Rotary Club of Palgrave’s Weekly Rotary Minute

March 17, 2016 · 0 Comments

By Krysta Cadden
Meaghan Zaremba . . . if you haven’t heard her name yet, don’t worry, you will come to recognize it. Meaghan is a Caledon resident who defied all odds after a devastating car accident when she was five in September 1986. She was determined to be in our world — and we should all be thankful she is.
Our Club was introduced to Meaghan through our Youth and Community giving programs. Our directors visited Tisho’s Music Academy where Meaghan operates Meaghan’s Music Room — a place for individuals with disability to express themselves through music. And what a wonderful visit it was!
To watch the transformation through music — the smiles, the piano playing, the singing and the dancing — is truly inspiring and something everyone should experience.
Through our giving programs, we were able to support Meaghan’s Room by sponsoring three months of programming and fully sponsoring the production of a CD containing inspirational music — all written and recorded by students at Tisho’s — that will be sold as a fundraising effort for Meaghan’s Room.
Through Rotary, we have now been graced with the light of Meaghan. The inspiration of Meaghan. And the love of Meaghan.
For more about Meaghan, and to discover her yourself, visit http://meaghansmusicroom.ca/
For an introduction to Rotary, please join us in Caledon East April 6 at St. James Anglican Church. Kindly RSVP to Club President, Jim Firth 416-884-4653 or at [email protected]
For more information on all that we do, please visit www.rotaryclubofpalgrave.com

Members of the Rotary Club of Palgrave have shown their support for Meaghan’s Room. Meaghan is flanked here by her mother Danielle and Mary Balino, director of Tisho’s Music Academy; Rotarians Brenda Alderdice, Krysta Cadden and Club President Jim Firth; as well as Mayor Allan Thompson and Councillor Annette Groves.
Photo by Bill Rea