Update on Projects

We have started work on the Rotary Public Service Announcement (PSA) with the students at Columbia Academy. They will do a 15 sec. and a 60 sec. PSA with the emphasis being on getting new members for our club. Our International Project this year will be to help with the Netza Elementary school in Zihautenejo Mexico in Nov. 2009. Members will pay their own transportation costs and can volunteer for a few days helping with equipment, books, clothes etc. Youth: We are sponsoring Voices of Nature ($3000) on Dec. 1st, 2nd 3rd at the Vogue Theatre. This is a concert by children singing about saving the environment. Sleep with the Whales - ($2500) Nov. 21st, 2009 - Children with life threating illnesses and their families spend the night at the Vancouver Aquarium. Learning Disabilites Center ($3200) to teach parents how to communicate effictively with their children with learning disabilites. School Scholarships. (7 x $800) 3 Westside high schools, 3 Eastside high schools and Fraser Academy. CALS ($1400) Computer Assisted Learning Solutions. This is a computer program to help children learn to read. Kidsafe (2 x $750) teaching inner city kids how to play golf at UBC. RYLA ($800) Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - Spring Break 2010. First Nations Library (Spencers Bridge). ($3000) President-Elect Paul Mitchell Banks has been working hard on setting this up and hasn't spent a cent yet!! If you have any ideas for community service projects that you would like to see our club involved with please email or phone your Project's Director Mary Stark!