Our Club has recently donated $8,500 to the Brother Rice Celtic Chef program. Formerly know as the Brother Rice “Soup Club” (as featured in numerous news articles over the past few years) - the Celtic Chefs, along with teachers at the school, create meals for students to have at lunch time, and to take home to their families for a healthy supper. This has proven extremely popular for the most vulnerable students and by being inclusive has lessened the stigma associated with accessing this type of assistance. In addition to providing much needed meals for students, this program allows students to gain skills such as meal preparation and leadership. It allows them to appreciate the role of community service and develop empathy for their classmates. Our donation will allow for over 3,000 meals (100 per week x 30 weeks) to be prepared, as well as allow the Chefs to transition to a sustainable model for cutlery and flatware.
We have donated $5,000 to The Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Centre. The NLSACPC provides a leadership role in listening to, believing, and supporting individuals who have experienced sexual violence. As a provincial Centre which deals exclusively with issues of sexual violence, they promote and facilitate social and systemic change. Our funds will go toward training of staff and the expansion of their text based services to 24 hours a day. Visit their website for additional information: https://endsexualviolence.com
The Rotary Club of St. John's Northwest 2023 Annual High School Speak-Off was a great success! All the finalists did a wonderful job and it made for a very interesting event, with speeches on a range of different topics.
First place was awarded to Olivia Taylor from St. Kevin's High School and the runner-up was Eamon Fogwill from O'Donnell High School. Later this spring Olivia will spend four exciting days in Ottawa, with approximately 200 other outstanding senior high school students from across Canada.
Congratulations to all involved and we wish all the students who participated this year the very best of luck in their future endeavors.
Thank you Santa for coming to our Christmas lunch and giving out presents to all the children. We know your passion for Polio Plus and were happy to make a donation for $1000 to the Rotary International Polio Plus program in honour of your visit. Thanks for putting smiles on the faces of so many children!
The 44 residents of Rotary Housing Inc received a little gift this week from our club to help make their Christmas a little brighter. Rotary Housing Inc was built in the late 80s by our club and is still managed by a Board of Directors comprised of our members. It is affordable housing for persons with disabilities, single parents, and seniors.
Our club also supported the TI Murphy Centre and the Single Parent Association this holiday season. Both organizations are doing incredible work in our community.
The 2022 Aidan Maloney Young Professional Awards were presented at our December 6th meeting. This year's recipients are Kristina Kearney and Leigh Bursey.
Kristina and Leigh are both committed volunteers and leaders who use their talents and passion to make a significant difference in our community. We are fortunate to add them to our growing list of young professionals who have received this award.
Congratulations Kristina and Leigh!
We are excited to announce that we collected over $20,000 in food, toiletries, gift cards and cash on Saturday during our annual Food Drive with Prince of Wales Collegiate High School in support of the Salvation Army Food Bank. THANK YOU to everyone who donated and thank you to Sobeys and Dominion stores for allowing us to collect at their locations. We have been doing this Food Drive for almost 40 years and the demand on the food banks has never been higher, we are happy to have played a small role in helping The Salvation Army service the over 800 families they are currently helping per month.
Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets and supported our fundraising efforts. Good Luck!
As part of our Adopt-A-Village project the eighth shipping container has recently left St. John’s on its way to Tshelanyemba Hospital in Zimbabwe due to arrive in late October.
We collected personal protective equipment, computers, medical, school and community supplies to be distributed in the community of Tshelanyemba. Many thanks to everyone who contributed by donating supplies or by giving financially. The supplies that are sent continue to save lives and makes a huge difference in the community.
We are excited to welcome our Youth Exchange Student, Luise to St. John's! Luise arrived this week from Zurich, Switzerland and will be staying with us for the school year in St. John's while she attends Grade 11 at a local High School. We are looking forward to getting to know Luise and helping her learn more about Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as Canada.
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