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The first of nine fire trailers to be given to First Nation communities in BC – this one, “Phoenix”, going to the Siska community near Lytton, wiped out be fire in 2021 – was on display, along with the Write To Read project, in the House of Friendship at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary June 21 to 15, 2025. The exhibit was one of the first, among almost 250 exhibits, met at a main entrance to the House of Friendship for the 16,000 Rotarians and Rotaract members attending from 140 countries.

Below are links to transcripts and videos of Rotary International leaders who gave inspirational speeches to 16,000 Rotary members from 140 countries attending the June 21 to 25, 2025 Rotary Convention in Calgary. 

For those with busy personal and work lives and not able to read the full transcripts or view the videos, through the links below, excerpts from the presentations are also offered below.

To contribute to making the local community "outdoorsy" and "active" in 2018 Rotary Club of Smithers raised funds and organized a major work party of volunteers to open the 4.2 km trail "Rotary Community Trail to Town" to the public. The trail allows people to hike in the summer and ski and snowboard in the winter from the ski hill (bottom of the chairlift) to the valley floor 3775 feet of vertical sparing over use of the road and the time of any drivers picking up skiers at day's end. The trail is also used by mountain bikers.

Since the trail opened the cost of renting trail maintenance equipment has risen steadily and volunteer workers had to work around the opening hours of the equipment rental shop. The Rotary club has now purchased its own equipment for $3,892, thanks in part to a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation of $1,946, which will prove less expensive in the long term and provide more flexibility for the volunteer workers.

Children and families in Powell River have had limited access to public spaces that encourage both physical play and creative musical expression. Research shows that musical playground equipment not only enhances cognitive and social development but also promotes physical fitness and emotional well-being.

Rotary Club of Powell River purchased and had installed for the hundreds of children and families musical playground equipment in a local regional park. The $15,000 installation, funded by the club and $7,500 from The Rotary Foundation District Grant, is creating a vibrant and inclusive play environment that combines the joy of music and physical activity for children and families as an opportunity for creative expression, learning, and community engagement.

Powell River Rotary partnered with the qathet Regional District for maintenance and upkeep and ongoing support.
 

"Phoenix”, the first of nine fire trailers to be donated to the Siska First Nation community near Lytton and eight other BC First Nation communities, is now complete and ready for service. The fire trailer, which can be towed or airlifted to operate in hard to reach areas and provide rapid response to smaller fires before they become big ones, can also serve to fight fires right in the community. Rotary Club of Steveston and Rotary District 5040 leaders and a representative of Disaster Aid Canada, a Rotary organization based in Ladysmith, which contributed $350,000 to the project, dedicated the prototype, at a ceremony in March, but the final version has greater capacity and is decked out in full livery.