11pm
Sat, June 5, 2009: Noon – 11pm
Sun, June 6, 2009: Noon – 7pm

Service Above Self

Lon Harnish
Annual Ribfest Chairperson

During business hours please call

1-800-661-0243 Ext. 4146

Make Sponsorship Cheques Payable To:  Rotary Club of Ajax

Send To:

Hosted by Durham West Rotary Clubs (Ajax and Pickering)Photos from 1^st Annual Pickering Rotary Ribfest (June 6-8, 2008)

Why a Ribfest and Who Benefits?

Dear Friends:

We have launched the Call for Sponsorship, and we are diligently pursuing partnerships to support this initiative that will strengthen our corporate and volunteer profiles in both Pickering and Ajax while providing all of us with a lucrative business venture that will net great returns many times over to sustain the charitable needs within of our own communities today, and in the future years to come. Last year we attracted a total of 52,000 visitors!

A Ribfest and Community Festival is a huge undertaking to plan, manage, and execute, but the Rotary Clubs and their volunteer resources are up for the challenge.  The forecasted financial returns on a venture like this outweigh any other that the two Clubs have done to date as separate initiatives.  And, with your financial assistance once again a dream will become a reality.  This smart venture engages the community as a whole while raising awareness of the role of the Rotary Clubs and how they help the less fortunate, and/or sustain the services that we all have come to rely on.

We support numerous grass root projects and families in need, and we participate in other endeavours that are not high profile or well known, but ones that truly make a difference and provide independence and confidence building for our adults of tomorrow (e.g., assistive devices for handicapped children).  At the event, we will once again promote a much needed pre-summer Food Bank Drive initiative for St. Paul’s on-the-Hill, Pickering.

We welcome you to join us in a 2009 success story! 

Lon Harnish

Key Ribfest Steering Committee Members … friends in your community: