Service Above Self

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Victoria, BC Canada V8W 1Z6

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Jim Swanson

Dec 13, 2018

Community support

Christmas lunch

Dec 20, 2018

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Christmas lunch
Dec 20, 2018
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Festival of Trees

Text TREE to 45678.

We have proudly sponsored a tree at the 26th Annual Victoria Festival of Trees in support of BC Children's Hospital, on from Nov 14 until January 2, 2018 at The Bay Centre.

Last year 2,761 children from Vancouver Island visited BC Children’s Hospital 7,900 times for treatment. That is an average of 22 local kids per day.

In the spirit of the season, and to support our local children, we ask you to join us in helping BC's kids by donating to our fundraising campaign.

Thank you, and we wish a warm and happy holiday season to you and your loved ones.

Be the Inspiration

Clean Water for Kenya

Our District Community Grant application has been approved!!

ce more the Rotary Club of Victoria will be offering clean water to nine communities in Western Kenya and transforming the polluted water sources.

Welcome President Kim McGowan

New Board: Change of Command June 28 2018

President-elect judge Gerry Pash

Rotary District 5020 Facebook Group

Posted by Kim McGowan on Sep 23, 2018

With permission from our District Public Image Chair we are launching the District 5020 Member Facebook Group. A Facebook "Group" invites members to join. Once accepted into the closed group - they are encouraged to contribute, post and comment on District wide Rotary topics, so this is for "internal" communications among District 5020 Rotarians and friends such as youth exchange students, Interact, Rotaract, alumni, etc etc.

Craigflower Food Distribution Project

Posted on Nov 01, 2018

Rotary volunteers are helping to distribute food from the Food Rescue Project to families at Craigflower Elementary School. This is an ongoing project so we will be looking for a couple of volunteers each month.

Commitments to our community 2017-18

All made possible by the fundraising efforts of Victoria Rotarians

$500 for two adapted recreational classes for sufferers from Cerebral Palsy
$1,000 donation to Afghanistan veterans who have suffered mentally and physically
$1,000 to Greater Victoria Curling Academy for programs for youth ages 10 to 20
$2,500 in prizes for Victoria Science Fair for schools
$3,000 scholarships for exchange and Interact students at Esquimalt High School
$5,000 for trauma counselling for refugee family
$7,500 IT structure upgrades for Bridges for Women Society
$10,000 to Victoria Conservatory of Music for on-line
streaming
$3,500 for nine clean water projects in Kenya through a District Community Grant
$32,000 for purchase of Mark 16 sailboat to Disabled Sailing
Association
TOTAL:****$ 67,000!!!!****

And there’s more:

Honouring Rotarian Paul Chow

Article in Times Colonist today (A3) about Rtn Paul Chow. www.timescolonist.com/.../visionary-helped-bring-dragon-boats-to-victoria-1.219794. Well done Paul. We honour your spirit of commitment and service.

Rotarian Gerry Pash

Here !Magazine, (https://issuu.com/heremagazine/docs/here_summer_2017_digital_out) has an article about our own Rotarian Gerry Pash who serves as a citizenship judge.

And the Vancouver Sun posted his Christmas message to new Canadians http://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/citizenship-judge-applauded-after-telling-new-canadians-about-christmas

Rotarians receive Meritorious Service Medals

On Friday 23 June 2017, Patricia (Rotary Club of Victoria) and Rod (RC Kakamega, Kenya) Crossley received the Meritorious Service Award from the Governor General at Rideau Hall in Ottawa for their work over 16 years in Western Kenya. This medal is awarded for service which brings honour to our country.