District 5040 supports 51 Rotary Clubs in the Province of British Columbia. It provides opportunities for networking, information sharing, leadership and discussions of Rotary-related matters. It's aim is to recognize the service programs, projects, and public relations achievements of the Clubs within in the district. By doing so we look to inspire Rotarians to become more involved in service.

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May 2 - 5, 2019

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51 Metro Vancouver and BC coast Rotary clubs install new Governor and team

Posted on Jun 16, 2018

Vice President of the 1.2 million-member Rotary International, Dean Rohrs, right, installs the 2018-19 Governor of the 51 Rotary clubs in District 5040, from Greater Vancouver up the coast to Prince Rupert, Darcy Long (Sechelt), second right, and (l to r) Governor Elect Bala Naidoo (Burnaby), Governor Nominee Dave Hamilton (Delta) and Governor 2017-18 Don Evans (Vancouver) at a ceremony in Gibsons, BC, on June 16, 2018. photo by Brian Finley

Rotary Walk to End Polio raises over $9,000

Posted on May 28, 2018

Several hundred Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors, and friends assembled at the River Market on New Westminster Quay for the 5th annual Rotary Walk to End Polio. This event is sponsored and organised by the clubs of Burnaby, New Westminster, Vancouver Cambie & Vancouver Mountainview.

This year's event has so far raised over C$9,000 for PolioPlus which will be tripled after matching by the Gates Foundation.

Congratulations to Gabor Gasztonyi and the committee for making this year's event so successful.

Prince George joins global Rotary tree planting campaign

Posted on Jun 07, 2018

Over 12 years ago hundreds of trees were removed from Rainbow Park in Prince George because of the Mountain Pine beetle epidemic, but members of the three Rotary clubs in Prince George have joined forces to replant the Park.

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2018 District Conference Video

What an event! Relive this year's conference with the conference video below.

Thanks to PDG Chris Offer for all of your great photos and for all of your hard work to put the video together

Rotaract Update - May 2018

Posted by Carina Dietze on May 30, 2018

50 years is a long time and deserves celebration! Boy did our District 5040 Rotaract Clubs celebrate on May 12th during an evening of dinner, dancing, and fun! During the evening we showcased our clubs' projects - past, present, and future. We heard great speeches by District Governor Don Evans, District Governor Elect Darcy Long and District Rotaract Chair Joan Posivy.

Prince George Breakfast Programs

Posted by Prince George Downtown Rotary Club

Prince George Downtown Rotary Club had close to 300 people attended a community breakfast at Spruceland Elementary Traditional School April 19th. Parents and kids filled the school gym and were invited to eat a morning meal together. Breakfast can be the most important meal of the day as students learn better on a full belly.

Canada provides $100 million to protect girls and boys from polio

Posted on May 08, 2018

The Government of Canada has just signed a generous pledge of CDN $100 million to help eradicate polio in Afghanistan as well as in the two other endemic countries, Nigeria and Pakistan, and to continue to protect many polio-free countries. Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, had announced the pledge at the Rotary International Convention in Atlanta last June.

In addition to previous donations of CDN $ 650 million, this most recent funding consists of CDN $ 30 million to WHO and UNICEF to support programme activities in Afghanistan, and Can$ 70 million of flexible funding that can be used to support vaccination campaigns, rapid outbreak response, poliovirus surveillance and other critical eradication strategies and activities to reach every last child worldwide with a safe vaccine.

Walk to end polio - join us

Posted on May 07, 2018

Rotarians and friends of Rotary, as the march towards complete erradication of polio continues around the world, please play a part and join the 5th annual Rotary Walk to End Polio in New Westminster on Sunday, May 27th at 9 am.

More children in Laos can attend school thanks to running water

Posted by Peter Roaf on Apr 19, 2018

In remote villages of Laos, considered the most bombed country in history, where a third of the population was killed during the the Laotian Civil War or Secret War (1953–75), lack of access to clean water is both a health problem and a barrier to education for many children. Faced with its 2016 population of 1,133 expected to triple in five years, the village of Ban Xiengda, in the Luang Prabang Province of northern Laos, had one cement block toilet with no running water. A new system to deliver water to the village was needed.

20 years helping communities around the world

Posted on Apr 13, 2018

The lives of an estimated 11,460,000 women, men and children around the world have been improved in some way over the past 20 years since Rotary World Help started shipping containers of badly needed medical, dental and educational equipment and supplies from the Greater Vancouver area to now over 60 countries.

Rotary World Help, of clubs in Rotary Districts 5040 and 5050, has shipped to date 382 53-foot containers for an estimated replacement value of almost $134 million.

After 52 years of war in Colombia, District 5040 supports youth peace workshop

Posted by Peter Roaf on Mar 30, 2018

Since the Government of Colombia and the Marxist led Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, reached a peace agreement in 2016, after a war of 52 years that left 200,000 dead and 5 million displaced. The challenge since then has been the building of a lasting, sustainable peace. Rotary District 5040 is taking action to help build that peace by investing $20,000 to become a partner in a $100,000 Positive Peace Workshop for Colombian Youth. Rotary District 5040 clubs will join clubs throughout Colombia to sponsor the Positive Peace Workshop built on pilot workshops previously held in Uganda (2016) and Mexico (2017).

Interior communities benefit from Rotary's Wildfire Relief Fund

Posted by Peter Roaf on Mar 20, 2018

The fire department in 100 Mile House plans to purchase some needed equipment, such as portable water pumps, through a share of funds which Rotary District 5040 has donated to the Rotary Club there. The District’s Wildfire Relief Fund, launched during the devastating wildfire season last year through the Rotary Club of Squamish Foundation, eventually raised $68,000. The Fund was divided among four clubs in communities hardest hit by the fires. Clubs in our District and individuals donated to the relief fund, but some support came from Ft. McMurray, Alberta and Ontario.

PETS is Powerful!

Posted by Murray Wood on Feb 26, 2018

Feb 22-25 was the 2018 edition of the Pacific NW President Elect Training Seminar (PETS). This is the event where we work with our Presidents Elect to make their Rotary Year 2018/19 the best.

Philippines to benefit from container of medical, dental equipment

Posted by Peter Roaf on Feb 17, 2018

Doctors will now be able to detect early breast cancer more accurately among low income women in Manila, The Philippines, instead of through hand detection, thanks to five used ultrasound machines now making their way in a shipping container to the Rotary Club of Manila San Miguel.

Polio Eradication - an Update

Posted by Brian Finley on Feb 02, 2018

2017 saw significant progress in our campaign to eradicate polio from the world forever. We saw the fewest cases in history caused by the wild polio virus, Only 22 cases were confirmed worldwide in only two countries - Pakistan with 8, and Afghanistan with 14. 2018 will be a critical year for the polio eradication programme, and we will be strengthening efforts to reach all the vulnerable children and to find the places that the polio virus still lurks in the environment.

Polio Eradication remains Rotary's number one humanitarian priority, You can read the latest Polio Newsletter HERE.