Community

The Rotary Club of Parksville is all about community. 

Over the past year, the following groups and projects have been supported:

ALS Walk – Have provided “hands-on” support for the annual ALS Walk for many years (see banner photo above).

Arrowsmith Community Justice – $2500 for information packages to encourage support for restorative justice by local retailers.

Bradley Centre Family Program – $1500 for food, diapers and other essentials for young families.

Coldest Night of the Year – Rotarians raised funds and “walked the talk”.

Flowerstone Health Society – $10,000 for the purchase of laptops to enable the expansion of this much needed service in the community.

Forward House – $40,000 (over 2 years) to support those with mental health challenges and recovering from addiction.  Additional donations have included replacement of appliances and an emergency plumbing repair.

Island Crisis Care Society – $5000 for transportation costs for essential medical and other appointments.

MAC Community Garden – $5000 for equipment or infrastructure needs.

Moms Stop The Harm – $2250 contribution to enable the purchase of a bench in the Parksville Community Park in memory of loved ones lost to the toxic drug crisis.

Nanoose Daycare Roof – $21,700 enabled the repair of the Daycare Centre roof at Nanoose Place which was badly in need of repair.

Nanoose Elementary – $2,900 for the purchase of an adaptive tricycle for children with special needs.

Oceanside Building Learning Together – $4500 for Saturday Morning Breakfast Club and other food programs for children.

Quilts4Babies – $1000 for quilts for babies in the NICU at NRGH.

RCMP Victim Services – $2000 for the purchase of grocery cards, gas cards and incidentals that assist victims of crime and trauma.

Salvation Army – Approximately $17,000 to the Food Bank and Soup Kitchen for various needs, including a freezer, industrial stove, shelving and kitch supplies.  Rotarians also “ring the bells” every year at the annual Christmas Kettle Campaign.

School District 69 Therapeutic Swim – $1,250 to support implementation of this program.

SOS Food For Kids Program – $6,800 to purchase food as part of SOS programming.

Springwood Elementary – $3000 for a science project to build and launch rockets.

Tim Hortons Childrens Foundation – $500 toward Tims Camps.

Tour De Rock – Lunch provided to Cops For Cancer team during their stop in Parksville.

Wonderful World Of Books – $3600 for the purchase of books for 20 children, one a month for a year.

Projects over the past three years have included:

Weekends Without Hunger – $50,000 (over 2 years) to provide weekend supplies for needy children.

French Creek Estuary Project – $10,000 to support protection of eagles, fish and the creek.

WOW Bus – $9000 to convert a literacy bus to increase access by young families.

North Island Wildlife Rescue Centre – $8000 to build and renovate animal structures.

Shelly Road Park Restoration – $6000 plus a lot of hands-on work.

Recycling For Ukraine – Campaign to support Ukrainian people displaced by the ongoing war with Russia, in partnership with St. Mary The Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church.