The more than 120 people who attended the Rotary Club of Steveston's 25th Anniversary celebration on May 28, 2026 witnessed Richmond Mayor, with Councillors Alexa Loo and Carol Day, deliver a City of Richmond Proclamation to recognize the club's long list of achievements.
They also heard from Hon. Steven Point, former Lt. Governor of BC (2007 to 2012), who grew up in a large family, of limited means with no books, in a small village of the Sto:lo First Nation. He eventually became Chief of the Skowlake First Nation for many years. Despite his humble beginning he pursued a distinguished career in law as provincial court judge and public service, including Chancellor of UBC. He was the inspiration and major supporter of Steveston Rotary's Write2Read program.
Steveston Rotary member and Rotary District 5040 Past District Governor Bob Blacker – a retired police officer and Aide-de-Camp to Hon. Steven Point when Lt. Governor of BC – has led Writ2Read over many years with fellow club member, Past District Governor, Shirley-Pat Gale, PhD., who now leads the program.
Write2Read has been a valuable gift to nearing 28 communities throughout the province, along with another – fire trailers to nine First Nation communities in BC without fire fighting equipment – among many achievements of the club since its founding in 2001.
Write2Read Libraries and Learning Centres are housed in a mix of donated portable trailers, modular buildings, and both new and repurposed buildings, Read more on the program.
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The W2R library building in Bella Bella, donated by Britco Modular Solutions, run by the local First Nation community | W2R pre-built library module loaded onto a barge for transport to the village of Metlakatla near Prince Rupert | |
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| The learning centres also come with computers for online learning | Many thousands of children's books have supplied the libraries |
Here is a CBC TV News feature on Write2Read in 2014. It explains the Program which has grown by six or seven times the number of First Nation communities served.
There is so much more the Rotary Club of Steveston has achieved in service over the years and recently. Here is a presentation which President Bruce Marshall made at the May 27 2026 25th Anniversary celebration at the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans faciiity in Steveston.
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