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Our Jigsaw Puzzles make awesome gifts! - prices now reduced.

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All proceeds from our fundraisers go toward serving our community.

Weekly Meeting - January 26 2023

Posted on Jan 26, 2023

Shaun Swerdfeger, Deputy Chief - Squamish Fire Rescue was our guest speaker today and gave a very interesting presentation about the organisation and all the amazing work these people do to keep our community safe.

Did you know that of the 985 calls in 2022, only 7% of the responses were for fires? Medical emergencies accounted for 31% of responses.

We Welcome Two New Members.

Posted on Jan 05, 2023

Caroline Carter and Evan Drygas are the newest members of the Squamish Rotary Club.

Caroline is the co-founder of CSuite Content which focuses on executive communications and leadership branding.

Evan is a partner in Ledding & Company - a law firm that specialises in complex real estate and commercial law.

Pictured with John Berry, Rotary District Governor.

Season's Greetings

Posted on Dec 23, 2022

Community Christmas Care

Posted on Dec 15, 2022

Thursday Dec 15th was Squamish Community Christmas Care hamper delivery. Rotarians were among the many volunteers who delivered hampers of food and toys to about 400 families in Squamish.

Reverend Karen Millard commented to the Squamish Chief.
"What I want to say is how much we appreciate the community for being so generous because all of what we give is costing more this year, This is a real community effort. Tons of volunteers, tons of donations. We can't do it without our community. We like to say one of our tag lines is community caring for community. And that's exactly what we experienced."

Garden of Hope in the Phillippines

Posted on Dec 12, 2022

This year we partnered with the Rotary Club of Manila Supreme 198 in the Philippines to develop the Garden of Hope, This is a food sustainability project at the Centre of Hope, a refuge for girls rescued from the sex trade. It provides training and income for the girls, and food for the facility.

This is the second project that we have done at the Centre of Hope. The first was the establishment of a small chicken farm, again to provide training, and food and income for the girls.

Tim Hortons donates funds for community projects.

Posted on Dec 02, 2022

A big shout out to everyone who purchased Tim Hortons smile cookies during the promotion in September.

The Rotary Club of Squamish was selected to receive 100% of the proceeds from the sales at Tim Hortons stores in the Sea to Sky.

As a result of your support, we received a donation of over $3200.

These funds will go toward our projects in the Squamish community.

We are smiling!

Randy Scott Receives Paul Harris Fellow Award

Posted on Nov 28, 2022

At a private ceremony and celebration at his home, Randy Scott was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow Award for his 34 years of volunteer service as a coach for Special Olympics Alpine Skiing. Coaching took Randy all over the world, attending seven World Games. He was also named Special Olympics Coach of the Year by Special Olympics BC several years ago. Randy’s knowledge and empathetic approach to coaching was to be admired and now retired, he will be dearly missed by Special Olympics.
He has also been a member of the Executive of Vancouver Ski Foundation for over 25 years.

Randy is the husband of Liz Scott, Past President (2007-8) of the Rotary Club of Squamish. They now live in a beautiful country location about 40km south of Kamloops.

A Paul Harris Fellow is one of the highest awards that a Rotary club can make to a person in recognition of their service in the community.

We Welcome Kirsten Lowe.

Posted on Nov 17, 2022

Kirsten (2nd from left) was inducted into our club at the meeting on Thursday, November 17, 2022. Her sponsor is Jessie Cameron.

Kirsten grew up in a small town in Ontario and completed her law degree at the University of Ottawa before moving to the West Coast. She initially made Whistler home and started her career as a litigation lawyer with Race & Company LLP in 2016. In 2020, Kirsten and her partner decided to make the move to Squamish and now live in the community of Ring Creek. She works as a Legal Counsel and Negotiator with the Health Employers Association of British Columbia in the Physician Services department. Outside of work, she enjoys all the amazing activities Squamish has to offer - mountain biking, kiteboarding, hiking, and the rest.

Remembrance Day 2022

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

The annual Squamish Remembrance Day Royal Canadian Legion ceremony was held on Friday, Nov. 11, at the cenotaph in Stan Clarke Park, with a few Rotary members in attendance.

A wreath was laid on our behalf.

World Polio Day - October 24th

Posted on Oct 24, 2022

To mark World Polio Day, Rotarians were out to raise awareness about Rotary's campaign to eradicate polio forever. It is our number ONE humanitarian priority.

The recent emergence of the polio virus in New York, London, and Israel starkly demonstrates that if polio exists anywhere, it is a threat to people everywhere.

Rotary and our partners have made tremendous progress in our campaign to eradicate polio from the world forever. Polio cases have been reduced by 99.9% since 1985 and it is now endemic in only two countries. An estimated 20 million people are walking today who would otherwise have been paralyzed by polio.

But we can’t stop now. If we do, we could see 200,000 children per year contracting polio within ten years.
To finish the job, we need continued support & funding until polio is finally eradicated.

Learn more at www.endpolio.org.

Awesome day with Rotary at Pumpkin Patch in the Park

Posted on Oct 22, 2022

It was great fun to be at the Pumpkin Patch in the Park on Saturday. Lots of families came out, many dressed up in their Halloween finest.

Rotarian volunteers helped out with unloading the pumpkins and setting up the pumpkin patch, hosting at the Rotary welcome tent and collecting donations, and feeding the visitors with hotdogs.

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Pumpkin Patch in the Park - Saturday, October 22nd

Pumpkin Patch in the Park returns on Saturday, October 22nd, 10am-2pm at Stan Clarke Park in Downtown Squamish.

From face painting to live music, Halloween crafts to a bake sale, spooky stories to a trick or treat, to a hot dog BBQ, there is something for everyone in your family to enjoy.

You can choose your Halloween pumpkin by donation.

More info at www.downtownsquamish.com.

Rotary Youth Exchange is Back!

Posted on Sep 29, 2022

The Rotary Student Youth Exchange program is restarting for 2023-24 after a hiatus due to the pandemic.

If you are interested, please email contact@squamishrotary.com with "Youth Exchange" in the subject line.

Squamish Rivers Day - Sept 25, 2022

Posted on Sep 25, 2022

Squamish Rivers Day was held at McNaughton Park with booths, displays, and activities. The event was sponsored by the Squamish River Watershed Society and was an opportunity to learn about and celebrate our local waterways.

We put on a BBQ serving hot dogs and hamburgers. Many thanks to Kyla Paine for organising the BBQ and for the volunteers who came out to set up and then to cook and serve the burgers.