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We acknowledge that we live, work, and meet on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation

'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 now providing a monthly Family Dinner at a South end elementary school.
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.

Family Fun Day

The first-ever Nanaimo Family Fun Day livened up Maffeo Sutton Park on the last weekend before back-to-school.

The event, hosted jointly by Oceanside Ribfest and our Club, was held Sunday, Sept. 1, and included music and other entertainment, bouncy castles and other children's activities, food trucks, a corn roast, a best-dressed pet contest and much more. Wristbands were handed out to more than 500 children enabling them to take part in all of the activities.

Bayview Elementary Family Dinner

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.

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