Every year, ShelterBox Canada says thank you to Rotary Clubs for their incredible support with the ShelterBox Canada Hero Awards. Natural disasters and conflict are inevitable and frequent, and the need is continuous. A ShelterBox Canada Hero is a Rotary Club that has identified the continuing need to prepare for disasters and respond at a moment’s notice. Clubs are recognized based on their total annual giving throughout the Rotary year and all donations that are fundraised or donated by the club are included in Hero recognition. For the third year in a row, The Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue has been awarded with a Bronze Hero award from ShelterBox Canada!
ShelterBox has now provided aid to 2,000,000 people across 98 countries! While it took 15 years to help 1 million people, The Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue has helped ShelterBox reach their second million in the space of just 5.5 years. Our club is proud that we could contribute to help improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of families affected by disaster and conflict.
50/50 Fundraiser in Support of Wounded Warriors
The Whyte Avenue Rotary Club has teamed up with the Strathcona Rotary Club to raise funds for our clubs and to support Wounded Warriors Canada through a 50/50 cash raffle. The winner could take home up to $5,000 and the minimum prize for the winner is $2,000. The draw will take place on Canada Day.
Wounded Warriors Canada is a national mental health service provider utilizing clinical best practices and evidence-informed care to create an environment of compassion, resiliency, and hope for Canada’s Veterans, First Responders, and their families.
Purchasing a ticket help support the many projects that our Rotary clubs are involved in and supports the important work that Wounded Warriors does. If you are an Alberta resident, you can click the link below to get your tickets.
When you get your Covid-19 vaccine, you may want to consider paying it forward by donating $10 USD to the Polio Fund of the Rotary Foundation. After 2:1 matching from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, your $10 USD will pay for 50 polio vaccinations! We are so close to stamping out polio and your donation will help! Plus, polio vaccination infrastructure has already been of assistance in fighting Covid-19.
The Rotary Foundation’s founder Arch C Klumph said: “The Rotary Foundation is not to build monuments of brick and stone. If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work on brass, time will efface it….but if we work upon immortal minds, if we imbue them with the full meaning of the spirit of Rotary, we are engraving on those tablets something that will brighten all eternity. "
The educational, humanitarian and PolioPlus Programs are the monuments of The Rotary Foundation and Rotarians should be proud to yell it from the rooftops. We will eradicate polio, hunger and poverty. We will help the world find peace. By supporting The Rotary Foundation with an annual gift you help build these immortal monuments of Rotary.
Will you help us make a difference?
Are you interested in supporting or learning more about our Foundation? Ask Tamara Larsen, Foundation Chair, for information.
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