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Coldest Night of the Year

 
   
 
The  Rotary Club of Victoria-Saanich annually creates  a team – Victoria's Roving Rotarians – to participate in the Coldest Night of the Year Walk. The goal is provide a venue for Victoria-area clubs, including INTERACT and ROTARACT, to raise funds for Our Place. The annual goal is to raise $5000. This year (2026) we beat our goal and obtained donations of $11,180. Since 2021 we have raised over $32,000 for Our Place.

                      Raising funds can be fun, too!
 

Funds raised in 2026 – $11,180

Participants: Victoria-Saanich Rotary, Oak Bay Rotary,
Interact - Esquimalt High School, friends of Rotary
+ our 4-legged mascot.​​​​​​​
  Previous years
   2025 – $3,270
   2024 – $2,230
   2023 – $4,230
   2022 – $5,230
   2021 – $5,030
   2017 – $1,375
 
VICTORIA'S ROVING ROTARIANS WALK - 2026
 
Date: Saturday, Feb 28, 2026
Time: 10:30 - (come a few minutes early to distribute toques and have a group photo)
Place: Ogden Point ( should be lots of parking)
Distance: To the east end of Beacon Hill & back via James Bay is 5 km
Post-walk: Meet and have lunch at the James Bay Inn
 
Contact: Gordon Greeniaus for more information
 
Join our team and help us maximize our donations! (See the link below)
To join the team or to donate to the team follow the links
NOTE: 
(1) To donate to a team member, click on the donate to team button, select the team member's name to sponsor, then follow the instructions to fill in your CC information. You get the tax receipt, but help the team member reach their target goal.
(2) To join the team, click on the join the team button. You will have to create an account with a password so you can track the progress of the team, track donations to your name and send out emails to potential sponsors for your walk. 
 
Charitable tax receipts are issued electronically for all donations of $20 or more.
 
All the proceeds from people who sponsor us will go to help the Our Place Society.
 

Coldest Night of the Year Information
(https://cnoy.org/location/victoriapandora )

2026:

Registration started on Dec 1, 2025. 

Covid-related health risks and operational challenges might not permit us to assemble in large groups in most locations again this year. So instead, we can plan to gather together safely, self-organizing individually or in smaller, covid-friendly teams as permitted.

  • Virtual Walk: Participants will self-organize individually or in team bubbles selecting their own safe walk route near home at a time convenient for them. 
  •  Date: While we encourage everyone to walk on our national event day of February 28, virtual fundraisers can select any day in February to walk if they wish. 
  •  No Registration Fee: The registration fee is no more! Everyone is welcome to come and support their local CNOY charity. (To be confirmed)
  •  Thank You Toques: This year, participants who raise a modest minimum will receive their own CNOY toque as our thank you for fundraising! ($150 for adults 18 and over, $75 for youth 17 and under) (To be confirmed)
  •  Cash + Cheques: There’ll be no cash or cheque collection on event day this year - this will keep everyone a little safer, and reduce the organizing strain on busy CNOY charities