Everyone has their Christmas traditions, and so does Daybreak, using the season the serve!

 

Daybreakers volunteered with Downtown Kamloops Santa Parade, served 300+ people in need at Pit Stop's Christmas Dinner, served the Kamloops Brain Injury Association's annual Christmas dinner, rung the bell for the Salvation Army outside the Sahali liquor store, and fundraised with the Aurora Club out at Privato and Woodward Cider's Christmas Tree events!

 

Some pictures here - click to see more!

 

 

 

Past-President's Tony Gilbert's pet project came to fruition with the installation of Daybreak Rotary Ping Pong tables in Riverside Park!

 

Read more in the Kamloops This Week article here: https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/permanent-ping-pong-table-in-riverside-park-now-ready-for-public-use-4479241

 

A great initiative our Past President Tony Gilbert initiated at Rotary Club of Kamloops Daybreak to have a more direct impact within our community was to present children's books to our meeting presenters to sign and donate back to our literacy programs. We are happy to announce that we have donated approximately 45 books and counting! It's a great feeling to know these wonderful books will be put into the hands of children. Our newest President Danica Wilkinson will continue this great initiative through her term as well! Literacy in Kamloops #givingbacktothecommunity #childrensliteracy #yka #books

 

The Barra de Navidad Special Needs School, located in Jalisco Mexico, is the only school in the region that caters to children with special needs. While the school attempts its own fundraising initiatives, money raised typically goes toward the busing program that picks children up from all the neighboring communities around the school. Little funding is left for special infrastructure projects. As a result, the facilities at the school are limited. With financial support from the Rotary Foundation, Kamloops Daybreak Rotary has stepped up to help the school. Working with local contractors, an outdoor covered common area has been built that will allow the children to play outside and stay protected from the heavy rains of winter and the intense heat in the summer.

 

 

Here are progress pictures of the school in Uganda that is being built with the help of Kamloops Daybreak Rotary!

 

 

 

With the most recent changes to Public Health Orders, unfortunately our hybrid meetings are a fond memory for the time being...

 

But that doesn't mean we won't meet! Watch your email for the link to our weekly meetings (hint: it's the same meeting code every week!), or sign into clubrunner and see the link above. If you are completely helpless or you are not a member but would like to visit our club, please send a request for the link to Gurdeep on the list to the right!

 

Having trouble setting up Zoom? Reach out to anyone on the exec and they will find a volunteer willing to help you while maintaining all required social distancing!

 

Side note - our next regular meeting will be January 8, 2021, but it sounds like there may be some fun on the night of Friday, December 18 - check your email!