District 5040 Showcase
Rotary members and program participants throughout Rotary District 5040 are improving lives in many communities of British Columbia and around the world every day through thousands of service projects. Here are some examples of how People of Action in Rotary have made life better for others in service above self. Explore the community impact stories of Rotary clubs throughout the world and share these projects through social media. at Rotary International's Service Project Center. Please submit a story about a project in your club and community with this template and send.
The 450 pupils and staff at Signal Hill Elementary School in Pemberton, BC now have a more reliable, hands-on outdoor learning space which has strengthened the school’s food-growing program thanks to a new CDN$20,000 greenhouse which adds to its garden program. karen.leigh.tomlinson@gmail.com Read More
In Uganda girls and young women face a significant barrier to their education and well-being because they are not able to afford safe menstrual hygiene products. With CDN$5,765 from the Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown plus CDN$4,500 from a Rotary District 5040 Grant from The Rotary Foundation, the Club joined the Rotary Club of Kampala Kawempe in producing and distributing 1,585 reusable sanitary pad kits at three rural schools and one urban school. Lana@deerlakelaw.ca Read More
To double the size of the Sushrusa School for Deaf Children in Bali, Indonesia, currently serving 100 students, and to serve many more and thousands in the future, the Rotary Club of Burnaby, with Rotary Club of Lions Gate and a District Grant of CDN$7,000, partnered with the Rotary Club of Bali Action, to complete and outfit a new wing of classrooms at a cost of CDN$35,000. selectivehearing@outlook.com Read More
In rural communities across South Africa, limited access to water affects health, education, household income, and daily dignity. Women and children often spend hours each day carrying heavy containers over long distances, reducing time available for school, work, food production, and community life. The ECOroller Scaling Project addresses that burden with a practical 70-litre rolling water container that allows families to move significantly more water with far less physical strain. The Rotary Club of Prince Rupert donated $2,100 which, with the help of the Rotary Club of Gibsons, received an additional District Grant of $1,050 from The Rotary Foundation to add to this project. dtaylor@nbrl.ca https://tinyurl.com/mvjuhttx
BC & Alberta Guide Dogs (BCAGD), in the Ladner community of Delta is a charity which changes the lives of individuals who are blind or have low vision, children with autism, and Veterans and First Responders with Operational Stress Injuries and PTSD. It takes two years and upwards of $35,000 to produce one certified dog, provided free of charge to the recipient. The Rotary Club of Ladner has supported the purchase of $15,000 in laboratory equipment for BCAGD’s new $7.1 million Breeding and Training Centre devoted to breeding of dogs, to produce puppies most suited to eventual training as guide and service dogs. Veterinarians working in this highly controlled, safe and sterile environment in the new building can use the equipment to monitor the health of each valuable puppy in its early weeks before leaving for raising with volunteers followed by training. proaf@shaw.ca Read More
Many of the children and adults in Lipa, of the Batangas province, Philippines, are too poor to afford dental care. With funding from Richmond Sunrise Rotary of $5,000 and a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation of $2,500 a dental mission in February treated over 2,000 patients. Richmond Sunrise Rotary member Dentist Dr. Danilo Salcedo and a team of several club members who also work in the health services professions, joined professional dental workers from Caring Hearts Dentistry from Canada and dental care providers in the Philippines conducted the mission, with administrative support from the Rotary Club of Lipa. dalglishg@gmail.com Read More
Quality prenatal care in the Philippines has been a challenge particularly in urban poor areas because of the cost. A Rotary District 5040 club made a Global Grant possible to fund the project, Reducing the Risk & Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines. The Rotary Club of Vancouver Mountainview made a modest contribution of US$100 to the US$41,443 project to enable it – sponsored by the Rotary Club of Las Pinas in District 3030 and by other clubs and Districts in the Philippines -- to apply for a Rotary Global Grant. Then Mountainview Rotary committed to donating $1,000 every year to Las Piñas Rotary to expand this project to other areas in need of this service in the Philippines. via.rotary@gmail.com Read More
In Uganda’s Ibanda District Parish of Irimya people in some remote villages have had to walk over 3 km to fetch water from distant sources demanding time and energy away from any school or daily routines. Waterborne disease continued to make villagers of all ages sick. Rotary District 5040 clubs and The Rotary Foundation sponsored installation of a Gravity Flow System (GFS) of clean water flowing down in pipes from nearby hills to the seven villages in the valley below, considerably leading to a higher level of education among children and productivity and wellbeing among the adults. yvonne@santevia.com Read More
To help children among the 4 out of 5 indigenous Guatemalans living in poverty and the 1 in 3 who cannot not read or write, the Guatemala Literacy Project, a network of Rotarians, and the nonprofit organization, Cooperative for Education, provided a US$57,000 project to improve education for those underserved students in Guatemala. The primary school literacy training project expanded to 30 communities, serving 5,711 students and training 243 teachers thanks in part to a District 5040 Global Grant from The Rotary Foundation, US$1000 from the Rotary Club of Quesnel and 154 separate funding contributors. billhellyer@telus.net Read More
Hospitals such as Cheshire Services Ethiopia in Addis Ababa provide essential surgery to the limbs of children with polio to prevent further deformation. These surgeries also allow children to wear and walk with leg braces instead of being forced to crawl on the streets, as has been the case for many years. At the hospital in Menaghesha, Ethiopia, however, children did not have adequate programs for physical therapy after their surgeries. Physiotherapy for children with polio and training of mothers was provided by the local Rotary Club of Addis Ababa - Sheger, our District's Rotary Clubs of New Westminster and Prince Rupert and grants from The Rotary Foundation. info@gaborphotography.com Read More
Thanks to Rotary, various other sponsors, and a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation, a new bike park has opened for use at Whistler's Bayly Park to provide a community gathering space for Cheakamus Crossing residents. The renovated park builds on the former facility operated by Whistler BMX, which closed in 2024. The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has since taken over operations and revitalized the bike park. kenmartin0204@gmail.com Read More
Back Pack Buddies provides food to over 6,000 children every week in 73 communities across BC. Rotary Club of Lionsgate in North Vancouver has purchased $3,738 of large vermin resistant bulk containers made of weather resistant sturdy corrugated plastic for Backpack Buddies to hygienically store food for many years to come with the support of $1,246 from The Rotary Foundation through a District Grant. chongeliz@gmail.com Read More
Children and families in Powell River have had limited access to public spaces that encourage both physical play and creative musical expression. 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. rotary.melmunroe@gmail.com Read More
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.. Instead of paying steadily rising equipment rental fees, the Rotary club has now purchased its own trail maintenance 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.
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Students and staff at a rural primary and secondary school no longer become ill and need to take time to haul water -- both robbing them of education -- with installation at each school of a clean rainwater collection system at each school. Rotary Club of Tsawwassen, working with Kenya Connect, contributed its own funds, with a grant from The Rotary Foundation through Rotary District 5040, to install the collection systems. eliz42228@gmail.com Read More 
English Medium Primary School in Engaruka Tanzania, of 300 students and staff, provides education in English so students can gain an education and literacy in English.The Rotary Club of Whistler Millenium has contributed $16,000 to the English Medium Primary School -- including a grant from The Rotary Foundation through our Rotary District 5040 of $5,300 -- to install a new irrigation system for the garden at the school. bobbie.rathbun@gmail.com Read More
The District of Squamish converted previously heavily-polluted industrial land on the waterfront into Sp’akw’us Feather Park and the Rotary Club of Squamish collaborated with the Park's developer, Matthews West Developments Ltd., to install the playground with support of The Rotary Foundation District 5040 Grant of $10,000. The District of Squamish maintains the Park and playground for the 23,000 residents of Squamish area and visitors. khaberl@shaw.ca https://tinyurl.com/4xuwdc7c
The apartheid government of South Africa in the 1970s applied the Group Areas Act when it displaced and bulldozed an entire community of "Coloureds", as they were called (members of multiracial ethnic communities with ancestry from African, European, and Asian people), from Cape Town to the new community of Atlantis 40 km to the north. Atlantis now has 90,000 residents. Unemployment is high at 40% and suffers from lack of housing and a very high crime rate among its challenges. Many students arrive at their schools without having eaten any food in the morning or during the day.. The Rotary Club of Ladner has provided $10,000 plus a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation of $5,000 to fund food and vegetable garden supplies for many months of the coming school year. chrisoffer@live.ca Read More
By using special programs for their use, iPads help neurodiverse children meet their unique learning needs at a Vancouver elementary school. The iPads enable these children to enjoy increased self-esteem from pride in the work they can do independently. With all their tools in one location, they can learn by talking to text and experience less anxiety and workload in having to print and or have an adult scribe for them. 1singlestravelclub@gmail.com Read More
Thousands of men and women fighting on the front lines in Ukraine, many civilians injured from bombings in the war with Russia and those needing routine medical care after some facilities have been destroyed, are benefitting from used medical equipment and supplies and equipment shipped to the country through Rotary Districts 5040 and 5050 shared Rotary World Help (RWH) network with sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Vancouver Arbutus. hdadj@telus.net Read More
In the small beach resort town of Bucerias, on the southwest coast of Mexico, a non-profit care home for low income, vulnerable elderly at risk of homelessness or with difficulty caring for themselves opened in July 2024 with 36 beds and day care for another 20 elderly. The Rotary Club of Richmond partnered with the Rotary Club of Oak Bay to support the new facility with two solar panels. The Rotary Club of Richmond held a fundraising dinner at the Little Mexico Cantina in Steveston and contributed $2,667. With $1,333 from The Rotary Foundation through a District Grant the Richmond club donated $4,000 for the solar panels. suna.yee@gmail.com https://tinyurl.com/3hbnm9cs
The 1,000 volunteers of Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) have saved the lives of nearly 3,000 people and assisted nearly 10,000 in trouble on coastal and some inland waters of BC in the past seven years. Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise contributed $3,000 and $1,500 came through a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation towards the purchase of three sets of personal safety equipment for the RCMSAR volunteers in the West Vancouver rescue station. daisykoraijan@hotmail.com Read more
The aging playground equipment in Terrace's 150-acre Ferry Island Park, originally sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Terrace and of Terrace Skeena Valley 20 years ago, was upgraded by the City of Terrace for $40,000, including the Rotary Club of Terrace's contribution of $7,581.00 plus a Rotary District 5040 Grant of $3,800. kloy@coastmountaincollege.ca Read More
The City of Delta's recently completed Stokes and Cullis Plaza in the centre of Ladner Village includes two E-bike charging stations and a large wooden seating area which Rotary Club of Ladner sponsored as part of the City project. president@rotary-ladner.org Read More
On Bowen Island the community now has a $30,000 12 ft x 40 ft poly tunnel style greenhouse for its Grafton Commons community gardens thanks to the Rotary Club of Bowen Island with support of a $4,000 District Grant from The Rotary Foundation. The Grafton Commons, managed by the Bowen Island Food Resilience Society (BIFS) in the agricultural land reserve, now has the greenhouse to help the Society grow plants year round not only to promote greater local food resilience but to help with education in regenerative agriculture and gardening for adults, seniors and school age children. strende@shaw.ca Read More
The residents of New Westminster and beyond now have access to The Habitat at Queen’s Park as the City of New Westminster transitions the area from the former petting farm space of many years into a naturalized space supporting biodiversity as well as outdoor programming and activities throughout the year. The wetland area will include water and fauna of an indigenous nature and allow for interpretive study and discussion of First Nations links to the land in Queens Park. With $30,000 funding from the Rotary Club of New Westminster and $10,000 through a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation, the Club has worked with the City on the $40,000 project to construct timber walkways around the area to provide access with mobility challenges. info@gaborphotography.com Read More
Mothers in slum neighbourhoods of Dhaka, Bangladesh are resisting Islamic extremists who prey on vulnerable and uneducated women as they become educated and empowered to make positive changes in their communities and generate new economic opportunities. As mothers gain an education, their children and others too poor for school, in turn, can take opportunities for breaking free of extremist ideologies and poverty as the mothers teach them every day. The Amorak Society provides this system, to which the Rotary Club of Powell River contributed funds to a $9,750 Society support project, along with the Rotary Clubs of Pender Harbour Madeira Park, Gibsons and Sechelt and with a $3,250 Rotary District Grant from The Rotary Foundation. elkesager0@gmail.com Read More
After 18 years of service the 10-bed Rotary Hospice House in Richmond, BC. needed to replace the outdated oxygen concentrator and, surrounding the property, a rotted fence. Rotary Club of Richmond addressed these needs with a a contribution $6,700 and additional support of $3,300 from a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation. dhsieh5040@gmail.com Read more
StoryWalks, of children’s book two-page reading stations, exchanged every two weeks or so year round, along a one kilometre trail provides an outdoor experience and an opportunity for children to read with adults, learn new words, describe things and events, enjoy and tell stories. The Rotary Club of Williams Lake Daybreak’s Satellite division has added another StoryWalk in the community along the RC Cotton trail off of Scout Island Nature Centre and bird sanctuary in the Williams Lake, BC community with $3,668 from the club and $1,386 in a Rotary District Grant from The Rotary Foundation. asandberg@sandtronic.ca Read More
Girls with bikes get to school faster and have more energy for their schoolwork. “Girls with bikes are more than twice as likely to complete elementary school”. As a result, they are more likely to go on and graduate from high school. This means a better life for them and their family. Only $205 can provide a “Buffalo Bike” to a schoolgirl in rural Africa through World Bicycle Relief. Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise, in conjunction with Norwest Cycling Club, has contributed $10,250 to this organization, with the support of a District Grant of over $3,400, for the purchase of 50 Buffalo Bikes. Read More
Make Way Charitable Society runs the inner city Binners' Project to help people improve their lives as waste-pickers. By helping improve the livelihoods and economic opportunities of those who need a hand up, the program also provides a community of social inclusion as the waste-pickers contribute to the environment with cleaning up trash from city streets and properties. With the support of $4,340 from the Rotary Club of Richmond Sunrise and a District Grant of $2,160.00 the Society was able to purchase as uniforms for the Binners, imprinted with the Rotary logo, 60 long sleeve jackets, 60 Toques and 39 Binners kits for use over the following five years. dalglishg@gmail.com Read More
Kindergarten children from public, private and French schools in Powell River and Regional District are receive a book in a bag through the Rotary-sponsored “Read to Me” program to encourage parents to read to their children. jangisborne@gmail.com Read More
Surrounded by South Africa, Lesotho is a nation of 1.9 million people, 40% of whom live in severe poverty with income of less than $1 a day and 25% who are HIV positive. One result is 300,000 children who are orphans. The orphaned children of Lesotho are sometimes abandoned in trash dumpsters, toilet pits, or found alone in a forest. To care for unadopted, older children aged from 6 to 18, “Beautiful Gate 2: Peka Project”, with support of $25,550 from some Rotary clubs in District 5040, led by the Bowen Island club, and a $10,000 District Grant from The Rotary Foundation, for a fence and gate, has become a farm, school and special needs facility as a caring home and community for these children. strende@shaw.ca Read More
Without adequate good food for the day, hundreds of children and youth in four elementary schools and one high school in Whistler, BC have benefitted from a Children's Lunch Program, by Whistler Community Services Society. With support of a District Grant of $3,000 Rotary Club of Whistler partnered with Breakfast Club of Canada to purchase additional refrigeration for safe delivery and storage of perishable food in the school lunch program and two others – Food Rescue and Outreach. janice_lloyd@telus.net Read More
For the 2,500 residents of Pender Harbour now have a place to mount plaques for family and friends who have been cremated. The platform for the plaques is a slab of basalt stone in Forest View Cemetery. The Rotary Club of Pender Harbour Madeira Park contributed $2,000 to the project and a District Grant from The Rotary Foundation provided an additional $987 for purchase of the stone plus a memorial bench and pots for flowers. caniksvoyage@yahoo.com Read more
For the 250 students at Pemberton Secondary School, who participate in outdoor learning, sails to provide shade for those learning spaces have come as welcome relief in hot weather common in spring and early summer. The school’s Parent Advisory Committee led the $12,694 project. In the midst of COVID this project to support outdoor learning became a priority. Rotary supported 30% of the project, including $2,500 from the Rotary Club of Pemberton and $1,250 from a Rotary District Grant. A gaming grant and community sponsorship provided another 30%. dave@sabrerentals.com Read more
Members of our Canadian Armed Forces, Veterans, Emergency Services Personnel and their families are brave individuals who sacrifice so much on a daily basis to protect our freedom and our everyday way of life. Part of Honour House, in New Westminster, Honour Ranch, opened in 2019 10 kilometres south of Ashcroft, BC sits on 120 acres of rolling hills overlooking the South Thompson River, as a tranquil retreat, a place of education and personal growth in the treatment of operational stress injuries including anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Rotary Club of New Westminster Royal City, with support of a Rotary District 5040 Grant, from The Rotary Foundation, has contributed a corral and horse shelter for horses at the Ranch. lizzsadie@gmail.com Read more
Sea to Sky Community Services Society, helps thousands of children, youth and adults through more than 40 community services and programs in BC’s Sea to Sky corridor. It has replaced the condemned Youth Resource Centre in Squamish with a new $2.2 million, 5,000 sq ft youth centre where young people aged 12-24 can access mental health, primary care, substance use intervention, peer support, and social services, all under one roof. The Rotary Club of Squamish provided $30,000.00 in funding to furnish the Squamish Youth Hub at the centre, providing technology equipment, a pool table, and other recreational equipment including a $10,000 District Grant from The Rotary Foundation. vhaberl@shaw.ca Read More
Prince George residents who do not have their own garden space can now grow their own fruit and vegetables if they rent a plot at the new Rotary Community Garden completed in the Fall. The Garden may contribute in part to the supply of fruit and vegetables at local food banks. The Rotary Clubs of Prince George Yellowhead, which led the project, Prince George Nechako and Prince George Downtown plus Prince George Rotaract contributed the majority of funds, with support of a $10,000 District Grant, to the $76,450 project, along with other sponsors. billhellyer@telus.net Read More
In response to community demand Terrace has a new dog park for owners to safely exercise and socialize their dogs. The fenced yard provides a place where dogs can interact with other dogs as well as exercise while owners can connect. This first dog park in Terrace opened in 2022, thanks to $31,000 in funding from the Rotary Club of Terrace, and a $10,000.00 Rotary District Grant, plus services provided by the City of Terrace. seanb@terracechances.com Read More
Rotary Club of Vancouver Centennial has funded a music scholarship and bursary program for youth to participate in the Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra, where they learn about music, playing in an orchestra and about themselves. https://tinyurl.com/3ddkbbe4
Amidst the poverty in Indonesia many children with cleft lip and palate are deprived of normal lives and struggle with impaired speech. Many are hidden by their families, not allowed to go to school or participate in community activities and often suffer from health issues. Rotary Club of Vancouver has participated in two Global Grants from The Rotary Foundation to provide surgery for the many affected children. azylmans@telus.net Read More
Camp Potlatch is run by the Boys and Girls Club South Coast BC on 133 acres of wilderness along the shores of Howe Sound. Thousands of children have visited Camp Potlatch over the past 70 years. Rotary Club of Lionsgate in North Vancouver sponsors, with support of a Rotary District Grant, under privileged children to attend Camp Potlatch in summer. stanvanwoerkens@gmail.com Read more
Armours Beach in Gibsons is a public recreation area and meeting place for families and friends of all ages, with swimming and picnic area active throughout the spring, summer and fall. Rotary Club of Gibsons led a project to renovate the Armours Beach facility, with the Town of Gibsons, and support from a Rotary District Grant and generosity of local members and construction contractors. davecode517@gmail.com Read more
1 in 10 girls in Sub-Saharan Africa misses 20% of school during their menstrual cycle. Many girls starting to menstruate drop out of school altogether. Lack of affordable menstruation products, facilities and education are among the reasons for this barrier to education. Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise plus clubs of Vancouver, Pender Harbour, Whistler Millennium, Williams Lake Daybreak, Kitimat, and Squamish received a Rotary Global Grant with the Rotary Club of Kampala Nsambya, in Uganda, for "Girls Helping Girls Stay in School" and to form the Rotary Hygiene and Sanitation Social Enterprise Limited (ROHSSEL) Uganda. chris-loat@shaw.ca 
“We’re just so remote here. Now we’re better able to foster the love of learning. And to pass on that reading is power. The more you know the better of you are,” said White, describing how many young people in the village are keen to learn about the larger world through the library. bobblacker@gmail.com Read More
While Tanzanian Law does recognise the rights of women to inherit or receive financial or property provision when abused or widowed, most women tend to be unaware of their rights and how to access their entitlement. The not-for-profit, “Inherit Your Rights” (IYR) has formed to help women with access to what they are entitled. The Rotary Club of Richmond Sunrise is helping sponsor part of that program. dalglishg@gmail.com Read More
For the estimated 63,000 residents who use Burnaby's Fraser River Foreshore Park at least once a month, an outdoor fitness circuit was a great boost to health and fitness when it opened in 2017. The three Rotary Clubs of Burnaby, Burnaby Metrotown and Burnaby Deer Lake, had collaborated in completing an extensive feasibility assessment and negotiations with the City of Burnaby to commit to this outdoor fitness facility for the health and fitness of local residents. The aim of the three clubs was to honour Canada’s 150th Anniversary by raising over two years $150,000 as Rotary’s share of the project funding. Funding also came from a $7,600 Rotary District 5040 grant, from The Rotary Foundation, a provincial government grant, sponsorships from local companies and donations from Rotary friends and families. Read More
One in two children of a single parent in British Columbia live in poverty and one in five children live in poverty. There is a growing need among children up to age 18 for warm coats to get them through the winter.For the past 20 years the Rotary Club of Burnaby Metrotown has been facilitating the “Rotary Coats for Kids” program which has delivered up to 1,900 coats a year. In true community partnership, Rotary works with the local School District and community organizations ensuring that every child in need in Burnaby gets a new winter coat. Schools and service organizations provide a list of children requiring coats with gender and size. -- photo credit Peakp Darlene Broadhead Read More
To support a water infrastructure project for students in Uganda who do not have easy access to clean drinking water over 300 students at Holly Elementary School in the Delta community of Ladner participated in a Walk for Water on February 10, 2023. The children carried yellow jerry cans of water almost one kilometer to simulate a daily task for their peers in the East African nation. The schools "Green Team" also raised $900 which, matched by a member of the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen, for a total of $1,800 towards the Club's "Walk for Water" project that will deliver clean drinking water and sanitation and hygiene training to over 1000 people in Uganda. yvonne@santevia.com Read More 
Rotary Club of Richmond Sunset member Magdalen R Leung, as a member of the Health Major Gifts Initiative Advisers committee, says, "Through my participation in global grants from The Rotary Foundation, I have seen how the lives of 600 children in China have been changed for the better in the past ten years. I have been involved in four global grants to support Gift of Life in Shanghai, China. These grants, ranging from $150,000 to $200,000, have provided life-changing heart surgery to children as young as three months old, with most of the children ages five or six." magrleung@gmail.com Read More
To liberate women still carrying buckets of water on their heads to their villages in South Africa the hippo water roller is a re-invented wheelbarrow designed to transport 90-liters of water by placing the water inside its “wheel.” One woman, even a child, can transport the equivalent amount of water required by five women with buckets. This simple design allows an arduous chore to be done easier, faster, and more efficiently. Luke Vorstermans, of the Rotary Club of Gibsons, helped his club launch the “Help Us Roll 1000 Hippos” campaign that quickly rolled out across Canada and the USA. CONTACT lvorstermans@gmail.com Read More 
One-third of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted every year. Food is a significant portion of the organic waste which amounts to 40% of material sent to our landfills. As this material decomposes it generates a significant level of greenhouse gasses which contributes to climate change. When food is lost or wasted so are the resources that are required to grow, manufacture and distribute it. Some of that food is now being rescued and given to families and individuals in need. Tsawwassen Rotarians, as people of action, have established with partners, Delta Food Runners, which is helping to provide fresh produce to Delta organizations who are able to get it into the hands of those in need in the community. CONTACT: Blake Cowan Read More
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