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Summerland

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 7:30 AM
Summerland Lutheran Church
15244 Victoria Rd. N
Summerland, BC V0H 1Z3
Canada
1) Regular Meeting - 2nd Tuesday of month at 7:30am
2) Regular Meeting - 3rd Tuesday of month at 7:30am
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Dear Fellow Rotarians,
I would like to share with you an important update of the Guatemala Literacy Project below. It is that
time of the year again to support this important and tremendously successful project. The donation
pledge deadline for the Global Grant Application is October 31, 2024. If your donation pledges end of
October are $500 or more, our club can select one individual to receive the prestigious title of
Guatemala Literacy Fellow—an honor typically reserved for contributions of $1,000 or more.
Guatemala’s Central and Western Highlands exhibit one of the most extreme combinations of systemic
poverty, illiteracy, and inequality in the hemisphere. The GLP partners work with impoverished
communities to implement four complementary programs: Reading, Textbooks, Computers and Youth
Development. The GLP is regarded as the Gold Standard of Rotary projects, one of the largest grassroots,
multi-club, multi-district projects in Rotary. The GLP is committed to evaluating the success of its projects
on a yearly basis. Each year measurable results are gathered through surveys, interviews, and pre- and
post-tests, then shared with all supporters. Since 1997, the Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP) has secured
over 41 matching grants and Global Grants from The Rotary Foundation.
Our Rotary Club has been involved since 2018 and we are asking you, our members, to continue your
support for this valuable and needed program. After all, without love and education, a child has no
future.
If you wish to donate, what should you do? It is easy. Just e-Transfer your donation to our Rotary Club
donation email address <donations@summerlandrotary.ca> with the message “Guatemala Literacy
Project 2024-2025”, then our Treasurer will collectively send all the funds to the GLP with a chance to get
up to 3x matching, i.e. CAD 1,000 may turn into CAD 3,000!
For your donation you will receive a tax receipt from our treasurer.
Thank you kindly for your support.
Here is to Guatemala,
Aart Dronkers
 
 
 
Summerland Rotary is happy to announce the latest Our Home Town 50-50 Draw to raise funds for improvements and upgrades to the scoreboard and other permanent equipment and fixtures for
Summerland Secondary School's new gymnasium!
 
Ticket sales are open now and close May 22nd.
 
The jackpots for the last two Our Home Town 50/50 Draws were $31,390 and $26,770 so the draw winners received $15,695 and $13,385 with the net proceeds from both draws going to the new Summerland Pier!
 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
 
Pier Into Our Future 
Help Make Our New Pier the Pride of Summerland!
 
The District of Summerland has confirmed funding to build a new “basic” pier and has partnered with the Summerland Rotary Club to help engage the community to raise funds for additional enhancements to the basic design.
 
The Summerland pier has been an integral part of Summerland throughout our history.
 
 
Together we can enhance the basic design and make the new pier the pride of Summerland - a legacy for Summerlanders to enjoy for generations to come.
 
Click link to see full details of Summerland Pier Enhancements
 
Click to DONATE and receive a full tax receipt
 
 
 
 
The latest winner of Summerland Rotary Club's 50/50 raffle was Christina Trist. Congratulations to Christina who has won $13,385.
After expenses, the Summerland Rotary Club will be making another significant contribution to the Summerland Pier project.
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Past President
President Elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Club Service - Meetings
International Service
New Generations Service
Membership
The Rotary Foundation
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Lisa Jaager
    November 3
  • Bob Van Balkom
    November 4
  • Aart Dronkers
    November 13
Spouse/Partner Birthdays:
  • Doris Muhs
    November 8
  • Carol Van Balkom
    November 23
Anniversaries:
  • Preston Mott
    Kerry Allen-Mott
    November 5
  • Vilas Prabhu
    Medha Prabhu
    November 26
Join Date:
  • Kathryn Kemp
    November 2, 1993
    31 years
  • Bob Van Balkom
    November 16, 2003
    21 years
  • Karl Seidel
    November 16, 2010
    14 years
  • Connie Denesiuk
    November 22, 2021
    3 years
  • Roch Fortin
    November 24, 2005
    19 years
 
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The Rotary Club of Summerland today announced that we have made a significant donation to SHELTERBOX CANADA and its relief efforts in response to the urgent needs in Turkey and Syria following the disastrous earthquake.
 
ShelterBox was originally founded by a Rotary club in the UK, and over many years has made a tangible difference to the lives of people around the world.  What began as a local initiative is now a  movement that provides emergency shelter to millions around the world.
 
Rotary International and SHELTERBOX CANADA have partnered for many years in disaster relief around the globe and local Rotary club members endorse ShelterBox as a trusted and reputable group to support, and donations can be made at shelterboxcanada.org, or through the local Rotary club.
 
ShelterBox states “We can’t replace what was lost, but we can help families rebuild their homes, and their lives.”  ShelterBox is known for its unique approach in tailoring aid that meets the needs of a community, but mostly for the ShelterBoxes and ShelterKits.  These sturdy green “boxes” contain family-sized tents specifically designed to withstand the elements and provide people with temporary shelter until they are able to start the process of rebuilding a home.  The “Kits” and “Boxes” contain items that help transform shelter into a home – like cooking sets, solar lights and activity sets for children.
 
ShelterBox is able to respond quickly and efficiently to disasters by transporting items from their positioned hubs around the world, and are mobilizing resources as available in coordination with other organizations to have maximum affect and influence in the current relief efforts in Turkey and Syria.
 
Many individual and group donors choose to support ShelterBox to the value of a “Box”, about $1,200, but all donations of $20 or more will receive a charitable tax receipt.  ShelterBox is a registered Canadian charity.
 
The Rotary Club of Summerland is proud of its many local accomplishments, but also its commitment to the global goals of Rotary International which include working together to promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, and in support of relief efforts during disasters such as the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
 
If you need more information, contact a local member of the Rotary Club of Summerland, or go our website summerlandrotary.ca.
 

Eighth-grader Rosa is no stranger to hard work. She regularly helps her mother in the fields and tends to the family’s own crops and livestock.

At the end of elementary school, she was on the all-too-common edge of dropping out, as the cost of going to school increased. She’d already come three years further than her mother, Leoncia, who only finished third grade. But thanks to the Thousand Girls Initiative, Rosa was selected to enter our Rise Youth Development Program.

Her journey has been so inspiring that she was even recently featured by a superhero! (OK... a superhero actor.)

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