Following a few months hiatus when our efforts failed to restart a monthly community breakfast, we came up with the idea of putting on a family dinner at one of the south end elementary schools. With the help of Michelle Swecera, Community Schools Coordinator with SD68, we came up with Bayview Elementary. The principal, Sue Derosa, welcomed us with open arms, and the first Bayview Family Dinner was served on Dec 12th to 70 students and family members. A great success, with more to follow.
'We provide service to all, and promote integrity, inclusivity, goodwill and peace through our fellowship of business, professional and community leaders.'
We were chartered on October 15, 1972 and since that time we have contributed well over $1,000,000 to the community in support of a broad range of services and organizations
We are a club that likes our service to go beyond financial donations and we work together to provide hands on service in a number of ways including:
- For many years we cooked, served and provided the food for a monthly community breakfast at the Salvation Army New Hope Centre. The pandemic and other circumstances curtailed this, and we are currently pursuing other service projects.
- We sort food at the Loaves and Fishes Warehouse on the 4th Tuesday of each month
- We provide and serve barbecued food and popcorn at community events such as the Parks and Rec Family Fishing Day and the summers-end Family Fun Day
We are strong supporters of youth through:
- Service projects at local schools
- Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotary Youth Leadership Assemblies, and the local Rotaract and Interact Clubs
- Annual Scholarships to secondary school graduates and VIU students*
We support various International Service projects as well as polio eradication worldwide.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and play within the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.
*We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
On September 26th we were delighted to welcome this year's District Governor (DG) to our club.
Caleb Summerfelt, who has two Masters Degrees and a PhD, is a high achiever who works 80 hours a week and still fulfils his commitments as DG. His passion for Rotary was evident throughout his presentation, which was highly innovative, and deemed by our members to be the best they've seen.
Thank you Caleb!
With the new Rotary year starting on July 1st we installed our new club president and executive at the final meeting of the 2022-23 Rotary year on June 20th. Incoming President Bill Grace received the clock from outgoing president Perry Williams. [The clock was a gift from the Rotary Club of Akita East, Japan presented to our club in the 1980's.]
Larry Rumming was awarded the Bruce Coleman Rotarian of the Year trophy.
Rotary projects around the globe November 2023
Learn how Rotary clubs are taking action in the United States, Jamaica, Portugal, Belgium, and Sri Lanka.
The culinary paradise of Singapore
Rotary editor Wen Huang paid an extended visit to the culinary paradise of Singapore, the host of the 2024 Rotary International Convention
Hope in grief
With suicides rising in the U.S., Rotary members who’ve lost loved ones are determined to prevent more deaths. Their first step — talking.
Next meeting: Mar 19th
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