On November 26, 2024 the Rotary Club Of Lincoln in partnership with the West Niagara Secondary School held a free community event in the new theatre at the school. The event named “ For the Love of Theatre “ invited Tim Carroll the Artistic Director, Shaw Festival to give a presentation about the state of theatre in Niagara and Shaw Festival news. A reception was held before the event at the school with the culinary students catering the reception. To kick off the event in the theatre a cheque presentation from the Rotary Club of Lincoln, by President Joanne Serkeyn was presented to Principal Mat Miller for $100,000 to be used for funding the theatre. The focus of our club is primarily youth and community orientated and we felt with this donation to the WNSS theatre we will be fulfilling that focus by helping to provide funding to keep the arts alive in our school and community. We would like to thank Meridian, Beamsville Branch for sponsoring this event and Sunrise Greenhouses for the poinsettia donations. A big thank-you goes out to our Rotarians who spearheaded this donation, to all our Lincoln Rotary club members who have fundraised, and to our sponsors, volunteers and participants of our events that made this donation possible.