Please read below an article recently written by Monica Woldring for the New West Record
Royal City Rotary Club has been an active contributor to the New Westminster community since its inception in August of 1992. In the past 25 years almost $1,000,000 has been raised by the club members and the majority of the funds were given back to the community through various projects and sponsorships. A small portion of the funds were used to support projects in other countries.
Since the founding of the Royal City Rotary Club, it members have also been active participants in the New Westminster Community through their volunteer efforts.
Some of the beneficiaries of the volunteer work and funds have been and continue to be: New Westminster Victims Assistance Association; The Lower Mainland Purpose Society; The Salvation Army and Stevenson House; Monarch Place Transition House; The Youth Centre at Century House; Fraser River Discovery Centre; St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation; Royal Columbia Hospital Foundation; KidSport New Westminster; Wait For Me Daddy Sculpture; Rotary Crosstown Greenway; Four Square Church; Holly Trinity Anglican Church Breakfast Program; New Westminster Secondary School Hot Lunch Program; Queens Park Healthcare Centre and Foundation; New Westminster Family Place; New Westminster Amory; Remembrance Day Ceremonies; Dan’s Legacy and more.
In addition, the Royal City Rotary Club supports youth activities through bursaries for students at both New Westminster Secondary and Purpose Alternative School. We support both the Interact Club, which is in New Westminster Secondary School and the Rotaract Club, which is a club for people ages 19 to 30, that teaches leadership skills and provides volunteers for the community. The Club also send secondary school students to leadership training sessions like Adventures in Citizenship and Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, annually.